Hi Fi
Local musicians hang out at the bar, while the mp3 jukebox steals the show.
(347) 535-1794
169 Avenue A
(at Between 10th Street and 11th Street)
New York,
NY
10009
40.7283
-73.9819
Neighborhoods: Downtown, East Village, Alphabet City
Reviews & Ratings for Hi Fi
24 reviews
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alright
by kateimurray
December 29, 2008
Went here last Sat. for a party/get together for a friend. The bar was relatively empty all night which was good for our group because we got pretty good service. The gin and tonics were great... The only issue that I had was that the bar tenders were kind of rude to my guy friends. The other people in teh bar were "meh" and kind of odd.. Good prices though...
- Pros: not crowded, buck hunter game, good music
- Cons: snotty bartenders
Pinball! by Diane D. at InsiderPages
Contributor
November 04, 2008
If you love cheap happy hour drinks, pinball, and a game of pool, you will love Hi Fi. This is a classic hipster dive bar on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It can get crowded and sometimes a bit pretentious, but you can always bring your own party and have fun with your own hip friends.
Great music... by J B. at InsiderPages
Contributor
March 17, 2008
This is a good venue, with lots of space but it does get really crowded on weekend nights. i recommend showing up early if you've got a big group. its got an mp3 jukebox with most every song you can think of... and people are always requesting good/interesting things.
Great Place
by lawskoolsucks
June 16, 2007
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
Good times
by mner354
April 13, 2007
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
Best Happy Hour in EVil.
by dghdhdshd
February 12, 2007
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
Great in the begining of the night...
by ringo4ever
January 12, 2007
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
MAD BITCHES!
by jsalk
November 10, 2006
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
One of my fave bars
by sparmonic
September 04, 2006
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
