Joey's Tavern sits at Craig and Tenaya in the Lone Mountain corner of northwest Las Vegas, well off the Strip, and it is the kind of 24-hour neighborhood bar where the regulars know the bartender and the game is always on.
This is a locals' tavern first. The official site leans on great gaming, cold beer, and bar food, and the room backs it with two Diamond pool tables, a TouchTunes jukebox, and a weekend DJ. Across more than 200 Yelp reviews, the steady theme is a friendly neighborhood crowd rather than a tourist stop. For a former bartender, that is the kind of room that lasts.
The room
The layout is a classic Vegas tavern: a central bar ringed with video poker, a game room off to one side, and screens worked around the walls. Harlow checks the bad seats first, and Joey's passes because the screens are spread so a seat at the pool tables still has a game in view. The room runs casual and lived-in rather than polished. The trade-off is that this is a small neighborhood bar, so it is built for a steady local crowd, not a 300-person watch party.
What to order
Drink to the room: a cold domestic or one of the rotating import and craft taps the tavern lists, poured at honest $$ neighborhood prices. The bar food covers the basics that pair with a game and a pool cue. If video poker is your thing, the bar-top machines are part of the deal here, the way they are in most Vegas locals' bars. Skip Joey's if you want a cocktail program. The order here is beer and a game.
The crowd and best time to go
The crowd is northwest-valley locals, with shift workers filling the 24-hour off-hours that the door keeps open. A weekend night brings the in-house DJ and a livelier room, while a weekday afternoon is quiet enough to shoot pool with a game on in the background. For a marquee fixture, arrive an hour early to claim a seat at the bar with a clean screen, then settle in.
What regulars say
The repeated note across Yelp is the neighborhood feel, the gaming, and staff who remember faces. Regulars rate the pool tables and the late-night door, with the main caveat being that this is a locals' bar rather than a destination, so newcomers should expect a regulars' rhythm. The advice for first-timers is simple: take a bar seat, the service is quickest there.
Who it is for
Joey's is for the northwest-valley local who wants a game, a pool table, and a cold beer without driving to the Strip, for the shift worker off at 4am, and for anyone who rates a bar on regulars over decor. Skip it if you are after a stadium-scale screen wall or table service. This is a neighborhood tavern that keeps the game on around the clock.
The verdict
Two things make Joey's Tavern worth the drive to Craig Road. The first is the around-the-clock door, which keeps the game on and the beer cold whether it is a Sunday afternoon or the small hours of a Tuesday, the kind of consistency a locals' bar lives on. The second is the room itself, a tavern with pool, gaming, and screens spread wide enough that there is no truly dead seat. The official site sells the gaming and the bar food, and the Yelp regulars sell the welcome. The value holds at $$, the crowd is neighborhood rather than tourist, and the only trade is scale: this is a local room, not a watch-party hall. For a game, a cold one, and a pool table close to home, Joey's is the call in the northwest valley.
For the rest of the city's game-day options, see our guide to the best sports bars in Las Vegas and the editorial pillar on the top Las Vegas sports bars. A bigger off-Strip locals' room is Blondies Sports Bar in Las Vegas, while the wider scene is mapped in the Las Vegas bar guide.
Sources: Joey's Tavern official site (2026); Yelp reviews; Chamber of Commerce listing; Happy Hour Near Me guide.
