Jake’s Saloon

terrible Food, had to wait about 30 minutes for simple salad, Overpraised… Good Costumer Service.

Worst bar in New York. We had literally the worst service I’ve ever seen. When I complained about it the bartender said «welcome to the neighborhood». no one is ever even in this bar which suggests many people feel the same way. STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!!!

This is one of the most over priced shitholes in the city. The service is atrocious. The food is okay but not worth the outrageous prices. Stay away from this trash spot.

I can’t get behind a place that is this expensive, unremarkable, and not in the middle of the city. Really do not recommend.
Food: Burger and fries were fine but pretty bland/​tasteless. Textbook representations of each.
Atmosphere: Divey Irish pub.
Service: Slower than I expected for the near-​zero number of people there.
Price: $ 14 for an extremely average burger/​fries and $ 16 for two draft Heinekens ($ 8 each). Painful.

I came in with a group of ten after a New Years Eve show at Terminal 5. The bar was pretty much empty, with about 3 people sitting at the bar, none of which I think were there together. The bartender greeted us warmly, we were loud but not rowdy or trashed and I’m sure that helped make us a bit less annoying. A few more people came in the bar after us and things livened up a bit.
Traditional Irish pub décor, really nice on the inside. They have Patron Xo Café Liqueur. It’s not a place I’d come out of my way for but it happened to be exactly what we needed that night.

Horrible! I was on the west side for a seminar and went in to order just a basic cheeseburger for lunch. What a mistake that was. It took over 30 minutes to get and I had to take the order to go so I could get back in time. O stars for them

This was my second time at this spot and no better than my first. I only stopped in today because a friend and I wanted to try their food. (Last time we only each had a beer). Today the same friend and I were to meet there, but I arrived first. I walked in, two tables were taken. I wasn’t acknowledged. I said hello to the bartender. She was alone behind the bar. (older Caucasian with black hair). I said hello first. She said I can sit anywhere and the waiter would be over. He came over with menus. My friend came in and we ordered our beers. Hers came in fine. Mine was not poured out properly. There was no head to it. I didn’t want to complain about it. We went ahead and ordered our food. Two orders of wings and one order of fries. Now the other two people had left and our order had taken over 30 mins to come out. It was disturbing. I didn’t mention that I am dark skinned– and my friend is not. The customer service was sad. Will not return.

Terrible service, terrible drinks. Way over priced for the location. The claim of best burger in NYC is questionable at best. Eat, drink and be mary elsewhere.

Old lady Irish bartender was extremely rude and annoyed that I didn’t like my drink (flat coke and whiskey she poured wasn’t what I asked for). She proceeded to go around and auction off the drink I didn’t like to customers going out of her way to try and embarrass me. A simple change of drink should’ve been done but for some reason she was offended. I can honestly say I will never go back because of how rude she was. I will also go out of my to tell friends and family to avoid, that’s how bad this place is…

Popped in here before heading off to a concert. There was no one to greet us nor any space at the bar so we just grabbed a seat at one of the booths that didn’t say reserved.
I had a few Stellas, as their draft beer selection isn’t that extensive. Mostly the usual suspects but that’s about it.
We split some appetizers including the white pizza and the quesadillas. They were all pretty good and the usual pub fare.
I utilized the men’s room because the women’s loo was taken by someone. The bartender just smiled and waved me in. The bathroom wasn’t teeny tiny like many in NYC and was actually clean so that’s always a perk in my book.
It took us a while to get our check but the waiter was nice.

Lunch is overpriced and the service is slow even when there are minimal customers around. The food was good but nothing better than the average bar that serves the same choices at a lower price!

Came by after a work event and must say this place was pretty blah. The bartender was decent, we weren’t asking for much just a few vodka clubs. The old school décor was cute and a nice touch but other things were just out dated like the drinking glasses and chairs.
Anyway, we had to continue asking for things like water, another round and food menu. Bartender didn’t really seem like he would have asked if we needed anything if we hadnt continued to get his attention.
Food was okay, we orderd some shrimp, calamri, and spring rolls. I dont think we may have finished it all I think we really were about our cocktails.
Would I normally go back to this place, probably not. Would I recommend it, meh. I mean if you want to stop in for a quick beer and you live in the neighborhood okay. Other than that I dont really think this place is that great.

Let me start by saying I hate to write these things because I’m a very optimistic person.
My friend and I, both black men (me in a suit), visited yesterday. As soon as we sat down I caught eyes with the waitress and she rolled her eyes then went to serve another group. I didn’t think too much of it until she finally made her way back around and asked for our credit cards even before we ordered anything. We didn’t think too much of it until we saw that no one else had to give their card until after they ordered or they were leaving.
Nothing else to say.

Don’t understand the value proposition for way overpriced drinks on 10^th avenue and no happy hour specials. Bartender meant well but kept barking rules at us about where to put our stuff. I get it but it was too much when we’re looking to relax after work. Also, not interested in $ 6 bud lights in a dive bar in Hells Kitchen at 5:30 PM on a weekday when the rest of the city has happy hour. Was told rent is too expensive for happy hour specials. Weird because the rest of the bars in this city have them and they probably pay more than 10^th avenue rent. They probably also have more than 2.5 stars on Unilocal

Not the classiest of places but a decent spot to roll into after a sports rec league game given its location. I did not sample any food here on one post-​game occasion on which a team celebrated some birthdays, but the fare did not seem to elicit much in the way of positive reactions. The service could have been a bit sharper, but on the plus side, the bartender on hand for the night had no problem fixing up a rather generously endowed old fashioned (if that’s possible). Jake’s was pretty empty on a weeknight around 9:30, 10:00, so space is probably not the biggest of issues you’ll run into here.

This is my new go-​to pub! I’ve lived in the neighborhood for the last 7 years, but never came in, since I always headed directly down to the 9^th avenue bars, below w57th, or went to Emerald Inn on w72nd to relax and watch the Yankees or Giants games. I’m so happy that I finally wandered in, since it’s only two blocks away from me.
The highlight was Catherine, the bartender, she’s warm, welcoming, and very attentive, even though the bar was slammed with CBS workers coming in, after work.
Go to this place, if you’re looking for a local place to relax and have a pint or cocktail. This is not a scene-​type place, more of a local tavern with decent pub good. Try the fish and chips, it’s light and crisp, although a little on the pricey-​side. This is not a tourist place, if you’re looking for a ‘New York– happening’ place.

This has been a standby go-​to throughout years whenever I visit NYC. The food has always been reasonably consistent and they serve late (very handy when you arrive on later flight or whatever case may be — it is nice to be able to rely on decent food at hours after most restaurants serve full meals.) From what I understand this place received heavy traffic from CBS crew as studio is accross street. My most recent visit was different though. When I arrived we had a late lunch /​early dinner here. The food was good, I almost always order salmon and it has never been less than tasty. I did notice however that it was relatively empty and was trying to figure why during what might normally be considered «happy hour.»
Our second visit cleared things up significantly. Another review had mentioned surly waiter who may have been same extremely unpleasant… dare I say CREEPY «gentleman» we were served by. During meal he was either seeming to be watching us eat but did not bother to come to table to ask if anything was needed OR wrapped up in watching game on TV. When we were preparing to leave after settling up ($ 95 tab for two people including two dinners, two martinis and one beer) he came over and started questioning me over where «his glass was.» Umm… They serve water in disposable plastic beer logo cups, so clearly he had to be referring to my martini glass (which I had set apparently not on obvious enough location on bar when I had gone up to order 2^nd — since he never came to table past food delivery.) THEN the bartender got behind him and crossed his arms like he was fricking bodyguard… It was the most strange, ridiculous and akward situation I’ve ever encountered in eatery or bar ever… I pointed to bar, where they found their $ 2 glass… I couldn’t believe this experience but it explained a lot… Jake’s (Twilight Zone) and Saloon… yikes… Unilocal really ought to allow zero stars or even just ratings for food and service individually — the food here is good, the service is not.

Serviceable lunch. Unfortunately it’s a clip joint. The tab will make you go «What the!!!
Decent burger, fresh cut fries, cool Irish barmaid. Surly Mexican waiter who insists on watching soccer on tv and eff his customers.
Skip it mostly.

I love this place. I would recommend the hanger steak sandwich and chicken fingers. If you don’t like this place I probably don’t like you.

Resorted to eating here since we couldn’t find any other appealing options near Terminal 5.
Very overpriced but decent food. Fries were the best part. They have a good house beer but it wasn’t really served cold enough. Seating was a bit cramped in the restaurant area with rickety chairs and benches. The service was pretty good.
With all that being said, this place fulfilled our need for a meal and a beer, but it isn’t anything worth going back for.