Pier A Reviews

Great spot to get a little sun, run around with your kids and pups, great summer event schedule and right off the path train!

Cool waterside pub with a good selection of of drinks. Food is pretty meh though.

Strategic position on the sea, with a view of Miss Liberty, quality seafood specialties. The Rhode Island sauce is really spicy!

Nice location on the water but quite expensive for mediocre food and drinks.

Great service, Great view and worth the stop if you are just in the area or work here.

Every night $1 oyster special. Good selection of beers and cocktails.

Was amazing! Had the lobster roll vegetables and hummus! Oh yeah and can't forget the Guinness and service was great as well!

Disappointing service .....avoid if possible ...wasted a night in new york on this place ...

Great view. Historic area and building. Lively, often packed bar. Good food.

The view is great!!! Loved this place. We only had cocktails but had fun.

I love this place. Great location, view, and space. The food is good, the service is quick, and it is not super expensive. Very good place to take out of towners.

Good service, food good but personally not as tasty as I'd hoped . Defo worth a visit tho

Breathtakingly beautiful
I clean super care
Very professional tours that offer
With tourist guide who explain and guide you all the time
The park has bathrooms, food stalls and lots of people
Something that caught my attention
It's the chairs around the trees

Arrived late after traveling from Texas and asked the bartender to recommend something good to eat, but not heavy. Jeremy suggested the lobster roll and it was fantastic!

Spent the New Year s Eve there! It was amazing! Drinks, food and party at its best!
Thanks to the whole team - it will be unforgettable to us!

We love it, delicious sandwiches, it has room for visitors and attentive and friendly attendants. Thanks

The staff are brilliant and the views are amazing. Great selection of drinks and always a good atmosphere in here. Keep it up!

I love this place, summer and winter. Outdoors are amazing, views from the end of the pier are spectacular. Beers are good. Wines are acceptable. Cocktails are generally good, if you get one of the good bartenders. Music is generally loud and occasionally there are bands. Selection is usually good to great, many of the bartenders and managers are DJs , some quite famous.

Food I slightly above average. Raw bar is good. Fish and chips and lobster rolls are great. Other items are hit or miss. Food is not the reason to come here.

The vibe is good. Bit of an after-work thing. Then transitions to pickup thing with heavy drinking. Then there are the late night regulars. Pick your scene.

Great bar food and beer selection. Awesome location for after work drinks - sunset with Statue of Liberty in the background is never disappointing. Would've been 5 stars if the hostesses wouldn't be so strict on seating.

I came here on a lunch outing with my company team. It was pretty empty for lunch time but we were able to sit quickly. We were trying to find a place that was not fully sun drenched and sat.

We put in our orders and I wasn t expecting much because the novelty to this place I thought would be that it s on the water.

I was happy with how great and fun the staff were. They were enjoying and joking with our table and brought out our drinks quickly. We ordered and the prices are a little higher than an average New York restaurant but not by much.

I was pleasantly surprised with the food quality and presentation. I really loved the fries and I ordered a lobster roll with fries. Some got the fish and chips and salmon. Overall our food was great and we all enjoyed our meal experience!

Great spot for summer happy hours. When the weather is nice, the windows open to the water. Since it's a huge venue, it never feels crowded. The food and drinks are great, but could definitely use some happy hour specials.

Great for family dining! So nice not to have wait in a line as the place is very accommodating. Staff very friendly. Food was good! Recommend

Kevin is ur guy at the bar... And potato wedges are huuuuuuggee

Great relaxed Bar on the ground level fantastic views and atmosphere to sit back with friends drink great brews and waste the day away! The second level restaurant a whole different ball game! Have dined twice now and have to say they have rocked the boat (excuse the pun) The food servise decor and ambience are all fantatic. The pasta appetizer followed by what is probably the best NY strip (Sirloin) I have ever had in this city is second to none and I worked in smith and wollensky for four years so that is saying alot!. Ill be back.

Small joints at very reasonable prices have a good selection of food in Israel. Get Egyptian Bean Paste: It tops the list with broad beans and paprika. Or shakshuka. Decent food ... not amazing. It's better than lunch for dinner ... the meals are all kind of small. They serve me warm cider brandy in glass. Not moving! It's almost impossible to touch.

i never realized pearl harbor was so close to new york, full support <3

Great view and atmosphere, service is fine but they are usually busy so if you want something quick this isn't the place for you

Beautiful if you go to New York do not miss going to have a drink there

Nice place to hang out but food is not their strong point.

Views are beautiful.

Great service and a spectacular view of the harbour at sunset! We ordered a lobster roll and burger with old bay fries. There wasn t much wait and the food was delicious though not really hot when served. We sat on the rickety benches outside and ate quickly. The staff is friendly and welcoming

Beautiful park! Quiet. And with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline. Super recommended!

Very nice place for a 4 @ 7 in New York city. Good beer, nice person and great view on the status of freedom

Friendly place by the water, ideal before or after the ferry ride with good service (fast and pleasant)

Great location but dint expect fine food or drinks. Service is barrely passable

Beautiful restaurant overlooking the water. Enjoyed the food.

WHAT THEHEEBEE SAYS ABOUT PIER A HARBOR HOUSE

I visited Pier A Harbor House during my visit to New York in Feb-2019. The place is mesmerizing. It is right on the river and completely opposite to the traffic just few meters away.

It is a perfect place to sit for a while and spend time with nature and yourself. Just sit here and watch lovely sun, water, liberty lady, ships and boats cruising; and the birds. Feel the breeze and get goosebumps.

I feel in love with this place as it brought me so close to the nature and to myself.

I want short of time and money, hence could not plan to step inside for food and beer. But I have herd that they serve some amazing food and beer. I would highly recommend this place for someone who wants to spend some good time with himself over good food and beer while being so close to mother nature!

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Amazing food. Best fish and chips I've ever had in the world! Great service. No time waiting (at luch hours). I would definitely recommand this fish restaurant!

Amazing food.. It has a amazing taste in every bite.. Great view of the ocean .

Pier A is a magical place all unto its own, a hidden gem that represents not only what it means to be a New Yorker but symbolizes the trials and tribulations faced by each of this country s generations, from the Imperial tyranny our oldest of American fathers faced all the way to today s tumultuous political, social and technological challenges in an ever-changing worldscape. I am extremely proud. Godspeed.

Lovely food and great service, an amazing venue for your corporate event.

This is not really the Pier A Harbor House. Not sure what's going on but the entrance says Oyster House. It's a long bar with seats of either side. But it's a really cool place and food is ok.

Great view of statue of liberty, lots of outdoor seating

Great oysters and food. My only complaint was the seafood tower that was around $100. It was overpriced for the amount that you get. But I love the service, food and view.

Appetizers are so so much better than the actual entrees. Awesome view though. Would come back for drinks, the view, and appetizers.

From here you have an unusual Manhattan perspective

Service sucked. If it wasn't for the view they would be out of of business

Beautiful place! The salmon is delicious!! I have been there many time and we have been treated very nice.

Very good
Beautiful landscape

There food is okay. Bar food, but you can't beat the location. It is on the water AND had an amazing view of lady liberty at sunset. Great vibe. I will continue to frequent.

This place is great to unwind after a long week or just to meet up with some friends. The views are breathtaking, and the drinks are amazing--food is not bad at all too! I highly recommend--if you are a tourist, it has some great views of the status or liberty, and from here you can walk up the hudson through battery park city.

Really really need more bartenders but besides that a good bar

Super casual prices are good and sit anywhere you want

Nice place with amazing view! Building looks stunning! Food and service was ok. Place is spacious and there's plenty of tables.

Fun spot on a sunny day, need to get there early and put your name down for a table. Once we got a table we were served well but it was very busy at the bar all day.

Great place for dinks in the water, food lis ok but $$

Overpriced, service is always poor, and the food isn't all that great.

Too many unyielding restrictions for today, I wanted to sit outside to enjoy the evening sun & got blocked in everyway. I had go inside to the bar out of desperation, (I was starving). I would've gone elsewhere but no one other place around was available.

We came here for a surprise birthday party for my friend, Mandrew Flantaki, bless his soul, and the service we received was terrible from the get-go. The bartender, who looked like salt bae, was too busy being handsome to even take your order or give you the time of day. Fine whatever. Game 2 of the ALDS was on and we are in New York City and we had to ASK for them to put the Yankee game on. The TVs are strategically place directly above your head so you can't see them unless you snap your neck back and die. When Sir Did Gregorious hit a grandslam nobody seemed to care and the people that did care were golf clapping. Electric atmosphere. As the night went on we proceeded to be normal guests and bought drinks as customers do in a bar. One of the bouncers was having a bad day and went bezerk on us and told us we had to leave because we were standing and being proper consumers in a place that he didn't like. We then moved to a different spot, per his request, and then got screamed at even more by the same worker. The other workers knew he was crazy, and still backed him up and proceeded to kick my group of 20 out of the bar. We went to a cooler bar down the road. Happy Birthday Mandrew <3.

Loved Oyster house, was there for a wedding reception loved the food and that they accommodated us on sangrias!!

Very nice bar on weekdays. Many people on the weekends. A good selection of beer and some nice dishes. The atmosphere is pleasant and the bartenders are not lacking in humor. Last plus point, the view of the Statue of Liberty.

After spending a week in San Francisco, I am not sure how this place isn't a top rated destination. All I've heard about is SF's food scene and until this point, it had ranged from decent to good. Rich Table changed all that.

I don't want to spend too much time going into individual dishes since they clearly change frequently (look at all the Yelp reviews/pictures - almost nothing was the same on our menu). Even so, every single dish we had was a winner. The texture and flavor combinations were on point. We didn't even make it to the entree course because we had so many of the small bites, appetizers, and pasta dishes.

Simply put, this was top-notching dining. Maybe I'll have to reconsider my opinion on the SF dining scene.
4
I had a great dinner here last night with a few friends in the cutest booth. This was my second time and glad I came back and learned that the menu is always changing with fresh ingredients except the classic porcini donuts and sardine chips are always there.

Food faves:
Small bites
Porcini donuts - can't go wrong with these
Corn tempura- fluffy almost popped corn with great spicy seasoning
Asparagus with egg- amazing!

Pasta
Bucatini w Gouda- not enough Gouda
Tagliatelle w beef- sooooo good! Rich incredible sauce

Meat
Ribeye- perfectly cooked, tender and delicious

Dessert- chocolate ganache and strawberry sorbet
Both worth it!

I'll definitely come back again!

Excellent ambience, if you go here in summer, please sit outside. The view is amazing!

Great outdoor seating and pitchers of cocktails are good, great views

Cool spot to get a drink and tasty bar food. Staff is charming, friendly and the views are spectacular!

Nice restaurant, tasty food. You can see the Statue of Liberty from there. We spent about an hour, looking at the sunset! I definitely recommend doing this.

Amazing food and atmosphere! Love this place so much. The sliders are

Nice place to stop for a break while in Battery Park.

Great view on the city. Nice hang out place during the summer

Faboulus view! Tasty, spicy Food and caring servants

This is a cool spot with an extra cool location (RIGHT on the water!)
I didn t even actually go inside when I was here...during the warm summer months everyone hangs outside which has tons of chairs and picnic tables to chill at.
I did see a bar inside, but again outside they also serve alcohol and have music playing which makes it a great spot to come with your coworkers after a long day.
I recommend coming with a group of friends toward the end of the day. You will see an unbelievable, picture worthy sunset that will melt any of the work day pains away.

Fire boat pier repurposed, enclosing the full length of the pier. Good food and beer plus a full cozy commander bar.

Awesome place, tasty food and good selection of beer.

Decided to visit on a Monday night based on good reviews. Party of 6, we waited for over an hour for oysters, then another 20 for our food which came out cold. Waiter was very apologetic and comped us a round but when we asked for management they did not come out to offer any explanation.

Outdoor patio on the harbor makes for a great experience. Seafood is great and service was excellent.