A very cherished spot, many happy memories made here with queer friends over the past few years. Affordable drinks, staff is always amazing. Lovely vibe for dancing or also just chatting, I especially love the outdoor area. Shout out Andrew such a sweetie!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Walter Vozzo
Pickpockets frequent this bar. My friend got his phone stolen last night. Another bar guest saw him looking for it and said his got stolen as well. My friend spoke to the bouncer and he shrugged saying this happens a lot.
Amelia Cutter
Scary dirty place lol
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jean Jeon
The space itself is great but the bartender serving the night I went made me feel extremely unwelcome, being outright hostile at times (short person with green hair). I would beware if you are a woman of color, and steer clear of interactions with this person given their blatant racism. Other than that, the music was awesome and the back-patio very nice!
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 1
Kevin Markman
Cool vibe and spot. Staff were friendly and helpful. Cool mother goose light and concoctions. Nice outdoor spot in the back.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Frank Lupazzo
Drinking there was always a blast
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Emmanuel Williams
Always fun
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andrea Contreras
I have been coming to happyfun for a few years now and my experience last night was one I felt I needed to document. Queer people and queer spaces need to do better to protect their own, especially POC. Last night there was a very intoxicated man at the bar, the bartenders served him although he was clearly way past his limit and also charged him twice for one drink. This already rubbed me the wrong way on behalf of the bartenders who I felt like were taking advantage of a weird situation. But, the man ended up joining my friends and I and immediately we were very concerned for his safety and wellbeing because he was completely incoherent, for about twenty mins we were trying to figure out what he took/whether he was alone/how he was going to get home safe. When it was clear that it was beyond our control, I told a bartender and they promptly kicked him out. This seemed wrong, lazy, and blatantly racist for so many reasons 1) he seemed to have been at the bar for a couple of hours, bartenders were serving him or at least charging him, so someone at the bar had allowed him to get to that point 2) when I told the bartenders they brushed me off and said that they know and that they’re kicking him out and they were sorry for him getting in my business. I frankly did not care that he was in my business, I was concerned for his wellbeing. I would expect the owners of the queer establishment to also care about that, but there was NO intervention or care present in that interaction 3) it was not lost to me that he was black and the three bartenders working last night were white, dismissive, and a little mean.
I have always found happyfun to feel like a safe space for queer POC but I feel very disturbed by this attitude towards patrons who clearly needed help. There needs to be a community approach towards supporting patrons…it’s a bar with a dance floor in bushwick…people are going to be dancing, people are doing to be doing drugs. Ensuring safety should be a number 1 priority. Im sad to say that I won’t be coming back.
Eliza Mayberry
So … here’s tea …. I love this please it’s normally super fun and amazing !! But me and my best friends came on a Monday and … yikes … we got drinking we no alcohol in them And we watched the bartender deny someone from drinking water? Idk weird
Perri MacKenzie
Go on a Thursday night and ask for a dean special.
Your bartender last night (large male) was awfully rude and unwelcoming. Quite distasteful, that the main point of service at your establishment would have such a nasty attitude. Simple questions that were asked, did not warrant condescending and belittling responses. Hire someone else. Yuck
Service: 1
Bianca Rivera
Nothing happy or fun about it…
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Owen Davey
Fun gay dive, perfect place to hang out
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Phillipe Bojorquez
Going to HappyFun can be like stepping into a realm of fascinating people who move through space unencumbered by the norm. The space has been like an ethereal waystation between the events for me.
- Great music, I've heard everything from 90's RnB to techno. - Great conversation, the bartenders are lovely and helpful. They seem to know everyone and make you feel welcome - great atmosphere, lounge, bar seats, tables, and a patio give you a good mix of modalities to enjoy. - great drinks and good prices, I have gone a few times thinking I'll have a single drink and then it turns into more during happy hour
A great place to find the intersectionality of our community.
A very cherished spot, many happy memories made here with queer friends over the past few years. Affordable drinks, staff is always amazing. Lovely vibe for dancing or also just chatting, I especially love the outdoor area. Shout out Andrew such a sweetie!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pickpockets frequent this bar. My friend got his phone stolen last night. Another bar guest saw him looking for it and said his got stolen as well. My friend spoke to the bouncer and he shrugged saying this happens a lot.
Scary dirty place lol
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The space itself is great but the bartender serving the night I went made me feel extremely unwelcome, being outright hostile at times (short person with green hair). I would beware if you are a woman of color, and steer clear of interactions with this person given their blatant racism. Other than that, the music was awesome and the back-patio very nice!
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 1
Cool vibe and spot. Staff were friendly and helpful. Cool mother goose light and concoctions. Nice outdoor spot in the back.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Drinking there was always a blast
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Always fun
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I have been coming to happyfun for a few years now and my experience last night was one I felt I needed to document. Queer people and queer spaces need to do better to protect their own, especially POC. Last night there was a very intoxicated man at the bar, the bartenders served him although he was clearly way past his limit and also charged him twice for one drink. This already rubbed me the wrong way on behalf of the bartenders who I felt like were taking advantage of a weird situation. But, the man ended up joining my friends and I and immediately we were very concerned for his safety and wellbeing because he was completely incoherent, for about twenty mins we were trying to figure out what he took/whether he was alone/how he was going to get home safe. When it was clear that it was beyond our control, I told a bartender and they promptly kicked him out. This seemed wrong, lazy, and blatantly racist for so many reasons
1) he seemed to have been at the bar for a couple of hours, bartenders were serving him or at least charging him, so someone at the bar had allowed him to get to that point
2) when I told the bartenders they brushed me off and said that they know and that they’re kicking him out and they were sorry for him getting in my business. I frankly did not care that he was in my business, I was concerned for his wellbeing. I would expect the owners of the queer establishment to also care about that, but there was NO intervention or care present in that interaction
3) it was not lost to me that he was black and the three bartenders working last night were white, dismissive, and a little mean.
I have always found happyfun to feel like a safe space for queer POC but I feel very disturbed by this attitude towards patrons who clearly needed help. There needs to be a community approach towards supporting patrons…it’s a bar with a dance floor in bushwick…people are going to be dancing, people are doing to be doing drugs. Ensuring safety should be a number 1 priority. Im sad to say that I won’t be coming back.
So … here’s tea …. I love this please it’s normally super fun and amazing !! But me and my best friends came on a Monday and … yikes … we got drinking we no alcohol in them
And we watched the bartender deny someone from drinking water? Idk weird
Go on a Thursday night and ask for a dean special.
Restaurantji Recommends
Your bartender last night (large male) was awfully rude and unwelcoming. Quite distasteful, that the main point of service at your establishment would have such a nasty attitude. Simple questions that were asked, did not warrant condescending and belittling responses. Hire someone else. Yuck
Service: 1
Nothing happy or fun about it…
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Fun gay dive, perfect place to hang out
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Going to HappyFun can be like stepping into a realm of fascinating people who move through space unencumbered by the norm. The space has been like an ethereal waystation between the events for me.
- Great music, I've heard everything from 90's RnB to techno.
- Great conversation, the bartenders are lovely and helpful. They seem to know everyone and make you feel welcome
- great atmosphere, lounge, bar seats, tables, and a patio give you a good mix of modalities to enjoy.
- great drinks and good prices, I have gone a few times thinking I'll have a single drink and then it turns into more during happy hour
A great place to find the intersectionality of our community.
Bartender & DJ were nice & hot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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