Welcome to downtown San Jose’s newest and hippest neighborhood bar – the Dive Bar. Don’t let the name deceive you.  This retro cocktail lounge located in a historic building, serves up classic and contemporary cocktails along with great music, DJ & dancing every Friday &Saturday night, and No cover charge.  We have happy hour every day from 3 to 7pm and a late nite happy hour on Sunday thru Wednesdays - 10pm to close.

Hang out in the comfortable front lounge, at the beautiful 36-foot antique mahogany bar with the neon diver or in the Blue Room for a game of pool. 

Available for private parties and corporate events, Dive Bar is quickly becoming the local’s favorite place to relax and meet friends.

A lot of people who walk into the Dive Bar for the first time immediately comment, "this isn't a dive bar!"

Well, yes and no......

The dictionary defines "dive" as a slang term, best described as a "disreputable or run-down bar or nightclub". So, in that sense, no, we're not a dive bar.
But anybody who has stumbled upon a local dive bar and had a great time, knows that dive bars are sometimes the most fun, neighborhood bars -- not pretentious, not stuffy, no attitude. So, in that sense, yes, we are a dive bar.

This was our objective when we opened Dive Bar on October 9, 2004 -- to create a fun, friendly neighborhood bar with great bartenders, excellent drinks, all types of music, and a comfortable, relaxed (and relaxing) atmosphere.

We do consider Dive Bar to be very "tongue-in-cheeK" as far as dive bars go, and even added a neon diver sign like the motels of the '50's had, to continue our play on the word "dive".

We hope you find Dive Bar to be everything we planned and that every time you and your friends and colleagues come in, you know we're not just a dive bar, but the Dive Bar.

We hope to see you at Dive Bar soon!