The Big Easy

by Niraj S.

went in one night late night to get a night cap on a weeknight, it was the only place serving.  I asked the bartender for a beer and if there would be time to drink it and he said yes and yes.  So as soon as my friend and I got out beers the manager came over and said we  had to leave and we were forced out,, just dont serve me a beer next time is my answer.  My next incident was being overcharged on my credit, I was charged for 2 pitchers instead of 1 and when i asked the bartender she said that "it doesnt matter because there is a $20 minimum."  I was pissed, I had cash and would have used it.  basically this place sucks.

by Jason G.

This place is frat-tastic. It appears that this is the holy temple of the Greek god of fraternities, and people make Marathons from all over the tri-state region to come and pray and rejoice.Really, I live around the block... and more people come to this neck of the woods for the Big Easy than anything else. They all share the same look of accomplishment written on their faces: that they have successfully evaded the pervasive culture that bleeds from every corner of the city, and have come home to what they know and love.

by Aaron W.Topher B.Anuja G.Liz C.Brian V.

** This Bar is CLOSED, the building it is in was leaning and got condemned**I figured this place would have  mixed reviews here on Yelp. I don't disagree with the 1 star, nor the 5 star reviews. This kinda bar will bring out the widest opinions.As the 1 star people say, it is a nasty, dirty, low grade bar. It appears to be finished cheaply, mirrors, unfinished raised wood floors, etc. The walls are adorned with bras, beads, from parties gone by. neutral.The beer pong tables were packed, seems like a popular aspect of the bar. If you can't put up with hot bartenders in semi-degradated positions that have a 'coyote ugly' tone, then you won't like this place.I've been after work for a beer or two, this is way before the place gets crowded. I've been late on a Saturday night, i've seen the girls dancing on the bar, the wheel spinning the shot girls running around and the batchelorette parties. I can have fun here and I'll be coming back, but I probably won't be a regular.I like the place. They know what they are, and they are true to that. For that they get an 4 stars, Yay! I'm a fan.FRAT-TASTIC!Concrete floors. Barren, drinkin'-shack-in-the-woods-or-your-nearest-colleg e-town feel.Bikini-clad bartenders. Better at talking to each other than working the bar.....and BEER PONG. Nevermind that they call it "Beirut" here for some reason. Just play, drink, and enjoy.Went here with some friends this weekend and had a great time.Sure, it's not the most convenient location (I'm never on the UES). Sure, it kind of has a frat house vibe (we witnessed several body shots being taken and some pretty excellent white boy dancing). Sure, I got back home at 5am after drinking several pitchers and was hungover for the majority of my Sunday. But, it was a good time while we were there.Added fun - pay the $5 to spin the wheel. But be prepared to fulfill on what you spin. The bartenders mean business!My first solo-star review goes to. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . The Big Easy! The service was terrible. And by 'service', I mean the empty verbal promises to turn up the vols for ourselves, the lone occupants of this sticky, icky, beer-pong unit. Of course this left me (urban renegade heroine) no choice but to sneak into the abandoned DJ booth and do the deed myself. I faced eviction; the five or six flaccid, domestic brews in me didn't care. Unexpected: when detected, they accused my beer-swaddled companion of the crime, and threatened to toss her to the curb despite my protests, claiming that they captured her on 'security camera'. Riiiiight.Everything I wrote in my previous review still stands, but they have a coat check here now.  A bar that serves its draft beer in too small plastic cups and has cans of Natty Light for $1.50 probably shouldn't have a coat check, but it's a nice addition.  This is especially true considering it's usually about 106 degrees in here.A guy wearing a "An 11 is a 10 that swallows" t-shirt said I looked exactly like someone he knew from the World Pong League.  I don't know what that is, but it probably shouldn't exist. I'm not exactly sure why people go here.  It's not that it's obscenely warm, dirty or full of…

by Dan F.

A hole...Simply a hole.  Fun..but a hole.Stumbled in here for a quick drink because I saw they had 5 beer pong (excuse me..beirut) tables.  Lots of space and gives the feel of just a very laid back relaxing place where you don't have to worry about who you are with or what you look like.  Friendly atmosphere and quick bar service with a tab that was pretty cheap in comparison to other places.  Not much  more to say.  I gave an extra star because I like to find random hole in the wall bars in normal parts of town making them more accessible if you have had 'one of those days' and need 'one of those bars'.  Overall I liked the bar and had nothing really bad to say as it was exactly what I was looking for.1 extra point was given for the niche of having college football, cheap beer, beer pong and it not being crowded for a Saturday night.

by Shawn F.

At 29 I give this place one star as I would rather not enter the bar ever again.  However, at 24 and just out of grad school, it was a good place to get hammered, play beer pong and look for women of the same age or younger.  If you go there, don't go there looking for an astro-physicist to befriend, go there to not remember the person you go home with's name.  It doesn't try to hide the fact that it is there just to facilitate binge drinking and hooking up (proved by the ever present beer pong in the back), but, at 20-25, what else was I looking for?  Now I am older and the bar no longer serves a purpose to me. For tips when you are there, don't drink from the taps, get it in bottles.  Oh yeah, make sure your tetnus shot is up to date too...

by Aaron W.

** This Bar is CLOSED, the building it is in was leaning and got condemned**I figured this place would have  mixed reviews here on Yelp. I don't disagree with the 1 star, nor the 5 star reviews. This kinda bar will bring out the widest opinions.As the 1 star people say, it is a nasty, dirty, low grade bar. It appears to be finished cheaply, mirrors, unfinished raised wood floors, etc. The walls are adorned with bras, beads, from parties gone by. neutral.The beer pong tables were packed, seems like a popular aspect of the bar. If you can't put up with hot bartenders in semi-degradated positions that have a 'coyote ugly' tone, then you won't like this place.I've been after work for a beer or two, this is way before the place gets crowded. I've been late on a Saturday night, i've seen the girls dancing on the bar, the wheel spinning the shot girls running around and the batchelorette parties. I can have fun here and I'll be coming back, but I probably won't be a regular.I like the place. They know what they are, and they are true to that. For that they get an 4 stars, Yay! I'm a fan.

by Steve R.

I come here far too often for my own good, which is about once a month. It stinks, the taps are watery, it's full of "bros", but it is ALWAYS entertaining.It's gotta be what inspired "My New Haircut"

by Megan M.

I think this place has gotten such baaaad reviews because it really caters to a niche group of people that I do believe have not discovered yelp yet...and therefore, does not include us!The Big Easy IS sleezy, dirty, full of cheap liquor drinks and boys that are either trying to relive their heydays in college or are still in college looking to get obliterated. The bartenders are young and barely dressed trying to get any and all guys to "spin the wheel" in hopes of one of them landing on a "body shot" spin so they can lay on the bar and have the guy take a body shot off of her. You're really thrown back into freshman year when you're asked to turn around in your bar seat, lean back on the bar and have booze poured down your throat. Believe me...this is not my kind of bar.BUT I had an awesome time last Friday night. So it's really what you make of it. You gotta go in knowing this might take you down memory lane or bring you back to the days of frat parties...but if you have a good group of friends there, and you snag a beer pong table early...it can definitely be a good night. Just remember to bring your own beer cups for pong...otherwise you're sharing with a bunch of other people...and God knows where their mouths have been. Seriously... Oh, and expect top 40's music up and through the last decade.

by Dan B.

The Big Easy bar smells TERRIBLE.  We walked in looking for a good dive bar and were attracted to this bar because hockey was on.  We were greeted by flimsy stools, a nasty atmosphere, a terrible smell, and bartenders who didn't smile or even acknowledge our presence.  When they finally did, it wasn't "Hey, how are ya?" It was, "Whaddya need?"  We said, "Never mind" and walked out.  If you live in New York, why go to a typical American bar when you have such awesome dives around?  If you're visiting, why go to a bar you can find anywhere from Alabama to Delaware when you can go to a dive with a cozy atmosphere, good people, and best of all: no odor?

by Anuja G.

Went here with some friends this weekend and had a great time.Sure, it's not the most convenient location (I'm never on the UES). Sure, it kind of has a frat house vibe (we witnessed several body shots being taken and some pretty excellent white boy dancing). Sure, I got back home at 5am after drinking several pitchers and was hungover for the majority of my Sunday. But, it was a good time while we were there.Added fun - pay the $5 to spin the wheel. But be prepared to fulfill on what you spin. The bartenders mean business!