Von

Upstairs they have a pretty laid back bar and chill atmosphere. Downstairs turns into a club like dance part but it was too paced to really dance, felt like college clubbing, but maybe that’s the point. Anyway, I liked that I could hang out and sip a whiskey upstairs while the girls could go downstairs and dance it out.

This place is a gem on Bleecker street! I’ve lived in the neighborhood for a year and so glad I stumbled upon it — what a great find. Cocktails are great to start out, I was also drinking a prosecco recommended by the bartender which was very nice. The basement is a lot of fun. There was a lot of throwback hip hop music which was awesome. Not typical or mainstream. The people were all fun and the staff was friendly. It was a bit empty when we were there but it was very early for dancing. Definitely coming back here. All in all, great place, and great vibes!

Best place for a dance party — DJ is pretty on point most of the time (good mix of everything, new, 90’s hip hop, R&B). No cover.
Crowd is diverse, and overall just want to have a fun time without the drama.
Drink prices are also fair for the neighborhood — if you get there early, they have a good happy hour.

My company hosted a charity happy hour and needed a venue for upwards of 100 people. Of all the places in NYC that we called, Von really came through. They provided us use of their clean, spacious downstairs portion of the bar for 2 hours for our event, including 2 bartenders. Staff was responsive, layout was good, bathrooms were clean and well stocked. And we couldn’t beat the price, which allowed even more proceeds to go to our cause!
Ultimately the experience was really fun and successful and wouldn’t have been nearly so easy had it not been for Von and their supportive staff. They really worked with us to make the event great.

So so music and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too crowded.
This place is okay but I would No Malice Palace is better — the music is better and the crowd is more diverse.

Love the ambience. A great place to hang out any night of the week.

Von is super cozy, their staff are incredibly professional, and the service is fast. Also, the owners are really good people. A great place to go and grab a drink.

Von’s always a good time. Wine bar upstairs, dance floor and bar downstairs. The dance party vibe varies greatly from night to night (sometimes it’s packed, sometimes it’s dead), but you can always chill upstairs in a dimly lit corner with a good cocktail.

Great vibe! Awesome place to get a drink and hang with friends.

We had a private party in the downstairs bar. Very cool venue and the team that helped us set it up was very accommodating. We’ll be back if they’ll have us.

Came here on a Saturday night.
Ambiance: Upstairs is low key trendy bar while downstairs is a lounge that plays mostly hip hop. I do not recall what the crowd was like upstairs but downstairs was mostly people in their 20s. The space is really small and it gets really packed.
Music: Mostly hip hop (old and new school) but they throw a some reggae here and there. They even played one salsa, and yes, you know I was on the dance floor for sure!
Service and price: No cover; The bouncers were ok. Drinks are expensive $ 13 a pop
This place is chill but I would rather go to bOb because the music is better and the crowd is more diverse.

Great spot! Nice downstairs lounge area to dance, gets VERY crowded after midnight! They pour nice size drinks too!

Hello local little bar unspoiled by tourism, low key non pretentious interior and brilliant DJ/​music.
Here you go when hanging out with friends and feeling the good vibes, without being pressured by waiters/​sses trying to sell you a drink every 10 min.
A community is going here, people meet, talk, dance and enjoy life.
This bar oozes an elevating atmosphere and interesting characters.
And I’ll be back with my friends!!!

Best experience dancing in NYC on a Friday night ever! Packed crowd but not unmanageably so. Friendly, prompt bartenders who even replaced my drink without any attitude when he misheard my beer order.
Amazing mix of 90’s hip-​hop by a DJ who obviously knows his stuff, without any train wreck mash ups. And a lovely, multi racial crowd of people (eventually) getting down without too many college kids standing around just taking up space.

Von was the opposite of crowded when I popped in. I Unilocaled «wine bars» near me for a quick drink and a bite before a show and it steered me here. Not a full-​blown wine bar per se, though the choices were varied and decent. Had the rosé on tap, v pale Garnacha from Navarra and pretty tasty: rose petals, strawberry, good acidity. Did not make it to the other rooms, and a mellow happy hour crowd was in evidence, so I can’t speak to other reviewers’ comments about how packed it may get. A couple of French (hip) tourists and mostly laid-​back 30ish locals.
Simple offerings– food from 5−9pm (lite snax and 2 [v small] sandwiches,) 5 classic cocktails, 6 beers on tap and 8 bts, 16 wines. «The Classic» sammie was fresh and tasty. Like the funky reggae soundtrack. Good bartender (tho not super-​well-​versed in vino, but again, as it’s not a true «wine bar,» whatever. The mellow vibe stripped my concerns away!)

Honestly, I would give this place a 3.5 stars instead of the 3.
Just for some context, I came here back-​to-​back nights for 2 separate birthday parties on a Friday and Saturday. There’s no line to get in — you show your ID and you’re in.
When you first walk in, the place looks like a regular divey-​ish East Village bar. It has 3 main sections — the initial entrance/​bar area, the side room with tables and the downstairs dance area/​bar. The dance area isn’t big but it can accommodate a fairly large group of people — somewhere between 50 – 80. On both nights, the DJ played late 90’s to late 2000’s top-40’s hip-​hop music.
On Friday, the place wasn’t too crowded, you could move around and get a drink fairly easily. But on Saturday, the place was packed and I couldn’t move from one end of the bar to the other.
Drinks here are reasonable. $ 6 for Bud and Tecate cans and $ 8 for craft beer. I ordered a Bulleit Bourbon on the rocks and it was $ 12.

Came by here on a blistering cold Thursday night and this place was packed from top to bottom! As I walked in I thought this is great! Until I looked around and realized that everyone was extremely young. Presumably from Stern Business School, or so I was told. Anyhow beer spilling, pushing, yelling a girl hurling in the bathroom not really my scene anymore. There was a space off to the side near an exit so we decided to just hang there and grab some drinks. The music was actually really good. A blend of the 90’s to early 2,000’s which is interesting considering the clientele here is just touching the age of 21. If your lucky enough to score a seat downstairs it wouldn’t be bad to remain stationary and enjoy the music!

Fun dance floor that’s not in a pretentious club? Could it be true in NYC?
Von plays your favorite catchy hip hop songs from the last 15 years. Great place to dance with a group of friends, maybe even be able to sit down for a little, without having to buy a table.
Drinks are pricy but I guess nowhere can be completely innocent of New York annoyingness. I had a lot of fun here and would definitely want to come back for a night out!

We stopped in Von while we were waiting on a table at Bianca. The staff was friendly and helped us pick out a wine. The wine selection perfectly matched what we were looking for! They also had nice coat hangers underneath the bar, which was nice. And to top it off, we could walk back over to Bianca with our drinks.
We liked the atmosphere, and it’s a great place to stop if you are looking for some good wine or waiting on your table at Bianca.

This place sucks.
Went on a Saturday night. Typical Saturday night crowd, busy of course, no big deal. Line to get downstairs to the dance area (which is filled with grinding and whatnot). What makes me give this place one star is the service. Some of the worst, rudest people. Not only are the bouncers pushy, and rude, the bartender was a b*tch. Tall blonde girl, I think. I say this because of course, cash only under $ 20, and I got a $ 7 drink. I pay with a dollar bill, and a five, and 4 quarters (this is literally all I had). I kindly ask the gentleman standing next to me if I could have a dollar, «cause I would hate to leave without tipping», he says «of course!» And starts to hand me the dollar when the bartender throws the quarters back at me. The man and I exchange looks and he goes «you know what? Watching her… She kinda sucks.»
My thoughts exactly. Thanks for the $ 1 off on my beer, bartender. Pro-​tip for other Unilocalers if you want to save money, and save yourself the trouble from this average Manhattan bar.