B Bar and Grill

(212) 777-0468

40 E 4th St
New York, NY 10003 40.7273 -73.992

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Neighborhoods: NoHo, Downtown

Last updated 3.11.11

Category:

Restaurants, Bars & Pubs, Taverns

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, MasterCard

Bar & Pub Special Features:

Bar Menu

Restaurant Special Features:

Outdoor Dining

Bar & Club Special Features:

Outdoor Seating, Specialty Cocktails, Live Music

Smoking Permitted:

No

What People Are Saying About B Bar and Grill

Featured Review

Karen Hudes

Contributor

The Scene – Airy and refined, this bar and restaurant had its heyday in the late '90s and still draws celebrities on occasion for outdoor soirees. Mostly, though, it hosts a well-dressed, well-behaved clientele from the city and its outskirts. The bar's most popular night is Tuesday, when the long-running Beige party attracts a handsome, fashionable gay crowd. – – The Draw – Fifties diner booths and loungey nooks fill the interior, but the hottest place to sit is the walled-in patio sparkling with tiny lights--a popular summertime setting for groups and private…

Editor's Tips

Where to Sit:
Since a quarter of the outdoor space is smoker-friendly, you may be able to nab a smoking table--if you're quick. Table service for drinks on the patio is available at no extra charge.
Know Before You Go:
The kitchen stays open until 1am, but the bar hours change depending on the season.
ambiance
50.0% positive
  1. There were other issues but I wanted to just name a few and let all of you know that the food and ambiance are OK (not great) but the service is truly the worst I have ever experienced in my many years in NY.
  2. cool atmosphere, but horrible service
  3. Go somewhere else - I can honestly say that the atmosphere at this place is ridiculously bad.
  4. Went with friends this past Friday and enjoyed the lights and atmosphere outside.
  5. Cool space, good food, good drink and interesting atmosphere.
drinks
53.20000171661377% positive
  1. Cool space, good food, good drink and interesting atmosphere.
  2. Last week me (engineer) and my sister in law (manager of a famous hotel in town), were jumping from bar to bar.
  3. the bar and food is great!
  4. If you're looking for drinks go next door and downstairs to that weird bar with the good scotch or across the street to good ol' Phebes.
  5. have to be honest - I came to this bar with an open mind and really wanted to like this place.
  6. nice setting - but really bad drinks and average food
  7. Their drinks are horrible by the way.
  8. Best to avoid this place because they're managed through stupidity, over priced drinks, and terrible terrible service.
  9. The crowd is one of the WORST in Manhatten - prissy little B&T and UES girls who need to strut around in their tank tops and Seven jeans, staff who is too cool to look at you while they give you your $10 drink, and bad, overpriced food.
  10. Love the open space, the staff is friendly, and the menu and drinks offered are exactly what you want on a nice, warm, afternoon in the city.
  11. would not recommend wasting your time or money at this bar when there are plenty of finer establishments in Manhattan with cheaper drinks, pleasant employees and better looking people.
  12. Aside from the terrible service and overpriced, watered down drinks, the place is filthy, rodents were running around all over the outside patio, and the management is retarded.
  13. The drinks are terrible and overpriced.
  14. Don't even bother wasting your time here because if the uppity clientele doesn't annoy you, the over-priced, weak drinks will!
  15. know this is common amongst nyc bars, but this place seriously has the worst drinks.
  16. can speak from first hand experience, having enjoyed the bar in the past, last nights doormen were turning gay men away with the statement 'men only allowed in with their girlfriends'.
  17. Friendly staff, reasonable drinks, not too pretentious.
  18. Although I actually used to like this bar, I recommend anyone who is gay or has gay friends keep well clear of this place.
  19. liked the outdoor garden, after a few drinks,even in the Fall.
  20. the environment is ok, overpriced drinks, poorly mixed music, This place has too much hype.
  21. Boring, bad bar
  22. This bar sucks
  23. Yeah not a bad bar, if you don't mind having fraudulent charges on your account!
  24. the outdoor seating is great and trendy, and the food and drinks are pretty good, but after giving it the benefit of the doubt and trying it 3 seperate times i decided it's some of the worst service i've ever had.
  25. The outdoor patio is a good spot - but the drinks are terrible - we ordered mojitos that arrived 20 min later in a very small cup but worst of all made with lime cordial - all this at $12 a pop - when we complained to the waiter he replied "welcome to man
food quality
50.66999912261963% positive
  1. Their food is so nasty and cost way too much.
  2. Cool space, good food, good drink and interesting atmosphere.
  3. When we are seated it takes around another ten minutes to be acknowledged at our table (btw, we are not bums off the street, we are dressed very well) Finally, I order a 4 DOLLAR COKE from our waiter along with our pizza and burger orders, and I receive t
  4. Service was terrible as always, but we were expecting that, what we didn't expect was the stench of decomposing food and garbage surrounding the entire patio.
  5. the bar and food is great!
  6. The food was pretty good (we had burgers, you can't really mess that up) even though it was pricey for what it was.
  7. Being that I live right next door, all these horrible things about the place don't stop me from going on weekday nights to catch a late night meal, which isn't good either.
  8. There were other issues but I wanted to just name a few and let all of you know that the food and ambiance are OK (not great) but the service is truly the worst I have ever experienced in my many years in NY.
  9. Their sangria is delicious!
  10. Upon completing my delicious pizza that I should have just had delivered to me (yes they do deliver, consider this before going) My sasquatch of a waitress hands me the the wrong bill.
  11. terrible service for avergare food
  12. The food was OK, good calamari, bad Margarita pizza.
  13. In the bottom of our popcorn shrimp plate was a half melted, dirty birthday candle, and a small piece of dirty paper.
  14. The crowd is one of the WORST in Manhatten - prissy little B&T and UES girls who need to strut around in their tank tops and Seven jeans, staff who is too cool to look at you while they give you your $10 drink, and bad, overpriced food.
  15. This is a waste of good food that could be used in constructive or charitable ways at the end of a day.
  16. Things got really bad when the server argued with 6 guests about why no one liked the food that was served an hour after we had ordered.
  17. The service was friendly, if a bit flaky, and the food was good.
  18. nice setting - but really bad drinks and average food
  19. the outdoor seating is great and trendy, and the food and drinks are pretty good, but after giving it the benefit of the doubt and trying it 3 seperate times i decided it's some of the worst service i've ever had.
  20. He walked away into the kitchen, came back, and handed me our check with the popcorn shrimp removed, insinuating for us to leave, as if we were terrible customers.
menu variety
75.0% positive
  1. Too expensive, bad menu and too cool for school service is just not what New Yorker's need at the end of a day when we want to relax and grab a nice bite.
  2. Love the open space, the staff is friendly, and the menu and drinks offered are exactly what you want on a nice, warm, afternoon in the city.
overall
75.0% positive
  1. It's not a good place to meet people but it's a great place to go and chill with a couple of friends.
  2. great place, ok service, watch the tip!
return potential
0.0% positive
  1. this is the worst restauarant ever, I will never go there again, and not recommended
service
50.970001220703125% positive
  1. Aside from the terrible service and overpriced, watered down drinks, the place is filthy, rodents were running around all over the outside patio, and the management is retarded.
  2. The crowd is one of the WORST in Manhatten - prissy little B&T and UES girls who need to strut around in their tank tops and Seven jeans, staff who is too cool to look at you while they give you your $10 drink, and bad, overpriced food.
  3. the outdoor seating is great and trendy, and the food and drinks are pretty good, but after giving it the benefit of the doubt and trying it 3 seperate times i decided it's some of the worst service i've ever had.
  4. We briefly complained about having to pay the 20% gratuity, just to give him a heads up that his service was pretty terrible, then told him to put about $75 on 1 credit card and keep the $100 something that we had also put down in cash to foot the bill.
  5. Love the open space, the staff is friendly, and the menu and drinks offered are exactly what you want on a nice, warm, afternoon in the city.
  6. Terrible, stupid service, over priced, better places are out there
  7. would not recommend wasting your time or money at this bar when there are plenty of finer establishments in Manhattan with cheaper drinks, pleasant employees and better looking people.
  8. The outdoor patio is a good spot - but the drinks are terrible - we ordered mojitos that arrived 20 min later in a very small cup but worst of all made with lime cordial - all this at $12 a pop - when we complained to the waiter he replied "welcome to man
  9. Friendly staff, reasonable drinks, not too pretentious.
  10. There were other issues but I wanted to just name a few and let all of you know that the food and ambiance are OK (not great) but the service is truly the worst I have ever experienced in my many years in NY.
  11. Snobbish crowd, meathead bouncing staff, and bad management only out for your money.
  12. Too expensive, bad menu and too cool for school service is just not what New Yorker's need at the end of a day when we want to relax and grab a nice bite.
  13. terrible service for avergare food
  14. Keep the rude attendant inside the restroom
  15. good happy hour deals, but the rest is pretty overpriced, and the service was consistently awful.
  16. You will wait in a line and deal with rude unorganized door staff.
  17. Best to avoid this place because they're managed through stupidity, over priced drinks, and terrible terrible service.
  18. Last week me (engineer) and my sister in law (manager of a famous hotel in town), were jumping from bar to bar.
  19. the doorman was ridiculously rude, service was OK.
  20. great place, ok service, watch the tip!
  21. cool atmosphere, but horrible service
  22. It's not a good place to meet people but it's a great place to go and chill with a couple of friends.
  23. When we are seated it takes around another ten minutes to be acknowledged at our table (btw, we are not bums off the street, we are dressed very well) Finally, I order a 4 DOLLAR COKE from our waiter along with our pizza and burger orders, and I receive t
  24. went here for a friend's party and do not get why people like this place.
  25. The male bartender was nice; however the female bartender ignore my sister in law for like 15 minutes?
  26. The staff is nice, but you can not say the same for the weekend crowd.
  27. Upon completing my delicious pizza that I should have just had delivered to me (yes they do deliver, consider this before going) My sasquatch of a waitress hands me the the wrong bill.
  28. Things got really bad when the server argued with 6 guests about why no one liked the food that was served an hour after we had ordered.
  29. The kitchen was closed and the service was slow even though it was late.
  30. The service was friendly, if a bit flaky, and the food was good.
  31. sometimes the crowd is a tad on the inflated ego side but as long as you go with good people you will have a great time!
value
29.170000553131104% positive
  1. The crowd is one of the WORST in Manhatten - prissy little B&T and UES girls who need to strut around in their tank tops and Seven jeans, staff who is too cool to look at you while they give you your $10 drink, and bad, overpriced food.
  2. the environment is ok, overpriced drinks, poorly mixed music, This place has too much hype.
  3. good happy hour deals, but the rest is pretty overpriced, and the service was consistently awful.
  4. Aside from the terrible service and overpriced, watered down drinks, the place is filthy, rodents were running around all over the outside patio, and the management is retarded.
  5. Snobbish crowd, meathead bouncing staff, and bad management only out for your money.
  6. went back to the table, and finished my terrible mojito and left the money and tip on the table.
  7. would not recommend wasting your time or money at this bar when there are plenty of finer establishments in Manhattan with cheaper drinks, pleasant employees and better looking people.
  8. Too expensive, bad menu and too cool for school service is just not what New Yorker's need at the end of a day when we want to relax and grab a nice bite.
  9. The food was pretty good (we had burgers, you can't really mess that up) even though it was pricey for what it was.
  10. Best to avoid this place because they're managed through stupidity, over priced drinks, and terrible terrible service.
  11. The drinks are terrible and overpriced.
  12. Terrible, stupid service, over priced, better places are out there
wait time
60.0% positive
  1. Service was just ok, with our entrees taking almost an hour to arrive on a slow Sunday afternoon.
  2. The kitchen was closed and the service was slow even though it was late.
  3. When we are seated it takes around another ten minutes to be acknowledged at our table (btw, we are not bums off the street, we are dressed very well) Finally, I order a 4 DOLLAR COKE from our waiter along with our pizza and burger orders, and I receive t
  4. The male bartender was nice; however the female bartender ignore my sister in law for like 15 minutes?
  5. sometimes the crowd is a tad on the inflated ego side but as long as you go with good people you will have a great time!
1 Star Rating: Poor

03/09/12

The bar smells like vomit and the staff is RUDE

by poketlynnt

The headline pretty much says it all. The back bar area stinks of vomit to the point that you can't stay there. Which is ok, as it turns out, because the staff is so slow, rude and obnoxious that you won't want to. The hostess is the worst - she apparently thinks she's special and can talk down to customers but she costs her boss money with that attitude.

1 Star Rating: Poor

06/27/10

Crappy and Rude Service

by oxygen80

I used to love this place purely because of the ambience. I was always skeptic about service. But here is that happened last night (6/26):

Me, a buddy and three girls walk to the door at 1 AM. and the guy in charge says- "Its not happening. go away. There is no way you are getting in."

The place wasn't crowded. So either he was trying to manage some kind of demographics or he was plain simple rude. Either way - the place has been black-listed. The last thing anyone wants on Saturday night is attitude from a bouncer.

  • Pros: nice locatio
  • Cons: rude management
1 Star Rating: Poor

08/23/09

Don't waste your time or your money

by arin83

who would want to waste their time waiting in line to pay for RIDICULOUSLY over priced drinks ( $10 for a bottle of beer and $13 for a well cocktail... watch that the bartenders don't overcharge you either) and obnoxious bouncers who yell at you to sit down, don't stand there, etc. We had a group of 20+ go for a birthday party and the staff made it feel like it was a privilege to be there, when they should have been the ones to be appreciative of our business. I would not recommend wasting your time or money at this bar when there are plenty of finer establishments in Manhattan with cheaper drinks, pleasant employees and better looking people.

  • Pros: none
  • Cons: price drinks, rude and unattractive staff
1 Star Rating: Poor

07/22/09

Rude & Unprofessional Management

by KatieE606

The manager is absolutely insanely unprofessional and rude - borderline abusive to customers. The manager has absolutely no people skills and will harass customers in a frenzy he creates. Obviously, he can't handle the job stress or else he wouldn't behave falling down Michael Douglas style.

Furthermore, when you would like to submit a formal complaint to the establishment. He will not provide his actual name rather than go by the name of "Steve", while no one on the staff will provide his identity either. Obviously, he does not appreciate the customers who pay his salary and has some serious anger issues. Never go here. I feel sorry for his staff.

  • Pros: would be a nice place if someone else bought it
  • Cons: Psychotic Management who abuses customers
3 Star Rating: Average

07/16/09

Don't get it

by cisily

I went here for a friend's party and do not get why people like this place. It was slightly overpriced for my taste with $8 beers and at least $10 for mixed drinks and shots. The DJ played disco until about 12:30 or 1 on a Saturday night and I know many people had requested a change in music.

The outdoor area is nice, though it started raining when we were there so we had to run under cover with the masses.

  • Pros: Outdoor area
  • Cons: Horrible music, Overpriced drinks

The Details on B Bar and Grill

Place Categories:

  • terrible service
  • like place
  • good food
  • like b bar
  • great outdoor spot
  • bad bar
  • nice staff
  • great ok service
  • really bad average food
  • cool atmosphere
  • great music
  • great outdoor seating
  • enjoyed lights
  • cool space
  • not annoying customers
  • like pizza
  • like people
  • terrible mojito
  • best outdoor areas
  • good happy hour
  • worst restauarant
  • bad management
  • overpriced drinks
  • great early crowd
  • nice summer

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