Union Pool — Restaurant in New York

There's a large main bar and laid back dance area in the front mostly for talking and standing close to other people. There is next bathrooms to your right beyond the bar. If you continue straight through the double doors there's a large enclosed and heated or airconditioned area depending on the season. To the left there is a large outdoor area for eating tacos out of a cool taco truck cash only. Also you can smoke here. Lots of great picnic tables to eat and talk and drink at. If you make a right after going through the double doors you reach a small intimate venue stage area. Some nights are indie msuic nights, some are punk, some are country, some are hardcore, some are dj nights with an awesome disco ball. Covers are cheap, are great deal, and i once tried to see Michael hurley here but it was so sold out, unfortunately. Look up there calender and do your researcher, most bands have a soundcloud bandcamp website facebook profile or something, if you find a lineup you mostly like you will have found one of the best deals for live music in the city. Again, cover is for music only not the bar. This place is huge and fun and they card hard so you get a nice crowd no stupid kids. I hate kids. People mostly drink tecate...

Experienced what many others have in the reviews - my friends and I had an extremely unprofessional encounter with the bartender, believe her name is Sarah. FYI, harassing and berating customers over tipping is not going to get you far in life. Not only is it unprofessional, it's quite sad behavior. If you want to be tipped higher, try providing good service? Or, try asking with respect (something you'd think any civilized person would do). There was nothing special about the way she opened my beer can, yet she felt entitled to a certain tip and went as far as to make snarky remarks, intervene my payment and return back to the tip screen to force a higher tip. I truly have never encountered a more sad, abysmally bitter, and unprofessional bartender in my life. Quite a unique experience.

TLDR; Staff here are clearly unhappy with their compensation at this job (seen multiple reviews of complaints regarding weird staff behavior over tipping), management should consider either paying employees higher or overhauling the staff who don't know how to speak to humans with basic decency. Don't worry, will...

There were two drunk, belligerent bouncers who tried to fight us because we asked if they could smoke a cigarette somewhere else. This happened on Friday, July 12, 2018 around midnight.

These guys harassed us while we ate dinner next to the taco truck and screamed for 20 minutes about how they have the right to smoke wherever they want because they work at Union Pool. There was about an arms length between us and the taco truck. They walked up to us while our group of 12 was eating. There was plenty of standing room throughout the back patio for them to relocate but they'd rather harass customers.

One of the bouncers said his name was Terence and the other one just walked away screaming about how we wouldn't get up and fight him. Mind you this is a group of 6 girls and 6 guys. Don't waste your time or money here unless you like your Mexican food showered with cigarette smoke and a side of threats from insecure men....