Hi-Dive

Tried to come here with 7 people after a show, all ages from 30 – 40 except one girl that was 23 — she was from LA with a vertical license — still a Legit driver License in California– you know the state… Common sense law — she’s of age and they wouldn’t let her in– so you idiots lost 7 alcoholics ready to spend their money. Google chef Gordon Ramsey you dummies. ⁶⁄₉ evening was night we came.

Jesus, this place… music is way too loud, there is nowhere to sit, the door guy has tattoos, they don’t like scavenger hunts, they don’t celebrate 21^st birthdays, the bathrooms smell like bathrooms, it’s not bright enough, they check for IDs, they judge you when you’re judging them, the bartenders don’t compliment your outfit, their beer tastes like PBR, the whiskey is definitely well, and they don’t do karaōke…
Love this place.

This is as good as it gets. One of the best live music venues around. Great bartenders with a great choices options like craft beer, cheap beer, well whiskey or top-​shelf tequila. They book great bands and price the shows accordingly. Whether I’m paying $ 7 to see a local band’s CD Release or $ 30 to see a national act play Denver on a weeknight, I’m never disappointed with a Hi-​Dive show.

depressing and empty the couple times i’ve been. no plans to go back. dark lighting, cluttered feel, mostly clean, but just a dead atmosphere. laminate bar with a medium sized wood rail. bar back a nasty green and cluttered with old shit. few good HDTVs. past the bar is a pool table. service was good, the reason for the extra star.

This was the worst bar in Denver! The service was the worst! We did a scavenger hunt with at least 50 people all which had to buy a drink. The bar tender had a full beard with a mustache. Me and my party made sure we tipped well. He told us about how annoying everyone was and how he wished we did not enter his establishment. He later wrote a note to give to the organizer of this scavenger hunt that read please do not include our bar in your events! This was so rude I had to post a review on this dirty, dark bar! This was the only place that we entered that was no fun. Gross dirty place I advise you not to go here as the staff is ungrateful and very unfriendly!

Best venue. Best sound. Cheap drinks. Close to TRVE Brewing and multiple late night eats. What more can you ask for?

One of the best dive bars in the world. Don’t come here if you aren’t prepared for an awesome dive bar.

I like the free pool and cheap drinks. Some people who go there think they’re too cool for school tho.

Filthy dump gleefully proud of its shithole status featuring a staff with obvious Napoleon complexes.

Loveable neighborhood dive bar! My guy and I came in for a quick stop on a Friday evening and got served by a guy who was wearing a shirt depicting cats playing a piano in space. Prices were good, music was decent. Ambiance was divey and awesome.

I love this place! It’s very intimate for a concert and always a great time. I love having tickets on my phone so thanks for going digital! I’ll definitely be back!

Shit bar.
Shit people.

Some guy on Unilocal

Insanity! Loud music! Seal noises in the bathroom! Dogs and cats living together! I grade dive bars on a curve based on what they purport to be and this place is an ass-​kicking dive bar. Sweeping selection of beers and also some half-​assed decent liquor. Bartender who is a lot of fun and pours wicked fast. Clientele is an aberrant mass of local crazies and never ever ever dull. Bathrooms are a bit frightening, probably intentionally. Will for sure be back.

My Favorite Saturday Happy Hour Watering Hole! Good Shelf of varied booze and most of the time the best music playing while not one ray of sunshine invades this East facing bar.

The shittiest bar. The shittiest people. In the shittiest town. On the shittiest planet.

A fun and upscale– divey music venue. Affordable drinks, 5 $ a beer, 6 for a shot of Hornito’s tequila. We were for the punk rock show last night. Sound was good, staff and crowd were friendly and cool. Bathrooms are a red light district, at least the woman’s room. At least in the literal sense. It makes it a bit hard to see, but it does look cool. The other lady, was laughing as I tried to pull out a paper towel to dry my hands, none would come out. She said it is always like that, and she assumed it was a joke. I replied isn’t that what clothiers are for? Establishment and bathrooms were on the clean side.

It’s true what they say. The bathrooms are terrible, but if you want an intimate concert with an institutionalized house party vibe, this is your place. And who needs to pee when you can dance? Great acts, great sound, great dancing.
Sound quality is perfect – luminous, never too loud or screechy. (This is key, and it’s so hard to come by.) With a wristband, you can come and go, and you’re right next to Sputnik or the bro-​tastic Punchbowl Social (if you’re into that kind of thing). The crowd shifts concert to concert, but is typically mid-​20s to mid-​30s, with knots of hipsters smoking cigarettes outside. I wish I hadn’t left my glasses at home.

The hi dive! What can I say
The beer is cold
The music is awesome
The bathrooms suck
And it smells like last nights beer party
Traditional dive in the classic sense
Everyone needs this place in their repertoire !

There isn’t much that I like more than seeing a show at an intimate sized venue, and the Hi Dive fits that size model just right. Although they aren’t going to bring any huge headlining acts, I credit them for steadily bringing in some underrated and obscure artists/​bands that I have waited years to see. Although shows tend to start ridiculously late at this venue, I’m not going to complain when the cover is generally an Alexander Hamilton (that’s a $ 10 bill).
This place is a complete dive with demolished ceilings, dim lighting, and careless décor, but who cares when generally you can stand feet from the band you came to see and when they have to walk right past you to get on stage. Acoustics could be better, as I prefer the Larimer Lounge a bit more in terms of sound quality, but in terms of the positioning of the bar (which is very important), I would prefer the layout of the Hi Dive. Instead of being behind the audience, as it is at the Larimer Lounge, the bar is located off to the side which makes beverage runs much less of a feat and much more feasible especially when in the front couple of rows.
Overall, I am grateful that a venue such as the Hi Dive exists allowing me the ability to see some incredible artists that need such venues to get their music heard.

Ha Ha Tonka!
Holy crap. This place is like seeing your favorite band in your living room — with beers on tap. Good beers! Tickets were under $ 15 — there were no fees. The sound was pretty great and service at the bar was very great.
The band was so close you could reach out and touch them from most anywhere in the bar. Oh, and then if you couldn’t quite reach them from your listening position, well — you just go meet them at the merch table after the show.
This place could make this out-​of-​towner want to be a new resident. Love. Love. Love.