The Swingin' Door - San Mateo

This online menu is absolutely completely outdated and prices are at least a third higher and it needs a serious update. I'm staying for dinner and plan to update this review in a bit but the fact they have karaoke tonight automatically gets an extra star from me. I got the fish and chips. Fish was fantastic and large pieces. Fries were marginal at best. Bland and dry although fresh. If you prefer bland dry steak fries you'll love these. The house ketchup however was a game changer and had a hint of a spicy habanero flavor but nothing overpowering. Made it much easier to choke down those bland fries. People working seemed pretty nice and friendly. I had to leave but came right back for the karaoke. The KJ Ben is a nice guy and his sound and selection was decent and he kept the rotation decently in order. I'll be back for sure. Small quaint crowd but fun and friendly.

I came here on a Sunday afternoon and I’m not sure if they just opened, It was 3:30 PM ordered two double tequila and pineapple drinks. Never expect to get a strong drink from this place as they have an electronic device on the top of the bottles preventing the bartender from giving you anything more than a shot or less in your drink at $24 a cocktail I will be taking my dollars somewhere else, no wonder the bar is empty and destined to be closed if they carry on with this price gouging of customers. With that said, the lady serving was very nice and explained it was nothing to do with her and it was management to have implemented this way of serving drinks as she gets a text message and not a very nice one if she pours over, there’s plenty of bars in the city that would gladly take your money and give you a nice drink and decent pour! on top of that, the pineapple juice came out of a squirt gun they have for mixers. at that price, how hard could it be to crack open a can of dole pineapple juice and at least give real pineapple juice. Screw this place don’t waste your time. Also had the food here in the past and it’s absolute garbage. before you look at all the five star reviews and four-star reviews, they are from a year to four years ago. This place is obviously gone really downhill.

Best burger I have had in ages! Staff very friendly. Bar area is dark, but the patio area is delightful. I was there with 12-14 singers and musicians, and it was a terrific place to gather and sing folk songs. They also have a nice upstairs room that you can probably reserve. Parking a little tough, but El Camino is just a block away, and I have always found parking.

The dueling piano bar is NOT open, the website is a lie. Still a cool place, karaoke on Fridays

A dark, English style pub. Food was pretty good bar food. The fish was very good.