TLDR: everything is horrible except the staff. AVOID THE POOL TABLES.
There’s a reason everyone avoids Carmelo’s.
This place has a wonderful staff who deserve raises, but the general environment is awful, especially after midnight when folks get drunk and ridiculous. Cash bar, but that’s cool.
If you’re playing pool, expect at least two or three drunk regulars trying to steal the table. I’ve been here 4 times playing pool, and every time, either someone wants to fight, or someone tries to steal the table. It’s very frustrating, since other bars in the area take care of their pool players because they know we’re generally chill and buy lots of drinks.
Even on off nights (M-W), it’s horrible. Just don’t go upstairs, or to Carmelo’s at all lol.
Again, blessings to the staff and bouncer, who looked tired and annoyed they had to excuse the regulars’ drunk BS.
Overall, avoid this stupid place and go to an actually good Bushwick bar.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 5
Cued
Great spot for pool and beers
Grace Hunt
Wilson is the greatest! He was so kind and so awesome! I’m a local and come in all the time and he’s the best in the business. There’s pool upstairs and the perogis are out of this world!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
laura windler
TLDR: NOT A SAFE SPACE FOR WOMEN VIA THE STAFF. A great bar. BUT a man came and was absolutely harassing me and my friends saying that he liked that we looked 15. We told the bouncer and he refused to kick him out because “that isn’t enough” even when the guy wouldn’t leave us alone. NOT A SAFE SPACE
Service: 1
Layne Brooker
This place is like a slice of pizza on a cold day good and random
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Martin Touzon
Amazing music 🤘
lea williams
Honestly this bar is great and it’s huge, many places to sit or even hide but don’t worry the bartender Wilson will find you to make sure he fulfills your thirst needs…. If you go make sure you go when Wilson is there. He’s the best bartender, plays the best playlist, has the best attitude and is the only reason to go! Wilson makes all the drinks, plays all the jams and is the coolest guy !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Taylor
Arrived with no line and was told it would be 15 minutes for a table, not a problem for us but numerous French people arrived after us and the waitress sat them all before us as tables opened up. I have been to France 3 times and have never been treated rude until I went to this restaurant. They lived up to the stereotype, don’t go here unless you are French
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Zachary P
This tacky place should be a library. I think everyone who works there is great and should be given jobs at the new library. But the people who go here should be spending more time at a library
cheap drinks and nice seating for a dive bar, has two pool tables, fun bartenders. biggest flaw is it’s absolutely littered with insecure and self-conscious men, so prepare yourself for whiny yuppies that will overreact to anything.
Sydney Ellyn
Wonderful pierogis and drinks great spot good prices, cash only
Pablo Ventura
Bartender didn’t even say hi before even asking for a tip or cash only .
Erik Lopez
security was very unprofessional, touching people and invading personal space to provoke a fight
TLDR: everything is horrible except the staff. AVOID THE POOL TABLES.
There’s a reason everyone avoids Carmelo’s.
This place has a wonderful staff who deserve raises, but the general environment is awful, especially after midnight when folks get drunk and ridiculous. Cash bar, but that’s cool.
If you’re playing pool, expect at least two or three drunk regulars trying to steal the table. I’ve been here 4 times playing pool, and every time, either someone wants to fight, or someone tries to steal the table. It’s very frustrating, since other bars in the area take care of their pool players because they know we’re generally chill and buy lots of drinks.
Even on off nights (M-W), it’s horrible. Just don’t go upstairs, or to Carmelo’s at all lol.
Again, blessings to the staff and bouncer, who looked tired and annoyed they had to excuse the regulars’ drunk BS.
Overall, avoid this stupid place and go to an actually good Bushwick bar.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 5
Great spot for pool and beers
Wilson is the greatest! He was so kind and so awesome! I’m a local and come in all the time and he’s the best in the business. There’s pool upstairs and the perogis are out of this world!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
TLDR: NOT A SAFE SPACE FOR WOMEN VIA THE STAFF. A great bar. BUT a man came and was absolutely harassing me and my friends saying that he liked that we looked 15. We told the bouncer and he refused to kick him out because “that isn’t enough” even when the guy wouldn’t leave us alone. NOT A SAFE SPACE
Service: 1
This place is like a slice of pizza on a cold day good and random
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing music 🤘
Honestly this bar is great and it’s huge, many places to sit or even hide but don’t worry the bartender Wilson will find you to make sure he fulfills your thirst needs….
If you go make sure you go when Wilson is there. He’s the best bartender, plays the best playlist, has the best attitude and is the only reason to go!
Wilson makes all the drinks, plays all the jams and is the coolest guy !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Arrived with no line and was told it would be 15 minutes for a table, not a problem for us but numerous French people arrived after us and the waitress sat them all before us as tables opened up. I have been to France 3 times and have never been treated rude until I went to this restaurant. They lived up to the stereotype, don’t go here unless you are French
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This tacky place should be a library. I think everyone who works there is great and should be given jobs at the new library. But the people who go here should be spending more time at a library
Real chill lay back with a pool table
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 3
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It’s like I never left
cheap drinks and nice seating for a dive bar, has two pool tables, fun bartenders. biggest flaw is it’s absolutely littered with insecure and self-conscious men, so prepare yourself for whiny yuppies that will overreact to anything.
Wonderful pierogis and drinks great spot good prices, cash only
Bartender didn’t even say hi before even asking for a tip or cash only .
security was very unprofessional, touching people and invading personal space to provoke a fight
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