NO BAR — Restaurant in New York

The walls have ears

This bar is lovely, if a little overpriced, serving a wide variety of delightful cocktails that are perfect for taking the edge off a busy day.

I have been several times with friends, on first dates and - during my most memorable experience - with colleagues.

Arriving on a late summer’s afternoon, we plonked ourselves down on chairs in the cool shade of one of the umbrellas.

Chat started off well enough, peppered with phrases such as, how is your girlfriend Peter?, and, Estella, doesn’t your new flat look lovely?

But, a cocktail or two in, we found ourselves talking rather loudly about our employer.

The more than audible conversation rumbled on unabated for about 20 to 30 minutes before one of us had to depart for the restroom to relieve themselves. A few moments later, they came sprinting back. ‘THAT’s our boss!,’ they did their best to whisper, pointing with a quiver at the large plant behind us. Everyone peered inquisitively at the innocent looking emerald bush before realizing that, behind the shrubbery, there was sitting none other than the boss himself - plus another senior staff member.

A gasp of alarm rippled across the table as colleagues clutched their aperol spritz’s as though they were life rafts and we had just been lost at sea.

‘Oh, HELLO sir!,’ said a colleague, gesturing to the man behind the shrubbery, ‘we didn’t see you there’. An eruption of nervous laughter followed.

Important lesson learned, namely that this bar has as wider ranging clientele as it...

Hola a todos chicos! Bueno, ayer por la noches, después haber comido la mejor comida, caminamos y charlamos por las bellas y oscuras callesde Manhattan, hasta que llegamos a East Village. Teniamos hagas de tomar algunos tragos bien fríos. Estabamos viendo un poco algun lugar que tenga esa chispa de la noche de Manhattan. Al final vimos este lugar que se llama NO BAR, a siemple vista nos gusto el lugar, pero no tenia esa chispa nocturna que buscamos ha ha ha...! Bueno, al final nos sentamos en la barra, en la esquina. No habia mucha gente, pero la atencion fue buena, pedimos unas cervezas MODELO, pero no estaban tan buenas, como lo heladas que estaban. Desde mi posición miré que la Mujer Bartender no esa tan higienica con sus manos, ya que le vi agarras dos baldes de hielo, pero después no se las lavo para nada, siguio haciendo tragos para los clientes. Eso es uno de los puntos que no me gusta, por eso amigos si van a este lugar, presten mucho atencion a los Bartenders. El lugar es fabuloso, pero no tienes esa magia para decir que vengas dos o tres veces en el futuro......

Hi all guys! Well, last night, after having eaten the best food, we walked and talked through the beautiful and dark streets of Manhattan, until we reached the East Village. We had to make some very cold drinks. We were kind of looking around somewhere that has that Manhattan night sparkle. In the end we saw this place called NO BAR, at first glance we liked the place, but it didn't have that night sparkle that we were looking for ha ha ha...! Well, in the end we sat at the bar, in the corner. There weren't many people, but the attention was good, we ordered some MODELO beers, but they weren't that good, like how cold they were. From my position I saw that the Bartender Woman is not so hygienic with her hands, since she saw her grab two buckets of ice, but later she did not wash them at all, she continued making drinks for the clients. That is one of the points that I do not like, so friends if you go to this place, pay close attention to the Bartenders. The place is fabulous, but you don't have that magic to say come two or three times in the...

Not as great as some of the other Standard bars I’ve been to (I liked the vibe, but trying to find the restrooms was like going through a mirror maze). The bartenders were not very observant, and they were stingy with the drinks (if I’m paying $20 for a drink, please don’t be stingy and fill my glass up, not load it up with a whole lotta ice and call it a drink). I won’t be returning, and there’s tons and f great local bars near here that are much better (and much more...