Art Bar

A comfortable spot with an eclectic blend of patrons. The front bar is social and lively, while the back lounge is cozy and secluded with a working fireplace. Daily happy hour, digital jukebox, and a late night kitchen with a broad menu selection.

7 / 10
683
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  • Phone

    (212) 727-0244

  • Website

    artbar.com

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  • Type

    Bar

Address

52 8th Ave (btwn Horatio & Jane St) New York , NY 10014 United States

Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Wine, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 125


Keywords:

happy hour back room fireplaces curtains casual comfortable bar good for dates good for groups alcohol cheap drinks great value Coconut Rum good for singles hot dogs couches rum music crowded village
The Corcoran Group

Great happy hour specials at this West Village joint. Head to the back room , where you'll find couches and a fireplace - the perfect place to catch up with friends on a cold winter day.

KE

Big comfy booths by the bar , $25 bottles of wine (get the rioja ). check out the back room for a funkier vibe - weird velvet couches , paintings and a fireplace . We didn't eat but the food looked good!

Sherina Davis

Eclectic mix of people, programmable electronic jukebox , bar food and the hidden back art room in the back is a jem. Happy Hour 4pm‐7pm daily. Cool staff !

Andrew C

Old school dive bar ... front bar is tight spacing with many more benches/tables in the back!! Happy hour has beer and well-drink deals, but standing room only I've noticed

Devon Darrow

This place is great for cheap drinks and solid food. I like the lounge in the back for relaxing and having drinks. I can usually leave having spent $30 or less on about 3-4 drinks and food

Alex Cruz-Lebrón

The Coconut Rumble is so smooth! Warm environment & super cozy/funky backroom, loved the place.

Zack Sheppard

"Marie, don't leave your bag unattended. It's not that kinda place."

emma tangoren

don't be a fool- walk past the curtain . tables in the front are for novices.

Sara 🌈⚔🍾

The front is your basic dive, but the lounge in the back is super cozy . Full of couches and a fireplace . Good drink specials , but can get crowded .

Tom M.

Great bar and service, cold beer and the mini hot dogs are delicious

Megan Paolone

Amazing happy hour ($3.50 drafts !), big booths , and lots of seating in the back. Food is pretty OK too!

DoubleDeuce

This might be the best happy hour pricing in the area. And it's every day, 4-7. The back room is nice to get cozy in, it even has a fire place!

Sexy LF

Cut straight through the busy front bar , through the curtain and into the back filled with couches for canoodling, art for conversation and a fireplace if or a dash of romance.

Kate Wagner

Looks/feels like a douchey bar when you first walk in but go through the curtains into the bar and it's awesome! Also, happy hour special is great. Half off every draft beer or house wine .

Compass

Art Bar is snug, with just a few booths , no art , and ‘80s tunes . It’s a local watering hole, with no frills and a lot of warm welcomes.

Alex F

Make sure to go to the back room where all the couches are. Oh and the mixed drinks are $8! A steal for NYC.

Elizabeth Burstein

Great mulled wine , choc peppermint martini , pomegranate injection

Jakob Christerson

Great service. The music in the back area has a good volume perfect for conversation, order the bloody martini !

Chris Evans

Make sure you find a spot in the back, awesome place for a chilled drink . Also mini pigs in a blanket are soooo dope.

Edwin Alicea

Best prices in the west village on happy hour , then you can take you drunk ass to the cubbyhole and have fun with the staff and lots of girls

Alvin Urbano

Good times. Needed the Riesling And chicken tenders . Just couldn't stand some of the patrons and the overlapping music of theistic box. Still love the atmosphere regardless

Laura Grace

McKenna's was packed so wandered in here, good Happy Hour half-price drinks, burger and fries were good enough, service was super slow, sit at the bar was the lesson learned.

Alex Robertson

great happy hour 4-7, great bartender , lemon on the draft blue moon

Denise H

Best happy hour deals . An old school dive in the midst of fancier fare.

Nicole Ribaudo

The coziest bar in the West Village . And the best happy hour .

Eugene Nam

Nice place to grab a drink and just hang out with friends. Grab a couch seat in the back room early.

Miki

Grab a spot in the back- fireplace is nice in winter! Happy hour 5-7pm is a good deal

Eleanor Roberts

Reasonable prices, especially for West Village . Good choice for Happy Hour .

Swen Graham

One of the world's best fire place / couches / pop-art mural combos where you can sip drinks and try to place the famous faces

Ed Lizarraga

The table by the door gets cold when people come in an out. The beer wench takes quite a while to deliver drinks. Thus, obviously, one must sit at the bar .

Stefanie D

i like this place. it's a little seedy, but it's comfortable and lots of room. i wouldn't recommend the dumplings , but it's forgiven because the music all night was just so fly.

Liany

Cozy , hidden living room. Great happy hour prices

Daniel McDonough

Skip the front of the bar and move directly to the back room . Lots of couches and a fire place.

Zac Witte

Cheap drinks and there's a cozy lounge in the back with a fireplace

Ryan Fedyk

Truly a dive bar . Low key , chilled out spot in an uppity neighborhood

Emily Cox

Cozy and dark in the back room with great table service so you don't have to even get up. 👍👍👍

Eugene Nam

Great bar with heavy pours. Great couch seating in the back.

Rita Garcia

Great place with couches and good happy hour . BUT waiter was rude, obnoxious and in a hurry. I couldn't believe how rude he was when taking our order and trying to hurry us up. Complete turn off!

Courtney Lewis

Cozy fireplace in the back and great happy hour !

Amol K

Love the room in the back. A great place to hang out.

Gaby Gingola

if you're looking for a lowkey lounge , head to the super comfy candlelit back room .

Amy D

Come here for happy hour and half priced well drinks . Grab a couch in the back. Great place to catch up with friends mid work week

Lauren Karasek

Walk past the bar to the back room filled with art a warm fireplace

Carmen Si

Good drinks and food. Careful with the fireplace , if you get the closest table you might melt!

ChiChi212.com

Order the buffalo calamari . It's not on the menu , but because we order it so much, they'll make it for you. It is DELICIOUS!

Erica Berger

The back room behind the curtains is for sexy time, the front booth by the windows is for catchin up.

Brynn Shepherd

Grab a couch in the back room during happy hour .

Dilip Solanki

Walk in and keep walking. Past the bar , through the curtains . Now you're taking. This is where it's at.

Dan

nice happy hour and get the nachos grande

Mona Nomura

Happy hour and the back room makes this place tolerable.

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