Dirty martini was cold and perfectly mixed. Bartender was attentive and helpful. Loved the Al Hirschfeld caricatures featured on the walls and display screen. Fellow customers were charismatic and lovely to spend time with.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Jennifer Palmer
visited the bar on a whim after seeing a show. bartenders were nice. dirty vodka martini was wonderfully balanced. company was especially captivating. Dorothy Parker would be proud.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
JR Carter
Cool bar. Piano but no music. Seems like a missed opportunity.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
mahir meriç
Unfortunately, original Blue Bar moved. It became just a lobby bar with some blue lights. It was disappointing. But cocktails are still good. Prices are little high end and the portion are smaller.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Misu Kim
terrible service. I asked for water 5 times and still didn’t get it.
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 1
Kevin Henry
Having dinner and there's some kind of operatic recital happening in the corner. Gotta love NYC...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Emer Foley
We had great cocktails here and there was a great atmosphere- just wish we had gotten to see the cat Hamlet, maybe he was sleeping! I had the French 75, loved that cocktail.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Rick Taddeo
Old-school feel in every way! Highly recommended especially if you covet a fine scotch ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Onion Soup
Sally Sally
The bartender MATT ? is the best bartender ever. Thank you for the best Espresso
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sharla Bonneville
Very rushed and unpleasant experience in the lobby bar.
The espresso martini will waken the Dorothy Parker in you.
Brian Fitzgerald
The cocktails are good but the literary history is gone. I knew the Algonquin through the eyes of William Shawn and Roger Angyll and E.B. White. The blue bar is not the bar where their wit was ginned.
Rachel Dale
Drinks were awful, something you’d get for free off a bar in Malaga. Such a shame, heard this used to be an iconic venue. Wildly expensive too.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 3
Ben Banurji
My girlfriend and I had two cocktails called, The Algonquin and Vicious Wit. Both were the worst we had ever had - tasted like a cross between toilet cleaner and a free drink you’d get from a rogue bar in Thailand. Couldn’t even finish them. Had to pay $61 for the pleasure. FYI. Gratuity is included but they also present you (twice) with an additional box to add more. Ambience was also terrible - looked very tacky and the acoustics meant a conversation was impossible.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 3
Giang Nguyen
We had no reservations and three other places had closed for private events, so we were happy to find Blue Bar open and we were lucky to find a table without waiting -- it was filling up fast on an afternoon in early December ? the drinks were good and the atmosphere was great -- vibrant yet not loud! Too bad it wasn't quite blue ? I guess it only would turn blue later at night. (Only had drinks, so, I'm not rating "food" -- is that correct ?)
Dirty martini was cold and perfectly mixed. Bartender was attentive and helpful. Loved the Al Hirschfeld caricatures featured on the walls and display screen. Fellow customers were charismatic and lovely to spend time with.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
visited the bar on a whim after seeing a show. bartenders were nice. dirty vodka martini was wonderfully balanced. company was especially captivating. Dorothy Parker would be proud.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Cool bar. Piano but no music. Seems like a missed opportunity.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Unfortunately, original Blue Bar moved. It became just a lobby bar with some blue lights. It was disappointing. But cocktails are still good. Prices are little high end and the portion are smaller.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
terrible service. I asked for water 5 times and still didn’t get it.
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 1
Having dinner and there's some kind of operatic recital happening in the corner. Gotta love NYC...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
We had great cocktails here and there was a great atmosphere- just wish we had gotten to see the cat Hamlet, maybe he was sleeping! I had the French 75, loved that cocktail.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Old-school feel in every way! Highly recommended especially if you covet a fine scotch ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Onion Soup
The bartender MATT ? is the best bartender ever. Thank you for the best Espresso
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very rushed and unpleasant experience in the lobby bar.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
The espresso martini will waken the Dorothy Parker in you.
The cocktails are good but the literary history is gone. I knew the Algonquin through the eyes of William Shawn and Roger Angyll and E.B. White. The blue bar is not the bar where their wit was ginned.
Drinks were awful, something you’d get for free off a bar in Malaga. Such a shame, heard this used to be an iconic venue. Wildly expensive too.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 3
My girlfriend and I had two cocktails called, The Algonquin and Vicious Wit. Both were the worst we had ever had - tasted like a cross between toilet cleaner and a free drink you’d get from a rogue bar in Thailand. Couldn’t even finish them. Had to pay $61 for the pleasure. FYI. Gratuity is included but they also present you (twice) with an additional box to add more. Ambience was also terrible - looked very tacky and the acoustics meant a conversation was impossible.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 3
We had no reservations and three other places had closed for private events, so we were happy to find Blue Bar open and we were lucky to find a table without waiting -- it was filling up fast on an afternoon in early December ? the drinks were good and the atmosphere was great -- vibrant yet not loud! Too bad it wasn't quite blue ? I guess it only would turn blue later at night. (Only had drinks, so, I'm not rating "food" -- is that correct ?)
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
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