Crown Alley

Dropped in here as a plan B from another spot for happy hour but honestly it was such a vibe that we may need to make it a plan A in the future. Interior had a nice ambiance and the music was a little loud but that was made up for by the absolute banger playlist like I was grooving the whole time. Got two happy hour beers and then tried the Chicken Parm Sando which was solid, chips were nice too.

New favorite. The lager was great and so was server Tess. They made a good night great with awesome service and recommendations. I recommend the happy hour oysters! More than worth it.

This bar has been a favorite for a while (love their penicillin) but I wanted to give a particular shout out to the staff for helping me host a great birthday party recently. Barry was so helpful with coordinating, G was a lovely bartender, and Tess kept things running well all night amidst the chaos of the weekend crowd. Very much appreciated! And the extended space looks great.

I had my birthday party at Crown Alley this weekend and can not say enough good things. They were super responsive and helpful while I was planning, willing to play my playlist as long as I sent it early, accommodated a larger guest list with a perfect amount of space, let me bring my cake, etc. Then, during the part itself, the vibes were immaculate, and the staff (shout out to Tiff and G) was truly wonderful. 10/10 would recommend to any friends

Best bar in Chelsea! Couldn’t recommend a better spot for a drink during happy hour or late night or to rent out for a private party. Barry and the whole staff are excellent and so easy/ responsive to work with. I’ve had two private parties here now and both have been top-notch. The one last weekend had ~80 people in the side room and was a great time. Barry and his team made sure all ran smoothly. Great drinks, vibes and people!

5/31/25 back with the GF. I was looking for a place to eat and watch the Knicks game. We lucked out and got seats at the window bar. I got the pretzel, chicken parm sando and a couple of beers. Excellent! Great service, the food was good and a decent selection of beers. Prices are very reasonable too. Definitely be back sooner. 2022:Cool place, only stopped in for a beer.

Service is super friendly n very welcoming. I love the vibe of this neighborhood bar! Food is great. Please try the birria. Super awesome consommé which has amazing depth and flavor. Oysters are fresh and drinks are delicious!

Cool little bar with a good atmosphere and decent happy hour. Oysters are tasty. Could a used a cracked but that's just a personal preference. Certainly fresh and the balsamic with red onion was awesome....so good I wasn't able to get a photo of them 😆

Dropped in here as a plan B from another spot for happy hour but honestly it was such a vibe that we may need to make it a plan A in the future. Interior had a nice ambiance and the music was a little loud but that was made up for by the absolute banger playlist like I was grooving the whole time. Got two happy hour beers and then tried the Chicken Parm Sando which was solid, chips were nice too.

I went through a phase of going to this bar because I was really feeling the hibiscus margaritas here. Now, it seems to be hit or miss with the hibiscus margaritas depending on the bartender that day. Good music as always. A great spot to drop into to start your day or night at.

Reasonably priced drinks with solid bar food! They have the pornstar martini on their drink menu which is my fave drink! The atmosphere is dark and moody which makes it super cozy especially now that it is getting cold outside. The bathroom was fairly clean and smelled great. No complaints!

For a time with friends and happy hour their drinks are amazing. Space if good for events as well and service is really nice I am excited to enjoy more!

We went here for the happy hour oysters but the service was quite slow. No fault to our server, he was servicing all of the tables by himself. My party of 6 people got told they ran out of oysters after having 36 oysters which was pretty disappointing. Drinks were great though.

This bar has a strange setup. It actually consists of two sides - both of which are very long and narrow. There is no big open bar with bar seating either. It's mainly small tables with chairs. If you are looking for a lively bar, this is the not the place. The food was very basic bar food too. The sandwiches here are on the smaller side and only come with potato chips (no french fries) for about $15-$18. The primary reason to come here is their cheap every day happy hour menu. While most bars only offer happy hour on weekdays, Crown Alley's is from 3pm to 7pm every day. You can get $5 beers, $8 cocktails, and $1 oysters. This is a fantastic deal for those who just want to drink.

Came here for the happy hour (5-7pm) for $ oysters. SO WORTH IT! you do have to order 1 drink to get the oyster deal but drinks are on HH too! The oysters here are probably the best $ ones I've found. The place is usually crowded and loud but there is plenty of seating!! the service is fast and friendly.

Honestly came here because they had oysters on the menu but overall had a good experience! I came here on a Sunday night with 3 other friends, and we had the entire half of the bar (the section with tables, separate from the actual bar area) to ourselves. The drinks were good, not too strong, and of course I got some oysters (minimum 6 per order). They were pretty fresh so my craving was satisfied. I also got the blackened chicken BALT which I found a little underseasoned, but the sweet potato chips it comes with were very salty so I guess they balance each other out. The service was great; our server mainly worked the bar area but would come over to our side often to check on us, give us more water, etc. Good to know we weren't forgotten, which can sometimes happen if you're seated out of view.

I came here after work with some coworkers for happy hour. This place was packed!! There were a lot of people and it seemed like a great date spot. There are 2 sides and they're connected in the back. Among the 4 of us, we had: - house margaritas - espresso martinis - cosmopolitans - pretzels - smashburger The drinks were strong and cheap ($8 cocktails)!

Nice place for a quick happy hour cocktail. They have a lot of seating and don't do happy hour just at the bar. It's very loud though so don't come here and expect to talk to someone. Service was great!

It's not a large bar so it's great to go with a small group of friends and just hang at! The drinks are so reasonably priced where if you don't make it to their even better priced happy hour, you're still getting a good deal!

Restaurant is bigger than you think when you walk in the main door. There's two sides a, wall splits it down the middle. You have to walk straight through to the back to get to the other side. There is a bar and entrance/exit on each side. I think that's smart and efficient. AC's throughout. But they had the door open on the side I was sat at which I felt was counterproductive on a hot summer day. Service was good. I do appreciate that multiple servers checked on us and took our orders throughout. They were friendly enough and answered all our questions. Arguably the best happy hour in the city. $1 oysters, $5 select beer and $8 select wines and a list of 13 different cocktails for $8 each. My friend and I tried a variety. They were all well made. For $1 extra you can sub the tequila for mezcal in the margaritas and it was worth it. My favorite drink was the watermelon margarita with mezcal. I love watermelon margaritas and there's had great watermelon flavor which went nicely with the smokiness of the mezcal. I was also pleasantly surprised by how light the color was while still maintaining great watermelon flavor. Usually when I get watermelon margaritas they look like watermelon juice. I forget what the server told me they did. But I know fresh watermelon was used. Favorite watermelon margarita I ever had. I've had plenty of them. The food was not as good as the drinks. The oysters were extremely salty. Like inedible salty. We ordered a dozen and I could only stomach 2. Adding lemon juice, cocktail sauce and red wine vinegar still didn't help. NEVER experienced oysters like that and would never order them again from here. So happy they were only a $1. I would've sent them back if they weren't. But I honestly didn't want to go through the hassle. The Mac & cheese was also a big disappointment. $15 the portion was decent but it was too soupy and that big ass piece of burrata in the middle was pointless and a waste used in that way. I didn't know what to expect but it wasn't that. I'm a sucker for truffle anything. The flavor was fine. They need to ditch the burrata and add a breadcrumb or some crispy topping and bake it. Wouldn't order again. The blackened chicken BALT was the best thing we ate. Chicken, bacon, avocado, lettuce and tomato with black pepper mayo on a roll. Only complaint is the chicken was as thin as the bacon. Good for the bacon, bad for the chicken. Edges were dry and overcooked because of that. I subbed the house made chips for side of kale Caesar $2 extra. They literally gave kale and Caesar dressing. Not even a crouton or piece of Parmesan. The Birria was bad. Beef on a roll with Oaxacan cheese, cilantro and onion. They give consommé for dipping. The consommé was bland. I don't know how that's possible. Especially if it was prepared correctly. Definitely wouldn't order again. The beef to bread ratio was off as well. Overall I would go back for happy hour. Might eat before or try the pat la Frieda smash burger.

My friend reserved a few tables around 3pm this last Saturday for her birthday! Little did we know- they have HH menu everyday till 7pm ($8 cocktails) which we were never told. The QR code takes you to their regular menu. Would have been nice if they said something - all good though. Service overall was good. They started to get packed and really did their best to make sure the entire back room was being taken care of. They did a good job- food menu overall looked good we shared popcorn, chips and pretzels they did have other things as well. 2 bathrooms were ok, sometimes a line, other times not at all. Not a terrible experience overall! Cheers!

I highly recommend this place for the happy hour that ends at 7pm, the cocktails and the food. PS one drink at a time during happy hour. I met my friend and we were in the back because the bar was very crowded- both inside and outside. Eventually 2 spots opened up at the bar which was perfect. I highly recommend sitting at the bar - the bartenders are attentive and very efficient. I had the Moscow Mule, Bee's Knee, Daiquiri and two glasses of the Pinot Grigio.

Only been here once but I'm already in love. Shuck a buck oysters are a dying happy hour breed in this city and yet here they're fresh and decently sized as opposed to some of the places just offloading the itty bitty ones they can't sell the rest of the week--not that I would blame anyone else for that in this economy but it's great to see otherwise. Burgers are delicious and also astonishingly cheap. The whiskey selection would impress even a professional reviewer, and the beer presentation provides the same. They actually have shiner holiday on here. Throw in some attentive bartender service with an entertaining bit of flash to the cocktail mixing, the lovely decor and low lighting, and you have a place that makes it impossible to choose from Chelsea's many other alluring locales. Looks like it's going to be this or Peter McManus for the rest of my working life. When have you ever seen a bar serving devil's on horseback, let alone such perfected ones?

Came here during happy hour! It was wonderful the drinks were great . Oysters is a must. The bartender was serving the whole bar alone and did a great job, service was excellent.

Great bar in a great location. Good vibes and decent food. Charcuterie board 5/10 Port star martini 8.5/10

Honestly one of the best happy hours I have found in the city. It's right near my office so my organization went today after work and was able to make a reservation for 15 people at 5pm. We had a nice variety of drinks- beer, mule, margaritas, old fashions, mojitos- you name it. I had a few passion fruit margaritas, & let me just say- they were incredible. We ordered some oysters for the table, as well some sort of happy hour bacon snack and the pretzel. The pretzel was hot and had two choices of dipping sauce. Kind of small but tasted great. The oysters came with some sauces and a lemon. I'm a vegetarian but decided to give the oysters a go, & it went down easy if that says anything :D I also cheated on my vegetarianism with a bite of the bacon/cheese bites- & these were DELICIOUS. Not to mention our waitress was absolutely incredible. They also had heaters outside to keep us warm even though it was a little chilly out :) Awesome experience - go go go!!

$1 oysters and $8 cocktails at happy hour from 4-7p EVERY DAY. I have never eaten so many oysters in my life. The oysters are legit, according to my oyster afficionado friend who researched ahead of time. They are not overly salty and the accompanying sauces pair well. Drinks are good - pornstar martinis with passion fruit candy, cosmo, aperol spritz (yeah wrong season it's fine). The food is alright. Bread with olives, and mac and cheese with burrata and truffle, were both good but not great, but the oysters... Don't sleep on them! Bartenders/servers are friendly and relatively easy to flag down even at peak hours. I actually got one of my drinks on the house because they forgot about it for a bit. The place is cozy, dark, and pretty loud so just be prepared, and if you want more space try to sit at the window (or outside when it's warmer). This will surely be a repeat visit for me. I've been multiple times before and ordered off the regular menu but happy hour is just happier.

Came here for drinks and snacks with friends and it's definitely such a nice spot! Tight cozy space but lots of fun to go out with friends with really good drinks and the waitress was super nice as well. Charcuterie board was also really yummy so would definitely recommend.

We stopped here before dinner to have some oysters and cocktails and were not disappointed! There is plenty of indoor and outdoor seating and the servers are very friendly and on top of things. We sat outside and enjoyed some bee's knees cocktails and oysters. It was a very pleasant time and we would definitely come back :)

Happy Hour!! 4pm-7pm daily! Check them out cocktails $8, $5 beers, and $1 oysters! Super casual parlour....we grabbed a high table and ordered a passion fruit margarita, Moscow mule, and a salted pretzel. My passion fruit margarita was perfect, not watered down, and had a dash of tajin. The salted pretzel was freshly made, soft, and I enjoyed the truffle dijon that it came with more so than the pub cheese dip. The table next to us were thoroughly enjoying their $1 oysters lol Our server was great and checked on us frequently. This a great casual place to chill and enjoy a Happy Hour.

Customer service was terrible. Waited 20+ minters for everything even though the waiter kept taking the tables next to us orders. I brought it up or another waiter to see if he would check on our drinks and he had an attitude with me. I will not be back

Amazing spot!!! Yummy oysters and fantastic HH. Stumbled upon this gem in NYC. Would def go back!

I came here for happy hour. It's a cute space with a solid happy hour, but the service is poor. They forgot my friend's entirely. The staff that do have seem overworked; it took forever to get the check.

I came here for their happy hour, and I have to say, the drinks are incredible. The place used to feel a bit small and cramped, especially when it was crowded, but I'm so glad they've expanded to the other side. The new section has a more elegant and cozy vibe, perfect for a girls' night out. Honestly, their prices are some of the best in the city--especially considering most places start at $17 these days, even without happy hour

Happy Hour is a pretty great deal for this area. Cocktails are $8 and they have a pretty wide set of options available. They have four or five different types of margaritas (passion fruit and blood orange, for example) and classics like a Negroni or bee's knees. Can't taste the difference between the flavors of margaritas, but for the price, I can't complain. A few appetizers also available: black truffle or Parmesan and dill popcorn and housemade chips with dip.

Such a cute and lowkey vibe- nice candle light, decor, and a lot of good seating options. The drinks are great and relatively cheap, this would be a great date spot. Service was attentive and friendly, especially Tess our server-she made sure we were taken care of!

What a fantastic place to have a gathering or small intimate drink. The food is great especially the happy hour oysters, their prices are phenomenal as well. You won't be disappointed with the amazing beer selection and their cocktails are fantastic. It also helps that the owner is Irish and he really knows what he is doing. All in all one of my best places in NYC. Go Crown Alley.

I have been dreaming about this place for so long... I wanted the mac & cheese, and I wanted it bad let me just tell you once I got it I was so elated! Mac & cheese with an enormous burrata ball?! So good we also got a cheeseburger which we devoured so there's no picture ha ha Drinks included a mint, Mojito, bees knees, and a Mezcal drink. The service was fast, attentive, and amazing and even though it was crowded for Saturday, everyone was super polite. No one bumped into me I was so happy! You got to give this place a shot not just for happy hour, but dinner to.

So I see why this place have such a good rating. I came here last night for their happy hour that starts at 4. They have a pretty good selection of standard cocktails (which I took full advantage of) The bar is cozy and filled up pretty quickly by 5pm so going with a smaller party is ideal. If you go before 5 you're more likely to score good seats at the bar or in the back with the tables. The bartenders were friendly and for the most part attentive but once it got busy it was bit hard to put in a drink before happy hour ended. I def will be back again and partake in happy hour when it gets warmer

I ordered a happy hour drink and happy hour oysters. The drink was nothing to write home about. The oysters were fresh. This place is small so I ate outside at the outdoor dining. Overall it was a good experience and I would go back again.

Hole-in-the-wall bar with handcrafted cocktails in heart of Chelsea nightlife district. Very tight bar area where patrons can have a seat, but you have to slide yourself through to get to the back. They have a few tables all the way back where you can hang in a tight space. I stopped in and only had the Chelsea Ranch Water... it had a superrr spicy kick, but overall not bad. Will have to come back for their Happy Hour specials as the prices are worth the visit.

This place is a happy hour gem. It's 5-7 pm every day and has a long list of cocktails for $8. They also have delicious $1 oysters. I got the passion fruit margarita which was a good sweet/tart balance. We also got their HH oysters which was a great deal. We also got some snacks from the regular menu. The pretzel and chips were both good for snacking on while enjoying our drinks. It's a cozy place and the service was very kind here.

I visited in November 2022, wrote this review then forgot about it. Saw this in my drafts so posting now. Ambiance 10/10. Decorated so well for fall. They even have a white lace curtain over the bathroom window and a vase with flowers on the sill. 6.1/10 Espresso martini was ok. Tasted like coffee essence and water. No coffee bean on top for that little touch but there were coffee grounds on top. 6.5/10 Pumpkin espresso martini was sweet and had all the fall spices. Taste was there but was also a little watery like the regular espresso martini. Espresso martinis have been trending and these guys are certainly having fun with it. Servers were great. One man came in with a woman and they had a bit of a spat. The bartender told the man to leave, no one can behave that way in their establishment. Kudos. I felt safer knowing the staff takes immediate action towards bad behavior. Would return!

Crown Alley has an incredible happy hour that is even on the weekends. Snacks and drinks are all delicious. We first started off with a Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini (a seasonal cocktail on the HH menu) and a Negroni for drinks and ordered the $1 oysters as well. I liked my PSEM a lot, as it wasn't too pumpkin forward, and my partner enjoyed his negroni as well. The oysters are solid too, would definitely recommend. We then got the Bees Knees, an old fashioned, and an order of the chips and onion dip. The chips were house-made and the dip was nice and creamy. Second round of drinks just as good as the first. Crown Alley deserves all the stars!

Great place to cap off our night. They have tables large enough for our party of 6. The cocktails are well balanced! My favorites were the rose gimlet and penicillin.

Crown Alley has one of the best HHs in the city, hands down (in addition to other places like Fish Cheeks and The Pineapple Club). The drinks are strong, cheap, and the service is great- what's not to like? I was giving my friend who just recently moved to NYC a tour of Chelsea and figured it'd be a must to stop by Crown Alley. We both tried a variety of drinks including the Bee's Knees, negroni, and Passionfruit and mango margaritas. Everything was great but the Bee's Knees and Passionfruit margaritas were my favorite. All in all, Crown Alley is always packed and for very good reason.

Woohoo $1 oysters for HH and they were delicious. Non of those oil stained Gulf crap. What a great place to start off our NYC trip! We snagged spots at the counter while waiting for our friend to arrive. It was busy, so beware and be prepared. They have a great selection of cocktails and beer for HH prices. The bartenders were so welcoming and very cute...Daddy! Everything made for a great atmosphere to chill.

Great happy hour deal ($8 drinks)! Smashburger was decent, and the house made potato chips were really good. Great service too.

There Happy Hour seems like the place to be! Amazing diverse crowd. The specials are incredible for this area. Great for post work, date, small gatherings (seats outside). They also have a remarkable 1dollar oyster happy hour. Kudos to the shucker, they were perfect.

If you're in Chelsea near Gramercy park and it's happy hour... head here. They open at 3 and happy hour is everyday 4-7. A Local place, totally unpretentious and so much fun! Great drinks and $1 oysters. Mules, Cosmos and Margaritas for just $8. Friendly staff made it all the better. Do yourself a favor and check this place out.

The cocktails are a good price and are really delicious. The exes wear Rolexes cocktail is super good, and the service here is good too. Outside seating is perfect for a night out.

With the astonishingly high rating, I entered with high expectations. At 9:20 pm on a Friday, I appreciated the availability of seating; I was able to snag a nice booth in the back that had a divider between my group of 2 and the table next to us. I wasn't a big fan of their drinks at all. I wanted to try their Yuzu Gimlet on the menu, but it's now a Rosé Gimlet, so I opted for a watermelon Frozen Margarita, extra sweet. What I got didn't taste like it at all. Luckily the server replaced it and let us keep the original one, but the second one I got was dripping down the sides, and we didn't have any napkins. It took forever to flag someone down. Taste-wise, the new one was a smidgen better but definitely did not evoke summer vibes. It resembled more of an artificial watermelon candy. I was getting bits of ice that I had to chew during every sip. Additionally, the frozen margs are served in paper cups with paper straws; as someone who doesn't usually down her drink, I was left with a very soggy cup and straw at the end. This experience makes me less likely to return, unless it were for trivia perhaps.

An additional difficulty inhered in the logistical gathering of friends in the metropolitan of New York City is finding a place that can occupy a large group without many prerequisites. In a food hospitality world that is full of credit card deposits, multiple confirmations, max headcounts, limited prix fixe meals, it is refreshing to find a bar outing that is simple to plan for a friend's birthday. Not only did Crown Alley make for non-dubiousness planning, it was a great bar all-around. The drink and open food selection were a prime judgement for my five stars and record-keeping has to notate CA has a great happy hour for both. Larger jurisdictions would give them the star ranking for just having a decent happy hour. The drinks were fantastic and a testament to the drink menu maker and capabilities of the bartender. I had two rounds of the penicillin cocktail after a lunch of slow cooked lamb (see picture for more details). Popcorn and oysters are also recommended We proved to be a formidable party with a multitude of orders over 6 hours. I would compel you to check out Crown Alley for happy hour or a group. I know I will next time, a crown suitable for a king.

Yet another great happy hour in Manhattan. HOWEVER, this truffle burrata mac and cheese might've just been one of the most delicious apps I've ever had. My friend and I had to cut our yapping session (which is what happy hour is all about truly) to fully immerse ourselves into this unplanned eating experience.

Cute vibes. Eight dollar cocktails and one dollar oysters for happy hour on a weekend that ends at 7pm. What a steal! Definitely try out their old fashioned. Was really well made! Came here on a saturday afternoon for HH and the bar was PACKED. I can see why, its such a cool vibe and place to hangout with friends, without breaking the bank and drink some really well made cocktails. This is such a great start, would be so down to come by again to check out other things on their menu!

Im visiting New York for the first time - such good vibes and Tess is so great with people. she made our experience worth while!

This place has an awesome happy hour! $1 oysters and cheap mixed drinks and beer. Bartender was very kind and prompt too!