12/28/08

disgusted by the woman at the front door--exremely rude

by simo5353

My friend and I decided to go check out this place--she told me she had been there a few times before and liked it. However, when we got there, this extremely snooty woman told us that antik is "always private" and that they were only allowing people in for a private event or something--and she gave us the dirtiest most disgusting look, like something out of "Mean Girls" and told us we could go downstairs. We looked in the window and saw that the place was deserted. My friends and I were dressed to the nines-- we looked really cute--no reason to kick us out because we weren't "pretty enough." We told them we didn't want to give them our business and left. I guess they're trying to be all exclusive and elite or something--seems really stupid to me--they're in NYU territory--no point in trying to be all "elite" and snooty. We ended up having a great time elsewhere.

I've never written a review on this site in my life but I was so disgusted by this woman that I felt compelled to do so.

11/23/08

Ugh!

by Nepper

STAY AWAY!!! Over-priced, lousy service by self-absorbed, pretentious staff. The downstairs lounge looks and smells like the East Side basement it's housed in. Entering this joint will bring your night out to a screeching halt. The rent-a-DJ better keep his day gig doing Bar Mitzah's at the Ramada.

10/24/08

Possibly the worst bar in New York City

by jonnyeye

I don't want to waste too much time on this.

Antik is, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst bar in New York City.

Dirty, expensive, awful sound system blaring out the sort of music your little sister loves, incompetent (dirty) staff and super aggressive bouncers. The clientele look like a casting call for Lord Of The RIngs - I never seen so many shabbily dressed uglies in NYC. They let anyone stroll in, so desperate are they to get the cash registers ringing.

The drinks are an absolute joke - they wave the vodka bottle at a small tumbler of tonic water and charge you 9 bucks.

The night I went there, the fucktard of a barman lost my credit card (and subsequently charged over 200 dollars to it), the coat check took half an hour to find my coat (they said i should just go home without it) and the manager - some fat baffoon with clown hair - simply refused to have a reasonable discussion about finding either....just getting his bouncer to manhandle me out...

Outside, a fight was happening while the 'security' just looked on and shouted encouragement.

Thankfully, this place won't last long, but avoid it like the plague until it dies a slow death."

• Pros: There's decent bars nearby
• Cons: It's the worst night out you'll ever have.