Michelle’s Cocktail Lounge

I’ve always wanted to go to this spot, it took me eight years, a very nice and exquisite joint but on my very first visit on 5÷28÷2016 this barserver as i would call her was very immature and other so polite, she doesn’t even know to speak to customers. I love the interior and three mature vibes, but the berserker killed my entire vibe and day. It was really beautiful outside and I wanted somewhere different to me yet it was a bad experience. I’m forced to give a star but I wished i could’ve bypass it so here’s a star

Nice relaxed atmosphere great drinks
Cool with full bar and high tables and most of all a clean bathroom lol

If you’re in the section of Flatbush just south of Prospect Park, I have two suggestions: check out Michelle’s, and do not get a sour drink. Actually, four things — don’t get a beer either, and do get a drink that comes in the super-​cute hurricane glasses. I came here to get a drink last night before catching a concert at King’s Theater, and my boy and I both made two of the mistakes mentioned above — he got a beer (Budweiser, one of seemingly three choices that include Amstel and Heineken too) and I got a tequila sour. I really liked the location and plan to come back, but I’ll definitely avoid ordering a sour anything again here. The sour mix tasted more like salt mix, and I love salt, so I should have loved it but not really.
Why did I like it so much? It’s an oasis in a location that is seemingly without walking-​distance options for hanging out, though that is changing. The nearest park is nearly a mile away and there are maybe two other further-​flung bars within a one-​mile radius, but the local coffee scene is on the rise, and a number of ethnic and soul food restaurant mainstays are definitely worth checking out. Michelle’s is one of those mainstays that’s known and loved by the locals, though clearly the reopening of King’s Theater brings newbies like myself stumbling in every so often too. The music was great, really good reggae, and for once I was comfortable having a cold drink out without wearing my jacket. There were lots of tall tables for two, and there was a really nice, laidback vibe all-​around. I wish I lived closer, but I want to come back for sure.

Michelle’s Cocktail Lounge has been a Flatbush mainstay for decades. It’s one of the sole Panamanian bars that I’ve been to up here.
The drinks are relatively on par — $ 6 for a Heineken, $ 7 for a Wray & Nephew. They have DJ’s on the weekend, karaōke one night a week.
The real gem here is the kitchen in the back that they rent out. All of the deep fried Panamanian street foods — the ceviche is a fresh as it gets! You can go ham and order everything on the menu for under 15 bucks. Apparently, Saturday morning has the best chef.

Sometimes you wonder. Is it better to keep places off the map? They’re happy enough without being known.
Michelle’s is the local Panamanian bar. That doesn’t mean a Panamanian theme. It means it’s where we go after a futbol match, a parade or a drum circle. And we drink and joke around. You might miss it to pass by, but the folks inside would just as well keep it that way.
And it’s in my hood.