Lady Jay's

Been going here for many years and it’s a great bar but had the honor of meeting Willy the bartender and he was such a gem. Great dive, good vibes, good music

I'll give them more like a 3 1/2 stars rating. Local bar with prices that are low in cost. Everyone seems to enjoy the outside patio. Sometimes just to many people and you get your, I don't know how to act when I drink to much people.

Mike on Sundays the best bartender. Come if you ever have the chance. Had a great time

Incredible neighborhood bar. There are other ones nearby, but this one takes the cake in quality and vibe. Super reasonably priced drinks and great relaxing atmosphere. They have a few tables in the back patio if you are more comfortable drinking outside due to covid 19. Will definitely come back for more

One of the best bars on Grand. Troy, Martina and the gang will take the best care of you. Unbeatable prices ($6 High Life and a shot) and the back yard is big af. Do yourself a favor and pay a visit!

One of my favorite bars. Good for literally any occasion… bad day? Lady Jays. Promotion? Lady Jays. Wedding? Lady Jays. Divorce party? Lady Jays. Lady Jays has never done me wrong, no matter what life has thrown my way. It’s been my back yard bar for years.

Love this place! Bartenders are great and the vibes are fantastic whether you’re on a date or hanging with friends. 10/10 would recommend

It's a bar with a backyard, nothing special. House cocktails are too sugary, but fairly priced. It's what you'd expect. However, the service is bottom of the barrel. Probably the worst of any bar I've been to in the area (not that Williamsburg is a bastion of elite service), and I love a drink. My significant other had a tab open, and when I gave the last name after ordering a drink, I was told that hyphenated last names aren't real, and my significant other's real last name was just their father's last name, and shouldn't include their mother's. Not only is that not correct, it's rude and arrogant. I'm at the bar to take the edge off a bit, not looking for a condescending lecture with a misogynistic slant. We left and went down the block.

Back patio is great for hanging with a group on a nice day with a couple beers! Prices pretty good too. Would return on a nice sunny afternoon.

Cute dive for beer or shots only (ONLY). Music leaves much to be desired. Seems like there is a juke box but it's unclear if it works. Overall bring a date or come solo to this locals dive for a quick stop.

Only great nights at Jay's. I've been coming here for about three years. It's easily become one of my favorite dive/sports bars. All of the bartenders and staff are great people. You'll never be short on meeting new people and having great convos at a decent price. Drinks are good. Clean and well decorated establishment. They also have a cute backyard.

Love this place to go chill with my pup!! Decent vibe when not too busy and my dog loves going to join me and the hubby for a drink!

The bartender, Troy, gave me a coaster for my beer. He's the best. & So is this bar. 5-star service.

A decent neighborhood dive that prides itself on its music selection and backyard. I've been to this spot a handful of times with friends and it always hits the spot when we're on the hunt for a bar that's opened late with an eclectic array of customers. If you're in the area and looking for a bar with some character this is definitely a spot to check out on grand street!

Favorite bar in the neighborhood lady Jay's makes the perfect neighborhood bar why? Great bar tenders good music and a game of golden tee. Lady jays has a spacious comfortable patio. Free food on Tuesday's

I have mixed feelings about this place. The open backyard area is great. Music is usually pretty good. Bartenders are friendly. But the crowd can be hit-or-miss. I'm all for dive bars and the clientele they attract but... well, 90% of the people I've met here have been great. The staff is awesome... but bars like this seem to draw in a bunch of try-hards. You know the type... This bar is fun if you go with a group but it's not really a "dive bar" in the traditional sense. Feels like a regular bar role-playing as a dive bar. Same could be said for the crowd who hangs out here...

This is a really solid bar in Williamsburg. Now let me count the ways: 1) Most the beer prices are reasonable. The average craft beer here is $5-7, which considering how close this place is to the Williamsburg thoroughfare, is pretty decent. 2) The patio out back is big, especially for a bar this cozy. Bonus points for the comfortable wooden garden chairs, and the tables that are equally suitable for storing your beer or kicking back your feet. 3) The bartenders here are nice, down-to-earth, and attentive. That's not always the case unfortunately! So for these three reasons and more, Lady Jay's will be one of my standbys for my recommended Williamsburg bar crawl.

Chill spot love it be careful with this short black dude named Thomas he will hustle u in digital golf and take your money he has a body guard named Elsa she breaks knee cap

I live in Queens, but when I am in Billy Burg this is my go to bar any time of night. The bartenders are always super chill and nice, the price is right on the drinks. Tons of beer and shot specials (my favorite is Coors and Whiskey) and there is food every so often for free. Last night they had Williamsburg Pizza which is a clutch a move because pizza is out of this world. Backyard area is great too, well though out and just a beautiful space for sitting outside and enjoying a beer. It can get a bit smokey, but smokers have been fully banished throughout the city to hey, they need a place too. Only minor complaint is sometimes inside the music can be insanely loud, like hurt your ears loud. But that's really dependent on the bartender who tending. So is the mix of tunes - I've heard 80s hairbands to Johnny Cash, so really runs the gambit. I hope Lady Jay's stays in the hood as long as possible, but I fear development encroaching. If you're in the hood, stop by, it is worth a beer and a shot anytime!

Local neighborhood bar with a friendly barkeep, chatty patrons, good tunes. Laid back vibe, even as the night grows later and the crowds come in. They serve Francis Coppola Sofia Mini Champagne Blanc de Blanc, my drink of choice when at this cozy spot. If it's a cold night, warm up in the back room by the wall sized screening of a blazing Yule log, a festive touch that made me smile. For you bar game aficionados, know that there's a old timey shuffle board bowling game complete with sawdust cheese at the front corner of the bar.

Went for drinks when I was out & about in the city. Had a great time with my friends but don't recall much aside from the very friendly bartenders & great eclectic jukebox of old school country music. The decor is old fashioned and quaint. The drinks are stiff & relatively inexpensive.

Came here for a date on a Friday night. We got there around 9 and found a table outside on the back patio. Eventually the place got super crowded both inside and out, and it was a little hard getting to the bar for more drinks. However the back area is nice with different levels of the deck. The few times we went inside for drinks the music was playing, which you couldn't hear at all outside. My main complaint is that it was SUPER smoky outside. The bathrooms were also hard to get to because of how many people were standing outside the doors. All in all though it is a solid bar that I would return to because of the outdoor seating.

I really like this place a lot! I wound up here in NYE after dinner as we were bar hopping, waiting for our potential venue to officially open. With that being said, this place had the best music and was relatively close to where we found a parking spot. The music, played by DJ "Chic" Norris was great. It was a real smooth mix. I can't explain it...some old school Beyonce, a little hip hop, jazz, hipster vibes, funk, bohemian soul...the list goes on. While here I actually acquired a crazy level of insobriety (if that makes sense). I mean the drinks were REALLY strong. I had two shots- one was a house tequila mix shot, and the other was a pickle back (jame-0 + pickle juice); following those shots I had an LIT. Seriously that's all I needed for the whole entire night! The place had a great crowd too! Not so much mixed though. It was the typical Williamsburg crew plus some out of towners. I met a wonderful group of girls from New Orleans and chatted away the night as I was here. The event planner, and his boyfriend came up to us and totally made us feel welcomed in the bar and let us know where to go to find out about all the cool events they have going on periodically. All in all I had a great time. I would venture back here especially to pregame, but even just hang out if I want a semi low key night!

I love this bar. Ive been coming here for years. All the bartenders are great. My favorite Monday night spot to watch the game. They have free pizza and pretzels and a great draft list. There are usually a few dogs running around, which I love.

Came here for my birthday over the weekend (as did about 3 other people and their 6762354 friends - HI BIRTHDAY FRIENDS!!) and, while the space is awesome and the jukebox is possibly the best I've seen in the city in terms of "you cannot pick a bad song," the bartender was randomly a dick. Oh, and it sucks balls when you waste $5 on the jukebox and half your songs get arbitrarily cut off or skipped. Never mind the fact that (and this is not the bar's fault in any way) you're bound to get stuck in some long-ass line for the bathrooms, and some stumbling drunk ass clown will undoubtedly just try to cruise past all 12 people doing the pee pee dance and bust into the nearest bathroom. That's hilarious the first 3 times you almost witness/get involved in a fight, and then it's just stupid and makes me wish I had a stun gun or adult diapers or something. There are way too many laid back bars in the area for me to ever go back to one with some random dick bartender, bathroom traffic jams, and, regardless of its stellar song collection, a jukebox that screws you out of your jams/hard earned $5. A solid "meh," leaning dangerously toward "fuck this place."

Low key bar with celebrity owner. Or is it? I am surprised at how relaxed Lady Jay's is. I mean, it has all the right elements to be an overhyped, overblown place. For one, it's located near the Lorimer L stop, which is prime Williamsburg drink/nightlife-land. But oddly, it is so beyond-laid back, it's shocking. For two, its owner (and main bartender!) is no other than celebrity chef and NYMag poster boy, Sam Mason, who has his own TV show (Dinner with the Band) and was the lead chef of the love-it-or-hate-it-now-defunct Tailor in SoHo. Finally, the bar menu is short and sweet, with no crap and all quality, and at pretty amazing prices ($5 for a shot of whiskey and a beer of choice; $6 for local microbrews). If I could create my ideal life, it would perhaps entail owning a chill bar like this. Only I didn't do it. Sam Mason did. And it rocks.

Never had anything short of a good time at this bar. I live in the neighborhood and at this point is my go-to for a relaxed nightcap, a beer in the afternoon, or meeting a group of friends on a Friday or Saturday night. Highlights include: -Large patio -Great juke box -Friendly/fast bartenders -Never too crowded, but bustling enough -Perfect lighting (I hate when it's too bright in a bar, but I also hate when you can't see your hand 3 inches from your face) - Perfect volume. You can have a conversation in this bar! Even when it's busy! Even on a Saturday! And it doens't feel dead due to LACK of volume, it just feels comfortable Great addition to the hood.

Do you ever get the feeling that New York is just one big amusement park? I've never been to the south, but I guess this is supposed to emulate the aura of a southern bar with its sorta bare and gritty decor, and dim yet neon lighting. This bar felt like the cowboy pit stop bar station of the New York City "world is in your palm" Park. Except that it's spankin' new with none of the "character" that comes with age for bars like these - as I would imagine. I have nothing against that, but it was just maybe slightly awkward for me to be in a neighborhood bar, where I felt like they had some Confederate flags stashed behind the bar. Also, bartender found a NYC lipstick left behind. If you're unfamiliar with the barbarity of the situation: if you're a chick, you need to reevaluate your choices. If you're a guy with a chick who wears NYC makeup, you need to leave that quickly. It is, otherwise, chilly chill. And if you're into a contrived setting for your contrived persona (and why wouldn't you be, this is Williamsburg), this is your bar.

A friend of mine invited me to come hang out one night, because they show old motorcycle style movies in their back yard... which is an awesome way to spend a summer evening. I never really made it back over to the area, until I ended up stopping by again Saturday afternoon to say hi to a friend who was DJing. It was nice to see a diverse crowd, enjoying the laid back country vibe coming from the speakers. I ran into some old friends which was nice, and a rather large birthday party came in, but didn't seem to take over the bar (which I feel happens a lot in bars.) This place seems to have a good selection of beers, good prices, an awesome juke box... back yard, friendly... cool movie nights, Dj's on saturdays... what more could you ask for? AAAANNNNDDD, the bartender was a total sweetheart, even though I bothered her with having to make red wine spritzers for me all afternoon -- most bartenders roll their eyes and just hand me a budweiser.

This place is reliable. Good cheap drinks and maybe my favorite bartenders. Not fancy but not disgusting and kind of an "aging punk" vibe-I swear that's meant to be a compliment! I mean that you can get drunk without feeling like your someone's mom!!

I love this bar: warm vibe, good tunes, cool crowd, cozy booths, and great drinks at decent prices. The back patio is spacious and there is also a jukebox and a fun bowling/single-man-shuffleboard type game you can play. Most importantly: Pickle Margarita. un-real. This is a must-try situation. Please, people of Yelp, you are selling yourself short on LIFE if you do not try this pickle margarita. It is absolutely divine.

This is by far the best bar in East Williamsburg. The music is almost always good Rock N' Roll, the drinks are very reasonable, and the clientele are all to cool people who got priced out of the East Village/Lower East Side. With the perpetual closing of all the the Rock n' Roll dives in Lower Manhattan, this place has some silver lining.

Can't say I know much about country music but I like the sort that Lady Jay's plays. Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr., George Straight. It's a good time.

My best friend used to live right above Hachi, and one night, hanging on the terrace, we wondered what was happening on the other side of the wall. Apparently, this new amazing bar had opened. I love the gigantic mirror and the smell of the "newness." They have lionshead (even though in a can) for a good price and theres a back patio for smokers. The bartenders are funny and super rad. They have a full bar and few beers on tap (enough to satisfy different palettes). Thats all I need to have, plus some good company. I strongly support this bar!

Best jukebox in town. Everything else is so-so. Better to go down the road to Ontario Bar.

Best bar in Brooklyn. Always playing good music, always filled with cool people. Backyard area is big and beautiful. The attitude in this place is always positive! It has to be said though that the best part about this bar are the bartenders. Every time I've been here they have been so friendly and quick and awesome. The staff makes this bar a stand out for sure.

I always joke that I live at this bar, but in all truth, it's a home- not just for someone who has been coming in here for years, but to anyone who walks in off the street as well. It's a no-nonsense, good dang bar. Don't come here for a cocktail- come here for a country tune on Sundays with John and a beer and shot, or the best (and strongest) $5 frozen margarita you'll ever have. Free pulled pulled pork sandwiches on Tuesday's with Kate. Golden tee and pinball if you get bored. Bottom line is this is a well-established neighborhood spot with a solid beer list and a friendly face to greet you at the door no matter what the day entails.

This place has one of the largest back patios I've been to in awhile, it's an all wooden, multi level design with lots of seating. That alone is worth a good rating. They also have a bowling type of game inside that I'll have to come back to check out. There's no food, I'm assuming you can bring your own but I haven't tested that out yet. Drafts are all $6 but their can and bottle prices are $3-5. Service was good and I had a good time here, it's definitely a place worth checking out, particularly if you like to have a drink outside and/or enjoy cheap cans of beer when you go out.

My fave bar in Brooklyn for the following reasons.. - Big backyard with tonnes of seating - Frozen drinks! The ginger one! - Chill bartenders - Good music - You never have a bad night at lady Jay's because it's consistent - never too packed, there's rarely dickheads there and you never have to wait in a line to get in.

Troy is the end all be all of my day time drinking adventures. (Come for motorcycle movie night on Wednesday nights!)

Good Jukebox, Patio Is large, and The crowd stays laid back throughout the late nights.

Ahh, I love this bar. It's the perfect neighborhood place to go for casual drinks when you don't want a dive bar. The drinks are fairly inexpensive, the crowd is always nice and normal, and their back patio is gigantic. It's great. That's all you need to know.

Just had a great time--Great bartenders and chill rockin vibe! Was there with a big group and we hung out side on last Saturday night. We ordered a lot of drinks and shots and the bartenders were attentive, quick and friendly.

This bar is great. The bartenders TJ & Daniel were both attentive and played great music. If you're visiting from out of town, or just someone looking for a great vibe, come through!

Wow! My wife and I were looking for a fun and low key place to enjoy Brooklyn and this was it! The bar reminded us of some our favorite dive bars in Austin, but it was the people that work there and the locals that made it great. Fun and friendly. You won't be disappointed. Bonus points for having a juke box!

Quite possibly the BEST bar in Williamsburg!!! I stopped by Lady Jay's one evening pretty soon after it officially opened, and immediately fell in love! It definitely has the best Southern hospitality this side of the Mason-Dixon, from the super talented and super friendly bartenders (and I mean ALL of them!) to the diverse but comfortable crowd. Not to mention they have the BEST picklebacks around AND a Shuffle-bowl game!! Lady Jay's has officially become my local fav, and every single time I bring a group of friends with me, they always have the best time! So majority rules! You can't really beat this place. It wins hands down, game over!

Put my card behind the bar and forgot to write the total amount on the receipt when settling the bill .. When checking my bank account found out that they had helped themselves to a $18 tip. Great bar if you don't mind getting robbed by the bartender

Great atmosphere and outdoor layout. I hope they have an outdoor fireplace in the winter! I would come here again. Very similar to hotbird. I didnt like their fattire draights. Its never tasted like that before .. but its not a big deal. Service was nic

I actually like almost everything about this place. Can't go wrong with the Gansett tallboys. Owner seems like a good dude and most bartenders are generally friendly. They do seem to cater to their friends a bit though. I have to say the female brunette bartender is horrible though. Went in yesterday to grab a margarita and a tallboy. Ordered our drinks and tipped a buck a drink as usual. Once we got outside we found our margarita was mostly pineapple juice with a tiny bit of tequila in it. I usually consider returning a drink a pretty big douche move but my partner doesn't like pineapple juice and especially has no place in a margarita. I asked the bartender if she put pineapple juice in it and she looked at my like I was an idiot and said "yes! pineapple juice, triple sec and sour mix" as if it should have been completely obvious there is supposed to be pineapple juice in a f-ing margarita. I asked her to make me one without pineapple and she begrudgingly did so. Acted like it was a huge pain in the ass. Other than that, in general she acts like she's doing everyone a huge favor by simply having to do her job. Totally typical Williamsburg hipster attitude of not caring about your job. It would be nice to have real bartenders work there and not just a 'cute' girl with a shitty attitude and no bartending skills.

9 out of 10 doctors recommend Lady Jay's for all your everyday whiskey needs. The one doctor who doesn't loves Maroon 5.

due to scheduling, or maybe due to the fact that i do enjoy having a repeat performance at a bar, i was here twice on one night. the thing is, i loved it when it was just me, my girls and a couple other people and i still loved it when i came back to meet people after dinner. the crowd was a bit thicker, but the bartenders were still pleasant. i must say that the afternoon guy is a sweetheart and a half, but the later night guys were busier, and i think charged me $1 more. i'll let that slide. it's a good spot.

went here for a friend's birthday this weekend. they have two-for-$5 lionshead, which i thought was a pretty good bargain. unfortunately, the service isn't so hot. i waited at the bar about 5 minutes while one guy cleaned glasses and ignored everyone (i figured he was a barback) and another lady got into an argument with a visibly drunk guy. i figured he was giving her a hard time at first, but soon it became clear that he was trying to close his tab for a while and she was being unreasonably slow about it. after he finally settled and left, she still kept putting a finger up like "one minute" to the growing crowd waiting for service at the bar, and then left. i guess her shift was over. at this point, the guy who was cleaning glasses took over, because he must have been a bartender after all...? another guy joined him behind the bar later and the two of them were much better team, so maybe i just showed up at a bad time. either way, it shouldn't ever take over 15 minutes to get a can of beer at a bar. service aside, this place has a great backyard! it's a big deck with chairs and benches. i'm told the jukebox is good as well, but i didn't spend a lot of time inside. this place is good for cheap drinks and lounging around outside (if the bartenders are working), but i'd probably opt to go half a block to bushwick country club instead.

With a laid-back vibe and a hint of Southern hospitality, Lady Jay's is a great place to hang out and chat over some beers and whiskey shots. It's also not totally hipster--the crowd is extremely diverse and fun to be around. Busier nights can get hectic, so get in early to grab a spot.

I absolutely love this place. The bartenders are amazing, especially Matt. A lot of my buddies transitioned from the 'upgraded' Macri Park and felt right at home once we stepped foot in there. I've never had a bad time there. The drinks are excellent, and the crowd is very hipster, so I stick out like a sore thumb. (I'm a Latina born and raised in Brooklyn) I'm away at the moment, but once I return, I'll be back taking back shots with my out of state friends.

I love this bar, warm and cozy, and way too easy to lose yourself in a drink or 8. Do yourself a favor a treat yourself to a drink and a good time here... I am sure you will stay longer than you ever intended.

Lamar, their bouncer is the real MVP, he should be promoted. He told me I had toilet paper stuck to my shoe before allowing me to walk outside and embarrass myself. He also kept a watchful eye on all my drunk friends. Thanks Lamar!

I used to live a little closer to this place when I was a regular but I now go out of my way to come back and visit because Lady Jay's is the only bar in Brooklyn that feels like home. Cheap drinks and the best bartenders you'll ever, EVER find. Cheers to Grand street being blessed with such a dope spot.