The Hut

Everything you want it to be. If you want a great hole in the wall, this is your spot. It’s cash only, but they have an atm.
Cover bands that keep the place lively. I will definitely be back.

Best bar in the valley, friendly staff and patrons. Great drink specials and the best bloody Mary’s anywhere.

I came in for a beer on New Years day at around 4:30PM. By myself, as I was on a weekend retreat in Ojai escaping everything.
The bar is small and divey. There was 3 open seats at the bar. I took the one separated by a group of three rugged men. Their eyes and smiles were welcoming. Everyone was white. I felt the needle scratch when I rolled in.
I was on the fence about what to drink. I told the bartender I liked hoppier beers. There was a beer on tap that I didn’t recognize, and the gent one seat over offered for me to try it as it was the beer he was enjoying.
I was caught off guard by his openess to allow me to taste from his glass. I didnt shy away from it all, and took him up on his offer. I ended up ordering a pint of it based on the sampling.
About halfway into my beer, 2 really washed-​up, whiskey tango broads roll up with some guy. One of the more coked-​up looking ones looks me right in the eye and says,
«Sweetie, these are our seats.» I don’t move. I just keep her gaze. At this point, one of the older ladies a few seats down, offers to move down to make an extras space for the third in their group.
The 2^nd half of my beer tasted like shit cause the 2 coked up whores were load, obnoxious, rude demanding, really unsavory language, dancing like Jodie Foster’s character in the move The Accused, right before she got raped… Like they were beamed down from some Walmart parking lot in Central Florida.
But I’m not going to take it out on the The Hut’s review. Just too bad… I would have stayed longer and enjoyed more beers.

I miss the dive bars in the LBC, and am SO thankful we found the Hut, as it’s the best (and only) dive bar in town. It’s perfect. Quiet in the day, fun at night, never too crowded, and the smattering of regulars give it just the right divey feel.
Ask Forrest to make you a bloody mary. Just trust me.

Best little dive bar around. A place that has the BEST Bloody Marys. Great prices and no cover charge. Live bands, karoke, and beer pong and of course a pool table. The people are really what make it the best to hang out.

If you are looking a fufu bar, this is not the place. But when i am visiting my home town of Ojai. I am not looking for a fufu bar. Here we have a basic, friendly neighborhood bar with reasonable prices and friendly folks. Not many beers on tap, but the ones they have are well chosen.
Forrest is a great bartender!

Some of the friendliest and funny people and bartenders