Blind Barber

Really nice place, the music was perfect for a friday night. It takes a bit of time to be served but anyway i would go there again !

Came here a lot last summer and always had a fun time! Went out on a Saturday my first time in a couple of months (soooooo excited !!) and got rejected at door because i «didn’t have a reservation» wtf since when did thing happen? Heard it grown into a pretentious crowd but had to see it to believe it

First time in NYC! Went out with a local friend and loved it here. Great staff and tasty drinks! Also the best playlist I heard out the whole weekend I was here. 90s hip hop + contemporary hip hop/R&B is that good good. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ will come back next time I’m in the area.

I remember my first time here. It was the first «NYC speakeasy experience» I had when I lived there some number of years ago. You walk into a standard barber shop, go towards the back door, and are greeted by two bouncers (if you’re going late at night). First thing you see when you go through the door are people:
A. Dancing
B. Drinking
C. Making out
From that point the night went pretty much as stated. Music is great too since its mostly hip hop and a little bit of 90’s too. Keep in mind this was on a weekend night.
On a regular night, drinks are pretty standard fare depending on who you’re comparing them to and you don’t have to wait in line or make an advance reservation to get in. With the competition around the area, Blind Barber would be down the list if I had to choose. I honestly prefer the LA location since its much more mellow. However I’d come back for their happy hour and potentially a cut when I’m back home.

I think Orlando was a great bartender. He had the best manners, he answered all my questions. He was all around an amazing and great host. Every time my drink was empty he was quick to ask if I requested another, which I appreciated immensely. He’s such a nice guy and an even better bartender. I’m from LA which means I’m used to extremely rude people, but he was all around the greatest. Please recommend him! He’s so awesome and helped me pick the best drinks considering I’m from California. He knew what was best!!!

This place is really cool. It’s hidden behind a barber shop (hence, the name). Go there early for happy hour and a table! It gets quite packed later in the evenings. The drinks were delicious and a steal at happy hour prices!

If you really want to go here, walk straight through the barbershop and pretend you know where you’re going. Don’t yank on the wooden door to the right.
Nice ambience, but it has that pretentious vibe one would expect from a 21sr century speakeasy. Old Fashioned were hit or miss, depending on the bartender.
I won’t go out of my way to drink here again.

It’s a cool speakeasy behind a barbershop. I strolled in here on a whim and it was Happy Hour. The Happy Hour prices are very reasonable and feature their specialized cocktails.

I love this speakeasy. Enter through a barber shop into a very burlesque, old timely vibe with wood and subway tile details. Amazing cocktails (esp. the Strawberry Fields), and the bartenders are legit. Great ambiance for a date night or more intimate conversation. Usually has a dj, so great music. Happy hour!

Wow! Such a cool space! Located behind a faux barber shop (I actually heard they operated during the day), this is a hidden speakeasy that doubles as a dance club. The drinks are excellent.
Music is amazing remixed hip hop. There is a bar on the right, a little corner near the exit, and a central open space that becomes a fun dance floor. Coach check near the back and another private room in the way back.
I highly recommend this place for a fun chill night with friends and some uninhibited dancing. Love it!

I tried to go here a few years ago and it was too crowded to get in. Blind Barber has good drinks and music. As a bar, it seems too big and bro-​ey for the good bartenders to keep up with demand. They could stand to have a bit more seating.

It’s a solid enough gimmick, but even just looking past the concept, because honestly, i don’t need a haircut if i want a drink, it’s a place that would work just fine on it’s own merit.
Mainly the super happy hour, which lasted until NINE and made the $ 13 house cocktails a very wallet-​friendly $ 7. The hot heather ended up being my go to, which is a rarity for someone who doesn’t like tequila in general.
Looking at some of the other reviews, there was no cover and they’ve apparently sourced a proper amount of eggs for their egg white cocktails.

– Go here around 9/​10PM, otherwise, based on other reviews, and the fact that when we left at around midnight there was a long line, it seems like you’ll have a bad time. However, if you’re coming out of an early dinner this is a cool spot to check out. –
Behind a barber shop, it is fairly large and at around 10PM on a Saturday when we showed up there was plenty of room to move around. We were a group of six and had no problems getting in/​no cover. The drinks were decent, a bit pricey, but nothing to write home about. What bumps BB to 4 stars for me is the room at the very back. It is setup like an old school living room with a few arm chairs and a couch and some funky knick knacks an art. One of the cooler semi-​private spots I’ve seen in a bar, ideal for a group of 6 – 8.

Cover for this place? Closed by 2AM?
This is New York, not Las Vegas. get over yourself.

I don’t make many reviews but yesterday we had an awful experience here.
I was with my boyfriend and a group of friends dancing in a circle when the owner of this place almost started a fight with my boyfriend because I had my bag at the floor.
I understand that a place can have their own rules but what I don’t understand is why the owner of a place can act as a complete drunken idiot with his clients. We are not going to this place again and we do not recommend it to anybody.

Reeeeally want to give Blind Barber four stars. But I can’t. How do you run out of egg whites at a cocktail bar? Especially at 10:30pm on a Saturday night. So I’m going with a solid 3.5 rating and rounding down because everyone should be able to experience the lovely experience that is egg white frothiness. This all said, Blind Barber is almost always a good time and when it DOES have all ingredients fully stocked, it boasts some tasty cocktails as well.
I’ve been to Blind Barber maybe four times at this point – it’s important to note that these visits have all been on the weekend, because it’s apparently a drastically different scene during the week. Despite the fact that it can get packed, Blind Barber is by far the easiest speakeasy to get into in the area. Death + Co, Angel’s Share, Attaboy – you might be waiting for hours. Part of this is because Blind Barber can accommodate more people, but I also think it’s due to the type of scene you’ll find here. Along with Bathtub Gin (Chelsea) and the Mulberry Project (SoHo), Blind Barber is loud and buzzing with energy as opposed to the cozy, romantic vibe you’ll find at most speakeasies. Nothing wrong with this, just depends on what you’re in the mood for.
Blind Barber has two rooms – the larger space is conducive to mingling, dancing, schmoozing, etc. etc. The smaller one, which I’ve yet to find a seat in during my visits here, is where you can get more of an intimate experience. So there’s a nice dichotomy here that you can take advantage of if it’s not too busy.
Now, for the drinks. I tried to order the «Shiso Pretty» (points for the name) on Saturday night, which is where I ran into the unfortunate egg white debacle (sounds like the title of a children’s book, no?). Take two brought me face to face with the «Smoke + Dagger» (Jack Daniels, Jalepeño Infused Cointreau, Cucumber, Ginger, Lemon), which was quite enjoyable. I’m a huge fan of spicy drinks, so this baby had me at «jalapeño». It’s far from the best drinks I’ve had at a speakeasy, but still a solid choice for a whiskey lover who likes drinks with a kick. I’ll also note that the drinks here are actually reasonably priced. So if you want to get a speakeasy experience without drinking away your entire paycheck (this is possible, I assure you), give this place a try!

Came here on a week night and it was pretty easy to get in. Their drinks are good and not too expensive compared to other speakeasies. The space is pretty big and there is a cute backroom for more private gatherings.
The bartenders are hillarious. My guy wasn’t sure how to make my drink so he asked for help. After he poured it, the other guy held out a straw with a bit of my drink to make him taste it. They were so playful.
Beware of the bounce with an attitude though. He wasn’t there when we arrived, but was being mean to other patrons as we were leaving.

The Blind Barber was by all accounts the very definition of a Unilocal two star: «Meh. I’ve experienced better». Also be forewarned that the 100-​some studio-​style pics on Unilocal look nothing like what you’ll see.
Things started off great, with our party of 6 entering through the barbershop front and walking through to the back room but things got progressively less awesome from there.
The place was packed, with only a couple couch type offerings available for the masses that were inside. This led to a hoard of people just standing around the cramped bar (the floorplan of the place leaves a lot to be desired). Once we were able to finally fight our way to the bar and squeeze in, we hadn’t seen any drink menus so I asked one of the bartenders if they could make a Lions Tail and a fruity drink for the gf. Instead of acknowledging my existence with any words, the bartender handed over some drink menus. Alright, no problem. Our group decides our drinks, and many of the drinks required egg whites — cool, I always enjoy a nice frothy drink but when we placed our orders, bartender man says they only have 1 egg left — at 11PM on a Saturday? Out of eggs already? And half of your menu offerings incorporate egg whites? what a shame.
But we were not deterred! We chose new drinks and I again attempted to ask for a lions tail, which was not on the menu but I assumed any speakeasy bartender worth their salt would be able to whip up some sort of replacement. But alas, it would seem this particular bartender was not worth his salt and just salty — no lions tail, no explanation, no help, no nothing. the 4 drinks we did order took an hour and a day for him to make (okay maybe like 20 minutes and I understand they’re all handmade but still. C’mon) and had a look on his face that made it seem that not only did he hate his job, but hated everyone around him.
The drinks all turned out well enough but the crowdedness of the place plus the difficulty of ordering a drink meant that we stuck around for only one drink and then bounced. Maybe we just got unlucky on that particular night but the blind barber just didn’t cut it for me (haha!).

The Blind Barber is a cool speakeasy with good cocktails at standard New York prices, but I will likely only return to give their happy hour a chance (apparently $ 7 cocktails). Below are a couple of issues I had that made it a below average experience.
1) My biggest complaint is that they ran out of a number of ingredients. We were there at 9:30pm on a Friday and only half the drinks on the menu were available. The bartender attributed this to a particularly busy happy hour earlier in the evening, but do you know any respectable bars that don’t have half of their menu by 9:30 on a Friday? It’s hard for me to overlook this.
2) The bartender was curt and didn’t inform us about the ingredient shortage until after we perused the menu and told him our order. He seemed like he couldn’t be bothered to take time to recommend cocktails for us. I realize bartending is hectic and there are other customers waiting but when you charge ~$ 15 a drink and half your menu is not available you need to be willing to spend a moment or two helping me figure out which drinks to order from those still available.
That being said, the cocktails were tasty, the décor and atmosphere were fun, and the prices reasonable for what you’re getting. The novelty of sneaking through a barber shop to get to the bar is exciting, and the happy hour seems like an absurdly good bargain. I may come back during happy hour when they purportedly will have everything in stock, but probably not otherwise.

This place is cool.
Chill, airy and cozy ambiance.
The bartenders were really cool and fast.
There’s happy hour till 9 pm. Don’t be intimidated by the barber entrance haha
Do get the strawberry field cocktail and have a good time.