Broken Shaker at Freehand New York

Solid rooftop bar in Kips Bay. There are beer and cocktail options as well as nonalcoholic options. When I went they were sold out of some n/a beers so I got an n/a cocktail. I don’t recommend the imitation gin cocktail I got because it drank watery and like tar but I look forward to returning for hopefully better alcoholic cocktails. The outside is nice and the inside has some seating.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Great happy hour, not too crowded, gorgeous heated outdoor rooftop seating area. Great for a date or happy hour! ☺️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Decent place to get a drink, to many wires to get decent photos … average rooftop in our opinion nothing that makes you say I gotta go there again.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 4

Love this place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

If i could rate this place 0 stars, I would. the staff was extremely rude to my party and kicked us out from our table that we made a reservation for. They even had security guard come up to us and told us we couldn’t sit at the table anymore, and to stand at the side of the patio instead. Judging from the customer demographic at this place, they wanted to keep it all white millennials and we did not fit that aesthetic. When we went to speak to the staff, they dismissed us and told us that the manager was going to come talk to us. The manager never came, and the table they kicked us out of was empty when we left.

Do NOT come here, take your service somewhere else.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Amazing rooftop. Went in a rainy and gloomy Saturday night but it was super cool still. Really nice cocktails, good little bar bites as well. If you’re in this neck of the woods and want a rooftop, this is a great one for that!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Beautiful rooftop bar

Great music, ambience and service. We thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Super rooftop

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Favorite spot in NYC.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Friday night, 10pm, first sub-70 degree night of the year... so it was pretty crowded but I was helped almost right away. Bartender was super straight forward and on-point. And from what I could tell, the staff communicates across all positions really well too.

Even their strongest, most booze forward cocktails tasted smooth and well balanced. However, I was a little disappointed that the menu doesn't declare that the Oscar da la Hoya is a pre-batched cocktail, but I get that things with lots of ingredients can bog down service especially during a friday night rush etc.

The decor was modest and tastefully themed, lighting was warm and welcoming. But I gotta say the music playing in the indoor bar was deafeningly loud. Like full on live concert levels in a confined space. I have a feeling the nice weather wasn't the reason why nobody was ordering or seated at the bar inside.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had a group of 10 here and it was great! Came Saturday during the happy hour time-frame. Drinks were great and service was friendly. Would definitely recommend as a nice rooftop in nyc.

Fish tacos were a disappointment and wine didn’t taste good. Otherwise fun

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Bad service everywhere

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

Vibes are fine. Drinks are fine. Service abysmal. Server after taking our order never came back. Didn't ask if we wanted more drinks. We then wanted to close out our tab for like 25 mins. Server never came by or looked our direction. Had to get up to flag her down and then it still took several minutes for her to come back with our check. Missed a train because of it. Very frustrating.

Service: 1