Nancy Whiskey Pub

Interesting low key pub house near m1−5 club. My friends and i came here to pregame after searching for one $ bar.
This place is really small but has everything from tambourine playing middle aged bartender to pool table on the side. We went upstairs to sit and the ceiling was very very low. I ordered a shot of tequila and my friends ordered mixed drinks. What i like about this place is that they gave me a cup of tequila, not a shot. It was well worth 2 shots in a cup. My friends told me their mixed drinks were really strong too. The bill came out to be around $ 85 and we ordered about 6 – 8 mixed drinks with 2 shots of tequila which is like SUPER cheap! I was so happy and drunk after two shots and i shall definitely pay another visit to pregame. If you’re looking for fun hip vibe, this is not for you. But if you’re looking for a shot or two for pregame then come here, chug some shots then head to m1−5

This place is great! Good beer, good service. Kat is the best barmaid in NYC! I watched her deal with a real
Bunch of assholes with such professionalism. Love this place. Go and have a drink!
Let’s not forget about Jenny! Another fabulous barmaid whose smile makes the hangover go away faster!

Went to the Nancy Whiskey Pub and had a hell of a time. Great beer, killer service, Kat was radical! Don’t even bother going to AOA across the street. Best place in soho. I’ll be back soon.

Divey bar across the street from my office building. Usually go there for lunch; the lunch menu is nicely priced, for the area. Okay burger, and decent chicken sandwich; but what I like are their onion rings. Generous portions for under 10 bucks. The upstairs is where I make my way, loft area that seems like it will fall at any given moment, but quite «charming».

Great dive bar with great juke box which is rare in NYC, can’t find a decent bar with a decent juke box if you know what I mean… Plus the cheap drinks…
I would go back but the mean blond pig tailed chick bartender isn’t too nice so it’s not worth it.

Refreshingly divey spot in New York’s richest neighborhood. If someone blindfolded you and dropped you off here, you’d probably think you were in the East Village or Alphabet City.
Cheap and roomy. Higher-​shelf things will set you back less here than well drinks anyplace else in the neighborhood. The top floor feels like someone’s attic, as if it’s a huge no-​no to even be up there.

DIVEY. The true epitome of a dump.
Damp, urine-​scented, weathered, and full of drunken old men.
But for some reason I always loved this place.
Amazingly cheap, especially since this place is right on the edge of Tribeca. Good spot for a beer after work, when my job was around the corner. God, I miss NYC.

Came here after searching the nearby area for bars with shuffleboard. This was the only one within a mile or two, and plus it was a dive bar — perfect, right?
Show up, place seems alright. but the shuffleboard is tiny, falling apart, and what dirty sand is left is jammed under corners of plastic that has long since peeled away from its adhesive confines.
We order a round, and start warming up to test the table. It’s pretty all over the place, but we’re trying to get some sense of how this thing will work when a gentleman from the establishment walks over and starts giving my friend across the table a hard time. He warns him that he won’t tolerate us whipping pucks around and slamming them into the backboard. God forbid someone damages this table that is falling apart. Oh, did I mention there are bumpers? Because there are bumpers on this shuffleboard table.
We play a few games, and are having a reasonably decent time. The music, after a spat of 4 Taylor Swift songs in a row, rounds out into some more classic dive affair. It’s the end of a round, and I make a nice play to knock off the far puck of my opponent and pick up the round. Out of nowhere, the same gentlemen appears with a pie tin and grabs the pucks from us. One short, he accuses us of withholding a puck until he finds it in the dark recesses of the table. «Ok you’re done» he barks. Despite following his rules of not slamming pucks into the wall, we apparently broke an unspoken rule of not colliding pucks.
The treatment and lack of any kind of decent table beg the question — why do they even have shuffleboard here? Why waste ¹⁄₃ of the space of an already tiny bar for a game that you won’t let people play with any kind of normalcy? I’d give the bar some tip-​of-​the-​hat points for being a dive in an area of ever-​rising rents were it not for the aforementioned foursome of Taylor Swift tracks.

This is one of my favorite dive bars in the City. And it’s one of the only ones in Tribeca. It has everything you could ask for: crusty old regulars, crusty old furniture, greasy burgers, and cheap drinks. But my personal favorite detail is the second floor that seems like illegal construction that could fall down any second!
Some of the other reviews are amusing, because I think people need to understand that dive bar rules are not regular bar rules. Just because you’re a customer doesn’t mean service is going to be good. If you can behave and be seen and not heard until spoken to, you might earn yourself the right to buy a drink.

Left NY a few years back after spending my entire life there.
Places like Nancy Whiskeys are what make New York rare and they are losing them fast.
If not for Billy Wall this place would have also gone the way of so many others.
Enjoy what you have while it’s still around.

I love a good dive bar and get so excited when I find a good one, no matter where I go in the world. For NYC, Nancy Whiskey has to be my favorite I have found in the past 20 years! A few friends and I were visiting NYC from Boston. We hit a Yankees game and on our way back met here based on a recommendation. It was the highlight of our trip, outside of going to the mecca, Yankees Stadium!
It had a great vibe, with windows open on a beautiful day. It was well worn, with all the character you would want in a place to just grab a drink with friends without any attitude or crazy Manhattan prices. We met one of the owners son/​nephew (can’t remember), who helped us with finding an outlet to charge our phones. The service was fantastic, especially Kat, who was a character and truly made us feel like a regulars. She kept us entertained and never with an empty glass, making us never want to leave!
Alas we had to leave but Nancy Whiskey is on the top of the list for a drink anytime I got to Manhattan!
Oh, and any place with RedBull on tap (yes on tap!) has me and my friends’ vote for a must go pub!

Nancy Whiskey is not just my favorite dive bar in NYC, it’s my favorite bar in NYC, period. But let me put it plainly: this is a bar for people who like to drink, not for people who like to sit on a fancy cocktail for an hour. If you’re the sort of person who sends a martini back two or three times before it perfectly matches your taste, I suggest skipping Nancy Whiskey.
That said, if your attitude is in the right place, you’re going to do nothing but enjoy yourself at Nancy Whiskey. The service is awesome, especially Kat, the blonde bartender who remembers your drink order, even if you only visit every now and then. This is the sort of stuff that keeps people coming back and creates regulars. Overall, if you know how to carry yourself in a dive bar, you’re going to feel welcomed and like you’re right at home.

My first review ever on Unilocal.
The blonde, old, ugly, rude, ‘bartender’ is a disgrace for mankind. It’s an animal. Stupid tambourine in her hands, and just shouts. I would rather cut my wrists than come back here.
Never ever ever again.

Normally I stay away from dive bars, because they usually have very nasty uni-​sex bathroom. Unfortunately under peer pressure, we walked into this place. It’s packed on a Friday night, but luckily we found two stools by the bar after a couple left. The middle-​aged bartender with bleached blond hair, either didn’t know what smile means, or didn’t care about anyone at the bar other than the two guys that she probably knows, who she kept talking to and giving free shots to.
Anyways, our night was still good, because there’s a jukebox and everyone loves a jukebox! We put some dollars in, picked some songs, and went back to drinking our cheap beer. When the first one came on (it’s Citizen Cope, if you insist on asking), people were feeling it, we were feeling it, I started to like the place. But when my second to last song came on (it’s Destiny’s Child, yes, I know), the non-​smiley bartender just out of nowhere decided to turn down the volume. Then, for my last song (another Destiny’s Child, don’t ask), she just skipped it! I mean REALLY?! I was at the point to ask her for a refund for the $ 2 that I paid for those two songs at the Jukebox when my husband stopped me. But here’s my rant, it’s one thing if it’s your home and you can do whatever the hell you want to. But this is a bar, people PAY to get drinks and I PAID to have those songs played by jukebox. This bartender seems to not understand that concept, and thought she had all the discretion in the world to skip songs SHE doesn’t like, even though the customer paid for it.
Anyways, another item to add onto my list of reasons for NOT going to a dive bar — b**chy bartenders that skip my songs on Jukebox. Done.

Nancy Whiskey
NY Manhattan Tribeca
8pm Monday 2^nd January 2015
Four Stars
We enter from the cold and this Irish Pub was blasting Metallica’s From Whom the Bell Tolls. «Time Marches on.» The downstairs was pretty crowded and the shuffleboard had bumpers. We went upstairs. The ceiling was very low and my hair touched. The waiter brought me Whiskey and Water (no ice) all night. The place had $ 6 Burgers.

It’s a oddly shaped dive bar with 2 levels. If you’re over 5’10, it will be a serious problem walking around upstairs. The drinks are moderately priced and the pour is adequate, which is always good thing.
We had the coolest waiter! He really added to our night, along with the great company.

I’ve been back a few more times since and I always have fun. Their burgers are also really good, and cheap! Perfectly cooked, tasty. And they even let me do a split order of onion rings and fries (both delicious). It’s one of the few affordable lunch options in the area that will also leave you satisfied. Definitely a better burger than Walkers (yes, I said it).
Melissa is also super sweet and awesome :)
They still play great music. When I came in for lunch they had the radio on, 104.3. Frank is still drunk. Go in and say hi!

My girlfriend loves this place because it’s right next to the A train and the drinks are fairly inexpensive. The first time she dragged me in there I didn’t really care for it; It was crowded and I had the worst Guinness pint of my life. The second time I enjoyed it immensely more.
We were looking for a place to watch the US vs Portugal game and everything was slammed. We ended up walking 20 minutes just to come here and it was a good decision, they have at least 6 TVs and plenty of open seats at the bar. The bartender Kat was friendly enough and we had no trouble getting drinks and shots. I stuck to bottled beer this time and it was a much better decision. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger w/​fries which at $ 7 was a steal. It was a large burger with 2 strips of bacon and a ton of fries. The burger was very good for a dive like this and amazing for only being $ 7. We stuck around for a little while after the game and had a few more beers and listened to the assortment of music coming from the jukebox. There’s a small bumper shuffleboard game there as well which is a lot of fun. I think I see why my girlfriend likes this place so much and I’m starting to come around.

Solid dive with a great happy hour special. I’m coming back to try the burger, which smelled amazing, wafting it’s way out of the shady back room — just how I like them.
Also, you know this place is legit because there are bar soaps in the ladies room.

This place is exactly my type of bar, and it has everything I look for. The prices are really cheap, and buybacks are alive. I think during happy hour Bud Light drafts are $ 2.50 for a 16 oz pint.
The décor is divey, with lots of American art on the walls, including a «Fuck Communism» sign. There is an upstairs area with tables. I wandered up to take a look and it looked pretty dark and divey as well.
I’ve been served by two bartenders there, both ladies, and both were very nice. One time I walked in and the bartender instantly moved people so I could have a barstool, which she didn’t have to do.
They serve food, and I had a burger and fries and it was delicious. Next time I’ll try something different.
They take both cash and credit, which is a plus for me.
Pretty self-​explanatory!