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Rudy's Bar & Grill
- Nearest Transit:
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42 St - Port Authority Bus Terminal (A, C, E)
50 St (A, C, E)
Times Sq - 42 St (7, 7X)
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 8 am - 4 am
Sun 12 pm - 4 am
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Very Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Ambience:
- Dive-y
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Dogs Allowed:
- No
402 reviews for Rudy's Bar & Grill
Review Highlights
"7 for a pitcher of beer + 4 free hot dogs = AWESOME."
(in 172 reviews)
"I was really surprised by how cheap the beer was."
(in 85 reviews)
"Pig on outside, dogs on the inside."
(in 13 reviews)
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402 reviews in English
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Review from Roy P.
West Hollywood, CA
Updated - 2/8/2012
I had to come back and update my review after coming back several times, with several different friends.
Rudy's has some type of nostalgic effect on everyone I bring there. For me, it brings me back to a few years ago during Sundance, in Park City. I wish I could recall the name of the bar, but I just remember that it was under the street level, I was with the woman of my dreams, and we had the most amazing time, at the coziest little bar we could find during a serious snow storm. Anyhow, this bar in Park City was really old and wooden, and the characters were similarly dressed to the bartenders at Rudy's. Point is that Rudy's brings me back to that very special moment, and yet his somehow is the same effect for everyone that comes along. My little cousin recalled a bar in Ireland that she once frequented, which is another amazing comparison to Rudy's, and a good college buddy of mine recalled a bar he used to pick his dad up from with his mom when he was younger. Rudy's seems to have some special type of magic going for it and I like it! I can't say that I've been here during the weekends (Fri/Sat night), and I'm not so sure that I would want to, but during weeknights, after work, it's great.
Newbies to Rudy's always walk in unsure of what the hell is about to happen, but just go in knowing that this place is the epitome of what a true dive bar should be, and that the people inside are all in their own world. No one seems to care much about who's coming in and who's going out, everyone is there for the cheap drink deal ($5 for a shot, a beer, and a hot dog), a quick escape from whatever it is people need to escape from, and that fun time that comes from the buzz of not being able to over think anything and simply just enjoying the moment.
Enjoy the moment, and enjoy the experience here. The more you go back, the more character you will begin to see in the details of it. Character that comes from aging well as opposed to a design company. It may look shitty to some, but when a place represents GREAT times for me, it's always about what's on the inside that matters.
Cheers!Listed in: Best Happy Hour
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10/12/2011
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Review from Rob B.
ASTORIA, NY
2/3/2012
What can I say about Rudy's that hasn't already been said?
Pros: Cheap drinks, free hot dogs, not pertensious at all
Cons: Crowded, service can be bad, place smells at times.
If you want to check out a true dive and don't mind the crowds and dealing with hit or miss service then you can have a good time. If you can't handle crowds or places frequented by sketchier types you want no part of it.
If you can put up with the cons it's a great drive bar and worth checking out for the experience. I haven't been there in awhile and think I will check it out again soon see if it's still the same ol' hole in the wall I remember. -
Review from kathleen d.
Philadelphia, PA
1/30/2012
You been drinkin brew for breakfast? You may leave this place smelling like real-live walkin' talkin' hot dog...so I guess beware of those on 9th street with cartoonish levels of halucinatory hunger. You might get a bite taken right outta you.
Eau de Hot Dog water included, and that's just fine with me. It's a comfortable, really friendly dive with cheapy beer and a good jukebox. Any time I'm in the area I tend to stop in for a few and always end up having a really good time. Rudy's can't fail.Listed in: Back, Back in the New York…, Jukeboxes of the Land
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Review from Jamar B.
East Orange, NJ
2/8/2012 1 Check-in Here
Affordable! That's the best thing this bar had going for it. However that doesn't overshadow the fact that you can have a good time with a couple of friends. Seemed though everyone was drink from the people working the door to the bartenders. Which makes it a perfect place for you to get drunk too.
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Review from Chen J.
Brooklyn, NY
2/5/2012
sue weeeet jebus , From head to tail this is where its at cheap pitchers of beer and hot dogs. Dive into the goodness
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Review from Matt B.
Memphis, TN
2/6/2012 1 photo
Fantastic dive in NYC. Just a short walk to the train. Friendly bartenders and clientele. Very cheap drink prices. Wonderful jukebox. I went here several times during my short trip to NYC, and it felt like a nice, hometown bar each time. I plan to return if I'm ever in the city again.
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Review from Johanna G.
Long Beach, NY
1/17/2012 1 photo
Whats that now? I can get free hotdogs here?
Okay, if it were closer to my office I'd be here every day. Not to mention, the beer is cheap.
kind of an interesting bar on the inside - like, the seats are duct taped, and its got a hot dog smell (shocking, I know) but that have decent tap beers and hot dogs.
Hot dogs!Listed in: not the worst place ever...
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Review from Sean G.
Philadelphia, PA
1/8/2012
After a drunken day/night of fun, we woke up with a nice hang over. My fiance and her mom had to go to get officially fitted for her new wedding dress, so my soon to be father-in-law and I decided to head back out to Hell's Kitchen to take a little hair off the dog's back by getting a couple drinks.
I had seen the reviews for Rudy's Bar and Grill and decided to head out there... Our experience was not what we expected. First we were greeted by the big statue in front of the restaurant. Of course, you shouldn't have much expectations for a bar at noon but the place was full of some scary alcoholics... One guy was passed out in the back booth. One guy did everything short of face planting off his stool. Other people were just scary. The booths are lined with red duck tape and the smell of pork is so thick that it infiltrates your clothes.
We had two Blood Mary's which were made from scratch and were pretty freakin' delicious. After our drinks, we had to abort mission at Rudy's and headed up the street to another bar.
**Overall: 2 stars
The Mary was great. The bar was so weirdly decorated and the smell of pork was overwhelming. This is not a good day drinking spot. May be better at night... -
Review from Paola S.
New York, NY
1/27/2012 1 Check-in Here
the first time i've ever been here was an experience tainted by a horrid one spent at Ritz on that same night... someone nastily referred to me as Tila Tequila & to add insult to injury, he spat the name out as if mentioning it gave him an infectious disease [which it probably did]... anyway, needless to say, when i got to Rudy's, i was NOT in a very good mood.
also, that same night, a regular from here looked at me & asked if i was Snooki. wtfidkafsdhjgs.
anyway, the second time around was definitely a better experience. i hate midtown with a passion but when we stumbled in here with the free hotdogs, my hunger got the best of me & i caved in.
drinks are dead cheap, decor is fun & kitschy, and the place reeks of all-american hotdog. stumble in here when bar-hopping but don't make it your sole destination =)
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Review from Bec F.
Manhattan, NY
12/28/2011 1 Check-in Here
I love this dive bar. It is always a good time.
Drinks are cheap... Music is fun. Great dive-bar atmosphere - and free hot dogs...
Oh - and who can't love a bar with a big pig outside? -
Review from James F.
New City, NY
1/29/2012
New York class. DIVE BAR..1 star.. free hot dogs(dont eat The dog)2star.. stale beer& stick tables..3 star.. smell of pee and puke! 3 star..smelly and dirty ripped up furniture..5 star..what a shit hole and its great it have a bar like this in New York city,once the health depth does not close it down!
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Review from Christian S.
Carlsbad, CA
1/27/2012
Can't beat a $2.50 pint & a free Sabrats hot dog. Love the duck tape booths! A must frequent if in NYC
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Review from michelle r.
Edgewater, NJ
1/26/2012
This Place is great highly recommend.Great management , Great food you cant go wrong here.Cheap beer!!!!
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Review from Adam R.
Manhattan, NY
1/24/2012
went to rudy's...now i'm way to hungover to wtire a review...
good cheap beers and free hotdogs. best thing about this place is the fact that you can walk out with money in your pockets! -
Review from Aaron E.
Boone, NC
1/19/2012 1 Check-in Here
Cheap beer but inadequate seating.
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Review from charle m.
New York, NY
10/27/2011
Today I feel like Gaddafi. No, this does not mean that I'm wearing a dress woven with gold, diamonds, and the stomach lining of subjugated children. It means that I look like I was pulled out of a drainage pipe by an angry mob hell-bent on assassination. But it's Thursday in Manhattan and that means I'm going out, appearances or Friday morning meetings be damned. My after work go-to spot for days (months/year/lifetimes) like these? Rudy's.
You can sink into the booths upholstered with duct tape and surround yourself with other New Yorkers that are so beaten and confused by their week that they need to drink until they forget. Or maybe that's just me? Either way, the main attraction here would be the cheap drinks. They offer free hot dogs, too, but methinks that is a custom that should be limited to the Fourth of July. Also, there is a juke box! One of the best things in the whole wide world, says me.
After 9pm on a Friday or Saturday, don't bother. The crowd becomes less worthwhile and there are too many people between you and your next drink. -
Review from Graham B.
Manhattan, NY
12/15/2011
Here's the dive-bar checklist for Rudy's:
1. CHEAP DRINKS - holy of holies, check check check. $2.50 for a pint of their house draft (Rudy's Blonde), which is crisp and delicious, kind of like a fruitier Budweiser. $7 for a pitcher of aforementioned delicious concoction. 5 freakin' dollars flat for a beer-and-shot combo, and the liquor is Bushmill's, which is the one remnant of my college years I still remember fondly. I haven't seen prices like these since I left West Virginia.
2. SKETCHY CLIENTELE - check. I don't know where the regulars crawl out from, but they are rugged, strung-out, beat-up hulks of people at first glance, extras from "The Walking Dead", complete with questionable stains on clothing. That said, I've struck up conversations with a lot of 'em, and they're great people, very friendly. Don't judge a book by its cover. On weekends (and, honestly, most weeknights), these stalwart old souls vie for space with a bunch of mid-20s Midtown executives just out of Yale or Duke or wherever doing their internships at the Times or Conde Nast, a bunch of Brooklyn/LES/HK hipsters midway through their bar crawl, and the inevitable crowd of underagers trying to get in. Which they will never do. Rudy's has the toughest underage enforcers I've ever seen at a NY bar - rain or shine, business or none, they check IDs and ruthlessly confiscate them at will. Which is part of the charm, actually - the bar is skeezy without making you feel like an accessory to pedophilia.
3. WRECKED DECOR - check. Booths are so thoroughly upholstered with red duct tape I honestly think they're made of the stuff at this point. Exposed brick, but not in a designed, accent-wall kind of way, just at random points, and places where the paint has peeled off. One KICKASS jukebox. Ill-assorted lamps provide nowhere near enough light for you to see where you're stumbling. I've never used the bathroom, so I can't speak to the content of its character. One ever-rotating hot dog machine serving up the legendary free Hebrew National franks they serve here (yes, free. Free, free, free, wonderfully free, no charge at all, 0 dollars, as many as you want). I count the smell of frying meat as part of the decor here. It fits. Makes ya feel like home.
4. IT FACTOR - check. Rudy's has that intangible quality that all good dive bars must have - unflappability. They've been around longer than you've been alive, and long after you're gone they'll still be here, pouring heavy shots and heavier drinks for next to no money, making a living catering to the cheapest elements of society and never compromising for anyone. I've seen people be kicked out for everything from complaining about a dirty glass to straight-up smashing a bottle on someone's head, and everything in between. Rudy's will serve you drinks, but don't get in its way. Rudy's doesn't care whether you ever come visit again, indeed whether you live or die, and that's why you love it. A true original. -
Review from Dan R.
10/14/2011
Booths upholstered with duct tape. Broken glass on the bathroom floor. The music as it should be - loud. Punk rock, indie rock, and '80s glam. Cake passed around the premises to celebrate some stranger-turned-comrade's special day post-"Happy Birthday" whole-bar sing-along.
Such is the scene at Rudy's Bar & Grill, one of NYC's more auspicious dive bars - and a Hell's Kitchen institution over 75 years old. Yes, Rudy's - that dive bar with the pig.
Despite its unfortunate location essentially atop the Lincoln Tunnel, Rudy's offers its patrons something decidedly too uncommon in the Big Apple - cheap booze. The Rudy's Blonde (a light American ale that deserves no fancier a description) is sold for $7 a pitcher. This is college-style beer at college-style prices that can be drank college-style very quickly. The Rudy's Red (its amber ale counterpart) is for bigger spenders, with pitchers at $9. Personally, I prefer the Blonde. But where's Rudy's Brunette? This isn't LA. Rudy should know the preferred hair color for New York women is of the deep chestnut / rich mahogany variety. C'mon now.
Between the uncomfortably packed house, the dark, dingy setting, and the sketchy bouncer (who blended into the crowd all too well) screaming Spanish across the bar, I was more than skeptical walking in here. But seriously, one "what-do-I-order?" glance at those rock-bottom prices calmed my nerves pretty quickly, and before long, pitcher in hand, I was having a good-ass, dirty dive bar time. I couldn't get carried away and make a night of it here, however. With too much cheap beer at my beck and call, I'm too afraid I'd end up college-style passed out, duct-taped to something, most likely one of Rudy's booths. No? Never been duct tape blacked out? Wasn't that everyone's college experience? Anyone? Bueller? -
Review from Rob K.
10/8/2011
As a cocky 18 year old, I could get into any bar. It didn't matter that I looked 15. Neatly trimmed goatee Rob had a swagger, something I'm embarrassed to look back on, as late twenties Rob. In 2002, my swagger died briefly when I tried to enter Rudy's. The bouncer took one look at my ID and told me to take a hike (he really said that.)
Although my grudge died a long time ago, I never found myself in Hell's Kitchen, until now. I'd like to take some time to compliment 2002 Rob because his dive bar taste hasn't changed and neither has this bar.
Stories I heard in 2002 were true and fortunately have remained the same.
1. Free hot dog with beer purchase.
2. All beers under 5 dollars. All day, every day. Some pitchers under $10.
The strange appeal about Rudy's is their strong stance against underage drinking. Fake ID collections hang proudly from the wall, from my era, when ID shops were slinging out Connecticut and Delaware fakes on the regular. It's ironic because this dive is so appealing to the underage crowd. Oh well, I say keep them out, and I'm sure the regulars agree. It's a mix of pre-hipster New York, deal spotter New York, and accidental tourist.
I love it, and my friends will too. -
Review from Billy V.
11/6/2011
One of the last hole in the wall bars on 9th Ave. Cheap beer, stiff drinks and great jukebox. Been here to many times to mention. Great afternoon bar and 3 AM bar.
Everyone and anyone has been to Rudy's at one time or another and they all had at least one free hot dog.
True drinkers bar. Not for the light footed but all are welcome. May not be everyone's cup of tea, but you can not beat the prices.
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Review from Miriam B.
11/28/2011 1 Check-in Here
Went into this place last night for a drink. It smelled like old gym socks. I left after the 1st drink because I was getting sick from the smell.
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Review from Chris D.
Hayward, CA
10/30/2011
I think prior Yelpers have pretty much summed this place up with a very simple mathematical equation:
Cheap beer + free hot dogs = :D
Of course cheap beer and free hot dogs also equates to a myriad of different things, but this review will be kept rated G my friends. Other than the above there really isn't much to say. The clientele is all very friendly and great to shoot the @#!@ with, with minimal to no d-baggery. My friends and I got pretty plastered and I think had a mini dance off much to everyone's amusement.
Definitely a great place to hang -
Review from Casey T.
Manhattan, NY
9/21/2011
I think this place really is worthy of 3 stars but I bumped it up a notch because the owner went out of his way to return my purse to me at my apartment. My id in my purse had my Florida address but there happened to be an envelope inside my bag with my NY address scribbled on it and he personally came to my apartment to verify it was mine. Plus, he gave me vouchers for free drinks! Ok, so maybe I should have bumped it to 5 stars!
Cheap drinks! Hello, $2 or $3 drafts? Yes! They offer cheap drafts as well as drink specials (shot/beer combos). They do have draft (domestic/import) and bottles (domestic/import) as well as a full bar. Friendly bartenders! Yes, they have them too, The guys there are great and remember your face. Rudy's is a fun neighborhood bar to pre-game before heading out to other places. They do offer free hot dogs and I'm guilty of having them on more than one occasion (not too bad at all). The outside patio is nice but is not open too often. The bathrooms are usually clean and are separated for men/women. The seating is fun when you are able to grab a booth. It's so easy to make friends here as well.
The cons: It's cash only which can be a hassle at times. One of the bouncers is super-friendly but the other is a d-bag. It can get extremely crowded rather quickly in the evenings. The jukebox is cash only as well. Beware of predators here! -
Review from ben s.
Manhattan, NY
12/22/2011
$7 pitchers in hells kitchen. nuf said.
High-5 the pig on your way in. -
Review from Constantine K.
Astoria, NY
12/25/2011
The beer is cheap, the bartenders are affable and the free dogs, Jukebox. Tape to cover rips, it's a bit small without the patio. I enjoy myself every time. I sometimes talk to the bouncer about comic books. It's nice as a native new yorker that there are bars like this still.
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Review from Siu N.
9/25/2011
Cheap beer + free hot dog per drink order = AWESOME!
My friends and I were out on a Friday night celebrating a best friend's birthday. She picked this place through the Yelp reviews and because the manager was really nice over the phone about accommodating a large party and told her to look for him when she gets to the bar for a drink on the house (which she got). It was already pretty packed when we got there at 8:30 p.m. and it got more packed as the night went on, but we managed to muscle our way to the bar and order our drinks. We were pretty full from the dinner we had earlier (see my review for Nino's Tuscany), but we still ate a couple of those hot dogs (who can turn down free yummy weiners!?) and downed quite a number of beers, which they have a nice selection of.
So in summary, if you're looking for a quiet empty bar where you have to pay for your food, this is not the place for you! This place is apparently very crowded and there aren't that many seats available, but I'm not complaining; that just means the place is awesome and I'm coming back someday! -
Review from Nina P.
8/10/2011 2 Check-ins Here
"I was going to ask you what the happy hour prices were, but than I realized that its basically always happy hour here."
Truer words have never been said.
Straight up, cheap as all get out.
Let me break it down.
A pitcher of Rudy's Blonde will set you back 7 dollars. All day and all night. Or a glass will set you back 2.50. But who drinks just one glass of beer? O you do? My bad, I'm a lush.
So about the crowd here.
Clusterfuck.
Basically a bunch of tourists mixed with regulars (who look like the type that would old school shank you in an instant and smoke a cigar over you as you winced in pain in the back alley where no one would ever find you or hear you scream (too much?) (( double parenthesis?)) (((what?))) ) mixed with bro's mixed with hipsters. O hay welcome to New York.
The regulars are actually really fucking nice, and the bartender is the shit. I will be your bff for life if your giving me free shots of Makers Mark. Hell I will come and clean your house on the weekends for free liquor. Hell I'll scrub your kitchen floor with a toothbrush for...ok I'm done.
The smell of hot dogs that lingers in the background is actually kind of too much for me. I want hot dogs when I'm good and wasted, but I don't want to smell them cooking while I'm getting to that point. Ze weiners are free with every beer. And they aren't gross weird mystery hot dogs (though aren't all hot dogs a bit mysterious?) these are Sabretts.
I went here two days in a row simply because I was far too happy with the experience. Baseball projected on a wall in the outside garden? Grungy grungy everything yet clean bathrooms and excellent service? 5 dollar can and a shot special? Fuck its not even a special because you can get it ALL THE DAMN TIME.
L. Is for the pitchers you gave to me
O. Is for the shots I had for free
V. Is for not being at all ordinary
E. Even more than any bar I've ever explored
Rudy's you were made for me. -
Review from julie l.
Chicago, IL
10/22/2011
Cheap good beer and free hotdogs... hell yes.
I love the door guy James. He truly can make everyone feel like a welcomed regular, or make someone scared as shit if they are acting like they deserve it.
It gets PACKED though so get there early and secure a seat or red duct-taped lined booth if your lucky, set up shop, and get drunk. -
Review from Cee B.
8/10/2011 3 Check-ins Here
A giant pig in what appears to be a crushed velvet smoking jacket and bow-tie ushers you in, extending a warm, kindly, grandfatherly hoof, beckoning as if to say "come, join me in my house of dive." He serves as a POV narrator figure in my life.
It's a deafening, dingy dive bar in HK that brews a surprisingly nice, light house blonde for $7/pitcher. You sit on duct tape-covered booths and drink cheap beer. Good place to meet up with old college friends.
Cheap beer. Cheap eats. It's all been said before. I'm merely echoing reviews before me.
The free hot dogs tasted good probably because they were free. The shots tasted like rubbing alcohol with flavoring but WHO do I think I am storming into a dive bar like my name is El Nino and expecting better?
This place is a good time. -
Review from Joan R.
7/3/2011
Three words. Giant Anthropomorphic Pig.
It doesn't get more awesome than that.
Rudy's is a fun place to get totally smashed and filled with hot dogs.
You can buy a pitcher of Rudy's Blonde tasty beer for $7 or splurge $10 for a pitcher of rolling rock. The most expensive pitcher is $16 for Goose Island IPA, but that's pretty good for Manhattan.
Went to Rudy's on a St. Patty's day afternoon, so the place was packed and extremely loud, but we managed to find seats. Not sure how it is on a regular day. You can hang outside in the back which is good.
Bathrooms were surprisingly clean.
The duct taped covered furniture was a little gross, but after a pitcher or two it was downright whimsical. It's not the prettiest or trendiest looking place but it has character.
It's a fun bar. I would definitely go again!! -
Review from Josef S.
7/14/2011
When we arrived, a little too sober for our own good, we encountered an odd selection of drunken kids and professional alcoholics. The former looked desperate for, but incapable of, sexual activity. The latter looked indifferent to, and incapable of, the same. A quick glance at the price list explained everything.
Having fallen in love with the place, we resolved to return in the right condition. -
Review from Malarie B.
Brooklyn, NY
8/12/2011
Yay for!
-Cheap beer ($2.50 for the rudy's blond, $3 for the red, i prefer the red)
-Fun music
-Free hot dogs
Boo to...
-Crowded
-Crowded with tourists
-Loud. Not the kind of place to go have a conversation. -
Review from Michelle S.
Burke, VA
6/10/2011
Where else can you can get alcohol poisoning and dinner for only $5!
$5 = Shot of Bushmills, Beer, & Hot Dog
Yeah, okay, their booths are covered in duct tape and sometimes there's an interesting odor that feels like a nasal assault; but like I told the guy who accused me of being a "cheap b**ch" for drinking Pork Slap:
"Excus', but you are the one that is at a bar KNOWN for it's free hot dogs and cheap beer, and you're calling ME cheap?"
BOOM. Truth. Embrace it.
~**I love Rudy's**~
(Bonus? Their bathrooms are surprisingly very clean) -
Review from Sara L.
Raleigh, NC
10/23/2011 1 Check-in Here
Crowded, dirty and an odd crowd! I don't know if I like this place very much.. a guess cheap beer is always good though! And free hot dogs? What other place in New York gives you ANYTHING for free?!
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Review from Heather M.
New York, NY
6/21/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Rudy's is loud and cheep. The patrons are fun and for the most part pretty nice. Music is good and the place is lively! It doesn't seem to be cram-packed with tourists, though it can get cram-packed in general here.
That's pretty much all you need to know to know if it's what you're looking for or not. Sometimes you are... sometimes you're not. -
Review from Josh G.
Pinellas Park, FL
10/23/2011
Awesome dive bar. Came in from out of town and went here Friday night. Great prices, great service, faucet not working in bathroom and the booths are covered in duct tape. Everything I look for in a great neighborhood bar.
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Review from Nicole T.
New Haven, CT
6/12/2011
PROS:
-Free hotdogs (that are apparently really good according to my friends; I didn't have one.)
-$7 pitchers of their house blonde which was a bit like Bud Light but more(?!) palatable - pints are $2.50
-Diverse, friendly crowd
-Fun atmosphere
-Adorable polite old bartender who was considerate that the other patrons didn't spill their beers on "these lovely ladies"
CONS:
-Location. Coming from the east side you have to go through Times Square...ick
-A bit uncomfortably crowded at times
Cheap beer...I'll be back! -
Review from Juan T.
11/11/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Another Tourist trap but then its mostly people from work that come fora quick been and hot dog. Yes a free hot dog with every beer you buy. Selection if decent and prices are super cheap. Its always packed and no space to even move. Outdoor space for smokers and for during summer days.
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Review from Hazel A.
Los Angeles, CA
4/28/2011
Aah Rudy's! How you lured me with the stench of your beer-stained floor wafting onto the sidewalk, your neon sign a visual display reminiscent of Van Ness Avenue in SF and signage on your window sill proclaiming you to be NY's best dive bar. Wait, best dive bar in NY?? I had to check it out.
Visiting from California and after 4 long days of non-stop debauchery and excessive financial depletion in NY, it was time to simma donna with some good old-fashioned shitty beer, even shittier shots, sticky barstools, haggard bar clientele and dimly-lit atmosphere. Home sweet home.
I'm a dive bar kind of girl. Blame it on my years living in Berkeley and San Francisco. Sure I enjoy the occasional fancy night out and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a wine aficionado, but I prefer to sit in a dark room with a bunch of dirty Jeff Bridges lookalikes and listen to Whipping Post. Actually, this is the kind of place where you might actually run into the dude himself. So yes, show me the way to the next whisky bar. And lo and behold, there was Rudy's.
$7 pitchers of beer and free hot dogs! I scarfed that dog down like it was my last meal on earth. Chatted it up with an abrasive born and bred east coaster with a missing tooth, and a long-haired Mexican dude working behind the bar. Had some cheap whisky shots and got to listen to Petty, Dylan and Cash. This was our last night in NY and it was the perfect way to excuse ourselves. The patrons are interesting, especially if you're drunk, and the hot dogs were simple and tasty (again, especially if you're drunk). Price is right and there's no annoying girls clammering around trying to order appletinis. -
Review from Vicky C.
Manhattan, NY
11/21/2011 1 Check-in Here
Let's see, on average $2.50 for a beer or try the $5 shot of whiskey and beer special. I don't think you can really go wrong with these cheap prices other than the fact that who knows what kind of whiskey they're pouring! It does get rather crowded if you don't get a booth. The crowd is rather ghetto. But, I had an overall good time for a Friday night happy hour that resulted in many people trashed and going home not remembering the night. Oh yes, they also have free hot dogs!
