Status Q Billiards — Attraction in New York

Nice place, it's a usual spot for me, friendly staff and good tables. BUT !

Their music playlists are horrible, they're either cheap pop Walgreens-like playlists, or very aggressive metal/rock, and the volume is usually so loud you can't really enjoy a nice game of pool with friends, especially on weekends.

I wish it ends here, they have a digital jukebox, which at first seems like a nice gesture, so I put $10 and chose about 10 songs, so at least for the next 30-40 minutes I can enjoy chill, valuable music such as jazz or blues...a few moments later they CHANGED IT BACK to their playlist ! When I confronted them about it, they said it doesn't fit the vibe, and gave me back my $10.

Why put a jukebox if you can't accept people's choices?

Too bad, that's the only the thing I dislike about this place.

I highly encourage them to explore better music playlists with more passive, chill vibes and not so loud and...

Never again. With at least half of the room/ tables EMPTY- the employee put everyone on the same side, which equated to the patrons having to cross contaminate often. In the days of covid, I much rather not have to be in close proximity as others.

Also the drink I order tasted like cleaning products.

The energy there was the equivalent to a basement with multiple pool tables. Though I saw an employee consistently clean the table. No one was cleaning the pool sticks.

Don't believe the 5 stars ratings, as no one puts any details, and I read the same response for two different people.

Oh I almost forgot to mention, they charged us for 2 hours until we showed them receipt that we left a nearby restaurant, 45 minutes prior, so there was no way we were...

Very hostile bartender that turns you off from ordering anything, customers look very bizarre and seedy. I stood there for 5 mins to watch the very tail end of a soccer game (was literally standing by the door) in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday and I had a bunch of old geezers start yelling at me for not ordering a drink. Mind you - I was not sitting anywhere nor was I taking up space from this desolate establishment, I was literally on the way to a resturant and made a pit stop here for penalty shoot outs. I also clearly don’t drink alcohol so I would have have to order some kind of soft drink for 3 bucks just to stand there? Be so real. If your bar can’t do without 3 bucks then I don’t know what to tell you -...