The Whiskey Brooklyn Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant New York

Address: 44 Berry St Store 4, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA

Phone: +17183878444

Rating: 4.2
based on 131 reviews.

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

  • "The place itself looks nice."
  • "If you are looking for a fun, minimally hipster environment in Brooklyn, look no further! The Whiskey Brooklyn is a great bar with tons of character."
  • "This feels like the type of bar I'd always imagined when I was younger."
  • "Really cool place with a seemingly diverse crowd depending on the time of night. Very large U shaped bar in the center. Games and TV's for earlier in the evening."
  • "Cool local hangout spot. 2 floors."
  • "Nice atmosphere!"
  • "The Whiskey Brooklyn is definitely a place I recommend to anyone looking for a laid back environment."

Cons:

  • "I felt like I was in a prison. Terrible experience. Wouldn't recommend going there until they get better security personnel."
  • "One of the worst places I’ve spent a Saturday night. The music was old 90s rock. They didn’t play any house or rap."
  • "Too crowded can barely get to the bar to order a drink. bartenders and management need a refresher of hospitality business class."
  • "This place is AWFUL! They are extremely racist."
  • "The beer selection isn't great and it's kind of a nightmare when it's crowded."
  • "Horrible service, long lines and long wait to get in."
  • "I suspect it as blatant antisemitism as I am too Jewish for this anti-Semitic place."

Service & Staff

Pros:

  • "The bartender Heather, was the most professional and friendly person that I have ever met!"
  • "Our bartender Ash was awesome, welcoming us and making some food suggestions."
  • "Bartenders were super chill too."
  • "The bartenders, Tony and Ash really looked out for me."
  • "Always packed but the security and bartenders make you feel right at home."
  • "Great atmosphere, music. Big guy with beard makes great drinks and super friendly."
  • "Fantastic service from the bartender."

Cons:

  • "Bartender ignored my friend and I (two black women) waiting by the bar for about 15 minutes."
  • "The bartender was a bit rude so I would say the service could most definitely be better."
  • "The bartender near us was pretty dry/rude."
  • "Another bartender downstairs had attitude issues and asked me to leave after joking with him, so I did."
  • "The security Guard checking ID's had a horrible attitude problem."
  • "The bouncers here are the worst."
  • "Went there with party of 13 with reservations, but due to the nastiness of the bouncers we didn't even go in."

Entertainment & Games

Pros:

  • "Loved playing the basketball game by the bathrooms."
  • "Shuffleboard, skeeball, basketball, big buck hunter- all the great games!!!"
  • "Lots of games to play with friends like skeeball and some arcade games."
  • "They even have an arcade section and great TVs to watch sports games."
  • "Such a fun place. Lots of bar games like shuffle board and basketball hoops shooting."
  • "They have shuffleboard, arcade games, and food for early in the night and then a DJ and reasonably priced drinks for later."
  • "They have the Whiskey Brooklyn which is located downstairs and have all these fun video games."

Cons:

  • "The DJ who is there on Friday and Saturday nights needs to go. Just plays random music, half the time people are just standing around not even playing mind to the music."
  • "Garbage, all those TVs but can’t put on a game requested by a large group of patrons... not the place for Football."
  • "Then on top of that it was so crowded & they wouldn't even let you outside to smoke a cigarette."
  • "Besides a few decent bartenders this place has been going down the drain for a while. They create a 'line' outside or at the upstairs part of the bar on the weekends to make it look like the downstairs is full, when in reality it's not even half full, making you wait for no reason."
  • "This is really more of a party place for dancing and listening to loud, popular music. Not my scene."
  • "Great music from the early 2000's. If you like Britney, NSYNC, and Backstreet Boys you will be sure to hear a few songs here."
  • "Never had a bad time here. Will say whatever DJ that was on Saturday of Halloween weekend sucked."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

  • "Good mix drinks and bar snacks. Real mozzarella sticks!"
  • "Great place to get drinks and listen to music."
  • "The food was REALLY good. I didn't expect much for bar food but it was amazing."
  • "The drinks and the food were amazing."
  • "They even have the best tasting seitan strips which made my vegetarian heart burst."
  • "Great bar food, sockets at the bar, and board games at the booths."
  • "Service was great at the bar and was averagely priced for their beers."

Cons:

  • "Food was average."
  • "The fried chicken sandwich is kind of depressing, consisting more of breading/batter and carbs than of the thinky-pounded, paltry amount of chicken."
  • "The burgers weren't impressive, though. The patty was good but the bread was dry."
  • "They had bar food. The fries were decent."
  • "After a round of 10 horrible drinks, me and my friends decided not to tip for the service."
  • "The drinks are no value."
  • "I'm a whiskey girl so I ordered the whiskey lemonade and found the whiskey lacking....it was more lemonade than whiskey."

Accessibility & Policies

Pros:

  • "Place gets pretty packed at night and there is no cellphone service but has free wifi."
  • "They also stay open til 4 which is great."
  • "To start off whiskey and beer for 10$ you can’t beat that."
  • "Drinks affordable."
  • "The drinks are very reasonably priced."
  • "Very decent price on beers, of course related to that specific area of Brooklyn."
  • "I love this bar. it is very close to Bowlmor. it is only an 11 minute cab ride away!"

Cons:

  • "List of various reasons I was denied entrance into this establishment: 'Your drivers license is expired' 'You have a warrant out for your arrest' (I do not)."
  • "Wow. So Yelp tells me this is the only place in the area with the kitchen open late. Now the man at the door would not let us in because 'The owners have a policy of any group of three or more males to not be serviced.'"
  • "The bouncer said that we could only access the bar with a driver license which none of us had."
  • "I had the most disappointing experience in a bar in my entire life. I appreciate the effort of the establishment to care for their guests, but to tell a guest that he is being cut off after one beer because he is driving is beyond ridiculous."
  • "Denied me entry on a Sunday afternoon around 4pm because I was carrying a motorcycle helmet."
  • "NOT MILITARY FRIENDLY! I went there with my friends and we were not able to access the place because the only form of ID that we had was government issued military IDs."
  • "At ~1130pm, one of the doormen was extremely rude and condescending to my gay, Muslim friend- even calling him a 'diva'."

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