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Neighborhoods: Murray Hill, Kips BayLadies enjoy FREE cosmos, apple martinis, and well drinks from 8-9pm, 2 for 1 before 8pm and after 9pm.
33rd St-Park Ave (6)
Mon-Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m.
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Mercury bar is A-okay in my book. We had a http://restaurant.com coupon so we decided to try it out with a few friends. On a Saturday night we had no problem getting a table (the bar was pretty empty actually). We had prompt service. Ordered a few appetizers (artichoke dip and potato skins) and they were both what you would expect from a bar. Onto the entrees...I had the Chicken Pesto Panini and it was tasty, but very oily. My bf had the veggie appetizer combo and I think he enjoyed it...there was a lot of food and a good variety. Our friends had the steak and the ribs and they were satisfied, but not overwhelmed with the food. The drinks are expensive for the venue...$7 bucks for a bud light? Really?
Anyway, for a Saturday night I would not plan an evening around this place, because it was dead. But, if you want a casual night out with out getting rowdy, then this might be the place for you. There are a ton of other bars in the area, so there are a lot of other options around.
Amazinly cheap, even after most happy hours end. We went in here to see if they had an drink specials, at at 10:30 they still had $5 mixed drinks and $8 cosmos going on. You'd think that the drinks would be watered down, but they were actually strong and we got pretty druk there:)
Tried the usual "bar food"- pizza skins, mozarella sticks- which were really good and the portions were a good size.
The waitress was really nice, and the service was quick.
The DJ was playing really great Top 40 hits, "Run this Town", "Empire State of Mind", etc.
Overall the crowd was awesome, good food, strong drinks, and great service.
Of the two Mercury Bars in Manhattan, I give this one a lower rating. This is mainly because of the crowded seating and standing and the smallish size of the bar. To make things a bit worse, the bartenders are too busy chatting up their targets to take your drink order. This doesn't happen all the time, but often enough to say "Meh, I've experienced better." If you must go to Mercury Bar, go to the one in Hell's Kitchen where they are more human to regular folk.
Weird weird place. I feel like I was the joining of the river "Minor Financial Adviser" and "North Jersey" but I still had a good time there. The DJ places decent music and are generally pretty respective. The drinks are slightly over priced but the place always seems to be bumping with a lot of people who are way drunker than you are. Which can be great and fun or slightly uncomfortable either way you look at it. I take a little of both of those perspectives.
You know, I didn't think anywhere would be incredibly fun on a Monday night, but popping in here, I was pleasantly surprised. Of course, it doesn't hurt that my friends were already a bit tipsy and drinking some custom cocktails from Sarah (definitely a reason to visit) and Alan (go man, go!) created from vodkas and fruit was very cool. Free shots after a point, had to appreciate that... makes me wish I lived in the area so I could visit more often!
The seating - plenty of it on a Monday (and we stayed until nearly 4a), and the bartenders were very cool and relaxed. Good taste, too. Music was a mix of popular 90s-present day top-40, and simple tastes.
Will be trying out a Thursday at some point and will update from there.
TVs sporting the latest NBA/NHL/football/other games, and as it gets later, people can dance around on the floor with the open space. Or just gyrate in your chairs. Upstairs bathroom, incidentally, is for the staff, main bathrooms are in the basement.
Open late after all the Thai places on this strip shut down. Food and drink were both pricey, although not for this area, but they were more than accommodating in pushing tables together to make some patio action happen.
Two of us got burgers which were pretty sizey, I'd say about 1/3 to 1/2 lb of meat and it was good. Too bad they mixed up which one was medium rare and which one was medium well but even my slightly overcooked burger was good and had a char on it you could taste. Oh and good fries that weren't too steak-fry like and weren't at all soggy/underfried.
f you know how to party. . . then you know the type of bar you are in the mood for. Mercury bar is your favorite college hangout- if you go there on a Thursday it is going to be a happy hour crowd that will end up staying till 2- on Fridays and Saturdays this place is packed- the music is great there is always songs that you are dying to dance to-if you are in the right mood you are always going to find cool people to party with. Sundays its the best place to watch the games! The food is great, nachos are amazing. The staff is so great- and not for nothing the bartenders provide great eye candy- especially Benny. I highly recommend Merc Bar if you are in the mood for a low key night when you are guaranteed to have a good time.
They have a really good happy hour, & the last night we were there they were doin 2 for 1 shots and loads of beer specials! I'd reccommend the nachos, its a really generous serving, even though we were full we couldn't resist our burger, 1 of the biggest burgers around! I'm not sure what it is like late on the weekends but i know its where me an my friends will be spending the football season!!
Ugh. I was here last Wednesday for "Ladies Night", as I was meeting up with two guy friends. It was completely dead. My first friend and I decided to order wines by the glass, as the "ladies specials" were has-been Sex and the City cliches, cosmos and appletinis.
Our waitress was so sweet (her pleasant attitude earned the 2 stars), but needed to brush up a bit on her wine knowledge. When we asked what kind of red wine they had by the glass, she said they had really good cabernet, merlot, and pinot grigio. We went with the cab. Their servings were pretty good, as they filled two dirty wine glasses to the brim. I wiped someone else's lipstick off of my glass and just drank quickly. Before my friend had a chance to drink his, a dust bunny drifted down from the light fixture on the wall into his glass. Two second rule! He fished it out and drank. We also ordered the hummus with pita, and it was good.
My next friend came in, a single guy, and I felt bad, as I totally sold him on the Ladies' Night element. Still deserted. He drank a beer and we left.
Granted, this probably wasn't the right place to drink wine, but the place was absolutely dead. Never coming back.
I'm surprised this place has a website
Very ordinary
Tepid at best
Mediocre bar
Mediocre people
Mediocre experience
Just not really worth it
You know that friend of yours that brings NOTHING to the table? The one who complains all the time, then wonders why people don't want to hang out with him/her? This bar is that friend.
They're OK in extremely small doses but spend more than 20 minutes with them and you're ready to light yourself on fire.
Give Mercury Bar some Pity love and maybe have a beer there as you decide your next move. Just be ready to bolt as the obnoxiousness washes over you (or the vomit from that 19 year old)
The bartender was an douchebag.
Unfortunately, I had to suck it up and stay to celebrate a co-worker's birthday. It's as though the asshole frat guys gave up on growing up and have decided to convene here after work. Allah help the east side.
A good place to have a fun, but not too crazy night. Awesome place to watch a game. The TV setup is so great that you don't even have to turn your head to see a TV, no matter where you're sitting/standing.
The inside smells like a rotten corpse has been laying out for a few weeks. The service is terrible. The crowd is obnoxious 20 somethings from NYU or the nearest school. The music is straight cheese.
If you are hammered out of your mind, single and looking to grind up on some youngins, this is your spot! If not just stay away from this area in general cause all the other bars in this area suck as well.
Ahhhh where Herpes meets Pashmina....where frat boys pop collars and women (see Long Island) wear gladiator shoes like they are about to walk into the coliseum. Certainly not a place where you'd respond to the query of "Where do you want to go tonight?" but it nevertheless serves its purpose. Cheap drinks which are good. You can basically guess the order and sequence of songs...Journey...Bon Jovi...Jay-Z...Guns n Roses....Nat King Cole. Not kidding but they have awesome wings here. I dont know what exit this is off of the L.I.E.
dear next door neighbor,
i hope my new uptown next door neighbor is as cool as you are. i will miss your not so crowded happy hours with drink and food specials, hard cider, not having to wait in line outside, or having to pay a cover. i miss most the hip hop to which you allowed me and my girls to take over the dance floor. you were a great neighborhood bar to go dancing at, and hopefully your new neighbor will appreciate you as much as i did.
farewell,
pearl k
Mercury Bar's an ok spot. It doesn't really do anything for me. I don't get very excited to go. I've been a few times, never when it was that crowded... I guess I've gone on off nights or at the wrong times.
The last time I was there, there was some beer pong going on in the back and some fairly standard hip hop playing with a random crowd of people semi-grinding. I walked past them and went downstairs to use the bathroom and left. Maybe I should give it 3 stars because of their bathroom. Nah....
The waitress my friends and I had once, an Irish girl named Kate (I believe that was her name) was really fun and cool. She even gave us candy, specifically Nerds. Like lots of Nerds. Costco sized boxes. It's a long story.
Yeah, if anything should pump this place up a few stars, it's candy giving Kate. But don't bother harassing Kate for candy when you're there - we got lucky and happened to hit her up when she a lot of candy and she gave it to us because we're special.
I guess I'll go again sometime if I'm around the area and see if I warm up to Mercury Bar, but off the bat, not a place you NEED to hit up.
This place has been my last stop on several nights out in Murray Hill--emphasis on "last stop." But it's a guaranteed fun time with a low-key attitude and a dancefloor.
Made the unfortunate mistake of visiting Mercury Bar for a nightcap on Friday night....we should have taken it as a bad omen with the lackadasial treatment received from the "doorman" checking IDs.....while getting his groove on with some underage female outside, he failed to perform his "doorman" duties until we were halfway inside through the door. After providing our identification we walked into what seemed like a fraternity party.......at Bronx Community College.
I'll give this place two stars (* *) because the cocktails we ordered were poured right.....
But waiting ten minutes at the bar for the bartender to take our order.....and the unruly Bronx-type crowd "partying" to J-Lo, C-Lo and all the other low-brow wannabe hip-hop crossover music they were playing makes me take away a star...
If only Yelp allowed us to rate a place ZERO stars....
What is this place the two face of the bar/restaurant world? Am I reviewing the proper establishment? Somehow other reviews have stated how great of an eatery this is. My review refers to the bar/nightlife.
One word sums it up: Awful. Littered with college girls and college kids wearing their JCrew knits, blazers, and your typical muscle bound mutant. Think of those really cheap portable iPod speakers that you thought were going to be "the balls" until you blew them out, and multiply that by 7 beers to replicate the experience of this SLAM HOUSE (see other reviews for definition). The speakers pop and fizz like a playskool cassette player.
Don't go here if you can help it, unless your looking to pull a ginormous douche who looks like he got lost trying to find his way to Hoboken and ended up here.
i've been here a few times with colleagues since we work in the neighborhood and it's nothing special.
even if no one is in the place they have the music so loud that you can barely hear anyone, let alone the waitress, which probably explains why my drink orders are always wrong -- i mean seriously it's not that hard to make a vodka soda but i always get vodka tonics, so i'll blame it on the incredibly loud music.
as for the food, eh, it's okay and the prices are reasonable but this isn't my first choice on places to go.
Sound the alarm, we have a lunch special winner.
$5.95 for a heaping plate of sandwich, fries, and salad. Wow. I ordered the turkey club, which was stacked high but tasted light and healthy compared to my boyfriend's sinfully fake Philly cheese steak sandwich. The thin cut McDonald's-esque fries were hot and crisp, and the side salad was a welcome, albeit unnecessary touch.
The front of Mercury bar is status quo, a long bar with seats on the side. The back has high tables and stools, normal sized square tables for four, a bunch of jumbo flat screens, as well as another full sized bar. I bet this place does a lot of damage to many livers in the evening.
The service was fast-- the food came within 10 minutes and our water glasses were replenished as needed. We even had time to sit and chat after lunch, a rare feet during our hectic lunch hour dates.
$8 for lunch at a clean, friendly bar including tip and tax? Consider a sequel in the works. I'll be back.
Main impression - this place has an identity crisis
I went there Saturday night to watch the Illinois/Michigan game and I don't think I'd ever go back to watch a game. We went into the back room and sat down at a table in front of a TV showing the game. Lots of people around, all watching a football game or game 6 of the ALCS. Nothing wrong with this other than the loud dance music playing. Not a big deal.
But after the 3rd quarter, they told us they needed to take away our table and that we'd have to stand to watch the last quarter (they were setting up the dance floor). Then, they turned off the TV we were watching and the dance music got a lot louder.
So we had to find a new place to stand and watch the last quarter.
Now you might think this isn't so bad but I really think the bar wants to be a sports bar and a dance club. I don't think it does either well.
But - the beers weren't too expensive and the waitress was good.
This place kinda sucks- their music is probably the best out of a choice of sh*tty bars in the area, but the crowd is horrible. What gets me the most mad is they have plastic cups for beer. It looks like a glass one but when you go to pick it up- its plastic! WTF is that?!? Cheapness....
Only reason why I continue to return is b/c its pretty much downstairs from me so I stop in on my way out sometimes
I just want to say.. No.
The atmosphere is nice (hence the stars), but I couldn't enjoy myself. 20something bros trying to get with sorority girls, 40something dudes thinking they were still 20something bros trying to get with sorority girls, two hipsters that didn't know how to dance, and jokers that made fun of everybody because they can't dance themselves.
My friend said it generally gets crowded enough that if you walked away from a person, they generally wouldn't follow you if you moved. Well if you wanted to dance, there's only the back of the bar. And they will find you.
Maybe next time I'll stick to the front and when I've had enough drinks I'll go to the back.
Ehh. Had a bad mash-up of songs here. Hey mr. DJ, you suck!
Also, people don't get the hint here, at least when I went, bc, there were these older (and by older, I'm actually just making an understatement here-I'm being nice) men, that wouldn't leave me and my girlfriends alone. I even signaled that I'd rather shoot myself, by putting my index and middle finger together to form the shape of a gun up to the temple of my head, than dance with them. I wasn't in the mood to be bothered, and I just wanted to have a good time with my friends, so, I did that, but it still didn't mean anything! I had to hide behind the stool, or whatever. They didn't leave us alone! Also, this place doesn't ever really get too crowded...it's not happening...
Seems like most of the people who review this establishment actually eat here. Now I can go with the fact that I have not eaten here, but rather have reluctantly been dragged here as a nightlife destination. This place is a mix of girls looking to put a little pounds on their bellies (beer before Pizza 33 cures the fact that you're a ho....fo' sho') and the boys who love them. The place is overrun by the inhabitants of Murray Hill (girls in leggings...dress up Nicole Ritchie wannabes, we all know the reason you wear them is to conceal the fact that you are overweight) who spill out into the streets and talk real loud to no one important or even get into fistfights (wow guys, he smudged your Puma). Who said you had to graduate kindergarten?
The gawking effect is the only reason this place gets any stars. You will be entertained. Well, unless you're the jackass doing the entertaining.
This place gets points because they happen to have a good amount of seating, which is pretty rare for NYC bars...I personally hate standing for 4 hours straight so being able to rest at a table without having to spend $500 on grey goose was a welcome change. I also liked the music that the DJ was playing--all hip hop, which isn't my favorite for listening to, but definately fun when your out at a bar and want to dance...which brings me to star #3--this place has a dance floor! Also something I'm not used to seeing in a NYC bar...However, the crowd here was weird, and that's being polite...bad enough to make this place lose 2 stars, I'll put it that way. So if you just want to party with your friends and not care about the company you are partying amongst then this place will be fine and fun for you!
I went to Mercury Bar last night (Friday night). I asked the bouncer at Joshua Tree for a good bar to dance in in the area and he directed my friend and I to Mercury. It was the DJ's first night when we went, and he was playing mostly hip hop and some dance music (the usual... "Ms. New Booty", old school Puff Daddy, "Call On Me", "I Like Big Butts", etc). This bar seemed very "average" to me: average music, average drinks, average crowd. There was just nothing special about Mercury as far as I could tell.
Ladies, don't go here with your girlfriends unless you want to be swarmed with jocks and meat heads!
This bar I liked. Inside it looks very spacious and indeed it is until Friday and Saturday night! Both of those nights were extremely busy, it was after all St Patrick's Day on the Saturday.
The staff at this bar were very polite and nice to talk to. I can't remember their Name's but there's a girl who works there who looks like Julia Roberts! I'm sure it's her younger sister! The food menu in this bar is good and at a fairly good price. They also have a big selection of beverages.
Would I go again? Definitely.
The bar your really annoying friend would love.
My favorite lunch spot when at work. They have the best $5.95 lunch specials on the menu (better than their sister bar Joshua Tree). I seem to always order the same though:
1) Slightly saucy crispy buffalo chicken breast on a mound of Caesar salad w/herb croutons
2) Buffalo chicken wrap w/a side of salad and a stack of fries
3) Philly Cheese Steak w/salad & fries
4) Rigatoni Pasta with chicken
for the non-special affair...
1) Spicy & hot chicken wings
2) Sirloin steak sandwich w/onion rings
FYI...tell them no salt on the fries because they tend to go a little salt crazy. This way you can season to your taste. If you're going during lunch go early (12pm) or later (1:30/2pm). And do not go if there's a big game on and you only want to only eat. With all the surrounding screens it's a sports fan's extended living room.
Alright, so this is a shameless fave of mine only because I enjoy dancing until my head blows off. The crowd is younger and the guys are bolder. They have tv screens with videos that can be distracting long enough for you to stay and the music is a good hip hop mix.
How do you give a -5 rating? The worst shit hole dive that I visited since my 8 years in NY. For starters, the bouncer at the door had such a pungent odor that he emitted an unmistakably strong odor of feces. I'm Sure as hell it wasn't after shave that was kickin like that. I'm not even slightly exaggerating. I was there with 3 other friends and we must have been sporting our transparent aqua suits that night. The bartender acted as though we at the bar just to check out the wood grain quality of the bar. It took over 10 minutes for the bartender to finally acknowledge us to begin asking for our drink orders. We apparently were a huge burden judging by the attitude that was inconspicuously put forth by the bartender. The worst part was that there were only a few others at the bar so it's not like they were getting slammed. Actually there was some slamming going on. We quickly decided to leave. We figured that the bar made way too much money and the cash register must have been too full to fit any more cash. One of our friends made a quick detour to the restroom and quickly changed his mind when he discovered the bouncer and another dude "wrestling" in one of the stalls with the stall door wide open. Needless to say that I don't recommend coming here unless of course this type of environment is right up your back alley.
COME HERE for their veggie quesadillas. And maybe their music. That's it. Otherwise, don't expect too much from this place. Lame crowd, okay space.
I actually like this place but I just wish they would hire bartenders who are there to tend bar rather than pose. I want a drink not a fucking headshot. What happened to hard work?
My mouth is still watering from the salmon here!! I came with my boyfriend for dinner after work, and we loved it. They were preparing for a private party in the back, but we were able to get a seat since it was early enough.
We're nachos fanatics, so we ordered chicken nachos, with some wine, and I had the salmon and he had some spinach-cream cheese filled chicken.
WE WERE STUFFED AFTER THE NACHOS! I've never seen a plate or a heap this big of nachos!! By the time the food came, I only ate half, took the rest home, and had an amazing lunch the next day.
It's a chill place, and the food is worth it. Our server was nice and prompt. Nothing bad to say!!!!
Only came here for the second half. For watching sports - fantastic. Two huge screens in the back which i love that few bars have. Flatscreens all around. That's why it gets a high 3 stars....Crowd, atmosphere - worst than Tonic corny..
I wouldn't hang out here during a happy hour or later, but I go here for lunch fairly regularly. The food is really good and their 6.95 lunch special rules. Philly Cheesesteaks on garlic bread=Awesomeness.
If you're really into ugly guys and fat chicks, this is the place for you! Regardless of the scene, the drinks were fairly priced and quite strong. The bartender was kinda cute so that made up for all the cheesy, unctuous types. Would I go here again? Eh.
I hate to sound like a jaded oldie here at 26, but this bar annoys me to no end. It's a cookie cutter, cliche version of any sportsbar overrun by underage New York City high schoolers, Bridge and Tunnelers, and drunk ass recent college graduates. What's the fun of going someplace on the weekends if you are in a jostling, packed crowd? It's a little better for an after work happy hour when an older, chiller crowd drops by. You are better off going to the nearby Whiskey River, which at least has a little character and is less cramped.
2 for 1 Tesday night special!
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