Dive Bar Lounge

For NYC, this is the best deal in a decent place you can get. $ 4 drinks that cost double everywhere else. They have outdoor seating too which is nice. It’s a hangout, not a club where people go to dance. Great place to start the night without going broke.

$ 4 drinks every day. Enough said. If you have friends who don’t come together on time, it makes waiting a little bit more bearable.

The $ 5 frozen margaritas and other drinks specials rule! Plus, on Sundays, they play some amazing music in the later afternoon, which can make for an awesome mini dance party in the back of the bar. Ok, DBL doesn’t REALLY have a true dance floor, but we seem to make it one when we’re there tooling around on Sunday afternoons.
Other cool features about DBL include:
1. (Again) the margaritas — these will not break the bank (did I mention they were $ 5), and they are the creamy (probably fattening) kind… but, oh so tasty
2. The staff — all the bartenders are really nice and work the crowd pretty quickly to serve up drinks at lightening speed
3. The outdoor area — perfect for warmer days… and to people watch as they walk down the street

I had a blast last night! You can’t beat the prices, the bartenders are really nice, and the atmosphere is lovely. The place is really clean and screams queer – two of my favorite things that don’t always go hand in hand. This is my new spot!!!

THIS BAR IS SEXIST! Two weekends ago me and two girlfriends weren’t allowed in because, «it was a gay men’s bar, and we weren’t welcome» according to the bouncer. Regardless, we tried to go again last night because we were with a few guy friends who wanted to try it. We get there, and the bouncer immediately recognized us, and before we even tried to go in he started saying «no, you guys can’t come in» we asked why and he replied «you don’t look of age», but we all had our IDs out ready to show him and he refused to see. While standing outside we met TWO other groups who had the same problem, not allowed in because there were too many girls, or because they «looked straight». I will never go there again and think a place with this much sexism should be shut down

Strong $ 4 drinks. Served in plastic cups. Yay! Friendly attentive bartenders. Great 90s music on this Thursday night. Kinda dark inside. Loved seeing the picnic tables stacked out front and will come back sometime in good weather to see the ruckus I’ve read about. Will definitely bring my crew next time we are in the city. I would give it 5 stars but I was hoping for a more cruisy atmopshere (its a dive bar, right?). Clientele was a tad clique but I guess thats what you get in HK NYC.

Gotta love a dive bar that just does it right. Located in the Hell’s Kitchen gay district in NY, this place is cute and compact. With a dark lighting feel, a well stocked bar and enough space to fit a good small crowd it.
I think the best of this place is the price of the drinks, its a perfect pre drinking spot with $ 4 drinks all night. Good crowd, fun and cute bartenders. The vibe here is great at night times.,

This place has the best drinks and nice upholstery. However, the bartender is a hit or miss. Nevertheless, the drinks are indeed strong and 4 dollar drinks all day everyday! If you just want to socialize and have a drink or two come here to get away from the fast paced hustle and bustle of the city.

Everything you want in a neighborhood bar. Cheap drinks, friendly staff and a cool atmosphere. $ 4 Draft Beer and $ 5 frozen margaritas. This is a great happy hour place and honestly one of my favorite places to hang out in all of Hell’s Kitchen. If you have not stopped into DBL yet, you are missing out. This is a gay bar but all are welcome, if all are welcoming to all. Enjoy

This is was a brief stop before heading to dinner. First things first, you can’t go wrong with $ 5 frozen margaritas ($ 6 for flavored ones).
The bartender was friendly and the margaritas were pretty good. I started the evening off with a $ 3 starburst shot, which was delicious. I’d definitely come back but not too late. I walked past this place around 11pm, and it was packed. Practically overflowing with people.

Nice place to drink beer, sit outside and people watch. Super chill. A fine spot. They have lagunitas.

$ 4 dollar drinks… what else would you like me to say? The service was awesome, didn’t wait more then two minutes for a drink on a very busy Saturday night. The staff was cute, funny and chatty, the layout is perfect for a chill night out for cocktails with friends. The outside area is pretty nice too being out front and on the side. Plan on making it a staple of my NYC trips!

I mean, I can’t write anything bad about this place. $ 4 drinks all day, every day. You read right. The bartenders have always been super nice, there’s plenty of outdoor seating in the front and side of the bar, and the inside is spacious. The bathrooms (although with very dim lighting) are pretty clean and private.
Overall, this is definitely the place you want to hit up any time you want to relax with a cheap drink of draft and people watch along 10^th Ave.

Stopped in for a quick drink since I was in HK. Seth, the bartender was really friend and welcoming. Honestly, I don’t think I would’ve ever thought about coming back because it was just a place I stumbled upon but Seth definitely changed my perspective. This place is pretty cool & I could totally tell it’s pretty live and fun during certain hours.
It’s a gay bar and lounge but obviously open to anyone. I would highly recommend it to all the guys who are single and ready to mingle… Lol

The Dive Bar Lounge or DBL as we fondly call it, is the new gay bar addition to the Hell’s Kitchen area. This place has been transformed numerous times, but I’m sensing this time it will stick around for a while.
We love coming over here during happy hour, $ 5 frozen margarita on a hot spring days. $ 3 draft beer and well drinks.
On a nice day you can sit at outside tables. This is really a great place to start a night.

This is an update to this totally obnoxious place.
It gets so crowded at night that the sidewalks are completely obstructed. I hear the conversations and yelling in my apartment across the avenue. The tables are stay out all night and I Have not seen a sidewalk café permit posted. If they have a permit it should be revoked as this place is a major inconvenience to the residents between the obstructions and the noise.

Although the restrooms are too new and clean (for now) for a dive bar, Dive Bar Lounge or DBL still qualifies.
The pour cheap liquor is $ 4 all the time. $ 4 drafts are Bud, Bud Light, Stella and DBL House Dark. The Dark was pretty smooth and decent after 3 frozen margaritas at $ 5 each. For some reason well margarita on the rocks are more expensive than the frozen ones and the $ 4 wells. Isn’t it the same bottom shelf tequila?
DBL is the third gay bar to open on this 10^th Avenue block and the only one that managed to get sidewalk tables to hang out during good weather. Is this the new 9^th Avenue Hells Kitchen gayborhood?

This location can’t seem to keep a bar — most recently it was Fast Eddies, which was a pretty good spot — friendly bartenders, cold beer, and a jukebox — automatic 3 stars out of the gate, right guys?
Then Fast Eddies closed and up popped Dive Bar Lounge, or «DBL.» First of all, DBL is not divey at all. It’s only a «lounge» because they took out the tables, but the bar part is accurate, so I guess they got one thing right.
For the first little while that it was open, it was fairly plain, and completely empty — barely any customers. There was talk of them serving pizza inside, but that quickly dissolved.
But then they started promoting as a gay bar — this should come as no surprise because the owner/​manager, Richie Friendley, is also the owner/​manager of Mr. Bigg’s and Mickey Spillane’s, which are also Hell’s Kitchen gay bars. Richie himself is notorious for being vulgar with his staff and horribly rude to his customers (which I can attest to personally, as can many Unilocalers in reviews of Mr. Bigg’s and Mickey Spillane’s).
As soon as they really pushed their image a bit more, the place started filling up, and now with the weather getting nicer, they’ve placed wooden picnic tables outside for smoking/​drinking. That’s good advertising. Glad to see a bar getting some business on that corner, but…
that’s also where the major problem comes in — the large wooden tables are not usually brought in to the bar after closing, so you’ll get drunks just sitting outside after hours, drinking, yelling, and singing. It’s a pretty obnoxious. And the outside area is not all that big, so people end up spilling out onto the sidewalk a bit.
The fact is, there are way better options in the area — if you’re looking for a gay bar or you’re looking to dance, Hardware is right up the street. Looking for a better atmosphere, something intimate, Pocket Bar is a block up and across the street, and if you’re looking for a pub or sports bar, you’ve got Perdition and Landsdowne. On top of that you’ve got Pony Bar and now Kiabacca (which DOES serve pizza!)
So if you’re looking for a good time, head elsewhere. If you’re looking to get called all sorts of four letter words by a 60 year old man in a white bandanna with no sleeves, DBL has you covered. It’s a shame, because it’s probably a 3 star establishment at least, but any time Richie is around, you can be sure someone is getting screamed at. But I guess the only way some men can feel big is by being the loudest voice in the room.

The newest iteration of this corner bar in Hell’s Kitchen. Unlike its sister bars Mr. Biggs and Mickey Spillane’s, this spot does $ 4 drinks all day. Making it easily the most affordable bar in the area.
Inside — dark with a disco ball for lighting, seats along the edges and at the bar, a few small tables to put your drinks on… and that’s pretty much it. As far as dive bars go though, the place is pretty clean and never obnoxiously loud. All well drinks are $ 4, and a few select beers. Frozen margaritas for $ 5 all day as well (though not many flavors like their counterparts).
Service is friendly, and the crowds have been moderate, which makes getting a drink pretty easy. I’m hoping they re-​open their outdoor seating for the summer to really make this place the perfect afterwork hangout.

First it was a sports bar with standard bar food, then a bar and sushi place, and now it’s Dive Bar Lounge. Although this place has changed its theme a few times, I have to say I like the current one the best. You can’t beat the $ 4 drink deal (house beer, plus the standard ones, and all Absolut vodka; some other liquors too which I don’t remember), and the mixed drinks are fairly strong. Bartender has always been very friendly.
Because it’s still relatively new, it’s not too crowded yet but more and more people are starting to come in. It does seem to be a gay bar (pretty standard for the area) but there’s a fairly mixed crowd. Plenty of seating options for groups. There are speakers (and TVs) over every booth, which is kind of an odd choice since you can’t really get away to a more quiet area, but they never play it so loud that you can’t hear someone talking. Good selection of songs, too. This is definitely a good option to drink cheap in the area!