Ace Bar

Ace Bar in New York City’s East Village is “no pretense, no fuss, just fun.”

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  • Phone

    (212) 979-8476

  • Website

    acebar-hub.com

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  • Type

    Bar

Address

531 E 5th St (btwn Avenue A & B) New York , NY 10009 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Wheelchair Accessible Yes
Music Jukebox
Parking Street
Restroom Yes
Menus Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 150


Keywords:

skee ball darts pinball Big Buck Hunter beer happy hour good for groups casual good for singles pool tables Pabst Blue Ribbon authentic trivia skiing board games TVs trendy great value lemongrass chicken cute
Dens

This was a go-to during my grad school days at NYU, Ace Bar was always used as the "example" for dodgeball.com & foursquare use cases. It's still the first place I think of when testing new features.

J Crowley

One of my favorite bars in the east village . Buck hunter , skee ball , darts , and pool tables . Play all four games in a World Series with your friends.

Gothamist

Ace Bar's got a little bit of everything: pinball machines , skee-ball, Big Buck Hunter HD, & pool for a dollar per game. You can also play a round of darts or show up to Sunday trivia night for free. Read more

Andrew C

Super fun bar with cheap happy hour deals (including weekend midday - $3 drafts )... few arcade games , plus billiards and skeeball - for a cost, but great activity

Julia Monti

Will be my new spot in alphabet city . I love this place. There's plenty of space, $3 & $4 beers during happy hour , excellent service and you're right across from black iron burger . ????????

Cody-Ann ????????

This is. Like Dave & Busters without all the kids. Ski ball, Darts , pool, cute busboy , Great happy hour . Big TVs not too crowded for the sunday football???? games.

Justin Breton

Skee ball , darts and pinball ... Oh my! Great bar ! Be aware that it gets crowded and can be a little fratty on some nights. Still fun, though.

Ryan Sussan

Had my birthday party there on a Saturday night. Went off without a hitch. Jeff was really helpful getting us all situated and Maria could not have been better to us.Took care of all of us. Great spot

Peter Bernstein

Awesome spot to chill . I play APA pool on Tuesdays. Awesome house beer and super friendly staff !

Emily Wilson

A solid selection of beers on tap for $3-$4 during happy hour . Go for a magic hat #9.

Karen

Great place to shoot pool, play darts or skeeball , or pinball . Friendly bartending staff . Strong drinks . Bring your own food.

Lou Carulli

Cool spot lots of yuppies but good drinks and bunch of fun games. Best my high score on the Metallica pinball machine !

Ranu Rajkarnikar

Great weeknight bar , gets crowded on the weekends. Play pool , skeeball , Buck Hunter or darts and just enjoy pure divey-ness.

Saarim Zaman

The grilled lemongrass chicken is delicious, but I'm assuming so is everything else on the menu. Also can't be beat for the price!

Emily Roy

lots of fun early in the night- plenty of places to sit, nice staff , $4 beers , games and you can order in food!

Tom Meng

Fun bar ! There's a lot of space for activities. They got pinball machines , buck hunter , skee ball , darts , and a couple pool tables .

Kyle Dick

They have 2 dart boards , 2 ski ball tables and a pool table . I was there on Friday at 10pm and it was a younger crowd (21-25).

Leanne Z

Fun place for literally anyone that likes fun. I love skiball, necessary addition to any East Village bar hopping night.

Brian Strauss

A dive bar with power outlets at the bar . Get smashed and charge your phone at the same time! So efficient.

Ryan Warrender

Does this bar look familiar? Ace Bar was featured in the Netflix series, Master of None starring Aziz Ansari.

DoubleDeuce

Youthful energy at its most aggressive in here. Some games, (pinball , darts , skee ball , pool) an awesome werewolf and low-priced b00ze.

Sam Brown

Like lithographed metal lunch boxes from the '50s, '60s and '70s? Ace Bar has strong game.

Samantha Jo

Bring your own food and chug bud lights while playing buck hunter and hopefully not bumping into a college friend of your ex boyfriends neighbor.

Ali Colangelo

When in doubt, this place is always a good birthday option. It's large enough where it's never super crowded AND has games!

J.R. Reed

Fun games in the back, classic beer selection on draft , sports usually on a few TVs

Morgan Morreale

Skeeball , darts , pool tables , and other arcade games . Perfect for hanging with friends. Cheap beer

@thirsty

Games ... Pinball , skee ball , darts , pool and fun no fuss proper w great music

Tony Xerri

$3 dollar hi-lifes. All you need in life.

Tiffany

You have to pay separately for both the skee ball and pool table . Do try the ace pear cider !

Cole Kennedy

Skee ball is great, but it'll swallow your quarters; better off using cash. And be careful with the darts !

The Corcoran Group

Pool, Darts , Skee Ball . Feels like a Chuck E. Cheese 's for drinking co-eds. Happy Hour from 4-7pm Everyday! $3-$6 Drafts and Well Cocktails .

BBC AMERICA

Player's choice: Ace Bar has Skee ball , trivia and most importantly, DARTS!

Y N

See that comment there below from "Michael Aiingorn"? (Aka: Ayngorn, Einhorn, Aingorn, Ainhorn, etc.) Don't accept one of his ATMs. He is a criminal scam artist . Real company name: FTF Inc.

Paige C

It's like Chuck E. Cheese for adults: Skee ball , pool, darts and drinks! Fun place for late night .

Erika Perzi

Long standing establishment that still holds a cool factor, love skee ball and pool table action.

RDW

miller high life only $3, SCORE! but their stern pinball machines are not that exciting, could use an upgrade if they expect to keep the "pinboys" attendance, or you could play real games in the back Read more

Damian Bayona

Skeeball in the back for $1 a game. Gets crowded tho. May throw off your backswing.

Carley Bain

Tuesday night is big buck hunter league! It's a great time with awesome people. #makeshotstakeshots

Jon Steinback

If you plan to pass out on the skee ball ramp, bring a pillow .

Jess Huey

Great place to go with friends- skeeball , pool, and darts !

Ana Marie ????

Super divey bar with darts , pool tables , pinball and skee ball machines.

Chet Mancini

Arcade games and $4 drafts . Fun spot in alphabet city .

James J

Cool place to chill and hit up on an EV bar crawl. Play some games to break up the drinks.

Jessie Allen

Skeeball , pool, darts , board games , beer , and they're playing the theme song from Charmed right now. My kind of place.

Charley Todd

So much fun inside. Skeeball tournament was happening. Lots of yelling. But like. Fun yelling

Zack Franciose

Games and late night happy hour prices make this a winner

Raphael Langenscheidt

Fun bar games and cheap beer . $3 PBR is always worth a visit.

Jackie Mucilli

Bar w/ lots of games. Gets kind of crowded and overheated sometimes.

Lianne Stokes

Be a skee baller! Ace is one of my fave old school NYC bars . They've got new fancy red booths ! Nice.

Sarah Bruning Meron

Transformers pinball = best modern machine in city . Good for beer + recreation post Minca or Black Iron Burger .

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