Bottle & Cork

Add this to the top of your bar hop list! Awesome venue for live music! It is a must on all my Dewey trips, the best was going here for my friend’s Bachelorette party and my birthday! Excellent customer service, love the staff. Ask for Chris Mcgraw behind the bar he is the best!

Not the best pick at Dewey Beach. Dirty, expensive and cash only, with long waits and rude bartenders. The last time I went I was hit in the face with a chunk of ice that the bartender was trying to lob at the guy next to me for reaching over the bar. No apologies for it, just an «I wasn’t aiming at you». I understand that you don’t want customers reaching over the bar, but is throwing things at people’s faces really the best option? Very unprofessional. They do fresh squeeze oranges for their «Orange crush» drinks, which is nice, but overall the drinks were just way to sweet for my taste. And you have to dodge the leftover orange pieces if you make the bartender angry.

This place sucks and the bouncers are terrible they side with the trouble makers. I would never come here again. Do your self a favor and don’t come here there are much better places in Dewey.

Horrible venue. No parking. Expensive, watery drinks. Rude people who shout to each other so you can’t hear the performer. A disorganized staff that doesn’t care. You stand in puddles of water on a concrete floor for four hours. Buddy Guy was excellent when I could hear his vocals over the din. But why were we subjected to a no talent opening act who «played» for almost an hour? I would never go back. For $ 60 I feel cheated.

The worst bar In Dewey so dancing and spilling a drink is a reason to get the
Town out then when you say your a local and they make fun really!

Great show (Buddy Guy), but terribly mismanaged venue. Continuous harassment from staff: don’t sit here, you can’t take your water outside to rest, you must get in this lane to reenter.
Basically a bunch of losers poorly running a bar instead of improving themselves.

ZERO STARS. I seriously can’t emphasize this enough.
I’ll give a little play by play.
Walk in around 5pm on Saturday. Go to the bar to grab my first drink. Noticed my friend heavily intoxicated. After I finished my drink the bartender gives me a look like «dude, your friend» so I was said «yeah I know, I’ll take her».
We start heading OUT the door. Literally walking out of the bar, so we’re about 20 feet from the door. All of the sudden I feel someone gripping my arms, shoving me, screaming «get out». I whipped around yelling «you’re hurting me, what are you doing.»
A middle aged bouncer was not only putting his hands on me, but wrongfully so. #1 I was literally walking out the door without even being asked. #2 I was not drunk. #3 touch me again and I will cut you (yes, thats a threat).
I leave, furious, obviously. I honestly couldn’t even believe what just happened.
Fast forward 3 hours, my arm is completely bruised with hand marks to show where the bouncer was grabbing me.
The next day I went in to speak with a manager, of course they weren’t opened. I’ve been calling every day since and no one picks up.
I suggest starting by firing your anger driven bouncers who are going to get you a lawsuit. YOU ARE A BOUNCER, a bad one at that. This is no disrespect towards people in the industry, I’m a bartender. But dude, get off your high horse and learn how to do your job without hurting people before you get thrown in jail.

The perfect dive beach club. Not expensive or pretentious. Cheap, friendly, packed, rowdy, trashy, and loud. Hard working, efficient staff that brings refill bud lights and hi-​lighter red and blue jello shots continuously. An entertaining mix of college co-​eds and cougars on the prowl and fun live acts (mostly 90’s cover bands). Everything an unpretentious, beach club should be.

Cash only which they don’t tell you at the door as you pay cover. One atm working and they won’t let you leave to go to another atm without waiting in line. Rude staff. Won’t come back.

I came in from out of town for a sold out show on a Tuesday. I will tell you the parking is an absolute nightmare. Their website says they have free parking but it’s only about 10 – 12 spots which were all double parked. The restaurant next door says they give permits to park there if you ask but I asked and they said they stopped doing that years ago. You can get a daily parking pass from the Dewey beach visitors center which is around the corner but they close at 5! Luckily I found some metered parking about a block away.
The venue itself is interesting. I can’t speak for the bar because I didn’t drink, but they do give free ice water! The show was sold out but there was still some space to move around and enjoy yourself. You’re not packed in like sardine like some other places. Although you should know it’s hot as hades inside there once the place fills up. It’s pretty small and the ground is slanted so you can see from pretty much anywhere. The sound system was decent and I felt really close to the stage even though I was about halfway back.
The doors for this particular show didn’t open til 8 and the will call just happens when they open the door so make sure you bring your ID.

Went on a Saturday night in June. This place is FUN but you have to be in the mood for an adult frat party– smashed beer cans and cups everywhere, loud bumping music, and your fair share of creepers. This was our second time here and we had a blast. I granted it a ³⁄₅ stars only because if you aren’t in the mood for a sloppy-​drunk night it will not be the place for you.

Everyone that worked at places around the town kept warning us to stay away from here, especially on a Saturday… and wouldn’t you know it, we ended up here on a Saturday night.
We walked up the bouncer and he told us we couldn’t bring in our inflatable penis (bachelorette party), which I kind of predicted but at the same time, why? It didn’t make any sense, mostly because nothing about that place was sanitary or safe, so what difference does a little inflatable penis make? But whatever! A passerby overheard the bouncer telling us no, and gave us $ 20 for him so we let him go.
So we walked in, and the floor is coated in a thick layer of… life? It was sticky and disgusting, I had on a long dress and even though I was trying to hold it up, it was destroyed within minutes of being there. Several of our group wanted to leave not 2 minutes into getting in but we stuck around for a tiny bit.
The bartender made me a fruity drink that barely had any alcohol in it. We watched the band for a few minutes, who was really good… but we were assailed by so many disgusting slimy men that thought it was okay to touch us at any given moment. So many creepers were standing on the outside of our group, very obviously trying to find a way in, and we were so uncomfortable.
But the final straw was one drunk man who was bald with a face drawn on his head. No introductions, just came right up to me and started thrusting his slimy head into my butt. i tried to laugh it off cuz i didn’t want to be «that girl» but i wasn’t okay with being touched. Then came the kicker… same baldie, after a few minutes of finally starting to enjoy myself, he tapped me on my shoulder and asked if I wanted to «see a sperm whale». I said no quite a few times, I didn’t know what that was and didn’t think it could mean anything good from the state the guy was in… I was right. He ignored my protests and chugged his entire beer, got down on one knee and sprayed it all over us, soaking us in saliva/​beer/​herpes mix. We all got very angry and almost threw our drinks on him but were waiting for the bouncers to kick him out… AND THEY DIDN’T! A bouncer (looked like a baby to be honest) just walked up and stood next to him, without saying a word. I said okay well then screw this and threw my drink down and left.

The only place where I can openly sing along to a Katy Perry cover and not sound completely gay.
I was here with some friends. Of course, we were all drinking. The drinks here are reasonably priced and on the strong side.
Most of the people are here for bachelor or bachelorette parties, so I felt like the odd one out hahah.
Regardless, it was still a fun time.

love the Bottle & Cork so much. They have the best live bands. The way they put on a show is like you are at a rock concert. Summer JAM is one of my favorite things and one of the best events I have ever been to. Drinks are great, especially, the crush drinks! I also like drinking beer out of a can and then smashing the can with my foot on the floor! Ah, the simple things in life.
Always a great time! Tip: Make sure you bring comfortable shoes you don’t care about, as they will get dirty.

So you’re at the beach.
I repeat. you are at the beach. You’re not a the 9:30 club, or the Trocadero, or some showy place in NYC. So this is not the place to dress to the nines, or show off hipster designer duds, unless you want to get them spilled on. Watch out also for the uneven concrete floor.
Most of the venue is outdoors, as people sashay from bar to bar, to get cans of beer and simple rail drinks in solo plastic cups. The place has good things and bad things going for it.
The bad is the beer selection is terrible. In fact only one of the bars even had two taps which I was hoping to get something out of, with one that was empty. The other had a Goose Island handle so I said, ok this has potential. I asked so what’s the Goose Island beer? To which the bartender said… it’s a pumpkin ale.
uh Goose Island doesn’t make a pumpkin ale. So I passed. Some of the staff are nice but many are also clueless. Was the kid in the t-​shirt shop half baked at will call?
Hardly anything to really complain about that much (except crummy beer selection and over priced macro cans), but if there is a band that you want to ideally see and they are playing here, it’s a good sounding venue. Also even with sellout shows the place isn’t that packed allowing some space to move. It actually has a decent sound system, and pulls off some good intimacy for viewing.
I can see the place also being a bit of a pit if the frat and college element shows up which I know does often. When I was there it was a much older crowd which made it a different feel.
Either way if there was a band here I wanted to see I’d have no problem going back for sure. Best Rock N Roll bar in the world? uh no. but a fun stop when the cards line up.

The bar has tons of potential. No cover. Open air section in the back with two bars. Stage for the band. Decent sound system.
But the music and the people… jeez. When we went on a Friday night, there was a cover band who, if you gave them the chance to play Wagon Wheel nonstop for half an hour, they probably would. And the crowd would eat it up. So… it was that kind of crowd. There were 40-​year-​old guys dressed like frat boys and dancing like old white people do.
Drinks were cheap (cash only) and shots were $ 5 a pop.
The Jello shots girl was kind of pushy though.

Interesting place. Definitely a beach bar atmosphere. I had bought tickets online to see Almost Queen. On the bar’s Facebook page, it said the show was from 9:00 — 1:00. The band didn’t start until almost 10:30.
Upon walking in at 8:30, the place seemed ok. Floors were wet from having just been hosed down, and they had four distinct bar sections set up for a rocking night.
After my first drink, I went to the men’s room to see one of the two sinks plastered with vomit. Considering they had just opened, I assume it had been there since the night before. Shortly thereafter, my wife used the ladies room and reported that there was puke on the floor.
Because of the band playing, the crowd was small (about 60 folks in the whole place), and most of them had gray hair. There was way too many bartenders on staff tonight and there was no need for the six security folks. The crowd was a mellow bunch and no trouble at all.
We had taken two of the 6 bar stools in the whole place, and sat at one of the stations all evening. With the older crowd, any time one of us got up, someone always walked over to take the seat away for themselves. In fairness, most of them appeared AARP age and it was past their bedtime.
The staff was attentive, and refills were right there, as needed. I felt bad for the bartender and left him a $ 20 tip for a total of $ 17 in drinks, since we were his only customer of the evening.
In all, it seemed like an ok place. The only thing lacking was some kind of snacks at the bar. A bowl of pretzels would have been cool, but they didn’t offer anything to nosh. The only other complaint I heard was lack of seating. The ‘broken hip’ crowd stood on their feet for 4 hours. A few folks mentioned wanting to rent a beach chair and set it up in the middle of the floor.
I can see how the place could get hectic and out of hand if the genre of music that night was more modern. I was thankful for the sedate, older crowd wanting to relive the 80s for a few hours before Alzheimer’s sets in, and they lose the reminders of their youth in a purple haze.
In short, I’d go back if the music suited my tastes, but it isn’t a bar I’d go to just to hang out and have a couple of drinks.

«The Greatest Rock & Roll Bar in the World»? No argument here.
I have awesome memories of my favorite Dewey spot hanging out with my beachhouse, killing trays of Jello shots and listening to the likes of Mr. Greengenes and Burnt Sienna. You’ve heard them do the same songs a million times but somehow it never gets old.
Roll up off the beach and kickstart your Saturday drinking spree at Jam Session. Stay as long as it feels right.

*Cash only
Bottle & Cork means it’s summertime in Dewey! Definitely go on Saturday to check out Jam Session where there’s a bunch of bands in a sweaty mess of a venue. It’s not a huge place and part of the roof is purposely exposed so you’ll get some air flow but you’re still going to be around sweaty people. When I say it’s not a huge place, I mean it. There is 0% chance you will leave here w/​o touching about 150 people.
My advice? Embrace the situation for a few hours, grab an orange crush and make your way to the front of the pack and have a good time. It’s loud so if you’re interested in not having tinnitus for several days… bring earplugs :)
If you want to get on stage… dress up in matching tshirts and pretend you’re part of a bachelorette party. Every other song there was a new group of matchy girls getting free beers on stage.

Came here on a Saturday night. If you come here, you must love live bands. The cover bands had great energy, entertaining and there was no cover. Free music!!! I can’t complain about that.
The ambiance is sort of divey and obviously loud, so don’t be a snob if you go. Its the beach! Go for the live band, have some drinks and have fun! That’s what its about. You feel like your outdoors or something.
We missed the Jam Session since we were at the beach all day.