310 Bowery Bar

PROS:
Good music on Thursday night.
Got in at 8:45pm no line outside yet.
CONS:
Rude staff.
No space even though it seems massive walking in.
Kind of a douchey crowd… on a Thursday night.
Left at 9:45, massive line outside as if it were a club.
Just not my scene. :/

This is the best bar in NYC right now. It’s a solid blend between a bar and a club. The girls are beautiful and the drinks are super affordable.

Rudest servers I’ve ever encountered. Took them 15 mins to acknowledge I had seated myself at the bar, and another 10 to finally hand me a menu. Don’t waste your time or money here.
Easy on the attitude Bowery 310, you’re not that special.

They had an open sign out front and it was noon so we walked in intending to get drinks and lunch. It was completely empty which is usually a bad sign, but it looks nice inside so I was walking in with a few of my friends and a guy who was sitting in a table in the back with some other guys says: «can I help you?» In the snottiness most unwelcoming way. I was a little taken aback and said ‘uh, I thought you were open?” And he says «sit up there» in a completely unfriendly dismissive way. So we left and went next door, which seemed to be what this guy wanted. Next door had other customers and was actually welcoming.

Bridge and tunnel gross fucking place. Loser door men. Don’t waste your time or money.

I went on a Tuesday night for Trivia Ad company quiz, but only stayed out of duty to my team and respect for the quiz company. If I could give the bar 0 stars, I would have. There are so many bars in Manhattan which are nicer, cheaper and have better service, so who know why anyone would go to 310 Bowery Bar. I’m surprised it’s still in business.
The actual bar is okay– quite trendy, but not much space/​seating and no real atmosphere coming off the décor– it’s kind of like a long, thin warehouse with high ceilings and a random bar stuck in there.
Got in, no seats– fair enough, we should have come earlier. Go to the bar, the only place we can find is near the door/​lobby area, where a bartender is talking to a lady who just popped in to check out the new menu and used to be a regular when the bar was under it’s previous management. She has a very well trained and adorable dog stood at her feet. I don’t mind waiting, and my friend and I bend down to fuss the dog whilst the lady chats to the bartender. The bartender is kind of rude, and at the end of the conversation as the lady is leaving he says «I have to say, the dog in the bar is a complete no-​no so please leave» to which the POTENTIAL REGULAR CUSTOMER replies that she wouldn’t come back with the dog to drink anyway, she was just popping in out of curiosity on her way home. She also adds that as the bar doesn’t serve food yet, it’s also legal for her to bring her dog in. The bartender replies «for me, it’s personally a no» and is quite rude. The woman leaves, and immediately after the bartender turns to us and says, very loudly, «I mean, who brings their f***ing dog to a bar?» (this unprofessional-​ism is met with stony looks from both me and my friend).
I ask what the minimum payment on credit card is. He says $ 20 (which is absolutely ludicrous, but okay, they might be trying to meet start up costs as the bar is under new ownership so fair enough). I look at my friend and we try to figure out how many drinks we want/​if we should open a tab. The bartender says he will give us a minute to decide.
A different bartender comes over. We decide to get drinks for our entire party (four people) on one card. We order, and he brings the drinks. We ask to close the tab as soon as the drinks go through. He takes the card, and then leaves. And doesn’t return.
My friend sees he has started serving a much bigger crowd of girls down the bar. She still hasn’t got her card back. We try to catch his attention, with no luck. In the end, the group of people next to us help us to attract the attention of the bartender, who obviously thought he had better things to do than helping us pay for the drinks that pay his wages.
The only attraction of this bar is the nice waitress that clears glasses from the tables and asks you if you want another drink. In fact, she seems like the only member of staff who actually does any work and/​or has a personality that isn’t repulsive.
For the discerning English out-​of-​towner like myself, don’t waste your time in NY going here. For a relaxed drink, try House of Brews in Hells Kitchen. It’s about 100 times more friendly and enjoyable than 310 Bowery.

If I could give this place 0 stars, I would, but even that would be beyond generous. I made a Unilocal account specifically to steer people away from this atrocious bar. This is one of the worst places I have ever had the misfortune of going to. We showed up for a friends birthday at 11:15 on a Saturday, saw there were only ~25 people in front of us, and thought we’d get inside in 20 – 30 minutes. Oh how wrong we were. People repeatedly cut the line with impunity, and the bouncers continued to look the other way. Meanwhile, people are leaving the bar left and right (presumably because it’s such an awful place), and still they aren’t letting people in.
People in front of us in line left to go to other bars, and we finally made it to the front of the line at around 12, and thought «ok great, we’ll finally get in soon.» Wrong again. The bouncers repeatedly let people in who were not waiting in line because they «knew a bouncer» or «knew the owner.» Speaking of the owner, this guy is a complete dolt. He came out to let us in line know they were over capacity and that he wasn’t sure how long the wait would be, mentioning it could be 5 minutes or 35 minutes (seriously are you that dense that you really have no clarity into the situation?!). I asked how many were inside, and he said 200ish. The «Max Capacity» sign read 125 in the front of the bar. Somebody should report these people to the fire marshal.
More people continue to leave, and other random people walk up and are allowed to cut in front of us and enter the bar, despite not waiting in line and the bar being «at capacity», and we still can’t get in. We’ve been at the front of the line for 20 minutes now, and everybody behind us is getting fed up. The bouncer then mentions to us that the next four people that leave will allow to my party of four to enter. Six people proceed to leave, and wouldn’t you know it, OF COURSE WE CANT ENTER! Instead 3 girls and a guy who are absolutely obliterated walk up, and they couldn’t have been older than 17 or 18. The bouncer asks for their IDs and the girl holding a purse takes hers out, grabs her wallet and then hands out IDs to her two friends, saying «Here just use this one it’s fine.» Of course the bouncer looks the other way. Then the guy shows his ID, and I catch a glimpse and it doesn’t even look remotely like him. It’s a huge fat guy with a lumberjack beard, and this kid is 5’5″ 130 lbs soaking wet. The bouncer finally says something, and the kid says «oh I’ve lost a lot of weight and shaved my facial hair.» And of course he gets in.
I let that slide, because my group is supposed to be next right? Wrong once again. I don’t know why I expected anything different. A group of 7 – 8 people walk up, ask if they can get in, mention they know somebody, and the bouncer lets them in. That was my breaking point. I had waited 70 minutes, was repeatedly lied to, and had to miss my friend’s birthday. The four of us left to go to B Bar instead, and a bunch of other people in line left too.
What a horrible, horrible bar. Please save your time and money and don’t go to this awful place. Never been so disrespected and lied to in my life. 310 Bowery, you should change your name to 0 Bowery because your bar is a ZERO.

Javier is a sorry excuse for a person. Thinks he has a lot of power and let’s people wait in line for not specific reason. He is extremely rude and unfair. Won’t be back. Ok music ok drinks. Saving grace of this place is the nice bouncer

Awful. You wait hours outside on a line to get into a place that doesn’t have any fun music playing. Drinks are made carelessly. The bar becomes way too packed that you can barely even move. There is absolutely no dancing going on. I can imagine it may be a solid HH spot, but there are far better places in the area for a fun Saturday night out.

— overall rating: 4.5
— well staffed
— high ceilings makes it seem a lot more spacious than it is, industrial rustic chic
— personable attentive attractive staff (Theo, Greg, Cole, Rose)
— great pricing for the area ($ 4 draft during happy hour!)
— line on the weekends due to to max capacity
— 3 large flatscreens

Nice space but terrible drinks. I tried 3 different draft beers and all were rancid tasting and flat. They are not properly cleaning the lines which is a health hazard. I changed to a mixed drink and got flat, syrupy sweet tonic water with my gin. Stick to bottled beer

— overall rating: 4.5
— well staffed
— high ceilings makes it seem a lot more spacious than it is, industrial rustic chic
— personable attentive attractive staff (Theo, Greg, Cole, Rose, Ty)
— great pricing for the area ($ 4 draft during happy hour!)
— line on the weekends due to to max capacity
— 3 large flatscreens

Subpar service and menu. Cannot recommend on any night. Bouncers are not cordial by any means

I came here for a friend’s birthday party earlier this year — she was able to occupy most of the back area, making the space a good option for a similar sort of party. This is a great bar if you’re looking for loud, current music and a mid 20s to mid 30s yuppie crowd. The music is a little too loud to have a conversation without shouting (standard at most bars, I guess) and the drinks are really expensive.

The huge line that forms out front ruins business for everything near it.

Talk about overrated. Was empty when I was there, looks like it would be annoying when full. High table tops.

I understand this is a pop-​up bar but man… These guys do not know how to manage a busy night. The 4 managers had a round table discussion for 30+ mins to decide on whether they were going to let people in not with registered birthday parties. After their grand debate they informed the 20+ people outside that they were still deciding. It’s a Friday night and people want to enjoy themselves — either let them know it’s reservations only or not. And also, it was at half capacity… Sorry guys. Won’t be back.

Decided to come here for a drink or two… 6 hours later and I don’t know how many drinks later I ended up staying the entire night.
After finishing dinner elsewhere I was looking for a place to grab a drink. Walked by 310 and saw that it was rockin’ and the music was bumpin’. This wasn’t one of those nights where I was looking for a glass of wine but rather to find some entertainment. This was definitely the place. I got there about 9:30pm on a Saturday and the DJ was setting up shop. By 10pm he was spinning some pretty good music. I have no idea who he was but he was good hitting us with the top 40, hip hop and old school music (90’s).
The first round was a beer (Stella) and an Amaretto with coke surprisingly it only came out to $ 14! What come again?! $ 14? No wonder this place was so packed the drinks were insanely cheap. After that I started ordering grey goose and tonic which was only about $ 6 or $ 7. So basically almost everything is $ 6-​$ 7 here! Shocking, as this is unheard of for city prices unless its happy hour and it indeed was not. They also have pizza here. It smelt delicious but I had already had a feast elsewhere so maybe I’ll try that another time.
The one star that I will take away is for 2 things:
1) The crowd here is younger than I would normally ever be bothered with but I was just playing the bar the entire night and did not step foot onto the «dance floor». There were a bunch of people dancing in the middle of the bar. This place is huge and it was filled to the max. Ladies if your single there were tons of men here.
2) Majority of the people here were extremely intoxicated even before 10. I can only imagine its either because the drinks are so cheap or people left boozy brunches that Saturday came here and just started slamming back more drinks. People were spilling drinks everywhere: the bar, the floor, themselves, each other. It was pretty ridiculous. You may not want to come here wearing anything fancy at all. No specialty cocktails seemed to be made here just people looking to get hammered.
Overall it was pretty entertaining in more ways than one. I ended up actually enjoying the night. Would recommend to grab a drink if your walking by.

I work too hard for my money… Tried to be patient.
Strike 1: I order a draft beer, and am handed a bottle.
Strike 2: Order my girlfriend a Tequila Sunrise, am given a drink and informed there is no more grenadine, so this is just a tequila-​orange juice.
Strike 3: I say whatever to (1,2) and the lady won’t take my credit card saying there is some obscene minimum.
I told her to keep the drinks and left.

I was excited to check out 310 Bowery Bar after I saw that it was opening under new ownership. It’s a great addition to the neighborhood. A gorgeous renovation, the who place has been re-​modeled with rustic finishes and oak that is warm and inviting. There is a huge projector in the main area that is a nice touch compared to having 10 flat screens lined up in a row. It’s a great place to meet up with friends this Fall & Winter and catch the games. The full bar is great as well with knowledgable and fun bartenders who enjoy making sure each patron is having a great time — a nice change compared to most of the servers with attitude on the Bowery; i.e.: Gemma! A coal fire pizza oven is opening at the front of the bar this Winter which means there is really no reason to ever leave the bar! I’ll be back over and over again for sure!

Stopped by there on Saturday night, little crowded but a good time. ²⁰⁄₃₀ something professional crowd, lots of hot girls. Been to the old 310 which was a total sht hole, and they did a nice job with new place, unrecognizable to the old 310. Hopefully they get a food menu, bartender said they’re installing a pizza oven so that will be a big plus. Ill prob be back again this weekend.

I was in town with a couple buddies for the weekend. On Saturday we were looking for a bar where we could grab a bite, have some drinks, and watch the football games. Stumbled upon 310 and couldn’t have been more impressed. From the food, wait staff, drink selection and TV layout– it was perfect for an afternoon of football. Apparently a brand new bar too, my group will definitely be back.

Was in town for work, decided to stop into 310. Brand new bar. Great atmosphere, solid vibe, nice classy rustic feel, great drink selection and the pizza is amazing. Will be one of my go to spots when working in the city.

I was really excited to check this spot out after seeing it under construction for the past few weeks. I was not disappointed! There’s a great ambiance and fantastic music. I had a blast with my friends and we all mentioned this is a spot we are happy we found. It’s a really well decorated space and I know they offer party rent-​outs. I would definitely want to reserve this spot for a party or any sort of event. The cocktails were delicious and I hope to try the pizza next time I come. Would definitely recommend.

Just re-​opened. New ownership. Awesome spot!!! You’ll really enjoy yourself here. Great people and terrific libations. Just the right music arranged by a famous DJ, DJYoungChuck. This place is my new favorite.

I hate to give this place 3 stars cause it’s a great dive bar with a pool table for a neighborhood that isn’t too fun in general, but I give it 3 stars for one bartender.
She is the blonde girl with tattoos. I’ve never seen her smile or try and continue a conversation with a patron even when there’s only 4 people in the place. I love this place and wish they get her to at least try and smile. The girl acts like she works in a morgue; on top of being rude and impatient. The bar offered us local cards a while ago and this made us feel good and brought people in because it gave us happy hour all the time. It was a great marketing scheme. When we presented it she refused us as if we went out of our way to make cards for cheaper drinks.
Dude, just be nice. We don’t hate you so, don’t hate us or your patrons. You work at a fucking drinking establishment and want to have a good time. So try at least, Please!!!

Excellent service waitress friendly, drink was good (vodka cranberry). Sorry not much of a drinker. Had 3 total dollar sliders not bad. steak slider was decent. Buffalo really hot. The pulled pork was pretty good. i would definitely come again with a bunch of friends or solo. Tuesday special dollar sliders with a drink purchase.

Cool new bar down on the Bowery. Great whiskey and beer selection! Have pool table, skeeball, photo-​booth, big buck hunter, and golden tee… They said live music program will start soon, and art installations, which sounds pretty cool. Really cool food selections, White Castle cheese burgers and ellios pizza are some. Can’t wait for some late night eats, am deff making one of my hang outs!

Good looking crowd, typical $ 7 corona, 3TVs with the game on. It must be good given the long lines I often see when I walk by. Dance floor next to the bar area, good music, no complaints.