Clandestino

This is one of those places where magic happens. It’s clearly a roulette: it gets very packed, and sometimes it’s hard to get your drink fast, but hey! I’ve had the greatest adventures here. I’ve met so many interesting people, had the best accidental dates. I even met Margaret Qualley here, and on my birthday I had Matt Smith at my table before we all went to karaoke with friends. Its one of my favorite NYC places.

I don't do this often, especially as a Bartender, but I'm front loading my experience because the service is systemically pathetic. I was there tonight and they had 3 staff on, all about my age(Mid-Late 30s) and similarly clean cut looking. I stood for 10 minutes with a $20 in my hand trying to get a beer and I'm sober, no drinks yet and asked a few times at a natural volume,"Hey, can I order a drink from you" and just got totally ignored. The bar is decently full but seldom few people ordering drinks. The staff make no eye contact, no verbal cues, nothing regarding body language. They're just really bad at being two barmen and a one bar woman. They reserved a super drunk quartette and bee lined to another group. One guy who was not a bar back, just kept stacking glasses and talked to the other bartender. The other thing is there complete lack of eye contact and general awareness of the bar is weird and it's not good for any place to have zero observation of the room for a variety of reasons. Don't drink here if you're out with people and or if you want norms in service. I know I left and went elsewhere.

Denied Entry to My Service Dog “No Dogs Allowed” I was very disappointed by my experience at this place. As soon as I arrived, the bouncer immediately said, “no dogs allowed,” and he blocked the door with his leg. I didn’t even get a chance to speak or explain that my dog is a trained service animal protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Terrible treatment

bartender was cool. vibes were good. lotta vineyard vines if you catch my drift.

Great stop in for a cocktail and I could see it being a good date night spot. Bartenders were legit and the music was great.

The bouncer was extremely rude. He said he would not let me in because I did not look old enough? I am 24 years old showed him my id, my passport , and all of my credit cards that matched. I told him he should scan my id if he was worried and he refused. He then said I didn’t look cool enough and didn’t match the vibe. I have never been insulated trying to get a drink. This was a horrible an experience of a bar I loved. Such a shame

I would give 0 stars if I could. Bartender was one of the rudest individuals I have ever come across in nyc. Don’t work in the service industry if you don’t like interacting with people!!!! Came here for my BIRTHDAY as I live in the neighborhood and my bf ordered a soda water, which he charged him 2 dollars for. My bf pulls out his card and the bartender said there was a $15 minimum. We asked if he would just accept the charge as we didn’t have cash. Daniel (I think the bartenders name) didn’t respond but grabbed the soda water out of my bfs hand and dumped it. He then grabbed the WATER out of my hand and dumped it. Excuse me... WHAT? Who does that. I’m 28 years old and have never been treated like that, especially on my birthday!! I then took a photo of him, which he freaked out about and kicked us out. This guy in the stripped shirt should be fired, don’t work in service.

Incredibly packed on a Wednesday night of all times. Very limited seating and standing if it’s full, and it fills up pretty fast. Service was good, one bartender was having a conversation with a friend for a long time which contributed to the slow service a bit. Employees seem well trained otherwise, they did pretty great considering only 2 out of 3 of them were serving at least 50 people in a tiny place. Very much a hipster spot, older millennial/Gen X friendly bar. Way too expensive of course but it’s New York.