Coyote Ugly

If a sleazy bar is what you’re lookin for, then this is the place for you!
I honestly had a hard time even staying for 10 minutes. Not only did the vibe scream «trashy dive bar that attracts lonely 30 year old men,» but it was also just scummy. I also do not want to see this place at midnight where everyone is well hammered. That’s just a very scary thought.
Maybe if I were a 30 year old lonely male who enjoyed bartenders dancing on the bar with half their clothes on, then I just maybe would like this place.

Less than great dancing. Cheap drinks and good classic rock music. This is the original bar so it’s fun to visit. Consider it an east village staple and visit while in town. The girls will definitely try to get you into the bar, so be prepared.

The vibe was WAY weird here on a recent Thursday night. There was like a bike messenger meet-​up or something that had about 10 bike messengers eating an Italian feast with their bags sprawled out everywhere. It looked like a campground. Meanwhile, a mentally disturbed man was laying on the floor repeatedly taking his shirt on and off.
Usually, between the dancers and the clientele this bar is just sloppy fun, but this time around it was just very, very weird — and not really in a New York fun weird — it was just uncomfortable.
$ 3 PBR tall boys, though.

It’s nothing like the movie at all. The male to female ratio is is like 95÷5… The drinks were ok, the bartenders were fun. I probably wouldn’t go back (there are so many other places you an go in the city). I’m giving them 3 stars for a clean bathroom and for letting me get up on the bar and feel like Tyra Banks for a few minutes LOL.
Oh, and if you ask for water… they WILL give it to you.

Drink prices are decent, the jukebox is very modern which is great. I can find obscure tracks to put and make the bartenders uncomfortably dance to them. HAHAAHAH evil, yes.

Came here on a Friday night. Had a Long Island Ice Tea for $ 10 plus tip. A few girls were dancing on the bar table, but not in stripping way. There’s a boxing machine that you can pay to play and test your strengths.
Nothing particular here makes me happy or upset, so I give it three stars.

10 year bartending vet here. I’ve seen every type of place, or at least I thought I had until I stepped foot into Coyote Ugly. Not sure how I’ve managed to live in the city my whole life and not stop in here until a few weeks ago after work, but i’m thoroughly glad that I did. Keep in mind, this review is for a Monday night. Can only imagine how it is on other nights.
Dancing on the bar aside (I’m a taken man and as such am not allow to enjoy such things) the bartenders and bouncer were some of the nicest industry people I’ve had the chance to meet. ALSO, buy one get one late night happy hour on EVERYTHING. Can’t really beat that, my friends. Fuck these haters on her and trust a professional. Coyote Ugly is solid as it gets, unless of course, you’re a yuppie that doesn’t know how to have a good time. If that’s the case, go up to Mercury Bar in Midtown and meet a nice stock broker with a big wallet and a small dick instead. If you like fun and being around other people having fun, this is your spot.
Oh also, I think there were some cute girls dancing on the bar or something. I dunno.

Everyone one has to try this place atleast once!

Coyote Ugly is probably a place that’s only fun if you’re drunk. Where else can you dance on top of the bar and have the (liquid) courage to do so? (and yes, my friends and I did get a chance to do that!)
I’ve always wondered about this place ever since seeing the movie and I finally paid it a visit on a Friday night. It was pretty empty between the hours of 10 pm and 12 am. There’s an interesting mix of clientele, ranging from 40-​year-​old women having their (probably) once a year Girls’ Night Out, to toothless, drunk truck-​driver-​looking folk.
They have a jukebox (that you have to pay to change the song) with a sign that says it’s strictly a country/​rock and roll bar — but I heard a few Top 40 hits that were snuck in there.
For a dive bar, the drinks aren’t really that cheap. A shot of Jameson is around $ 8. I guess it’s more about the experience than anything else. I probably wouldn’t come back unless I was bringing someone who hasn’t been to Coyote Ugly before, but I’m glad that I can now cross this off my bucket list!

It’s pretty bare for a Saturday night… About three female bartenders for only about twenty dudes at the place. The dancing on top of the bar closely resembled something you might see at a strip club, but without the stripping. And one of the bartenders may or may not have been pregnant.
It’s basically a place where self respect goes to die. As expected.

Really nice dive in bar. We went there around 4pm Sunday evening and we started drinking, kept drinking bar tender was so nice and they keep cheering with us a lot without any racial discrimination even though I’m with punch of Indian friends with Indian flag (after Independence Day parade). Later my friend informed the bar tender «Ming» that I’m getting married in a month and she freaked out and we all started having fun from that moment until we come out of that bar around 8.30pm.
Highlight is — this is the first bar we played Indian music (especially Tamil language song «variya») from our mobile and we danced like last day of life.
Even the bar tenders started to like our song & dance and she asked us to play a second song. Even though she only accepted to play single song from our mobile.

If a sleazy dive bar is what they were going for, Coyote Ugly hits the nail on the head. There was a small bachelorette party going on when my friends and I stopped in for a little bit. And although I do appreciate the gorgeous female staff, the bras hanging on the walls, and how much they encourage dancing on top of the bar — it’s just way too dirty for me. From the bathrooms to the floors, I was repulsed. Drinks aren’t even that cheap for a hole in the wall. A bit too trashy, and definitely not my scene. But if it’s yours, by all means knock yourself out.

ULTIMATE dive bar.
I watch Bar Rescue religiously and I know Jon Taffer would not like this bar. Upon entry, you will notice that there are bras hanging on the walls, country music is playing, and there are tons of old rocker men and girls dancing on the bar.
I only stood here for about 25 minutes and it just wasn’t my vibe. I’m not gonna lie, if I was into the whole dive bar thing, I could see myself liking this place. It just looks like some weird shit goes on in here and the drinks are probably unsanitary. At least that’s what I got from this bar.
There are also poles around the whole bar with small circular surfaces to put your drinks on. kinda disgusted I touched one of those poles, lol.
Anyway, I won’t be coming back here. Definitely not my style, but if this is what you’re into, then to each his own! :)
(Oh, they do have a really cool jukebox though. Looks very modern. I think I saw my friend searching for some Jay-​Z music on there.)

Coyote has a new manager now, so there are signs of hope that this bar will start improving after a long downhill spiral.
The jukebox at Coyote is an internet jukebox, so you can play just about anything you want. However, it is supposed to be a «country bar» as a sign indicates on the jukebox. Therefore, the regulars will look down upon you for playing any pop or rap crap.
The bartenders are dressed sexy and dance on the bar, but not to the point of wearing bikinis. Female patrons are also encouraged to get up on the bar and shake their money maker. However, you will not be forced. If you go on weeknights for happy hour between 4−7pm, it is 2 for 1 drinks, including tall boy PBRs which go for $ 3 at all times.
They are also experimenting with live rock/​country music band night on Tuesday nights now. Changes seem to be in the works and if they ever get rid of all the pop/​rap music on the jukebox, it would definitely draw more regulars back here again.

This bar was such a let down. The staff was great and the prices are all well put together. It’s a little small but most dive bars are. I guess what it comes down to is for it being THE Coyote Ugly Bar of folk lore where it’s suppose to be the alternative bar of Manhattan filled with crazy dancing girls and back to back shots… it came off more as a dying relic of the 90’s. I mean yeah it looks like a solid bar but is that really enough anymore?
Bars are now doing some amazing things and updating their drink specials and there menus and it just seemed this bar wasn’t there. I understand the bar dancers are cute but you can find that in tons of other bars across the city that have great turn outs and dance floors! I like you Coyote Ugly A LOT but not enough to lie and say I had a great time. I don’t want a dive bar from you I want an «EXPERIENCE» worthy of your legend.

We arrived at about 10 or 11, so the place was not packed by any means. Which is appreciated. Let me just say… The bartender Mesha. YOU ARE SO MUCH FUN, I CANT EVEN. She was super friendly, and when I told her we were getting married in Central Park in a few months, she hugged me and bought me another drink. She has a heavy hand with the jack, so I was hammered. I ended up dancing on the bar for a brief period of time, so that was an experience.
When you walk into a bar and there are bras hanging from the ceiling… You know you’re in the right place.
It was a fun atmosphere and I would definitely come back, but probably later next time. Their happy hour is after midnight, and I hear it gets crazy.
Its an experience.

Teleportation exists! It feels like this bar came from some olé’ highway drinking stop for bikers, not a bar located in the center of NYC.
You might find a bunch of new age college kids in here but the location has a old age feeling that someone at one point had sniffed crack off it’s tables. It’s not too classy, the bathrooms look like that’s where rolling stones go for a «quickie». The badass rocker feeling is pretty cool but that’s not an excuse for a trashy bar, there’s only two things here that would make you enjoy your night; the new jukebox (most bars have them anyways) and some pretty cool bartenders. There’s also a random strip pole near the «open area» (I don’t want to say dance floor) and I was scared to touch it. Don’t forget to take a knock out before you leave, on the punching machine in the back to test your strength verse your friends. Aim for a million, sorry it doesn’t go that high but we could only dream.
The bartenders are quick to serve you a drink just as quickly as they are able to convince other girls to get on the bar table and dance. If you go up two or three times they will even give you a cool Coyote Ugly shirt to take home, which you might lose on the way or forget where you got it from. Don’t worry, it’s all fair out here because the bartending girls are willing to show you some moves once they step up there. Ladies make sure your friends are with you because it is not easy getting down from there.
It’s a great place to see your friends act stupid, especially if they are drunk girls. It’s an even better place to stop by for just a half an hour (make sure it’s no more than that, count those 30 minutes to the last), it will get your blood pumping to go out to a spot where you can do some real partying for the rest of the night.

7:30 p.m. Saturday — 3 People
1. Ambiance: Dark and dingy. I don’t know what to say about this place besides that it needs major renovation. It’s so run down. I’m curious as to how this place continues to stay afloat.
2. Cleanliness: It doesn’t look very clean. If you drop food on the floor, I don’t think enough penicillin will kill all the bad bacterias for you to be able to apply the five second rule. Not that I apply the five second rule at these locations anyhow, but I’m just throwing it out there that it’s quite ghastly. :)
3. Service: On the bar, there was one dancer performing when we stopped by. I think we walked in at the wrong time. While the dancer was performing on the bar, she held up a belt, bent over one of the customers and started spanking him really hard. Perhaps 5 – 6 times. I mean, my mom didn’t even spank me that hard as a child. My sister saw that and I think it scared her because she was probably thinking, «Is that what they do here? Today is my birthday and I am not going to be spanked like that.»
4. Costs: The drinks are cheap but we didn’t try it. They were having some sort of drink specials. I was too distracted to look at the price.
5. Overall experience: The bar looked a little degraded. Perhaps a little remodeling would lift the face of the place so it doesn’t look so used and abused.
Side Notes: n/​a

I came here for a bachlorette party. The bartenders are all really friendly and nice. They were on top of their game, making sure everyone was being taken care of even if they were getting orders barked at them.
Though, the room was insanely packed. Very packed. I almost was waiting for the fire dept to come and say there were too many people in the bar.
The place was definitely filled with way more guys than girls. My friends had fun dancing on the bar (I opted out as I was wearing a dress and wasn’t in the mood for anyone looking up my skirt … at least that’s what I remember unless I was that drunk that I forgot already … now I really hope I hadn’t danced on that bar haha). My one friend even added her bra to the collection.
We all had fun and the drinks were flowing. I don’t remember the cost as I think a lot of the male patrons offered us free drinks (thanks guys!). But otherwise, I just had fun with my girls drinking and watching some of our other friends get silly dancing on the bar.
This is definitely the place to go with a group of friends and just let yourself go — enjoy yourself.

So this place is not what it looks like in the movie. If you get past that part you’ll find a slightly gritty but friendly dive-​ish rock n roll bar — almost like your corner neighborhood bar, if your neighborhood pub had you move your drinks every 5 minutes or so and people (some misguided among them) climbed up and started dancing on the bar.
You might almost miss this place if you’re walking down first avenue. Look for the red and blue (I think?) lettering and you’re there.
There’s a happy hour special that’s supposed to be good but we kind of came at an odd time (Sunday funday).
There’s a wall of bras some ladies decided to part company with at some point during their time here.
You can also buy merchandise including some boy shorts that say coyote ugly on the front and money maker on the back. I can neither confirm nor deny that I now own a pair of these.

Haben lange nach dieser Bar gesucht als wir dann drin waren mussten wir leider feststellen, dass sie mehr ugly als coyote war nichts los, unfreundliche Bedienungen und Stammkundschaft, die nach dem x-​ten Bier schon recht fertig da hing.
Wer mit der Illusion hingeht eine Bar zu finden ähnlich dem gleichnamigen Film, der wird hier bitter böse enttäuscht

A very nice place for relaxing. If you want a show, that’s the place you’re looking for. Girls are dancing on the bar. This bar inspired a movie «Coyote Ugly».
Definitely a place to check!
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Un bel endroit pour relacher la pression. Si vous voulez un show, c’est exactement l’endroit que vous recherchez. Les filles dansent sur le bar. Ce bar a inspiré un film «Coyote Ugly». Vraiment un endroit à aller voir!