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- Alphabet City, East Village, Downtown
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100% ambiance
“During the week I sometimes come to this place for a relaxed drink, with good music (the genre varies depending on the night) played at a volume that allows conversation and fun stuff on the televisions ("Reservoir Dogs", a boxing match, etc.).”
93% drinks
“The manager was incredibly friendly and made killer drinks all night long!”
100% food quality
“couple of Saturdays ago my friends and I came early and ate a good meal at a couple of the upstairs tables, then went downstairs and danced in a fun mob of people until two.”
66% menu variety
“If you love music, hip hop old and new, wicked mixing, ridiculous diverse crowds and super chill fast bartenders - then you might want to throw your next get together here!”
100% overall
“It is also a great place to meet new people.”
93% service
“The nasty bartender hastily grabbed the bottle of grey goose and started pouring it in, from about 2 feet away (what was she reenacting a scene from Cocktail?)”
100% wait time
“The manager was incredibly friendly and made killer drinks all night long!”
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Tips for Identity Bar & Lounge
June 26, 2011
Go to physical therapy next day. I went here for my mom's birthday and it was like the best. I had reserved a table in advances and the service was very good. The music was ok. My mom really love it, she had to go to physical therapy next day.
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February 21, 2011
Really quiet on a saturday night.
Arrived there at 1am on a saturday night and it was stonedead.
One DJ playing with one table occupied and an empty bar.
The music wasnt awesome and the interior was nothing special.
Misleading average grade of the reviews.
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November 12, 2010
NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE BUT HOPIN ITS FUN. I BEEN CHECKIN IDENTITY LOUNGE/ BAR OUT ONLINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW IM ACTUALLY HAVIN MY 21ST GET TOGETHER HERE ....I DONT KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE BUT FROM READIN SUM OF THESE REVIEW I THINK I WILL HAVE FUN N ENJOY MYSELF....THEY ONLY PROBLEM IM AFRAID OF IS THE MUSIC BECUZ IMMA PARTY GIRL N I LOVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC BUT IM AFRAID THAT THEY PROBABLY WONT HAVE MY TASTE IN CERTAIN MUSIC LIKE REGGAE...I LIKE OLD SKOOL REGGAE N NEW SKOOL REGGAE LIKE VYBZ KARTEL,MOVADO,BEENIE MAN,JAH VINCI,JAH CURE U KNOW THE BANGIN ARTIST...ALSO HIP HOP LIKE RICK ROSS ,JAY Z ,DRAKE U KNOW N SO ON ...BUT IM WORRIED ONLY BECUZ I KNOW THESE R THE TYPE OF MUSIC THAT WILL GET PEOPLE OUT THERE SITS N ON THE DANCE FLOOR N I WONT EVERYONE THAT I INVITE TO ENJOY THERE TIME THERE WIT ME N NOT BE BORED SITIN DOWN CUZ I ONLY TIRN 21 ONCE N I BEEN WAITIN FOR THIS DAY FOREVER BUT FROM WAT IM READIN EVERYTHING ELSE SEEM PREFECT N THE PICS R BEAUTIFUL THE PLACE LOOKS NICE JUS CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING TURNS OUT BUT AFTER MY 21ST BDAY GET TOGETHER I WILL LET U GUYS KNOW HOW IT TURNED OUT SO STAY TUNED LOL
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November 08, 2010
cool cool place. chill atmosphere. good prices. had a great time with my friends here!!
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August 14, 2009
best bar in East Village. what a special place..this bar has it all.. I love this bar and all that it offers..
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June 30, 2009
very friendly bar.
Cool bar, very welcoming. The girl working the bar, with the tatoos (should have found out your name) has got to be the coolest girl in NYC!
DJ later on, great tunes too.
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June 17, 2009
Good times. Great bar in lower east side. Many people enjoy this hot spot for its crowd and music. I personally think that as far as bars in the LES this is by far the coolest
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May 16, 2009
Best East Village spot for sure. Identity is by far my favorite bar in NYC. The staff there are awesome--Lawrence and Laurie will always make sure that you're having a good time. I had my 26th birthday there this year and we were very well taken care of--we had a table (no charge), free champagne, and great music. Identity is good on any day of the week. Sun-Wed are a little more quiet and intimate, although you can come in for Burlesque on Tuesday or Rock Band on Wednesday. Fridays and Saturdays are when the real party happens, with killer DJs and two floors open. Love this place!
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January 17, 2009
AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING.
I recently celebrated by 28th (1/9) birthday party here....we had a great time there.
Lori - one of the best bartenders in NYC - hands down. DJ was great. All in all GOOD TIMES
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January 06, 2009
CRAZY NYE minus the Drama!!!!!.
We recently had an open NYE party there with about 80+ people and I couldn't have found a better place! Lawrence, and his "it won't s@ck itself" T-shirt couldn't have set things up any better! If I threw a party on a deserted island and could pick 10 peeps, Lawrence would be in my top five!
The downstairs was a perfect space for everyone to dance and scatter, whilst the upstairs bar provided even more room for all the mayhem! Evelin (sorry if I butchered your name!) the sweetest bartender in the whole world, makes MEEEEAAAN shots and NASTY MARTINIS with sugar rimmed glasses! She was fast and so friendly and sweet to everyone! The space was perfect, everybody there was chill and was there to party!
AAAnnd music was OFF the hook! The DJ spun old school hip hop, and even turned down the music slightly downstairs so we weren't all screaming at the top of our lungs at one another! Priceless.
Overall, not only did this spot make one of the best NYEs, but this spot is going to be my regular haunts going forward. Tues sugar rimmed martinis, burlesque shows, and awesome music... WHAT?!?!?!
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