Savoy Pub

This is a proper dive bar. Located in the epicenter of failed ambitions and dreams — Hastings and Main. Drinks are dirt cheap. Cash. First night there there was a live band, playing decent music. On Sundays they have karaōke. The crowd ranges from young people drinking on the cheap to old timers escaping the world outside. There is a pool table, but it’s moved out of the way.

Sketchy East hastings…
But super friendly
first bar I ever went to, and that was scary
left happy
DRINKS
SO
CHEAP

Do not leave East Hastings without having visited Savoy Pub! I have never received a warmer welcome. Right away, it felt like I was hanging out with old friends who knew how to have a good time. LOVED the cheap beer… After 5 of those i don’t remember much. I do know that it was a great night… karaōke, yummy drinks and good people. So much fun!!!

The hot new thing in Vancouver is dive bars, with the poverty-​stricken elderly alcoholics losing their seedy drinking holes to a rising new generation of hip youngsters. For one reason or another, they seek out cheap liquor in run down areas, and take over filthy locations by playing ironic music and inviting all of their friends on Facebook. What used to be a scary and depressing series of bars near Main and Hastings is slowly developing into regular hangouts for overdressed students who love the novelty of poverty.
But not the Savoy. This place is perhaps the most exclusive of all the dingy bars on Hastings, in that anyone who looks like they might have been remotely spoiled as children are not welcome by any of the regulars. Full of loud obnoxious drunks who’ve seen it all and people who would stab you for your shoes, the vibe is very «you think you’re better than me?» and it’s not unusual to get yelled at to leave by the close knit group of angry «too ugly to ever get famous no matter how good they are at singing» regulars.
But man, the drinks are super cheap, and the song selection is pretty great. The bartenders and bouncers are alright too, they usually seem happy to see polite and wholesome people who actually leave tips, but they can’t really do anything to protect you from whatever the locals have in mind.