Cafe Wha? Reviews

Loved the house band. They had the place rockin. Service was not great but didn't notice 'cause I was having such a good time.

The best place for nice dinner with greate music band.

This place was lovely, the staff were great and the music was phenomenal. The name of the bar lends itself to hours of terrible jokes too. 3 laughs out of 3

Fun, priced right, great entertainment, great service.

Awesome time with a terrific house band. Made my night in The City. I keep coming back for more and bring the out of town visitors for a must experience. Never has anyone ever been disappointed.

Great musicians and singers. Great waiters and waitresses. Fun Just be aware you are charged a $15 cover per person and there's a minimum of $20 consumption per person. Also, they expect to be able to seat 8 people per table so.... if you are a party of 4, they will seat 4 other people at your table. This is kind of awkward if you are seated at a booth.

There s a $15 cover fee, but totally worth it once the live music starts.

Still has a great house band but the owner has gotten greedy. Let me elaborate....We had reservations for five people so they seated us in the front for a table of eight. They were determined to squeeze 3 more people in. So people arrive with no reservations get seated at the same table and the bouncer is forcing us to change seats so this couple could face each other. So we drop over $200 on the first set...and they want to charge another cover for the next set (1/2 price off the original cover). I thought we were going to head out and told one of the staff this. My wife and her father decided to they wanted to stay but because I told the staff member we were leaving, we were forced to move to another table as this one is now reserved for bottle service. Happy Birthday to my wife. By the way, the table sat empty for the rest of the night.

Love the music there. Dislike the way they act at the door.
Made my friends pay twice the entrance fee

Wow !! Great place! Not cheap but worth the visit. High quality live performances!
Food is reasonable and service is nice

Historic place that is nice to visit and read about past prefomers but honestly the food is overpriced and not good, the cocktail I ordered was way too sweet. I recommend if you go: eat before. Drink a beer.
The sound however is pretty good. We saw an acoustic show and music and sound wise - everything is good. Go there, but don't do their food.

It's a Village staple... Great happy hour specials and live music. I went with 4/5 stars, because for some reason I never seem to like any food that I have ordered here. But, it's definitely worth a visit for cheap drinks and interesting music!

Discovered this place quite accidentally. Was pretty crowded and service was slow, but I couldn't blame the wait staff for that because they had their work cut out balancing drinks and food amongst dancing patrons in a really tight space. The highlight is the live music, they have a lineup of extremely talented musicians specializing in different genres and there's stuff to like for fans of rock, blues, pop and even some lively Spanish music. Great place to have a good time if you like live music and it's pretty affordable considering it's in Manhattan.

Arrogant attitude by staff coupled with poor band and overpriced food/drinks means I will not be returning.

My first time there...great place! I will be back again.

Music is awesome but the services by the waiters is lousy, stink and extremely slow. It took 30 minutes to be served and another 20 minutes to finally get the food. After the event ended, it took the waiter another 15 minutes to returned to my credit card; I actually went looking for the waiter and when I finally found him, he was taking orders from the next set of crowd that was coming to see a show... I was extremely pissed

Here's my recommendation, bring cash with you, so you don't have to wait or go looking for the waiter and you also won't get stuck inside the cafe. Also, another reason for taking cash with you, they like to hold on to your credit card, to run a tab...it's never a good idea to let a restaurant hold on to your credit card because anyone can order on your credit card without your knowledge.

Overall, go there for the music and entertainment and not the food and services; you will be very disappointed, angry and frustrated

Good music and very friendly atmosphere. At a reasonable price.

Went to a live show there. It was great. The food was good also

I loved it the singing was amazing and the food was delicious we will be returning for another girls night

Good place but also depends on the band playing there

Visited NY many times and never miss this great cover band. Never had a bad night.

fun live music with reasonable price. this place doesn't have a big space, you'll squeeze to share tables and chairs with others. if you like soft rock music in 90's to 2000, you might enjoy here.

Place with the great atmosphere.Everytime someone visits me from different state/country I take them here & so far everyone has loved it!Nice people working here and the live band is amazing.Gets crowded every night but that's a little price to pay for the experience.

I had an amazing experience at Cafe Wha?, listening to The Evergreen Experience sing Adele. Perfect date night with my boo!

Fantastic evening, great performances. Friendly and helpful staff.

Always a great spot to get some talent-filled down time... Open mic is fantastic. Tuesday night is the BEST - Funk Night is badass.

Traditional bar, dark, painted black, hanging on the walls hanging pictures of rock bands, with good music (the house band is very competent). The problems: the service is inattentive, I booked through the site and my More

Fun of the place. The house band is talented and performs beautiful graves. Food round. Anyone who likes to upload material to the Internet: There is no cellular reception because the place is on the basement. Reservation is required in advance

horrible service!!!
the waitress kept checking on us since one drink is mandatory from the second we got there,then when we told her we need a little but to make a decision,they took us out and in a most humiliating act the manger which i think his name was Greg or something start yelling at us handing the menus to us demanding to order right now.
i hope the owner will read this and honestly they deserve to go bankrupt with the way they humiliating the same people that put food on their table!

Perfect hole in the wall for a lowkey date night. Love the live music, band, and the different sets they have. The food was great for a great deal. The drinks were definitely a plus too. My date loved it and we plan on returning. Best advise would be to check their calendar online to seen what bands are playing on which days. The house band is great!

The best place to enjoy live music. Simply the best staff, best music and great atmosphere.

Great place drink are bit expensive 15dollars for a non alcoholic drink is way too much and my waiter clocked out so the new waiter didn't do anything we didn't order anything after that and when we were about to leave he was asking for more tips, that is inappropriate to ask for more tip, ask your boss for a raise not costumer for a tip as it is costumer choice to give whatever feels is right depending on service and my tip was good not a low number

An unmissable stop for those who want to spend an evening of live music. Exceptional musicians, very good. Historic Village restaurant where people like Dylan, Hendrix, Crosby, Springsteen took their first steps ... full of history! Beautiful, fun and engaging evenings! I go back whenever I can! Go there !!!! ..... you can also eat well at fair prices!

I absolutely LOVE this place! They have an awesome staff, great vibe, and brilliant performers! The type of music varies which makes it all the more fun! it is a great place to kickback and dance or just listen to great music. I'll definitely be celebrating my birthday there.

If it didn't have a kick arse house band, I'd give this place ZERO stars for hospitality (testy seater) and food (LUKEWARM) and drinks (WATERED DOWN AND OVER- PRICED). It doesn't help that they hold your credit card and try to force you to tip for crappy service.. Took staff 3x to get the drink right..or should I say, I gave up waiting for the "manager" to come over---he was "super busy" After about an hour, a staff member comes over with individual parts to the drink.. so I became "Isaac" from the "Love Boat." Music was awesome.

Heck NO! was I paying an additional charge to stay over for the next show. $15 p.p. was more than enough on the cover..

And then the horrendous service??? Settled the bill..server questioned/got aggressive about the tip given. $%$^ he's lucky he got that. I would have paid with credit card..and he would have gotten NOTHING.

Overall, will return for the music, but will pre-game it to avoid the weak drinks!

The cappuccino was just right. Not too sweet and not to bitter. A lot better then Starbucks I have to say.