Su Casa Bar

THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BATHROOM UPSTAIRS WITH 3 STALLS FOR WOMEN. It’s illegal to only have one stall, duh. People who write that there’s only one bathroom are probably too drunk or lazy to go upstairs and check out the bathroom. THAT IS WHY IT SAYS ‘MEN’ ON THE DOOR ON THE FIRST FLOOR – it’s for men, implying that a room for women exists. Next time, ask the bartender.
This place is okay, but the bar staff takes forever to serve drinks and they ask you several times what you ordered. They should have two people working at once but choose not to, it seems.

I’ve been here three times: a weeknight for a gay party («HEYYYYY!»), a weeknight for a straight party, and a weekend night for a mixed-​crowd party… To me, this place is just alright — it’s nothing particularly memorable one way or the other, the music has always been pretty decent, and, thankfully, perhaps best of all, the crowd hasn’t ever been especially obnoxious.

This place is weird, but I’ve been twice and had fun both times. The first time I went for a friend’s birthday party and had no problem getting in because we were with promotors. The second time we just decided to go… my friend and I got there early and got in with absolutely no issues. Our friends who came to meet up with us had a semi-​hard time getting in but we went downstairs & convinced the doorman to let them in.
Basically … if you’re remotely good looking & well dressed they will probably let you in no problem. If you want to up your chances, say you are there for a birthday party. They seem to have a lot of those.
Cons: $ 10 cocktails, $ 30 bar tab minimum, SUPER CROWDED. Plus stairs can be treacherous with heels and a few drinks. Kind of off crowd… some girls wearing heels tights and dresses, other people wearing jeans and basic tank top.
Pros: Not as hard to get in as everyone says (just get there before 12 and you’re good…), DJ and dance floor. Couches to sit on when you feel like your feet are going to die.

Ahh the fake review. I can’t say I’m a big fan of it, and I’d like Unilocal to take them down if that’s possible. Truthfully it would lower the ratings this place has, which is kind of sad but, it happens. The place is alrite, it doesn’t really warrant the bad reviews that it gets.
Alot of the complaining consists of a bunch of people not getting in and crying about it (sorry, that’s what you’re doing). I went to this place for my friends birthday party and I got rite in with no hastle at all at the door. I wasn’t dressed exceptionally well (i wouldn’t accept an oscar in my outfit) but i wasn’t wearing sneakers and a basketball jersey either, regular going out attire.
It seemed, from the interaction with the door guy, that it’s a place that you can only get in if your on some sort of list or you are meeting up with someone that has a party going on inside. With that said, if this is not you, and you didn’t get in, i dont think you get to complain. The place is a lounge with NOT alot of space at all. If you didn’t have a party inside or were not on the list and got in anyway, and still didn’t like it… then, it happens, but only those people, the people that made it INSIDE of the place get to complain!
My only complaints about this place really, are how many people they allowed into this place that nite. We got there early, and it was pretty empty at the time. The DJ was playing good songs and we were hanging out drinking. After a bit of time though that place filled up to MAXIMUM CAPACITY! I can’t remember being in a place with more people just stuffed inside. Aside from that though, the venue is cool looking (candles and brikk walls, kinda like Antik), a lot of tables around for bottle people, a small bar area to get drinks, but after a while, kind of a waste to attempt that because it gets TOO packed! How packed it is makes me take a star off, if it didn’t let so many people inside it would be a 4-​star spot.

Internet etiquette forbids me from saying what I truly would like to say. And Internet etiquette states that when you write all in capital letters, you are yelling. SO…
WARNING!!!
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! WITH SOME FRIENDS OF MINE LAST NIGHT WE MADE THE ROUNDS OF SEVERAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE WEST VILLAGE. WHEN WE GOT THERE THE DOORMAN SAID HE COULDN’T ALLOW ANYONE IN AS THEY WERE FILLED TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY. STANDING THERE WE WATCHED HIM LETTER OTHERS IN. AFTER QUESTIONING HIM WE TOLD TO FORGET ABOUT IT, WE WEREN’T GETTING IN.
I’VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME… AND BEEN TO MANY «IN» SPOTS OVER THE YEARS ALWAYS POLITE, I AM WILLING TO WAIT IN LINES IF NECESSARY SO WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM?
ENOUGH WASTED TIME ON THIS PLACE.
So always being polite and a gentleman… I cannot fully express myself.
TO THE DOORMEN: REMEMBER THAT… YOU ARE A DOORMAN… NOTHING MORE!

My friend is a friend of the new owner that runs this place, allegedly, since I was not able to confirm with the actual owner. I wasn’t looking forward to going to this place since it got such horrible reviews, nevertheless I went because it meant a night out with the girls and cocktails.
We arrived around 10 had no problem at the door, apparently I was wearing my eau de doorman /​security guard perfume because those dudes were really hitting me up. Once through the door we were a little taken aback by all the stairs we had to walk up, sober this is fine but with a few drinks can be a little tricky coming or going. Make sure to watch your step once you get to the top of the stairs.
The place was nothing special the décor your normal basic loungy /​club type décor, vinyl booths to one side the bar to the other. Someone needs to do something about the décor to make it more inviting it’s very dark and boring.
The place a pretty empty when we got there. Drinks were reasonable however the male bartender started to tend to us then told us the female bartender would help us, weird, since he was already there. It seemed like most people who visit this place are confused about what it is really supposed to be, a lounge, a club, a bar, you can literally see the look of confusion on everyone’s face as the enter the room.
Very random group of people in the place that night, not good, not bad just OK crowd. The DJ was pretty good until he slipped up and started playing a Taylor Swift song, I literally stopped dancing, what is that nonsense all about. He didn’t make that mistake again thankfully.
Throughout the night people would tend to cluster in the middle of the bar which is where we were situated, out of the way mind you. So we moved towards the back of the bar where there was no one so we set up our dance shop by the window. It got a little warm at some point earlier in the evening and someone decided to crank up the A/​C to full blast so we shivered out the rest of the night.
All in all it was not a fantastic experience nor a bad experience, would I go there again, probably not unless they had a happy hour.
Coat check girl was hysterical, we love her. FYI coat check is $ 3.

This place isn’t anything spectacular, but it’s not as bad as some of the reviews on here say it is either. I went to Su Casa last night for a friend’s birthday. It’s pretty difficult to find, and we almost passed over the place twice. There is no sign outside, just a velvet rope. We asked the bouncer if the place was Su Casa, and he was quick to question if we were there for a party. We let him know the party we were with, and we got in no problem. Granted, it was only 11pm, but I didn’t experience any of the rudeness people on here have been complaining about. Also, I think it’s funny how more than one of the reviewers for this place didn’t even step one foot in the door! How can you review a place without even going there? Of course a velvet rope next to a Quoda is pretentious. But that’s part of the allure isn’t it?
It was pretty empty when we got inside because we were there so early. We sat at one of the tables near the DJ booth and got a bottle. The busboy was very attentive, clearing away empty glasses and always making sure we had fresh ice. The place filled up VERY fast and it got impossible to move around. The crowd was just alright. A bunch of underage kids, some B&T (expected at any place right off the Path train) and a bunch of other random types. Nothing horrible, nothing to keep me from enjoying a night out with my group of friends. The music was pretty good because the DJ mixed in a lot of old school songs with new ones.
At one point I tried to get a drink from the bar which took awhile, but that was mostly because there were way too many people inside trying to do the same thing. The bathroom was pretty dingy and rundown, BUT there was no line, which is all I really care about…
All in all Su Casa is not bad. It’s a cool place to go with a party, not a place to drop in randomly. Music is enjoyable, crowd is OK, and service is good. They could fix a few things up (such as the bathroom) and I really wish they wouldn’t let so many people in. But it’s negative traits are not enough to take away from the experience as a whole.

i don’t even know how this place is still in business.
i’ve been here on two occasions. both experiences were undoubtedly heaps of smelly sh*t.
— the bouncers are wack. they won’t let SOME dudes in with sneakers on… but other men with Air Force One’s on, they’re fine. OK, buddy.
— the bathroom situation is retarded. «retarded: adj.- Occurring or developing later than desired or expected; delayed.»
— bartenders do not care whether or not you want a drink. they don’t even look in your direction even when money is in your hand.
— the hostesses don’t know what the hell they’re doing.
— horrible crowd.
— RUINED my friend’s birthday party by moving everyone to a corner of the bar with no seating and no tables, then refusing to let people in.
basically NOTHING about this place is favorable. their fake reviews are hilarious. please… stop trying to make your establishment sound better than it is.
just because you sprinkle your sh*t with sugar… doesn’t make you sweet, Su Casa.

ok. so I was walking to the Path … Then wondered what’s the place with Velvet Rope. my female friend that was with me said. Umm that is Qdoba .then i said with a Velvet Rope… wow…then .I realized Why I don’t know this place…
Bouncer was REALLY EFFIN. STUPID…thats the best i could come up with… anyway. I asked hey how do i come in They looked at me said its a «private Party». then just turned around… anyway .I guess I wont be back .from reading other reviews i guess it just was not me

This place is great if you like d-​bags, guys that cant stop saying bro and waiting in line for NO reason.
They can cast the next season of Jersey Shore here. GROSS.

I passed by this place the other night. i know it was windy and cold, but it was just the type of night on which the asshole bouncer would love to make people wait outside, I imagine. The really sad part is that there are a lot of peeps who would have done it.
In any case, the place looked closed. Good riddance to bad rubbish, i always say.

I’ve tried this place a couple times but they always seemed closed and the the one time I went inside I left quickly and didn’t bother with a drink, figuring the place was too new and they were having a shitty night. I read the reviews on here so knew this place has an awful reputation but since I live just a couple blocks away, I figured I’d give it another shot. So, this past weekend I called to make sure they were open. The conversation went like this:
«Hey, you guys open tonight?»
«Depends on who you are.»
«What do you mean?»
«Well, for instance, we don’t want you in here if you’re from Long Island.»
Now, normally I’d laugh at that cause I generally don’t hang out with the Long Island crowd either, but the ass-​holish way this douchebag said that just irritated the shit out of me. However, I decided to be agreeable and made some comment comparing the LI’ers to the Jersey crowd, and told the guy I live right around the corner. Then I got a, «Oh yea, sure we’re open.»
5 minutes later I show up at the door with my female friend, right behind 2 guys who get turned away by the doormen because there’s a «private party» going on. So I ask the doorman about it, telling him I had just called not 5 minutes ago to confirm that they were open. His reply: «Yea, we’re more of an event space…»
So, this place is definitely not getting any of my business and I’ll be very surprised if they’re still around in a year without changing how they do business.
Moral of the story? Trust Unilocal.This place sucks hard.

I find it hillarious when people trash venues on Unilocal for over priced drinks and strict door policy. If you dont want to spend 15 bucks on a drink, then DONT DRINK idiots! Holy Shit how stupid can you be? Personally, I prefer spending 15 on a great margarita then 7 on sub-​standard tequilla that is going to give me a hangover from hell the next morning, but thats just me.
I love the chick that is trying to give the owners of su casa a lesson in how to run a bar in NYC. HEY! Not every bar Wants you and 30 of your friends to come through their spot. Especially if space is limited and they are going for a certain image. LOL.
Su Casa is awesome. Thats all I gotta say. All these 1 star reviewers are either disgruntled neighbors or couldn’t get in or felt to insecure to have a good time a great place.

I left early, but I do remember the extremely slow bartending staff. I was looking smashing that night, they should have been eagerly awaiting my next order. Instead my girlfriend and I that were sitting at the bar got ignored for a good while and it wasn’t even that crowded. Now, how annoyed am I that they nearly ruined my two friends’ b-​day parties by not allowing several of our other friends inside.
Look, you are not Studio 54, seriously? Especially since they had made arrangements before hand, ya’ll had the nerve to act up. We easily were a group of 30 – 35 people and for opening weekend, you should have been more than happy to accommodate us! Thanks a lot for making my friends’ joint b-​day memorable for the wrong reasons.
Oh and btw, your drinks are EXTREMELY overpriced. I don’t foresee them being open for more than six months unless management gets their business skills in order.

The décor was nice, and I couldn’t geek out enough over the fact that a bar with no signage outside has an address of «404».
Other than that, the drinks were overpriced. Sorry, if I’d known beers would be $ 7 and they didn’t have Bud Light, I’d have stayed home. Well, probably not, but more out of wanting to be with friends than anything.
The music, as in all lounges, was too loud. Sorry, again, but music is supposed to set a tone and create background, NOT drown out and kill all attempts at conversation.
The kicker is the bathroom. Note the lack of pluralization. One bathroom for the entire club (which is admittedly small, but when packed full of alcohol fueled bodies…). One bathroom FOR BOTH SEXES. I now feel for women at sporting events.

This place is above a Qdoba and they charge $ 7 for a bottle of Tecate. The minimum bar tab is $ 50. There’s a bathroom attendant (which is almost always annoying). The doorman acts like he’s doing you a favor by letting you in, even if you are on the list or there for someone’s party. I figured a place called «Su Casa» would be more inviting.
Probably a good place for you if you aspire to be or date Jeremy Piven and like spending ridiculous amounts of money on bottle service.

How do you make me not go back to a place?
Over charge me for a beer annnnnnd criticize what I am ordering.
Yes, I want a Guinness.
«Were getting rid of that beer next week as we are a mexican bar»
Well let me help you deplete your stock, don’t judge me for liking good beer.
This place was one of the most pretentious places I have ever stepped into. As you can read in the countless other reviews, they are very rude to their customers, think themselves higher than they deserve and overcharge you for everything, including papertowels.
It’s upstairs from grays papaya and qdoba yet the clientelle smelled like low self esteem and daddy issues. It was an odd combo.
The only, only, only plus here is they did play some very decent dancable music for the period of time I was there.

How long has Su Casa been open? With the recession, you’d think that there would be no shortage of experienced and respectable bartenders eagerly seeking employment and working enthusiatically once hired to provide clients with superior drinks and service. Sadly, Su Casa did not hire any of them.
Please allow me to set the mood. Friday evening at around 7pm with my beau, we walk up a steep staircase eluminated by candle light. into a large empty room with an impressive theatrical view of 6^th Avenue. A thick mahogonny bar with two tall and handsome bartenders wearing the signature speakeasy uniform, a pair of slacks with a checkered vest, draw you though the doorway.
However, something is missing. The typical enthusiasm and knowledge of a mixologist that makes a drink worth $ 13-​$ 15 was missing. In fact, the bartender lazily cocked his head to the side and asked his buddy how to make our drink. When they both agreed that they did not know, he shrugged his shoulders as if to say «eh whatever» and made some toxic looking and tasting concoction. When I inquired as to the ingredients in my drink, the bartender refused to share… saying «trust me» in smug irritating tone. If this was in the middle of the rush, I would understand, but literally, no one else was there!
It’s a shame… the décor was nice! I might return in a couple of months if they shape up!

Dear Su Casa,
Dese nuts! I was going to try and write something clever and witty. Something that people who knew me and people who didn’t could read, interpret and respect one in the same. But no! I can’t do that because just thinking about your business and the way it is currently run makes me personally angry which is a rare feat in and of itself. So bravo, you managed to anger me all the way back to second grade!
But bringing myself back to being the calm adult that I am, let me just give you a few lessons on how to run an enduring business in New York City. Step one, never treat a customer like crap, ESPECIALLY if it is their birthday and they’ve made arrangements with you beforehand. This is especially a no-​no if they are a kind young lady bringing you 30+ other customers on your opening weekend. I don’t know, we New Yorkers like a little thing called courtesy and respect, they say in this city it is a rare thing and thus just a little bit goes a loooong way. Like crack once we get a taste we’ll be back for more.
Secondly door policy. Just let it go. This must be said and perhaps you should print this out and post it for all your friends, «!!!No bar known to man has ever been able to CONSTRUCT a cool crowd!!!». Cool people find each other naturally, randomly and almost by divine force. «Cool» people, note the quotes, toss on popular styles and stand outside doors waiting to be told their «cool». Most New Yorkers have partied with both and can tell you beyond a doubt that the second crowd ain’t worth as much as gold plated turd. There’s simple logic behind this that a 4^th grader could tell you. That being cool isn’t something you wear, it’s something you are and that can’t be ascertained visually, ya dig? (Also, just a side note, a guy with a clipboard wearing a deep plunge v neck shirt and suit jacket just looks plain ridiculous standing between a Qdoba and Gray’s Papaya.)
Lastly and this one is very site specific. Take down your fake reviews which are propping up your rating. No one goes through the trouble of creating a web profile for the sole purpose of writing a single 5 star review which only states liking the décor of a place. This is an insult to my and all this site’s patrons’ intelligence and does not shine well on your business. If you are going to be you let an honest opinion of what you are be present to the the world.
That said this session of constructive criticism has ended. Please take note of what I have stated and use it to mend your ways before you go the route of every other coulda been lounge that has ever blessed Manhattan with its Massengillish presence. Peace out!
Sincerely,
Khalib B.

In California, sometimes you pick stuff up. Wine lingo from mere proximity to Napa Valley, calling your elected official the «Gubernator» after seeing it written one too many times in the local (and not-​so-​local) paper, syphilis from the «date» you met at your hotel bar on Sunset Boulevard…
Or, if you’re like me, you pick up Spanish… or enough to know that…
SU CASA NO ES MI CASA!
(And I will add that, even if that’s grammatically wrong, that should obviously be enough to get my point across, and if you’re still denying that, you’re just being deliberately obtuse in not taking my meaning here…)
Anyway, upon first impression when I stepped into a not-​very-​crowded/​early-​in-​the-​night setting where the DJ was playing some pretty solid and dance-​able tunes, I was inclined to like the place when I initially saw the lit candles in the wall nooks, the small details such as the magnifying glasses hanging to enhance the candles behind the bar, and the sexay chocolate eye candy splashed around the entire place. It’s on the second floor, which is an interesting concept for a bar/lounge…until I read someone else’s review as interpreting the second floor location as a «speakeasy/​hidden bar» attempt.
(P.S.: Su Casa, if that is true, just give it up already. There was a line out your front door, the whole place was lit up like Christmas, and my ass was in plain sight to all of Sixth Avenue for a good hour or so thanks to your floor-​to-​ceiling front windows.)
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, however, I’ll continue my review as though this were NOT a speakeasy attempt.
And it’s still not so great. I shot this load early with the lovely décor because what follows is not so pretty…
— $ 14 cocktails (granted, my «Mint Ice Cream» cocktail was pretty smashing, and tasted like a Thin Mint cookie. That said, they ran out of one ingredient — shaved milk chocolate to shave on top of the drink — yet they still served it to me and charged full price. Jigga wha?)
— $ 50 credit card minimum to open a tab.
— ONE UNISEX TOILET where they have (deliberately! I’m assuming) removed the roll of paper towels from the paper towel holder inside in order to force you to make use of the bathroom attendant, who is attending from OUTSIDE the single stall toilet, waiting to provide you with a paper towel. Also, what is the use of having Listerine on your bathroom attendant table if the bathroom is single stall, and the attendant and table are OUTSIDE the stall? (Can I emphasize enough the stupidity and lack of planning here???) Having a line 5 people deep of ladies and gents waiting to use the facilities is an interesting take on «let’s mix and mingle,» but (a) poor planning extends to its location in the middle of the bar/​lounge and (b) I personally don’t want to get cozy when all I have to do is pee.
— Finally, being mean to my friend at her OWN birthday party and denying her friends entrance to the place (never mind giving away her birthday party table) is just plain bad business. Period.
Note: I didn’t have any of the food, so I can’t speak to that.
That said, if ever asked to revisit this locale, my response will likely be «no me gusta.»