Bar 9 Inc

02/09/08

Low key, relaxed atmosphere.. they'll let you be!

by drink_club1 at Citysearch

A fine bar that reminds me of the Dr. Who phone booth-- or was it a police box? From the outside it looks like a small place, but you keep wandering through and finding more and more. The bar team is accommodating, though it's not clear if there is or isn't a waitress. The food is normal barfood, onion rings, pizza, etc. But the cheese fries, though not exactly a healthfood, were delicious. The place was not overly crowded, but popular enough. Very neighborhoody. --Drink ClubNYC is a roving group of NYC drinkers

• Pros: relaxed, good promotion events, nice atmosphere
• Cons: music slightly too loud

05/15/07

Great place all around!

by mtmm0067 at Citysearch

This place is awesome to go to right after work. The staff is amazing and I have had them buy me two beers, not just one. The food is amazing, especially the tator tots. I have gone to parties here as well as just hang out with one or two buddies. I have never had a bad experience with the exception of them not being open yet for the evening.

• Pros: Food, Service

03/23/07

Super nice

by harveyjinglejuice at Citysearch

Everything's good at Bar 9. I like it a lot. Once, this guy stepped on my jacket and I told him to "beat it" and then he knocked over a little table with a candle on it and then I thought it was going to turn into a fight, but then this real nice & cute bartender -- her name was sarah -- came and talked nice to everyone and broke it up. Turns out the guy knew me from my old job (record company!) and we ended up buying shots and having even more fun. The candle got broken, though, but we picked the table back up.

The bouncer told me where the ATM was, but it was broken anyway. And when its time to go, go early -- its a long walk and it takes a long time to find the bathrooms. No coat check.

• Pros: hott girlies
• Cons: lotsa dudes

11/15/06

Good first bar of the night

by bourbonbelly at Citysearch

Great meeting place if you work in Midtown. Average drinks but plenty of room to meet up with a group. Music gets better late night, but this isn't a spend your whole night here kind of place.

• Pros: good bar menu

11/05/06

Great For Groups!

by lostredsock at Citysearch

I recently hosted a birthday party here, and it was wonderful! They have a number of different spaces depending upon the size of your group. The staff could not be more hospitable, they made reserving the space as simple as giving my name, and the waitstaff was friendly and attentive. The only drawback I found was their peculiar selection of draft beer.

10/18/06

Best bar in Hell's Kitchen

by nycnitelife82 at Citysearch

Best place in the neighborhood....Nice and chill, great place to meet friends, and the music is always rockin. Plus, they just got a new bartender who is HOT (i've only seen her one sat nite so far)....and she's really sweet and makes yummy drinks to top it all off! The waitresses leave something to be desired in terms of service so seek out this hottie and always order straight from her!!

• Pros: Hot bartender, cheap drinks
• Cons: Unfriendly waitresses, slow service

01/29/06

It is what it is... a nice, comfortable dive bar

by FouFouGrrl at Citysearch

We were there on a Saturday night checking out a friend's band and in between sets the music was good, loud but people could still talk. The place is way larger than it looks from the outside. The bathrooms were all the way in the back and down a flight of stairs.

We hung near the bar where there were two hard-working bartenders serving the crowd. I don't know what the other people here are complaining about, but in the course of 2-2.5 hours we were bought not one but two rounds by one of the bartenders. Here is my #1 TIP of the day: NO ONE is going to buy you a round if you don't tip or offer to buy them a drink. You don't nurse one or two beers all night, stiff your server and then expect something for free. Go back where you came from hayseed.

• Pros: good music, relaxed atmosphere
• Cons: hike to bathroom

12/14/05

Solid Place To Be

by qtgurljny at Citysearch

If you're looking for something along the lines of an Irish Pub look no further. Bar 9 is perfect for that. It is large with huge spaces and well aligned couches for big groups. Drinks are decent, small selection of mostly domestic beer. Drinks are decent as well. Finger foods are good. Had the chicken fingers, calamari, cheese fries, tater tots and spinach dip with chips. All were good except the spinich dip which was cold, yuck. Good solid place for the neighborhood.

09/26/05

This bar makes me poor and angry

by noids at Citysearch

Everytime I've been to this place, when a group tries to leave the waitress asks you to stay and have another with her. Then, because you are with a bunch of boys, you stay and rack up another set of drinks. She'll promise to buy you a round of whatever you want and substitute bottom shelf for your choice or, worse, bill you for it and pretend that you misunderstood her signal that this would be free. This place is not worth the hassle, steer the unsuspecting elsewhere.

• Cons: Cheats

09/01/05

Why bother

by kyoung116 at Citysearch

The atmosphere is nice and relaxing as long as you stick to beer and ask very little of the staff. Don't expect any good mixed drinks at this place. The only mix you'll get is a watered down drink with bad service and double shot of rudeness. A Grey Goose and soda should have more than a splash of Goose. Don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about...I know what vodka tastes like and I know what soda water tastes like.

Oh well, why bother suffering with their attitudes, there are dozens of other bars within a block or 2 of this place.

• Pros: Atmosphere, Music, Close to other bars
• Cons: Watered down drinks, Rudeness, Service