The Levee

Cute dive bar tucked in a little corner of Williamsburg on N. 3^rd Street. Free cheeseballs on the counter, cheap drinks, good company. Came here for the first time with coworkers for a good night. Tried a frito pie, which is fritos covered in chili. Very delicious and inexpensive comfort food.
Another cute gimmick they have is that you can buy a friend a drink on credit. They will write your name on a board and how much money you have left in your «account».

I like this bar but there is a dodgy step in from the smoking area and i tripped over it as you wouldnt really see it so that might want to be something they check out and i love the cheese balls

Somehow always end up here for a drink or two after hitting up nitehawk. Young hipster crowd but not much pretension. Decent beer selection and nude photo hunt in the back. Good times. Will be back.

Fun vibe — decent selection of beer and whisky with cool combos (Lone Star + shot of tequila) or the Fratboy (bud (?) + shot of jagermeister). Also have a selection of late night snacks
The bartenders were great, barbacks were a little standoffish
My only concerns were
1. the bathroom — unisex and dirty as hell, but I guess that is to be expected of a unisex bathroom
2. I love places that allow dogs, but there was a super smelly dog roaming around without his owner… like clean dogs only please, I was gagging

Chill enough for a Sunday night. Good draft choices, and relatively cheap, considering the area.

CHEESE BALLS ! Haha yum!
This place is not my cup of tea but it was a nice place to celebrate a friends birthday. I wouldn’t see myself driving from NJ just to come here to hang out for a while. When I went it was pretty packed but the bartender did a great job getting out drink orders. The drinks were also made well with the balanced amount of liquor and mixer. The bathrooms are right by the bar so you can smell the bathroom odor, yuck. They have some arcade games and a pool table which is a nice touch.

I can’t say enough about customer service in any type of establishment. When I came here last, the server was extremely helpful. He waited patiently as I sat there for at least a few minutes, struggling with the decision of whether to order the fettuccini alfredo or the huevos rancheros with salsa verde. He finally informed me «are you f\/€k!ng kidding me, dude? open your eyes, you’re in a dive bar, ya ignorant a$sh@|€!!!» (his words), then smashed me over the head with a bottle of ol’ grandad. Probably my fault. I’ll most definitely be back!

Do you like craft cocktails and molecular gastronomy? I mean who doesn’t? But not most days. Most days you want to fight that nasty assed L train nightmare out to Brooklyn and sit at a nice friendly bar with cheap drinks and free cheese balls. oh and maybe a cool dog… and pool… and darts… and games… and some sort of fucking garden I was too lazy to look at cause I was having too much fun sitting at the nice sunny bar sipping boilermaker specials and eating cheeseballs with my girlfriend.
Yeah go here… it’s a great bar with a great staff. Or you know go somewhere else and be less happy… I don’t really care I’m not your fricking dad… I’m just old enough to be him…

Great spot right across from the Biergarten to catch some drinks. Much cozier, cheaper, and less upscale and hipster priced than the Biergarten. They have drink specials under $ 8– the Sportsman, which is a beer and a shot of Evan Williams. The Fratboy, a Bud Light and a shot of tequila. It has a very dive feel to it; when I walked into the back with my friend there were people drunk off their asses already at 12:30am. Good spot to get even more drunk for a low cost.

I stopped by this bar last night for the first time because Skinny Dennis got a little too crowded. I am glad I did. Levee is a solid dive bar and reminded me of several dives that closed over the years in Manhattan. I was told it is also Lucky Dog’s sister bar. Large draft pints for $ 4 and they have these popular cans for $ 3 of some beer that I never heard of before. Also free cheese balls in bowls were set up around the bar… but proceed with caution since you don’t know whose hands were in there before you or where their hands have been.
There are unisex bathrooms only, which can cause a line to form, but also a great way to meet people while waiting. Security seems very laid back and I noticed some «funny business» goes on in the bathrooms when I saw both a guy and girl leaving the stalls together on various occasions. No judgement here. I love the old school CD jukebox filled with mostly rock and a touch of some classic country music too. There is also a patio with picnic tables set up outside in the back for those who wish to escape the loud music. It was a young crowd, but everyone seemed very chill and friendly. I will definitely be making this one of my regular spots.

Haha your typical dive bar. Ok drinks and hipster vibes. The owners are pretty cool and customersof mine and would give us free drink vouchers. Only reason I ended up checking out the place at first.

It’s hard to review this place, so I’ll describe it. This bar was described by Timeout New York as one of New York’s bad decision bars, and it makes sense. It is one of the most diviest bars around, with free cheese balls and twizzlers and cheap drinks. It’s definitely not a place to start the night, but at 2 AM and you’re feeling like getting sloppy it’s definitely an option.

An A-​OK joint to hang and grab some beer. The food is fun although not the healthiest — but I get that is not the point! The cheese balls are definitely a plus. Overall not too bad a place — may be worth grabbing a brew if in the area. Cheap beer, good service, good crowd sums it up for me.

This place is great and not for the faint of heart. Do yourself a favor come by during the week and put back a few sportsmen (carling & a shot) and gorge on the cheeseballs. For that little extra add a cheese ball on the mouth of your beer before you take a swig.
It has gained popularity over the years so weekends get full of the Manhattanites and other non regulars which is all of Williamsburg on the weekends so deal.
Bar has cheap beer, loud music and free cheese balls & twizzlers. Not to mention a small outdoor area. If you have a bad time here you either aren’t doing it right or never belonged here in the first place.
P. S. you can leave drinks for friends on the chalk board, leave We Ate That a few next time you are in.

After a long hot day of work stop by this Pub. for a beer A glass of Guinness .
Pull out a $ 20 and he charge me 5 for the beer. Waiting for the change? Another costumer walk in at that moment I ask him politely, ask humid gave you a 20 where’s my Change? He said you didn’t pay for the beer??? @&$###? He looks at the cash register I didn’t pay… I told him I just give you a $ 20.
He give me back the change of 15.
Drank ½ beer and went across the street.

Tries to be a dive bar, but it’s just full of people who were trying way too hard to recreate a divey atmosphere.
Evidence?
— Drafts. Dive bars don’t have drafts. Fine. They do, now. But they didn’t use to.
— People: Popped collar dress shirt, tie, popped collar sweater. What?
— Board games: Yes, obscure board games with no instructions to be played… in the dark.
Saving grace?
— Bartenders: They are on top of their game. They are fast and efficient.
Not a dive bar. It’s, however, great for the «I just graduated college and I’m still poor and wanna try to show you I’m poor because it seems to be the it thing» crowd. It’s like «Off the Wagon», but for those who’ve already graduated.
Clearly, I“m too old for this bar. I’m gonna go find me a dive where I might get stabbed because I asked for a draft.

At five minutes past four we were forcibly removed from the bar (pretty annoying as we were the most inoffensive customers going and would have left in two minutes anyway) — the beers we had purchased 20 minutes before were pulled from our hands and thrown on the floor. They were rude, the staff were extravagantly sexist and frankly I wouldn’t put up with it for a bar that smells like urine.
They are all about the money and couldn’t give a shit about their customers.
Genuinely had an awful experience.

Run of the mill dive bar with excellent specials and free cheese balls.
Dangerous items:
$ 5 beer and whiskey shot
$ 7 tequila and gatorade (what?)
$ 5 tequila and lonestar beer
This is probably the best bar to pregame in the area. Can get crowded but people move in and out very fast. The bartenders are very efficient despite all the attention.
There will be a lot of hands in those cheese balls so go at them at your own risk (still a great idea).

I’ve never really cared for this place. I’m always surprised when my friends say «So I was at the Levee today». my natural reaction is ‘really? why?!’ I’ve gone there several times over the years and have yet to see the magic. Sure, it’s quaint that they serve free bowls of stale cheeses puffs, but I guess that’s not enough for me. The best way I can describe it is that it’s like a movie set of an old man/​dive bar that tourists go to look at. And hipsters. It LOOKS like an old man/​dive bar, but it’s crammed full of people trying to be cool. I’d rather hang out with old men.

FREE CHEESY POOFS! That’s pretty much all you need to know to get your butt on over here. Additionally, beers are pretty ridiculously cheap. They gave me even a can beer cozy during the World Cup finals. Initially started at Radegast but no one showed up as early and didn’t get in so ran across the street for the second half. Small tv. Which was kind of a bummer. But outdoor picnic tables which is pretty awesome! And GAMES and a POOL table. Oh and WEINERS. I was persuaded into buying a chili cheese dog at this point because Ingy was drunk. Did I mention they are cheap? I hear it gets super crowded at night time. But hey, day drinking outside on picnic tables with cheesy poofs and board games?! Yaaaaaassss I love cheesy poofs.