Draught 55 Reviews Summary

Category: Bar New York

Address: 245 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022, USA

Phone: +12123004096

Rating: 4.4
based on 151 reviews.

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The back area at night is lovely with all the fairy lights."
  • "Venue itself is nice - it’s warming and inviting when you walk inside, with a bar that you want to sit at."
  • "The “outdoor” seating makes it one of the coolest bars in midtown."
  • "A beautiful space."
  • "The ambiance of Draught 55 is both cozy and lively, striking a perfect balance for social gatherings, casual meet-ups, or even solo visits."
  • "Great atmosphere, not crowded at all."
  • "The whole atmosphere was great, I absolutely loved the lighting and furniture throughout the restaurant."

Cons:

  • "Really, really loud."
  • "Speakers were way too loud."
  • "Acoustics in the main room are a bit frustrating with a large loud crowd."
  • "Unfortunately, the place is extremely noisy, like entering a sea of loud voices."
  • "It was a little noisy."
  • "Prepare to talk loud."
  • "The place is super loud."

Service

Pros:

  • "Staff was very friendly."
  • "They also have really nice service."
  • "Great service, will definitely be back."
  • "Each member of the staff that night made us -- and all of our guests -- feel like VIPs."
  • "Service is top notch."
  • "The staff were friendly and really professional."
  • "Service was outstanding and makes you feel right at home."

Cons:

  • "Don't expect really fast service and if you're there to watch a game their televisions were messed up, including one with a broken screen."
  • "Sat at the bar for 40 minutes bartender would not acknowledge us."
  • "Staff seemed instantly uninterested when our party of three only ordered drinks."
  • "Service wasn't the best, waitress was hard to find and she refused to split the bill."
  • "Yeah, on occasion you might have to wait a bit. It's a busy NYC bar."
  • "Service is efficient and friendly enough, but management sorely lacks the skills to take on customer feedback."
  • "Don’t bother making a reservation because you won’t get the table you actually need til 2 hours later."

Food

Pros:

  • "Simple, delicious food."
  • "Great food."
  • "The Bacon Bleu burger was tasty."
  • "Food has been outstanding and consistently so."
  • "Highly recommend the cheddar biscuit sliders. The sauce was so savory and the biscuit buns were nice and fluffy."
  • "Food is great."
  • "Their standard burger with bacon was one of the best I've eaten."

Cons:

  • "Food was really mediocre."
  • "Was admittedly a little underwhelmed by this Chicken Pot Pie, which was really just a few strings of chicken and a little puff pastry over mashed potatoes."
  • "It was not what we expected as the shell was like plastic."
  • "The fries however barely tasted like anything. They smelled great, but that’s about it."
  • "The food was poorly executed though, very poorly."
  • "Food questionable, other reviews rated the food good it must have been what we ordered which was the meatloaf which was mostly just bread filler with very little meat."
  • "The veggie burger... was weird. Certainly not filling."

Drinks

Pros:

  • "Great happy hour options and prices."
  • "Several of the beers are $5 each during the happy hour between 4 and 8pm, which is truly exceptional value, especially considering its location."
  • "Draught 55 has a wide selection of all different types of local and rare craft beers from all over the USA and world."
  • "A lot of great drink options available."
  • "They use really good meat. The drinks are also fantastic and at a reasonable price."
  • "Beers we had were all pretty decent."
  • "Great selection of craft beer!"

Cons:

  • "Only negative was that there were 4 beers (all first choice) that were off and didn’t have replacements due to the manager not being around."
  • "A few of their drinks had already kicked around 4pm which was a tad annoying."
  • "Sure it looks like this place has a lot of beers on tap, but they were out of the first 4 beers I asked for."
  • "Beer I had was disappointing."
  • "We paid $10-14 on our wines! And even the house wine was $8."
  • "Cold fries. Cold burgers."
  • "The bartender seemed confused."

Value

Pros:

  • "A meal and a beer for $10."
  • "Great venue for happy hour, an entire back room w/ bar for work functions and dope music."
  • "Thursday and Friday they have lunch specials, you get to choose from 4 choices and you get a drink that comes with it all for $14... Which is a great deal for Manhattan."
  • "Pretty lengthy draught list at decent prices with a few beers on discount ($6) for happy hour (until 8 PM)."
  • "They have an amazing beer selection on draught."
  • "Terrific bar with a great beer list and reasonable prices in a neighborhood where that’s hard to find."
  • "This place is great and has a fantastic happy hour deal."

Cons:

  • "It gets packed in here so just be prepared for that."
  • "Gets very busy and packed after work. Decent food, staff is a 50/50 on someone who is going to be attentive and helpful or just completely ignore you."
  • "Gets super crowded."
  • "Overpriced."
  • "Overpriced, and underwhelming."
  • "The crowd is a little bro-tastic for my taste."
  • "I felt rushed out the door."

Space

Pros:

  • "There’s plenty of seating both at the front and back and a separate bar area for standing."
  • "Draught55 also allowed us to rent the entire bar for the event, which made a world of a difference -- especially in a COVID world."
  • "It's a really nice place, good ambience and great craft beer on tap."
  • "Draught 55 is a very spacious bar in the Midtown East area which not only has a back space but ALSO a downstairs which is perfect for private parties."
  • "Lots of space downstairs in the back."
  • "We used Draught 55 for a private party in the back."
  • "The private event space is beautiful and spacious too."

Cons:

  • "It was loud because it was busy at the bar but my company and I got a table to eat and it wasn't so bad there."
  • "Management didn’t make it clear that we were receiving a standing section with almost no tables."
  • "A little dark inside, but it’s cozy."
  • "Decent for groups, though it gets really loud."
  • "Background conversation noise was a bit loud but it was still easy to have a conversation with a tablemate on a Tuesday night."
  • "If you're looking to host a gig that requires connection to the internet via wifi/data. I wouldn't recommend the basement area because it is a deadzone for data and their wifi connection."
  • "Once you get inside the place really opens up. You would never guess how large it is from just walking in."

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