Subway Inn

You meet so many new awesome people at subway, it’s an interesting crowd that always promises for a good time. This is my favorite local bar, the staff is amazing and the foods even better. Get the chili cheese waffle fries and a cheap pitcher of beer.

Can’t expect much from a bar around here. I actually never went to the old Subway Inn, so I can’t compare about nostalgia for the business but for my own dive bar days I can. And it seemed like a cleaned up version of that. Some seedy characters and drunk dudes trying to impress their dates, rock not played on the radio, cheap enough drinks, and no one actually gives a fuck about you.
I was just thinking about how I don’t care to venture into dive bars anymore; how I don’t really care about any challenges or the scene or the unknown… and then I came back here and had a taste of the scene without it being nasty. I feel like such a lightweight now, but this was just enough edge to satisfy me — and I’m good. I’d go back.

It’s a dive bar but was clean, friendly, and food was good. The bartender said his mom cooks the food homeade. There is no table service during certain times so go to the bar and order. They will bring your food to the table.

Cheap drinks BUT the bartenders enjoy overcharging on purpose when clients are drunk. So you have to be careful with the bill. ALWAYS pay for each drink in cash and NEVER start a tab on a credit card.
This could be a great place if the guys were honest. It’s too bad that they resort to this sneaky behavior. :(

Subway Inn is my favorite local, midtown east bar. The drinks are poured heavy and all the staff are cool. As for food, they have the best Jerk Chicken in the city. NOT FRIED, SMOKED AND BAKED… MEAT FALLING OFF THE BONE GOODNESS. There are also plenty other options like the mac and cheese, oh and the catfish strips are impressive. It’s a dive bar where all games are played, the drinks are cold and the food is hot.
Go for lunch or right after work if you don’t like big crouds… it gets busy after 8pm

This is definitely a dive bar. I live around here and never stepped in here because the outside looked a little tattered. Inside, it’s interesting. The crowd was not necessarily refined, but it’s a dive bar right? There is a bar on the left when you walk in, booths on the right, and a slightly open area in the back. Lots of neon signs, flat screen TVs, and other lighting make this an unattractively bright place to spend a late night. Honestly, no one wants to see faces clearly at 1am. You only want an outline because no one is at their best at this time.
It’s not for me, but if what I described sounds like a fun place to go to, you should check it out…

Just what you’re looking for if you need a relaxed atmosphere and some cheap beer. I haven’t tried the burgers but I just saw someone order three…

Amazingly friendly environment.
No East side attitude here
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Walk in and feel wlcomed.
Great early afternoon Happy hour
Kick ass Rock and Roll dive bar Playlist
Must visit

Stopped in for a beer after riding the Roosevelt Island Tram. (which was awesome, by the way!)
Best bartender that I’ve ever had, such a nice guy — Irish maybe? So good.
I was hoping for more of a dive, but I guess I missed those days. Still, I’d stop by here again, not because there was anything special about the bar, but just because the service was so good!
(beer was cheap, whisky was cheap, bathroom was clean, and I’m pretty positive Amanda Bynes was sitting beside me.)

Got good wings still. 14 for the 10 piece but good wings… always same quality
Beer is ok too. Always seating available

Great bar! Great food from atomic wings good music, great upgrade from the old place and the drinks are amazing ! Call it cheers.

Knocking them down — this place may randomly be closed at 1 or 2am on the weekends. This is unacceptable if you bill yourself as a 4am bar.

The original Subway was a hard drinking bar some might call a dive but really just pretended to be nothing more than a place to put a few back. Add a diverse group of like-​minded drinkers from construction workers to guys that attend the cosmetic counter at Bloomindales to girls who know how to order booze any time of day, and you have a slice of debauchery that feels utterly New York
I’m not sure what the new Subway Inn puts out. Feels like drinking at a bowling alley bar when you don’t bowl. Or the airport bar when you’re not taking a plane. It’s clean. Kinda soulless in spite of the promise offered with the original sign out front. It has a pop up Atomic Wings. Put in a Cinnabon and it’d be like the mall food court.
Strangely, the Blue Room that it replaced also lacked identity but it was unashamed in its apathy. Had it stayed, maybe Blue Room would have become a venerable dive.
Oh, nostalgia.
I might come back in 20 years to see if the new Subway Inn has matured sorta like that torn and thread bear T-​shirt you got at your first concert and with which you can’t part no matter how horrible. Feels awesome, though. Who cares if others think it looks stupid. .. .

«Could I give a place negative stars?»
I went there around 220am on a Saturday night and my friend and I were turned away at the door. They close at 4am on the weekends. There were people inside and the rude bouncer gave no reason why he was turning away people; just an arrogant «have a good night gentlemen». Actually, he should have said have a good morning, gentlemen. Fine, if they were trying close the bar early that is cool but management and the bouncer could have been a little more professional.
Bring back the Blue Room because even though the place was a dump at least you were treated with respect. Even though it will not return, I KNOW that I will never spend a hot cent at Subway Inn again.

My little get away, i come here to turn up with my bff & we always have a blast nice little cozy place we have sum good krazy memories fm this place and its very cheap

This was my first time back to this place after the Blue Room closed and I have to admit, I was underwhelmed. Perhaps, this place will ‘grow’ on me, but there are ‘better’ bars just up the block — as in the Jeffrey Bar.
My first gripe: its dark. They boarded off the windows that provided light into this place.
Second gripe: What’s with the ‘torture’ booths and weird/​akward table legs. I’m not tall and I had to contortion myself and even then couldn’t find a comfortable position for more than five minutes.
I will definitely give them some time to settle in. Perhaps, this bar will grow on me as it gives another option to the Jeffrey Bar that’s down the block. We shall see…

The actual subway was better than this place. Bartender cared more about the Yankees game than asking me for a drink and never offered a food menu. Not sure why they took out all the side windows that Blue Room used to have so the only light you get is from the front 2 windows. Won’t be visiting this place ever again!

We used to come to the Blue Room and scoped it out tonight. Nice décor, but it’s a shame they covered up all the windows. Atomic wings is still tasty, but prices went up, and you can’t get combo deals after 4pm anymore. But, they make up for that with $ 5 beer, which is hard to find.
The service was decent and friendly. I’m taking two stars for the booths that force you to contort your legs to maneuver around the long, metal brace that protrudes from the edge of the table. I am six feet tall, and this was a complete pain in the ass. I hit my knee pretty hard on it trying to leave.
I’ll come back because I live close by and like cheap beer, but only if I can sit at the bar.

Subway Inn has reopened. The classic sign still adorns the front and looks restored to its glory. Inside looks nice, but a bit smaller. As they just opened Friday, the place still has that new car smell, no spoiled, stale beer smell yet. Hey! Atomic Wings is in the back, no more phoning in your order and waiting for that dude to run back your order.
The place looks the same, but cleaner, albeit a bit sterile, kinda like the new Yankee Stadium. The only thing that hasn’t changed is the regulars, that group of blue collar sweat, smeared lipstick, and tight skirts with too small blouses straining under large pushed up boobage as to populate a David Goodis novel.
Welcome back Subway Inn, at least you have survived the guillotine for now, and New York still has one of its dives to call home.

Closing down and reopening in a different location may be the best thing to ever happen to this place.
I really disliked the previous Subway Inn. No real glasses for drinks (only disposable plastic cups were used), place was in shambles, and the seat cushions were coming off of booths. Yeah, I know it’s a dive bar, but I thought that was even too much. The drinks weren’t that cheap either and everything was falling apart.
Fast forward to now. They moved into this new location and built everything from scratch again, except for the neon sign they saved from the original location. Since it’s a new location, everything seems nice and neat, but the low light and red glow still remains from the last location. I’m really glad the booths aren’t falling apart like last time (for now), but let’s wait and see about a month later if this all holds. I’m not thrilled with the décor anyway.
The food is average (it’s from Atomic Wings) and a bit pricey. I had the Thai Chili Dawg and I was done in about 6 – 7 bites. It was pretty bland, flavorless and forgettable. I definitely wouldn’t come here for the food, especially considering that it’s $ 7.50 when a street hot dog may actually taste slightly better and the dog is the size of 2 regular dogs.
Only time will tell how well this place will «age,» but it seems like the same thing. Those wanting the same experience will like this place, but I never liked it to begin with.