Welcome to the Johnsons

Welcome to the Johnsons is a dive bar Lower East Side New York located in United States.

7 / 10
376
ratings
Address

123 Rivington St (at Essex St.) New York , NY 10002 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 116


Keywords:

Pabst Blue Ribbon pool tables casual awkward family photos authentic bar happy hour hipster great value cute music spicy food basement liquor couches well pickle juice crowded city village
Joe Brolgs

$2 beer cans, good music , dive bar . My favourite bar in the city . No dance floor . Good old dirty bar that looks like someone decked it out in shit they found at your grandma's garage sale.

Village Voice

Known as “that 70’s bar ” with fake wood paneling and a dingy old refrigerator to boot, no one will point fingers if you slosh a little on the plastic cover couches . So head here for a few too many.

Lianne Stokes

I'm a Bloody Mary fanatic and they make a superior and good lookin' drink. (Weekends, 1-6 PM). They mix in spices, garnish w/ a pickle , tomato , celery , beef jerky (if you want) and more!

Emily Kane

Every Bloody Mary should be served with a taquito and every bar should be Welcome to the Johnsons.

Cole Kennedy

Great dive bar for cheap beer , and not only the PBR cans. Even Lagunitas IPA was cheaper than most bars in NYC!

Jack Osborne

A plastic wrapped couch , $2 PBRs, good music and a pool table . Wouldn't look out of place in an episode of CSI and that's why I love it.

Katie Eytch

Cool dive bar that feels like you're legit in someone's 70s basement . Drinks are cheap and the crowd is cool.

Kev Skinny

Some bro put on an Oasis song and the bar tender immediately unplugged the jukebox . Dive of all dives. Love this place.

Jacob Forster

A very divey atmosphere. A good place to chill with friends, especially since the beer here is very cheap !

Tony Byers

The greatest dive bar I've ever been to. Cheap booze, great music (all rock), cool people and great bar staff . Just don't forget your ID even if your 60.

Village Voice

The best place to go if you want a beer for pocket change and a relaxing atmosphere . PBR is only $2!

Jill Mulligan

$2 pbrs - it's like being in someone's basement in the 80s in a good way

Matt Kerestesy

Sometimes on the weekend they make the best Bloody Mary ever. There's about 50 ingredients, including Guinness .

Tara DeVincenzo

you can go to your neighbor's house in central jersey or you can come here and make cooler friends. up to you.

Kate K.

Super divey . Very New York but still felt like home to this Midwesterner!

Andrew Furman

Great dive bar . Cheap PBRs and rum and cokes .

Silvia Butta Calice

This place is just so random that its charme is palpable. Have a 2$ beer !

唤雨????️ 叶

It’s good. $6 well shot and PBR special, pool table you’ll get hustled at, and not a tap in sight.

Fab Recillas

Despite the bad attitude of the girl at the bar , this is one of the best dive bars in the area.

Ray Lin

$2 PBRs all the time. Pool, a jukebox and Pac Man machine tables. Welcome. -- The Johnsons

Amparo Fortuny

Best bar in Lower East Side. Good music , jukebox , pool. Beer cheap .

Saarim Zaman

$2 PBR in LES

VH1

Don’t worry about trying to squeeze a dollar bill into the jukebox , it’s actually free. Last time I was there, I enjoyed a block of Public Enemy, Helmet and the Cars. - Jim Shearer, Top 20 Countdown

Kate Furman

$4 for a half glass of vodka with a splash of soda . what more do you need?

The Corcoran Group

Dark and dirty dive bar that is surprisingly homey . Cheap beer ($2 PBR ), awesome plastic covered sofas . Bring hand sanitizer.

Gigi Agius

Divey divey dive bar . But good fun. Great bloody marys during the day.

Auds Ball

Pretty much feels like you stepped in to a 70's living room... Pretty good dive with cheap drinks , and definitely a chill spot .

BoozeParty NewYork

Happy hour PBR is $1.50, after that it's $2. The crowd varies from punks to collar shirts . Take a dump before you get here. You want nothing to do with the bathroom . A friendly tip from BoozeParty.net

Andrew Garretson

$2 PBR ! Sit on the couch , play Ms. Pacman or pool, and enjoy the awkward family photos .

Adrienne Fanti

Come here while you wait for a table at Essex for brunch . They have the BEST bloody mary's that include, Guiness , pickle juice and other spicy flavors !!!

The Feast

Bring youngsters (of legal drinking age of course) to show 'em something they've never seen before: VHS tapes of '80s classics that play on the tiny, dusty TV . Read more

Mara Lecocq

Great dive bar , good vibe.

Amber Gardner

Pool table , FREE juke box and $2 PBR . Best bar in the East Village ? Yes!

Annie Buller

cheap beer and great soundtrack - not much you can ask for

Michael De La Rosa

Mon-Thur: 3PM-9PM / Fri-Sat: 1PM-9PM: $2 Buds and well drinks

Jo B

$2 PBR , a cute bartender and a great playlist. Sorted.

Robin Banxx

Leave early & bang a girl while watching Half Baked. Start dating her for two years & then she can break up with lose her mind & keep trying to get you back...oh yeah...$3 PBR's !

Lüc Carl

The most amazing shit hole bar in the world where I worked for 5 years and still have a barstool and a pool cue named after myself.

Bobby Kay

"I think my parents had this couch !" That's the idea!

Summer Bedard

Dive of Dives. Feels like a 70s living room. Go here when you are already drunk.

Kim Pham

It's a dive and PBRs are $2. Stop complaining y'all.

Daniel Howells

Always enjoy this place; archetypal NY dive bar .

????T

This is the definition of dive bar . I would probably come here again if I was already drunk, or had no where else to go.

Gary Toriello

Welcome to the Johnson's Taquito Bloody Mary

Ben Russo

Excellent bar , great music . Be nice to the bartenders , and they will be nice to you! Read more

Time Out New York

Sip your way into a PBR buzz at this sceney dive, where cans are just $1.75 from 3 to 9pm on weekdays and 1 to 9pm on the weekends. Read more

Edward Ogiony

$2 PBR cans at this dive bar . And I mean DIVE bar . Do it!

Alex Robertson

Enter the fucking zone. $2 PBR til 9

Chelsea Mae Hassman

The closest you'll get to Williamsburg without leaving the island .

Gayngood

cheap drinks , disgusting bathroom . the perfect place to get drunk and forget about the seeping smell of piss

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