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Owner/Bartender was Awesome!!! Nice Bar Great Music.. Pool Tables great Atmosphere 👍

I enjoy dive bar atmospheres and Banter Bar is top tier in the category. It’s small with a strong sense of community, is impressively clean, serves delicious standard AND craft cocktails, and all at more than reasonable prices. Emily and her team do an incredible job!

If you want a neighborhood bar with super personable bartenders, pool tables, bi-weekly karaoke, djs, live bands— this is a good place for you. Check it out! The owner Emily has turned what was an average sports bar into an elevated one with much cuter glassware and better cocktails

An amazing place to hang out! There’s pool, there’s good cheap drinks, there’s amazing bartenders. If you want a cute dive bar, just do it.

Great Service....Great Attitudes from all the Staff. 2 nice pool tables. All around good vibes from customer! Fun ! Fun ! FUN !

Love it. Great spot for locals. Emily the owner is a gem.

Nice bar. Plenty of off-street parking in the rear. Nice atmosphere, with excellent service, but due to government greed and other factors (as all places), prices are a bit high, as usual. I will be back.

Love Banter Bar! My friends and I always stop by for a game of pool. Staff is super friendly and the vibe is totally down to earth. Definitely one of my favorite to go places to unwind and have fun.

One of my favorite bars in LA. Very much neighborhood bar vibes that is welcoming to everyone. The bartenders are simply the best around. Fun events like karaoke on Wednesday and frequently hosting bands, DJs, potlucks, watch parties, etc. Lots of TVs for sports or any big televised event, pool tables, great drinks. What more could you want?

This place is awesome! Sometimes there’s live music, and it’s great to see local artists perform here. Positive vibes and there’s free snacks, which is a plus!

Nice place, only issue I faced is they demand larger tips and call it out loudly. "In AMERICA you have to tip, my other bartenders will not put up with it" the seemingly cool lady Emily running the place told me across the counter in front of her reguler guests... So just a heads up for new guests who are "new to AMERICA", carry equal money to pay for taxes and tips to avoid being embarassed. I did write the tip later although demanding extra money seemed bit rude, at first it seemed racist but I shrugged it off as culturally specific to AMERICAN bar owners who don't pay good wages to their servers!! Other patrons are warm and I saw them regularly on my 3 or 4 visits which makes the atmosphere familiar.

Amazing ambience feels like home. Staff is so friendly and patient. Pool tables. Karaoke. Cool music. Free snacks. Every NFL game. Kings hockey. Really just feels like my second living room at this point with all my friends! What a great local bar. Check it out!

Banter is the hottest local bar you may not have been to yet. It’s the real new Barney’s, but it’s its own thing as well. Fun. Hot bartenders. Local. Divey, but elevated. You just have to check it out.

Great place with amazing crowd! Came by on a Friday recently for the first time…stayed from early afternoon till last call 🫠 the opener was a very nice gentleman and the smallish amount of customers were mostly older 50+ shooting pool hanging out. The two pool tables are wonderful with new cloth and balls! Really nice equipment for not being a pool hall. As it got later Emily (Banter Bar owner,) took over and the place soon filled up with a much younger crowd. The service was excellent even with heavy traffic and there’s tons of space for different groups to hang out. The layout is extraordinary! Comfy couches and booths, tvs, outdoor patio, etc etc everything you could want in a bar! Come thirsty and ready to mingle…everyone is very friendly and engaging without having to know each other. 6/5 ⭐️

Love the crowd, love the atmosphere, bartenders...love! Great place to hang out and have a drink.

Great place to unwind not pretentious and sweet music too. Also! The servers were on top of it! Thank you to mette and gail!!!!!!

A great place for live music and they dont give you a hard time if you dont drink.

Love this West LA sports bar! It has a great atmosphere.. the drinks are made perfect.. and the have all the sports on! Plus 2 pool tables!!! Best Bar on town!

Wednesday night karaoke was so perfect. Played pool, not too crowded and great music. The karaoke lady was so good, I didn't realize it was karaoke till someone else came on 😆. Great local watering hole!

Been coming here for years, since it was Gabe's before Emily, the most recent owner took over. It's a great spot. Great local crowd most nights. On the weekends it's a fun party crowd that is quite eclectic, from 21 year old college students to the old regulars. Definitely a fun place to play some pool.

Definitely a place to chill on the weekend. One of the many places with billiards table. A little bit of Texas vibe which I truly love. Other than that, great service and awesome people around.

Was a great place to have a drink, fun atmosphere, great people would definitely recommend.

I’ve been coming to this bar for the last 2 years and I absolutely love it. After work me and my coworkers would come straight here and if you’re here for some good drinks and a bit of pool then you’re in the right way place.

Had a great time here … awesome neighborhood sports bar highly recommend!

Great vibes great drinks and great service what can you want

Unfortunately had a not so pleasant experience trying out this bar. Came on a Wednesday after work just wanting a quiet dive bar to grab a beer on my way home from work. The place wasn't super crowded bit it still took at least 15 minutes for the bartender to notice me, a single female standing at the bar, and only did so after walking by me to do something else. I asked if they had a beer list obviously not seeing one pr the beers she gestured towards sitting on a shelf in the dark above the well lit bar. It took me all of 5 seconds to see and decide on a beer but by then she was gone, having not even paused in her walk back to the well. I bartend too so I gave her the benefit of the doubt and waited for her to return but eventually even the random dude next to me made a comment about how he felt sorry for me and was surprised I still didn't have a drink. After another 5 plus minites (there's a big digital clock) I gave up and left returning to my car 30 minutes from leaving it not having gotten my "quick" beer ony way home. Needless to say I drive the mile down the road to the Cozy and got a beer within the first 3 minutes of arriving...more expensive yes, but for actually being noticed/served? Priceless