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Cafe Wha?

115 Macdougal St, New York, NY | Map it  

10012 40.729991 -74.000500

(212) 254-3706 | View Website

  • Hours

    Sun, Tue-Thu 8:30pm-2:30am Mon 9pm-2:30am Fri-Sat 8:30pm-4am
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Features

Neighborhoods:
Greenwich Village, Downtown
Categories:
Bars & Clubs, Musical Entertainers, Restaurants
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern

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Payment Methods:
MasterCard, Visa, American Express
Restaurant Special Features:
Bar Menu
Bar & Club Type of Music:
Rock & Pop, Reggae, Funk, Soul & R&B
Bar & Club Special Features:
Live Music

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Review Highlights

ambiance
97%
“My fiance recommended this place because he thought it would be a fun place to go with my 8 friends for my bachlorette party.”
drinks
96%
“You want to have a night filled with great music, great dancing, great drinks, and great food?”
food quality
100%
“You want to have a night filled with great music, great dancing, great drinks, and great food?”
menu variety
100%
“The music is so diverse and the drinks are good.”
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overall
100%
“is a great place to relax, unwind, and have fun.”
return potential
75%
“Just a great place to hang at, and now beeing back in Sweden I miss it soooo much, hope to be back soon and for sure go dancing, moving and groving to the music at Cafe Wha?”
service
84%
“The music is just great, people are friendly and the music band is perfect!”
value
84%
“we felt that this was the best night we had for a long time and surprisingly the prices are reasonable (if not cheap)”
wait time
71%
“the only thing is that the service is a little slow.” View Less

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Vanessanicole

Member since Aug, 2011 View Profile
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Joined 10 months ago
5.0
October 24, 2011

If You like Live Music and Entertaining Show. I love Cafe Wha, another great place to go is The Griffin NYC 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 Orchestra is a great Jazz/ Ratpack show.

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CraigSmalls2010

Member since Sep, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
5.0
September 24, 2010

Must-Go for Visitors and New Yorkers alike. I'm a native New Yorker, and recently started going to the Cafe Wha? and now I'm hooked! Their house band is phenomenal, and they play all different sorts of music. By far, the best house band I've seen in the city. Whether you are just visiting or have been around a while, you've gotta check this place out, it always makes for a great night with friends

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Athena Chang

Member since Jan, 2010 View Profile
237Reviews
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Joined 2 years ago
4.0
September 04, 2010

Exciting and fun Live Band performance!. Cafe Wha? delivers the Wow effect. It seems like a tourist trap but if Bob Dylan used to play here, I have to visit this indie band mecca. I came here on a Tuesday night so it was not too overly crowded nor did they charge cover although there is a 2 drink minimum.

The band they had that night was real amazing. Everybody in the band can sing. They know how to work the audience too. There was not a single down moment.

Drinks are a little expensive for what it is but I guess you are paying really for the live performance and the fun atmosphere.

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Johns22332

Member since Mar, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
3.0
March 14, 2010

Good and Bad. We love live music, and this is a pretty good place to go. On the night we went (a Thursday) the band was pretty good, but looked a little unhappy. A couple of the singers were really good. Service was atrocious.

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msdecember

Member since Aug, 2007 View Profile
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Joined 5 years ago
3.0
January 04, 2010

The band was really good.. We heard many good things about Cafe Wha? from family who goes there often.. I'm not really a fan of live music from house bands doing covers so it never was on the top of my list of places to visit. The decision maker was really their website advertisement of Sunday having no cover.. Having trekked all the way from Jersey on one of the coldest nights ever.. we decided to still go in after we were told it was $10 a head to enter due to it being a holiday weekend.. (whatever, dude.. it was freakin January 3!!!)... (add that onto the 2 drink minimum per person).. I was a bit bummed at first but after deciding to make the most of it (that and the stiff martinis I ordered).. I ended up actually enjoying myself. The band was really great and made the evening cool.

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