Smith's Bar Reviews Summary

Category: Bar & grill New York

Address: 701 8th Ave, New York, NY 10036, USA

Phone: +12122472161

Rating: 4.1
based on 199 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Very good food nice ppl and very clean."
  • "Great selection of sandwiches, salads and entrees and a pretty good beer list, too."
  • "Burgers were amazing, the service was excellent, speedy and friendly, fries were rustic and a variety of drinks served."
  • "I recommend the caramel apple martini!"
  • "Try the Pancakes and the Oatmeal!!!! Very delicious!!!!!"
  • "The brussel sprouts were caramelised and definitely changed the way I looked at them."
  • "The steak was perfectly done and the accompanying mushrooms and truffle fries so tasty."

Cons:

  • "A very below average experience. #sad #neveragain"
  • "Food was so greasy and overpriced. Yuck."
  • "The potatoes were completely bland and the toast and bacon were burned."
  • "The truffle fries were good, but there was barely a hint of truffle at all."
  • "The potatoes tasted like banquet microwaved potatoes."
  • "The crab cake sandwich had too much filler and not enough crab."
  • "Turkey burger was really unappetizing, you could tell not fresh."

Service

Pros:

  • "Bartender was on point with how busy it was."
  • "Great servers, Dahlia, Tony and KJ deserve shout outs."
  • "It was nice go go sightseeing near off of 44th street and go into a pub, where the food was great, and the dress code casual are up to u, they don't sell Killian red beer in that pub but the waiter was very kind and attentive."
  • "very friendly service"
  • "The service was excellent, speedy and friendly."
  • "Fernando our server was efficient, friendly and very professional!"
  • "The staff was great and very cool."

Cons:

  • "Service is terrible."
  • "Rude staff."
  • "They are very racist."
  • "Worse experience ever!! First time in my life to be treated awfully after buying something from a bar."
  • "The 'manager' was bothering them to drink saying they can't be here if they're not drinking coming every 10 minutes bothering a new set of people."
  • "The manager was a complete cold heart, stood on the sidelines pretending not to hear."
  • "Absolutely terrible, the service was not good at all our waitress was rude and patronizing."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The cozy ambiance adds to the overall charm."
  • "Chill sports bar right on Times Square"
  • "we could suck in a bit of authentic vibes"
  • "nice, big, quiet, well-kept dining room"
  • "Just pure vibes the ambience was soothing in a way."
  • "A cool 'bar, bar' right in Time Square - lots of classic rock tunes to sing along to and a dimly lit decor with a fun energetic ambiance!"
  • "The atmosphere was amazing"

Cons:

  • "It would have been more enjoyable if the air conditioning was turned up more."
  • "there's no vibe there's no love it's just a bar."
  • "It's small inside and can get cramped very easily."
  • "If you’re looking for somewhere you can hear the person next to you I suggest going somewhere else."
  • "Hipsters have taken over and it shows in the general aesthetic"
  • "it’s always overrun with tourists now."
  • "with all the people in the building it was extremely hot."

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