Foxy Johns Bar & Kitchen

Stopped in here because of the high reviews in Unilocal and it being close to our hotel. Had a wonderful dinner with my husband!

We came here on a Sunday night for dinner. Had the sweet chili wings, blackened chicken sandwich and blackened Mahi Mahi. Pomegranate martini. Everything was amazing. Service was great. Prices are reasonable. Would definitely return here.

Average for NYC. Burger was good not great. Chicken tacos were awesome. Beer selection on tap was poor. Sat at the bar, bartender was just ok. Very affordable. No reason to go back.

Had a hankering for a burger on a Sunday and Foxy delivered. Ordered a medium cooked black angus burger. They actually cooked it to medium. Some joints are scared of violations and such, but not Foxy’s. Juicy perfection. The fries were amazing too!

Phenomenal burger and killer fries
Nice staff
A great neighborhood joint… meant as a very big compliment

the name may sound like a house of ill repute, but it’s just an Irish pub and I do like my Irish pubs.
reasonable selection of beers, good music but not loud, sports on TV but volume off. welcome to the wonderful world of day-​drinking; is this the part of the show where I tell you that I had Good Friday off from work?
my Cleveland relatives met up with me here after suffering through a Times Square visit and they enjoyed it. the mozzarella sticks my niece got were actually pretty good. prices were reasonable and service was prompt. I’d come back to check out the food too.

I love coming here for lunch. Decent looking venue with great lunch options. In particular, the «Grilled Chicken Penne» is my favorite dish. Great taste, flavor and texture. The breadsticks that come along with this dish are to die for! $ 17 dish worth every penny.

4.5 stars
$ 1 oysters all day long in Midtown! I couldn’t believe how fresh and plump they were for $ 1.
We sat in the back and also ordered their chicken tacos ($ 12) and Foxy John’s burger ($ 15). The burger was huge and came with a generous side of fries. The fries were square cut and very light and crispy for its size!
Our food, especially the oysters, came rather quickly. Must return for more! The bar gets packed but the restaurant itself doesn’t get filled up until ~6:30pm.

Ate here for a mid-​afternoon late lunch. Friendly service though the place is very dark — we’re talking iphone torches to read the menu dark!
The food was good, though arrived alarmingly quickly — our appetisers arrived about 5 minutes after ordering, like they’d had them sat there ready.
Burger was good, as were onion rings. Mains came whilst we were still eating apps, which is a little annoying, but they were very friendly, so it was hard to knock a point off for that!
All in all would recommend if you’re hungry and passing by.

Enjoyed the 7 grain chicken sandwich with Brie, Apple, lettuce and fries yummmmmy. Friend had a Foxy John Burger was just perfect. Last friend had special Steak and salad. Everyone of us was in a special food coma:-) We will be back every week since we work next door. Lol

I really liked this place and surprisingly you probably wouldn’t notice much from the outside just passing by. I had just finished a long day at the office with coworkers and we were all at a loss for where to go eat after we grabbed a few cocktails at another nearby pub. We decided we wanted something American and easy to grab so we looked on Unilocal and this place had pretty good reviews so we said why not! We walked into what is a darker environment lit by neon lights at the bar but then directed to the back room because of the size of our party which was fairly sized. The back is well lit and a little less crowded-​at least when we went and our waitress was quick and attentive which surprised me for a bar like atmosphere, more kudos to her. We ordered quite a bit to start off with to share as a group-​oysters, calamari and some spice mozzarella type sticks. They were all good but no take me to heaven moment but also perfect for the group setting and the oysters were really good considering the bar/​restaurant concept so I was surprisingly delighted. Most of us orders the foxy burger and I added bacon as well as pickles. To my realization though, they only had spear pickles and if you’re like me it just doesn’t workout when I want it on my burger so that was a miss for me but the burger was good and juicy and not in an overly greasy way. My coworkers all loved it too and one even mentioned it was one of the best she had tried. I don’t know if I can say the same but I’d certainly recommend it. My turn off was the pretzel bun-​not because I don’t like these buns but rather because it was a bit salty for my taste. Also I ordered mine medium and it was over cooked so I didn’t have as much luck with mine but it was still good. I would certainly come back to this place and recommend it-it’s a good environment where you can actually hear the people your with and I always appreciate that.

Had the Irish Car Bomb as a starter. Just one shot
Ordered 3 kind of appetizers, mussel, calamari rings and BBQ ribs, they taste ok
Price is reasonable in the city.
Will I go back? Yes

Belated review of Foxy John’s. Ask for JJ, the sweetest, cutest bartender in midtown. He always takes good care of me and my friends. He remembered that Sylvia loves to try new things, so he whipped up these delicious pomegranate martinis. Check them out! Oh and the fish tacos. Get them.

Best Burger I’ve had in a long time, love the fried egg on top and basket of fries! Great beer selection and great service from Ken the bartender! I’ll be back!

Came here based on the Unilocal reviews and was bitterly disappointed. We came here for both food and drink but both were underwhelming.
Calamari tasted bland and not too fresh. Burger was ok but not much flavor.
Unilocal has definitely misguided us on this one. Seems like a place to just grab a beer if you happen to be in the area but definitely nothing special about the place.
The only positive was the service. The waitress were very attentive.

I love the fact that this place is only a block away from home. Open late with good food, decent drinks, and $ 1 OYSTERS ALL DAY! This place isn’t particularly busy at any point of the day, so it’s easy to jump in for a bite or a drink. Check the specials on the board before entering. I just wish they had a specials drink menu, which can only be seen from the bar. The foxy john burger was good, served on a pretzel bun, with shoe string onions, and some type of aoili. Personally, I would’ve preferred caramelized onions, the shoestring onions were a bit overpowering. They have huge oysters with all the fixings! Decent selection of bottled beers. Gonna come back and try some of their signature cocktails.

A sports bar at its best! We came in here on NYE to watch the semis for college football, and get a little food in our stomachs before drinking in the New Year!
It’s not a dive bar, but a clean fun sports bar with lots of TVs, good food, good service. I can see the standards dropping once its more established, and I’ll come back to downgrade my review. But for this experience, it was fantastic!

Twice in the same day. Once with the family for some chicken wings, salads and sandwiches for lunch. Everything, including the service was great. The wings came quick and were decent wings.
Dinner with a group of 15 or so and we all had dinner. Waiter took orders from one end of a long table and therefor got the order wrong a few times. He should have walked down the table and taken the orders closer to the people. Food was decent. was really tasty from the fish tacos, to swordfish to kale and quinoa salad.
Tried to go back the next day but they were closing at 8:45 ish on Xmas eve. to bad, we wanted to do food and more drinks.

Fun little bar — great service, fantastic burger. The salmon w chutney was v good as well, ceasar was fine, not outstanding.
For what it was and price, a good find. 4.5 stars!

Stopped in based on the Unilocal reviews and the high rating. We wanted a burger and a few beers so the reviews compelled us to head over from the Waldorf to grab a bite to eat.
The place was rather crowded but we were promptly escorted to the back and given a table. I opted for the Foxy John Burger which came with chipotle aioli, frizzled onions and pepper jack cheese on a pretzel bun. It was cooked to my request and came with a nice basket of fries. There were plenty of condiments on the table, from A1, HP and malt vinegar. The wife ordered the Black Angus burger which she reported as also being very good.
The beer list, between the tap, bottle and cans, was extensive and I went for a Belgian Whit Beer from a local brewery.
Service was very good and the prices were reasonable considering its proximity to Grand Central.
I agree with other reviewers that it is not a ‘gastro pub’ and the music is way too loud.