Toad Hall — Restaurant in New York

Went as close to our hotel, and we love smaller, dive-type bars and pubs (we live in San Francisco). As soon as we got in there and took two stools at the bar (having checked no one was sitting there) the female bartender "greets" us by saying we can't sit there as someone is there! The guy who was with the group on the next stools confirms the people had left and stools are open. So we sit and get two pints on draft, pay cash, and leave a nice tip but were clearly not welcome. Bartender busy doing shots with another customer and never engaged with us once to ask for another drink, etc. Another bar tender/manager (male with white hair) seemed friendly, but the female was surly. Assuming she just didn't like us for...

Can't express how much my Father and me enjoyed this place. We randomly stumbled into this place from little Italy and ended up liking it soo much we went the very next day and spent pretty much the whole night here. We were treated very good by the regulars, rounds were flying from the left and the right! Joe is take no bs kinda guy with a huge heart and great sense of humor, my kind of people. Nancy was the sweetest and put up with the Jets loosing very well. The vibes are great here. Good selection of beer and spirit's. Definitely a dive bar but at the top of its game. You may get lucky to have a beer with a local celebrity and take in his really...

Deep, dark, divey, and meets all your local pub needs.

Pool table in the back room. Great music - kicks off the evening with some old rock, and as it gets toward make-out hour they round out the evening with Marvin Gaye's crooning.

The bartender had a solid read on the crowd, and he knew I was not a beer girl. Made me some blueberry vodka lemonade that did the trick. He was chill, unpretentious, and honestly is the reason why I added a star.

I asked him about the name, hoping and hoping that it has something to do with Wind in the Willows. And sure enough, it does. And...