Boiler Room Bar Review

What a dive with great employees! Always have fun here. Crowd has changed throughout the years, but locals always return. As long as it can avoid frat girls, it will remain fun

Nice casual gay bar that s typically bumpin on the weekend. No frills drinks and beer; it s a cute neighborhood spot.

When you think of classic East Village gay bars, there is no other place that should come to mind. This establishment is more of an institution than anything else. Located just a few blocks from my alma mater, the bar offers some of the best drink specials in town. Not only are the drinks cheap, but they are super strong to. If you are looking for a place to rock out to Kylie Minogue (without feeling guilty), this is the place to be. I have brought gay friends, straight friends, and friends trying to figure it all out. I don't think anyone has been disappointed.

Boiler room is awesome but the best part was the adorable Jason... not just a bartender but he kills as a DJ if you re lucky

WHat more do you want? $4 drinks after 10pm. A great juke box. Great mix of guys. My favorite watering hole without the gay pretension

Good, strong drinks. Fun vibe. Good staff. Low price

Have gone there once. Now come back regular for the food and the people.

If walking into The Boiler Room doesn t make you crave merlot then I m asking you to leave. You have to ASK to turn the TouchTunes on. TouchTunes users of all levels welcome - looking at you non-mobile human beings. The desktop is available if needed. Note to self, if you play Ariana Grande or Rihanna you will piss the bartender off. TIP: if you want the bartender to lose his mind - play Kim Petras & Robyn - knows every word. Gays love to post up here with their luggage before moseying down to LGA. You will also learn proper etiquette for how to leave your drink by itself at the bar while going to the bathroom/smoke break. (One napkin on top pierced with a toothpick). The bathroom is what I envision a prison cell to be. Once you turn the faucet on you will hear sounds of what seems like a 1987 Ford Taurus engine struggling to start in the middle of a winter solstice. We did not order anything other than red wine, which came in a pint glass. One regret: not utilizing the photo booth.

Carless service waiter dont give ***** about customers I a asked him to charge my phone he ignored me , just looking for( tips ) money. I'll never come again to this bar .

I come here every week and always having fun. But this night was hilarious cause bald head bartender at 3:15 turn off music from Jukebox and for my answer Excuse me love but we ordered few more song can we listen to one of them please please please? he said like - I think you had enough fun and go out of the bar! . Excuse me but what the hell is that?! How can even possible bartender can able to speak like this with anyone who came to the bar where people comes for many years?! Okay, I'm sorry but I paid $50 just to order music - did I something wrong?! Isn't how it works? I left enough tips to get some positive vibes from bartenders but I didn't understand why he supposes to be that much rude with people who are drinking at the bar, paying bills and left more than enough tips?! It's the most homophobic vibe I get in NYC for the last 10 years!

Really chill place with good beer selections and decent prices on liquor. Not flashy or shiny but a really down to earth LGTBQ bar.

Yes, this was the only happy hour we could find and although it was dirt cheap, I was really disturbed by the bartender telling my group of friends and I that our music choices on the jukebox WHICH YOU MUST PAY PLAY was too black. Can't wait to tell all of my friends to steer clear of establishment.

For your info.boiler room is open.and has never been.closed

Hateful left wing extremist establishment that discriminates and practices hate.

It's okay. Cash only.....drink pours are okay ....nothing too crazy....decor is dark..... grunge....dive bar vibes. Other than it being cash only, the major turn off is the fact that they have a juke box where they limit your selection....they actively tell you not to play Beyonce, Ariana Grande..etc...for a gay bar...doesn't seem that friendly and free but hey whatever...

Great space with good music. Bartenders are friendly and the pool table isn t constantly occupied.

Bartender cracked my ID in half and now I have to deal with DMV... thanks.

I always stop here when I go to the city. Great. Boys bar on the weekends packed juke box style dj machine that takes dollars ...it takes a long time to play a song if u only pay 2 dollars it sux ..I wish they had a DJ..that's my only complaint. If u have a song machine that can let u pick a song it shudnt then go into a fighting order depending on how much money you can do first. Ppl will pay 4 dollars for their song to play first ... But sometimes it nevrer plays...
Idk.. I think a DJ wud b cool. But the drinks r 5 dollars and that's so cheap for the city . All well shots too!! Just the bar belt bottles but still that's cool. And the is rite up the street . Cool gay boys BLocK in the L.E.S.

Chill bar. Great customer service Jason was amazing . Good music drinks were good

This place should get a half star only because of the bartender Kevin, he gave them the half star.
To be honest its a white bar and others who try to be white... Clicks... And the drinks suck glad Kevin didn't make my drink... The music sucks. And the people are stuck up. How did it stay around this long. OMG. Don't go it is a waist of time. Trust me. JB signs out. Kisses.

Great place to get drinks. When school starts up it can get packed in there on the weekends. Rum and cokes are a must here cheap and tasty. But you could be waiting a while to hear your song play on the juke box.

Gay bar to have a few drinks. Nice and friendly atmosphere. Music at a good volume to be able to talk.

Nice place to spend the night, drinks with a moderate price

Went here last night at about 9pm, straight after getting a drink at the bar, we went and sat down at a table, two young queens then approach us and accused us of steeling their phone. Turned out his friend was holding it for him. Even after all this, they still was abusive towards us saying we should go back to our own country. (Bf and I are Australian)
I told the owner about it, he let them stay and they continued with it. We then left. All in a matter of 15 minutes. If you love bitchy young queens then this place is for you. DIVE

Good drinks. Right space. Good company. Friendly bartenders.

My favorite bar in NYC. Anytime I'm in town, you can find me here with Bill Tuten & Steven Wong!!!

No frills, but one of my favourite local gay bars. The jukebox is awesome and the clientele are usually pretty fun. Cash only - don't forget!

Great drink deal, fun dive bar, plus pool! During happy hour you can get a Rolling Rock for $2 which is pretty much the craziest deal I've ever heard of. Depending on the crowd, you could have a great selection of music or a really poor one (it is a jukebox situation). While I was there someone decided to play Rocket Man by Elton John FIVE TIMES so that got old real quick.

Have been going to this place since 2003 .. love the staff. They are the best. . Tip them well ladies. ...

The worst. I walk in and it s a 200-no dance party with a bunch of white guys trying to be Mariah. Tsk.Tsk. I waited four years to give another shot. Red my Yelp review 4 years ago.

Relaxed bar all nights of the week, amazing happy hour every night from 10-4am, all house liquor $4

Went here once for pool and drinks with my cousin and his boyfriend and it wasn't that ideal of a place. To be honest, it's a bit on the boring side and not that vibrant of a place to hang out for a night. Possibly for a stop for drinks on the way to another place it would be a good option, but for a night out I wouldn't recommend this place. I did enjoy the photo booth though, and sit down couch area to catch up with some friends.

I absolutely love this place. Great dive bar. Can get busy on the weekend but it's pretty quiet most of the time. The bartenders rotate but the regular bartender is super friendly (I need to learn his name). Great drinks, great music, great time! I usually pre game there. It usually an older crowd which is nice b/c you dont have to deal with the young pretentious gay NY scene.

Great dive bar in the east village. Can get a bit crowded on the weekends. Always fun music on the juke box. Pool table in the back. They always have cheap drinks!

This place is what it says it is... no frills! But that's why I love it. My friends and I always go here when we're in town. The drinks are cheap and strong, great for pregaming a night out.

Come here with your boys for some drunken fun at their Happy Hour from 10pm to 4am when well drinks are $3.75 and the cheesy & fun pop music is blasting.

Started hanging here in the 80s and it's still a rockin place. Cool tunes cheap beer...FUN!

I got robbed here recently. The bartender wasn t helpful to the police asking him simple questions like if there was cameras, who is manager/owner. I feel this bar was in on it. Beware. Definitely not a safe space.

The bartender was drunk showing a real class act by arguing over a one dollar bill that I left on the bar, assuming it was his. Now don t get me wrong, I m a major advocate of bartending when you do it right. All for the Vanderpump rules gang staying on the air until 2030 here. But help a guy out...I can only compensate for solid service when the Bellevue reject isn t getting smashed behind the bar and flipping a lid over a buck. 1 star only because it was just so sad. Spare yourself and hope for better on Grindr.