09/15/08

sassy fun- minus rude service

by laro32

i've come into this bar at times when i'm around rivington. i was with a bunch of friends this past friday and everything was happy and fun until we ordered drinks - it wasn't crowded or hectic enough to justify the bar tenders attitude problem. however- reading from the reviews below- i guarantee it's the same monster. cookie-cutter handsome guy with an SERIOUS chip on his cute little shoulder. i was too polite and smiled off his grumpy ways. anyway, we all fickled off to another bar shortly afterwards..not a big deal.

advice for this bartender: don't frown at a beautiful & polite girl-no one likes you-go eat worms.

owner: find a new bartender please- this is silly!!

• Pros: great place to hide from people
• Cons: bartender needs a hug & prozac

09/14/08

Relaxed atmosphere

by Kxx

One evening when my friends and I didn't feel like going to Chelsea for a good night out, we ended up here through a recommendation of one of the friends we were with. Loved this place! No cover needed, it is crowded though. The crowd was pretty easygoing and the bartenders were pretty hot. The drinks are pretty stiff, and the bartender thinks he deserves a good tip because of this (he had the nerve to "yell" at my friend for not tipping him for her long island after I tipped him). Other than that, it was a pretty cool vibe with great music. However, we did run in to some pretty pathetic men that crowded around us. A dentist, journalist, and a lawyer. It was pretty interesting. Other than that, I would suggest this place as a great bar to go to if your looking for just a chill night in the city. I'll definitely go back.

• Pros: stiff drinks, good music, no cover, attractive bartenders
• Cons: bartenders are rude, crowded

09/11/08

Rude Bartender and he steals money!

by avamarie

Went there on a Friday night (Aug 29th)and had the WORST service I ever had at a bar. My friends and I are all in the restaurant/bar business and our bartender was eating dinner while we waited for drinks and acted annoyed when we asked for another drink. Then when we told him one of the beers were flat, he reluctantly got another beer and ordered me to take a sip while he was there so he wouldn't have to get up again. He was short, rude, abrupt and downright nasty in EVERY interaction with us no matter how nice (AND PATIENT) we were with him. We will never go there again and will tell others not to go. The "tragically hip" atmosphere doesn't need to include rude service. Additionally, we tipped him 20% in cash then left another $6 on a bill in which he decided to make $16!! Watch out for this place!!

Addendum: After calling to complain, a week later the owner credited me back my $10. Thank you!

• Pros: Honest Owner or Manager
• Cons: The Friday night bartender

05/05/08

Avoid the toilets

by Leeeeds

This place is sh t. Its full of pillow biters and the floor is sticky. Plus there's a girl lurking in there (Allison..?) who pesters you for favours in exchange for cr@ck.

Avoid at all costs.

03/08/07

the chillest bar on rivington?

by thebeastinmeiscaged

Maybe its the candles, or the casual vibe, or perhaps even the double huge bathrooms so there's almost never a wait. I don't know, i really like this simple place. I will say it tends to get pretty local--everyone always seems to know everyone else late at night and that can make you feel a little weird and almost apologetic cause you aren't cool enough to live on the block or something. Whatever, I smile and just drink more. Then catch my damn cab to Brooklyn...

02/09/07

Keeping the LES not lame

by keithwags

Remember when there wasn't crowds of frat boys and velvet ropes in the Lower East Side? This bar does too. Good rock tunes, decent drink prices and cool people guarantee a good time, plus it's decorated like some movie star's home in the San Fernando Valley circa 1970.

• Pros: Good music and people

11/02/06

Great Rock

by zobo12

Great Rock bar, I only wish they'd play heavier stuff more often. Good stiff drinks too...the only drawback is that it can be really really crowded and some of the bartenders think they are too cool for life..

• Pros: The music
• Cons: the crowds and some bartenders

12/24/05

Great rock spot

by finddave

Has a 60s british rock feel. Best rock DJs ever.

• Pros: Music

09/26/05

An unmarked, shadowy downward stairway known only to local partiers and rock fans.

by Contributor

A small dark room of bead curtains and velvet cushions resembles a scene right out of a 1970s basement apartment. Hazy candlelight reflects against brown and gold wallpaper and wall mirrors, setting the mood for groups squeezing onto couches in the rear as well as duos canoodling at tables. Bartenders supply the booze--during happy hour and well into the witching hours--as well as the beats, bringing their turntablist friends to spin nighttime rock sets that get the crowd going.

07/13/05

Ghosts?

by siana806

Apparently (if you listen to the bartender) there's a ghost sporting blue overalls who hangs out in this dimly lit, underground bar. When I went there, I was sitting by these 3 tables that each had a lit candle in a glass on them, and one by one they all went out, starting from the one closest to the wall to the one closest to me. Pretty freaky. If you're feeling brave though, this place does have a decent buy-1-get-1 (or buy-2-get-1 if you don't make good with the bartender on the get-go) happy hour. Watch out for their regular Guns & Roses bashes, and of course, for any weirdo in blue overalls.