The Pony Bar — Restaurant in New York

After a long bus ride up to NYC on a Friday night and working a full day, me and my friend were starving. Once we had time to investigate the local food scene and with some disheartening 11:30pm "Kitchen Closed" phone calls, we decided to give The Pony Bar a try. The bar wasn't too far from her apartment and we just wanted to grab food and a drink, since it was so late we weren't looking for a fine dining experience.

As we walked into the bar, we could see that this was the typical late night bar, and we didnt mind too much. We scanned the room and pretty much all seats and aisle were filled with people, after a few moments we lucked up with a table. Once we got settled, we checked out the food and drinks menu. Since we didn't want to loose our seats, I took the first shot of ordering at the bar. I was annoyed to see only 2 bartenders, both of whom were on opposite sides of the bar not paying any attention to the people in the middle. I waited a few moments and happen to see i guy who also was trying to order, he mentioned waiting for a while since neither of the bartenders left the ends of the bar. Once I was given that info, I gave the centers a little more of my time, then headed to the ends of the bar to see if i could make better headway. I waited at the end of the bar after allowing some short convo, and had to grab the attention of the bartender to finally get my order in.

I ordered a cider and the Pork Belly Cubano-Which was really good. My friend ordered the Lamb sliders and a stout. She was pleased with her meal as well. Overall with the food quality in place, i saw that The Pony Bar was a good option and would probably be a repeat...

Best happy hour! 4:20-5:20 PM on weekdays, 7-8 dollar beers go for $5. Now I can't recommend this for liability reasons, but a smart beer drinker looking for a combination of a fantastic and eclectic beer selection, cool atmosphere without the noise of blaring TVS, chill bartenders, and excellent value might show up at say 4:20, and see if they can't catch catch 3 really nice beers over the course of 59 minutes and 59 seconds, for about $20 (with tip!). Such a smart beer drinker might be quite ripped come say 5:50 PM, since a lot of those beers have high alcohol content to pair with their high flavors, but it just might be worth it... They are one of the few beer bars in city that reliably has a cask on tap. Casks aren't everyone's pint of Ale, but it does point to how seriously they take their beer. Also, I don't usually sample the food, but the couple of times I have, i have not been disappointed. A little German flavor here, a little extra bacon there... can't go wrong in my book. Pony is the most logical choice if you are looking for good beer, I mean, really really good beer, when you find yourself on the...

I went to this place with a group of friends. We saw it and it gave us an old western bar type feel. When we went in the staff were very friendly when you can catch their attention. Their prices were higher than expected but we wanted to just have fun. We ordered some beers, some food and sat at a booth. We were there for maybe 2 hours, ordering drinks and talking. We noticed that they started to give us looks like we been here too long. I would understand if it was busy but it wasnt crowded and it was only 6pm. We felt weird and decided to order our check. When we got it, they charged us for drinks we never ordered. We spoke to a manager about it cause all we had were beer and food. No cocktails. They told us that there was a mistake and will take care of it but he looked like we were just trying to get free drinks. We will go to another location. I'm giving it 2 stars cause the beer was pretty decent. Just...