Hi Fi

06/16/2007 Posted by lawskoolsucks

I've been here a few times now and I enjoy myself every time. It's cheap. The crowd is down-to-earth. Most of the time the crowd is at the perfect level...not empty, but not totally jammed. I've heard great things about the jukebox, but I've never felt the need to go check it out myself because I've never experienced an intolerable run of crappy music. Overall a good place to hang out and grab a few drinks with friends. I noticed complaints about the crowd. Yeah...if you're looking for a meat market, go somewhere where the beers cost $9/bottle. This isn't your place.

Pros: Atmosphere, Jukebox, Vibe

Cons: Bar area can get crowded

04/13/2007 Posted by mner354

You have to know what to expect and if you do you receive just that. Good times. Good prices. Great jukebox. Not too many attract females or people for that matter, but go early with a group of friends, get a booth, get lots of drinks and wait an hour and a half to an hour and forty five minutes for your songs to play. I dare you to try to stump the box (no pink floyd). If you want to be semi-antisocial there's a pool table if you want to be completely antisocial there's a pacman and pinball machine. Enjoy.

Pros: Jukebox, Cheap drinks

Cons: Long waits for songs

02/26/2007 Posted by ab2007

Clientele is terrible here, staff is rude, you have to wait hours to hear your music on the jukebox, and my friend had her purse stolen last week. Dont go here.

02/12/2007 Posted by dghdhdshd

With respect to dive bars, this place is man among men. Love the bartenders, love the jukebox, love the happy hour specials. Where else can you get a brooklyn IPA for $2.50? Not even at Brooklyn brewery thats where. Never a tude from the bartenders or the owner okay maybe from one of the bouncers (the white dude) but thats par for the bouncing course. to the "this is our east village" crowd -- please get over yourselves--the east village is not yours, never was, its every one's. if you don't like it hop on the L to Williamsburg. Sure we don't want backward baseball hat wearing Duke lacrosse team members hanging there but its a free country which is a tenet of east village liberalism, no? and by the way, sometimes, you can look just as dumb with the ubiquitous east village uniform on that everyone wears around these parts. you think you're unique but you're not. At least at HiFi they dont cast aspersions and everyone gets $2.50 BK beer. That and an astounding jukebox with tons of great tunes (except metallica--ok chicks dont dig classic metallica, got it). love the pool table and the hidden bathroom. but please plase fix the joystick on galaga. I haven't made it past Stage 3 on that thing yet. oh and there's hot drunk NYU/EVil chocha constantly in there. and thats a good thing.

Pros: Cheap booze, Happy Hour, Jukebox, Pool, Galaga

Cons: EVil reverse snobbery

01/12/2007 Posted by ringo4ever

This place is awesome for Happy Hour. You can order food to the bar and what other place served 2 for 1 miller high life! Beware though, around mid-night the meathead/preppy guy crowd comes in looking to score so it's best to split before then.

Pros: Great music / chill scene

Cons: end of the night crowd

11/10/2006 Posted by jsalk

The jukebox is ok, but there are more women here than you can shake a stick at as my Tenn. oilman father would have said had he stumbled into the cat farm they're running at Hi-Fi

09/04/2006 Posted by sparmonic

I've never really been one to go to a place because of the crowd. Regardless, I love Hi-Fi. The people there are cool, the music selection is great, and Dave is one of my favorite bartenders - period.

Pros: bartenders, service, music

Cons: can get really crowded on weekends

12/16/2003 Posted by sezna

Unless you are into boring bars where old people sip on beer and watch ball games, this is the place. So, there is rap music playing at times. Either order your own, or you can listen to country someplace else.

Pros: Some serious jukebox, Enough space, Cool young crowd

Cons: Busy pool table, Too loud to talk

07/25/2003 Posted by theophilusgates

If you are concerned about "homeboys" (see review below) or the relative homogeniety of your local bar (see review below) or are concerned about how relatively "hip" or "unhip" your bar is, please stay away from Hi-Fi. Bar has best Juke in East Village (sorry Ace Bar), happy hour is long and efficient (if you've been you know I'm right) and the crowd is surprisingly lacking the posers in recycled clothing and dudes with old softball caps and ringer tees. Please leave me and the people who enjoy a good time, a cheap drink and great music alone. Go to the Lakeside Lounge for your trendy, pseudo-whiteboy, East Village/LES, "slumming" dive thrilss. We live here and we don't want you to come by...

Pros: Juke, Happy Hour, Crowd

06/27/2003 Posted by twinks

No worries about meatheads, snobby women or what to wear. The carefree friendly attitude of both the staff and patrons makes this place a great place to hang with friends on a friday night. The jukebox is filled with whatever you can imagine, even the obscure. But as the night progresses, don't be surprised to find yourself yelling a bit to have a conversation - the music gets pretty loud. Expect to see plenty of beautiful people here, dressed up or dressed down.

Pros: relaxed crowd, beautiful people, great jukebox

Cons: can get crowded, music gets loud