(212) 209-1573

233 E 14th St (2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue)
New York, NY 10003 40.732978 -73.986433

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Neighborhoods: East Village, Downtown

blindpigbar.com

Hours:

Daily 11am-4am

Last updated 10.17.11

Category:

Restaurants, Sports Bars, Neighborhood Bars, Singles Bars, Bars & Pubs

Payment Methods:

Gift Certificate, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, Visa, MasterCard

Bar & Pub Special Features:

Happy Hour, Bar Menu

Restaurant Special Features:

Brunch, Lunch Spot

Cuisine:

Traditional American

Bar & Club Special Features:

Outdoor Seating, 21 & Over, After Work

Minimum Age:

21

What People Are Saying About Blind Pig

Featured Review

Contributor

Contributor

In Short – With its floors, tables, benches and bar all made of wood, this unassuming Union Square watering hole is dressed like an old-school hideaway. But despite those trappings, it still offers modern-day amenities like flatscreen TVs for game-watching and music videos coordinated with whatever's playing through the loudspeakers. A mixed bag of laid-back drinkers passes through in waves, encouraged to return by the fun-loving bartenders. – – Hits: It's a nice alternative to the neighborhood's more collegiate bars. – – Misses: Wander in on a Friday night when…

Editor's Tips

Food Served:
A lengthy menu of pub grub (including chicken fingers, sliders, and mac and cheese) is served until 2am.
Fun Fact:
"Blind pig" was a slang term meaning "speakeasy" during Prohibition.
Happy Hour:
Swing by before 8pm any day of the week for discounts on well drinks and domestic drafts.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. The music and atmosphere are perfect and the place is crawling with hot women.
  2. This bar has great ambiance!
  3. It is wonderful to find a bar in NYC that does not rip you off with $12 glasses of wine and yet provides an atmosphere of great people.
  4. Its awesome to able to go to a bar for Sunday Football and get great wings and a loud rowdy fun crowd and come back next week for a (hungover) saturday afternoon and be able to sit around for hours in a booth and get a satisfying brunch (french toast!)
  5. Really cool decor- perfect mix between old and new.
  6. Not a dive bar and not fast food, but a comfortable, welcoming place to have a drink or a drink with a great meal.
  7. The staff was great, had a fun time.
  8. They take great Food, great decor, and great employees and MAKE IT HAPPEN.
  9. Great decor, friendly staff, and seats greeted my friends.
  10. The music is fun and they even show the videos on the exposed brick wall late night which is quite entertaining.
  11. the atmosphere is great.
  12. have taken so many different friends here and all enjoy the great music and fun atmosphere.
  13. awesome food comfortable atmosphere friendly staff
  14. Great atmosphere.
drinks
92.5% positive
  1. Last night I was invited out by some friends to enjoy the Olympics at what was supposed to be a nice bar pub in the Village.
  2. Not a dive bar and not fast food, but a comfortable, welcoming place to have a drink or a drink with a great meal.
  3. The bar gets a good crowd, but hasn't been overwhelming any time I was there.
  4. Beautiful bar with great food and beer selection
  5. The bar was crowded, and the music on the jukebox was great!
  6. Its awesome to able to go to a bar for Sunday Football and get great wings and a loud rowdy fun crowd and come back next week for a (hungover) saturday afternoon and be able to sit around for hours in a booth and get a satisfying brunch (french toast!)
  7. Good beer selection, good service, and good pub grub.
  8. Stopped in for lunch and met Lorraine, the cute little bartender and discovered the best wine by the glass list, and wraps and salads to good to be expected in a bar.
  9. Blind Pig is a great neighborhood bar.
  10. Blind Pig was a cool neighborhood bar.
  11. will never return, and I dont suggest this bar to anyone
  12. There is always a good crowd with a nice mix of ladies coming for a drink after work and guys settling in for the game.
  13. The Pig is a wonderful new restaurant / bar.
  14. Best new bar in the city!
  15. At the start of the evening, things moved smoothly, average bar food, nice pints of beer and a friendly waitress.
  16. worst bar in NYC.
  17. One more thing, the wines are terrific!
  18. Great drinks, food and service.
  19. The bartenders are very friendly and with no line at the door and waitress service at all the tables it is never hard to get a drink.
  20. Best bar staff in the city.
  21. It is a just the perfect spot for a drink or two on the way home from work OR a big night out on a weekend with friends.
  22. new local bar/restaurant, Blind Pig (love the name) has a friendly, upbeat staff.
  23. New favorite bar
  24. would recommend this bar to everyone I know except people I don't like because then I would have to see them hanging out in my new favorite bar, and unfortunately for me they would come back again and again.
  25. Great bar!
  26. Were we rudly awakened to a monster "bar owner/manager" screaming at us about how he can do whatever the hell he wants (not to mention other ridiculous language, considering we are the customers!)
  27. This bar has great ambiance!
  28. They had some good beers on draft and some tasty finger foods.
  29. Great after work bar as well and the drink specials worked with my wallet.
  30. Best post college bar!
  31. Fantastic staff, great food and drink, and a very cool look.
  32. The menu is creative and certainly raises the bar in NYC in regards to restaurants of it's ilk.
  33. Weeknight and you wanna grab a drink and get some grub - Blind Pig is the place to do it - food is great.
  34. The bottom line is, this is a great bar for beer and sports (check out the great TV setup) or for a couple of glasses of wine with a girlfriend.
  35. It is wonderful to find a bar in NYC that does not rip you off with $12 glasses of wine and yet provides an atmosphere of great people.
  36. Overall a great bar and a great NYC watering hole!
  37. Go hear for some great drinks and watch a game on the flatscreens.
  38. The staff was courteous, gave generous/quality food portions, and the unique drink selections will keep me coming back.
  39. Manager was very rude for some reason when we asked him about the bar.
  40. In a nutshell, Blind Pig is the perfect neighborhood bar.
food quality
100.0% positive
  1. The food is great with the specials always changing you never get bored with the menu.
  2. just love going there and the food is fantastic too!
  3. Beautiful bar with great food and beer selection
  4. The food was really good.
  5. They had some good beers on draft and some tasty finger foods.
  6. My boyfriend and I shared a few appetizers for dinner and the food was great.
  7. At the start of the evening, things moved smoothly, average bar food, nice pints of beer and a friendly waitress.
  8. awesome food comfortable atmosphere friendly staff
  9. Not a dive bar and not fast food, but a comfortable, welcoming place to have a drink or a drink with a great meal.
  10. They also serve tasty finger foods and the service is excellent.
  11. The staff was courteous, gave generous/quality food portions, and the unique drink selections will keep me coming back.
  12. Weeknight and you wanna grab a drink and get some grub - Blind Pig is the place to do it - food is great.
  13. The food was EXCELLENT, I would go here just for dinner.
  14. Its awesome to able to go to a bar for Sunday Football and get great wings and a loud rowdy fun crowd and come back next week for a (hungover) saturday afternoon and be able to sit around for hours in a booth and get a satisfying brunch (french toast!)
  15. The food is awesome, bartenders are great, and the women are beautiful.
  16. The food and service was good but the crowd was even better!
  17. Great drinks, food and service.
  18. To be honest, I thought the best part about this place is it's surprisingly good food.
  19. Fantastic staff, great food and drink, and a very cool look.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. Good beer selection, good service, and good pub grub.
  2. Awsome new restaurant on 14th st, has the best lunch menu in the neighborhood.
  3. The menu shows some pretty standard fare, but it tastes better than most pub grub.
  4. Beautiful bar with great food and beer selection
  5. The menu is creative and certainly raises the bar in NYC in regards to restaurants of it's ilk.
  6. The staff was courteous, gave generous/quality food portions, and the unique drink selections will keep me coming back.
  7. The food is great with the specials always changing you never get bored with the menu.
overall
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. It was nice to be in a place whith a nice mix of age groups of neighborhood folk, afterwork crews and visitors like me.
  2. To be honest, I thought the best part about this place is it's surprisingly good food.
  3. It's a wonderful place to hang out with old friends, and a great place to meet new ones.
  4. Then again, it's also a good place to hang after the show.
  5. It's a great place to unwind after work or to meet up with friends to watch a game, they have tv's on every wall.
  6. Not a good place to hang-out at.
return potential
50.0% positive
  1. Its awesome to able to go to a bar for Sunday Football and get great wings and a loud rowdy fun crowd and come back next week for a (hungover) saturday afternoon and be able to sit around for hours in a booth and get a satisfying brunch (french toast!)
  2. would recommend this bar to everyone I know except people I don't like because then I would have to see them hanging out in my new favorite bar, and unfortunately for me they would come back again and again.
  3. Too bad I will never go back, and the poor waitress that has to deal with that pig of an manager.
  4. will never return, and I dont suggest this bar to anyone
service
85.0% positive
  1. The food is awesome, bartenders are great, and the women are beautiful.
  2. Worst decision ever, I was there recently and the manager was so rude.
  3. Staff is very friendly.
  4. have been alone, as well as in big parties and have always been treated with respect, as well as receiving great service.
  5. Best bar staff in the city.
  6. Just like the staff.
  7. new local bar/restaurant, Blind Pig (love the name) has a friendly, upbeat staff.
  8. Fantastic staff, great food and drink, and a very cool look.
  9. The waitresses were really nice tho.
  10. awesome food comfortable atmosphere friendly staff
  11. The staff is always very friendly The waitresses remember who we are and always a big hello.
  12. The staff was great, had a fun time.
  13. Great decor, friendly staff, and seats greeted my friends.
  14. Great crowd, friendly management and staff.
  15. Too bad I will never go back, and the poor waitress that has to deal with that pig of an manager.
  16. The bartenders are very attentive as well as the waitstaff.
  17. would recommend this bar to everyone I know except people I don't like because then I would have to see them hanging out in my new favorite bar, and unfortunately for me they would come back again and again.
  18. The staff was courteous, gave generous/quality food portions, and the unique drink selections will keep me coming back.
  19. The bartenders were really friendly as were the many people I met just hanging there.
  20. They also serve tasty finger foods and the service is excellent.
  21. The food and service was good but the crowd was even better!
  22. Food was above average with attentive servers.
  23. The bartenders are very friendly and with no line at the door and waitress service at all the tables it is never hard to get a drink.
  24. The Guinness was excellent and the service attentive and welcoming.
  25. Our waitress was attentive and we were sorry she had to work for such an ogre.
  26. And the waitresses and managers were some of the most unpleasant people I have ever encountered in the service industry.
  27. excellent service
  28. Stopped in for lunch and met Lorraine, the cute little bartender and discovered the best wine by the glass list, and wraps and salads to good to be expected in a bar.
  29. Were we rudly awakened to a monster "bar owner/manager" screaming at us about how he can do whatever the hell he wants (not to mention other ridiculous language, considering we are the customers!)
  30. Good staff
  31. The manager was rude and the service was only okay.
  32. Quick bartenders and great nachos.
  33. At the start of the evening, things moved smoothly, average bar food, nice pints of beer and a friendly waitress.
  34. The bartender was very rude, took a good 15 minutes to stand there and curse out a patron while there were like a million people waiting to be served.
  35. Good beer selection, good service, and good pub grub.
  36. It is wonderful to find a bar in NYC that does not rip you off with $12 glasses of wine and yet provides an atmosphere of great people.
  37. They take great Food, great decor, and great employees and MAKE IT HAPPEN.
  38. The bartenders are exceptionally friendly and generous (something that is hard to come by in decent bars in the city).
  39. Manager was very rude for some reason when we asked him about the bar.
  40. Great drinks, food and service.
value
100.0% positive
  1. did like the huge TVs everywhere bc you could ignore the ugly guy that's trying to talk to you and watch sports instead.
  2. The staff was courteous, gave generous/quality food portions, and the unique drink selections will keep me coming back.
  3. The bartenders are exceptionally friendly and generous (something that is hard to come by in decent bars in the city).
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. The bartender was very rude, took a good 15 minutes to stand there and curse out a patron while there were like a million people waiting to be served.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/18/12

You will shoot your eye out!!!

by mona me

Great bar food and pleasant bar staff. The drinks were fantastic also.

2 Star Rating: Below Average

01/09/12

terrible service

by marshalcoolio

blind pig... it should be called loud obnoxious pig! horrible rude bartending, waitresses are cumbersome and slow, horrible experience.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/24/11

If You like Live Music and Entertaining Show

by Vanessanicole

Grab an after work drink or 4 at Blind Pig and head over to The Griffin to Michael Fredo's Wednesday night party. They have a great show and an open bar from 8-9:30. Free admission too. Michael Fredo with The Benny Reid Ensemble is a great Jazz/ Ratpack show. 50 Gansevoort @ Greenwich

4 Star Rating: Recommended

08/08/10

Cool Neighborhood Sports Bar

by Athena Chang , Citysearch Contributor

Don't let the pig blind you. It is full of flowing alcohol, great music, and quite amazing bar food.

Bind Pig is a great neighborhood sports bar that offers sports games, good drinks & food and fun crowd. I remember coming here at 1AM and people are dancing, drinking and chatting up.

My friends and I ordered some of their appetizers and they were great! Waffle fries, sliders and french fries! Hmm thinking about it makes me hungry now!

The DJ here spins some great hip hop and rap music that you can easily dance to.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

06/29/09

Awesome place!!!

by partyduck

I don't know what some of the other reviewers are talking about. Maybe they were at another bar! The staff was great, had a fun time. At one point it was crowded and it got very loud in there. I couldn't hear my friends too well but other than that it was awesome!!!

  • Pros: great bar, great staff
  • Cons: loud, crowded

The Details on Blind Pig

Place Categories:

  • great the food
  • great new bar
  • friendly bar staff
  • great service
  • exceptionally friendly bartenders
  • great welcoming place
  • great music
  • great fun atmosphere
  • great new spot
  • good loud rowdy fun crowd
  • great decor
  • great drinks
  • sorry waitress
  • rude manager
  • cool neighborhood bar
  • tasty finger foods
  • terrific wine
  • creative lunch menu
  • great people
  • worst bar
  • great nachos
  • recommend pig
  • great ambiance
  • great nyc watering
  • best post college
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