Alibi

This is my favorite dive bar in brooklyn. It is what it is and i wouldn’t change anything. I like the people there, good pool, juke box, back patio…

The dive bar of of dive bars in Clinton Hill/​Fort Greene. Cheap drinks, jukebox, and very, very, divey at times. Always friendly regulars balance out the dicey folks.

Alibi is a total shithole but oddly, I’m not mad at that, especially since they are one of the few bars around that is open late. The jukebox has some cool tunes, they have a pool table, the crowd is always lively and strangers engage with strangers left and right, and the bartenders are surly assholes but in a funny absurdist way that makes you laugh it off because I think they just like fucking with people. I’ve never had a boring time here.

This place is right up my alley. Cash only, super divey, and kinda had a feeling of «for locals only». I had some drinks here with a group of 6 friends on a Sunday afternoon– we sat out back at a picnic table and it was awesome. They were having beer, but I’d been having wine all day so I kept on that track– they had a house red and a house white. We went with house red. lol. No complaints. $ 5 a glass.
Nobody bothered us and it was not crowded. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to know about or expect from this place, but I liked it just as it was. Considering this place is about a 5 minute walk from my apartment, I will be back.

Take this place for what it is; a place to get your drink on! I’ve really enjoyed it the few times I’ve been. Most recently a friend and myself held down a couple barstools while we knocked back beers. Another time a group of us just about signed a lease on the dinky, tore-​up corner table. That time was a mini reunion so we all got pretty sauced. When the metal started making it’s way out of the juke we got good and loud; not a problem! Come on in and have a good time, bring good vibes, and tip your bartender. All the good people of Brooklyn mingle here so leave your xenophobia at home.

A complete dump.
I can enjoy a good dive bar but this place isn’t even that cheap and the smell overwhelms you as you enter. The bartender served me a skunked beer. I took a sip and politely brought it back to him, asked if he could replace it and he abruptly barked at me «nobody else has complained!», surprised, I said, «would you like to try it?», «no I wouldn’t». Fuck you dude! It was almost as if my politeness annoyed him because perhaps I’m not as miserable as he is.
I’d love to give it 0 stars.

Best bar in nyc now has pub quiz night on Wednesdays at 8 pm. Free to play and winners get a bar tab. Possibly the easiest trivia night in brooklyn,

This place is a shithole and that’s just the way I like it. The jukebox has a semi-​decent selection and the bartender is a crusty fuck. I’d definitely go back.

Dive bar. Meaning smelly, clannish, poorly furnished, etc. Yeah, it’s that. Manginas who travel long distances to bask in its dismal glory will be disappointed. It smells like mildew, ass, cigarettes and mung beer. I go because it’s really close and I know my wife will not be there. I would never travel miles to go here or to go to some dive near you because it would smell funny and the bartender would be rude and– it’s a dive bar, not freakin Versailles. But good afternoon drinking, get out of the house drinking, play pool and drink drinking, and so on. An earlier Unilocaler was right: the younger guys are a bunch of tampons. Although if you are immunologically challenged, perhaps Monsieur would consider the bottled beer selection rather than the 4^th generation lipsticked pint glasses.

In 1979 a GF of mine stuck her gum under the bar and we had an argument about it cause I thought it was gross. Fast forward to 2014: The above mentioned woman came to visit the area and asked me to meet her there as I have lived around here all these years… we checked & the gum is still there.

I like this place has a certain grittiness to it…

There’s no better way to start your night than going to the Alibi and getting hazed by Thomas the bartender. I’m not sure if they have discovered some service industry secret (like, being a total dick-​head to your customers=more tips) or just hate there life and take it out on you. Thomas, with the ponytail, ignored me for twenty minutes, was condescending, made creepy weird comments to my date giving her a misogynist vibe, and generally just made us feel bad about being there. No problem, you don’t want nice people in your bar, we won’t patronize it. Get a life.
Note *This is not a «dive bar», this is a bar run by jerks who resent there own customers.
boooo

So-​called dive bars are often mocked these days as being divey in name only. Dirty, cheap holes-​in-​the-​wall have given way to dirty, pricey hot-​spots. Alibi is the rare outlier, though not for the right reasons. Prices are about normal for this neck of Brooklyn, but the real giveaways are the cash-​only policy and the extremely rude bartender. He had some barky retort to everything («why are you whispering to a deaf man?» «we don’t serve shit like that here»). The kind of unpleasant interactions that sets a pall over the entire experience. The smoking patio out back is cute.
I will not be showing my face here again.

I’ve been coming to this bar off and on for the few years I’ve been in the neighborhood, and although it’s no place to bring a first date, it’s a good, no frills dive.
The clientele is a good mix of locals and newcomers, and I have noticed less and less of the creepy dudes I used to see lurking when I went in.
I go less often these days as they took away the best beer they had on tap over the summer and replaced it with something wussy like Shock Top. They also raised their prices within the past month, so you get 50 cents back when you order a beer.
I love the stoic bartenders and the fact that they’ll turn down the volume on the speaker system when somebody puts a crappy song on the jukebox. I’ve noticed a lot of out-​of-​towners complaining about the bartending, but for me it gives the place its hard-​nosed charm. They can be coarse but they can also be playful and charming in their ways. They’re locals, deal with it.
Tough customers surround the pool table so don’t expect to show up and play a casual game or two.
Oh, also. Their well whiskey is Jack. Try finding another bar within 5 miles serving you such a generously-​poured whiskey soda for $ 5.

One of my favorites. Dark lights, dark wood, cheap beer. Great place to come to with a friend and talk it out.

I love dive bars. My favorite kind of bar serves whiskey, not the fancy kind, in a glass, for cheap. Alibi delivers big time on that front: $ 4 pours of Powers, less when it’s happy hour, and you can drink it outside on the deck. The bartender will frown at you if you order the wrong drink (cough Bushmills cough), another sign of a quality establishment in my book.
Once they were playing the Food Network on the bar tv and I was pretty into that as well.

Alibi is my favorite bar in the neighborhood. The bartenders are friendly enough and quick to serve. The crowd is very mixed which makes for a comfortable and lively experience. I’ve had really random and wonderful conversations here and feel in general the crowd is friendly. I also find it amusing that I see the same neighborhood fixtures everytime I go. The backyard area is great in the summertime.
Tips: if you’re going to play a song on the jukebox, pay extra for it to be bumped to the top of the list or you’ll never hear it.
And, ladies, the toilet in the right stall is unsteady so– careful!

It’s hard to rate a Dive Bar, when it’s expectations are already so low.
Located just a few short blocks from the Pratt campus, among a slew of other great bars and restaurants lies the Alibi. The genre of this bar says it all, Dive Bar. When you walk up to the place, it’s old beer stained wood and less than lit interior adds a different experience to your average dive bar, and even though this place can use a mop, and some clean mop water, it’s not all that bad.
Filled with cool bartenders, soccer enthusiasts, cheap beers, arcade games, a jukebox, pool table full of sharks, and a seasonal backyard annex. This place has everything you need for that less than Great place you thought about going before you walked into the sunken depths of the Alibi.
Throughout my 11 years in NYC, I sometimes find myself attracted to going to this one spot. Mainly when I’m feeling down, dirty, and don’t give a f…
–Japanda’s Breakfast–

When you are at Alibi you must realize that it is a complete dive bar. If it was trying to be anything else I’d give it 3 stars but it’s a dive bar and great one at that. The drinks are real cheap and the bartenders will always hook it up. They have a pool table and a jukebox with an awesome array of music. The crowd is either hit or miss. I’ve seen some cute women in there at times and I’ve seen a typical dive bar crowd in there at times. All in all, the Alibi is a good spot to grab some drinks for cheap.

Yes it’s a dive.
But dives break different ways.
Some are dark, dank, depressing and smell like musty tampons.
This place is lively, festive and diverse. But not hip, nor a scene. Just a really cool dive with old men arguing jazz, middle aged men hustling pool and young men looking for quarters to play video games.
The younger guys simply act like tampons.