Mickey Spillane’s

My two friends and I attended this place and let me tell you: what a bunch of jerks the staff are. My friend ordered a drink and he was immediately treated as hostile. We were so confused. The bartender continued to berate my friend even when my friend was focused on our conversation. Naturally, we opted not to tip. «I don’t need your $ 4 dollars anyhow. You know I can have you thrown out of here,» says the bartender. We HAPPILY left and never plan to return. If you like nice people, don’t go here.

On this first hot day of the year, I was looking forward to nothing more than enjoying a cold drink with outdoor seating. Unfortunately I came to Mickey Spillane’s where my boyfriends coke tasted like seltzer water the first time and the second time after we told the non friendly waitstaff. Speaking of which, he then managed to tell us we couldn’t bring in outdoor drinks, (since we had to get a coke from the deli across the street). We were never offered water or were asked if we needed anything, when I really needed some mayo and ketchup for the driest brisket sandwich I’ve ever had. In conclusion, I didn’t eat the sandwich, my boyfriend wasn’t allowed to drink anything. And the only time the waiters came was to deliver the check. AND as I’m writing this review across the street, the waiter manages to chase us down the street and ask why we didn’t tip. DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE ESPECIALLY OF YOU’RE THIRSTY ON A HOT DAY.

After my obnoxious experience with Blockheads (just reviewed them) we went to Mickey Spillane’s. I can’t walk past a sign advertising a $ 5 frozen margarita and not go in. Typical bar food, nothing amazing, nothing awful. The margarita was good — small, but good (what does one expect for five bucks).
The service … well. I finished my drink and was never asked if I wanted another. Never got napkins, despite ordering finger-​foods. The waiter was too busy flirting with younger, skinnier boys to notice we were waiting to pay the bill. I get it — it’s a hard job. It’s a job I never want to have. We still tipped the server 20% because I can’t be THAT guy — just know that it’s nice to be nice to people you don’t want to sleep with either.

Frozen margs are good, food is good for typical bar food.
However, I had reservations a week in advance for 10 people for the entire back booth area. Only half the back area was open when we got there and staff wouldn’t move the people who were sitting next to us. What’s the point of a week in advance reservation if you don’t even honor it and we have to cram 10 people into a spot that holds MAYBE 6? They seemed annoyed I even asked. After about 90 minutes the people next to us finally left. Never received an apology. Don’t try to book anything for groups.

The place I originally was going to was closed so someone acted fast and suggested we head over to Mickey Spillane’s. The place had a small crowd at 5:30 on a Thursday night (about ~4 separate parties). It’s a bit loud in there and I had to shout and lean in to have a conversation with my friends.
Food menu had typical bar foods like quesadilla, nachos, buffalo wings, sliders. The nachos and chicken quesadilla weren’t horrible. Selected cocktails are $ 6 during happy hour, which included the margaritas I had. It tasted like a sugar water.

Stopped in after midnight on a Sunday (now Monday) night asking if the kitchen was open. Nice guy at the door said they’re open until 3am. Since I live in the ‘hood this was good to know. Sat at the bar, Elene (sp?) was the bartender. Had a couple of drinks and the smoked brisket sandwich. All was good. Will definitely come back. Nice, friendly staff.

What’s better than $ 5 frozen margaritas and buffalo chicken nachos for under $ 15, which is easily shared between 3 people? How about really awesome service the whole night???
I love this place because whenever I’m in Hell’s Kitchen and need something «bad for me to eat», or just want to continue the party, I always come here. The music is great, the atmosphere is fun, and the food is so tasty, whether you’re drinking or not.
However, I wanted to write this review because me two best friends and I came here last night and had a waiter named Sean. He was the whole reason why we had fun… he was SO fun, and was a really great waiter as well. He just had such a good vibe about him, and he made sure that me and my friends were taken care of in a timely fashion, and made sure we were having a good time. So kudos to Sean, because he was one of the best waiters I’ve ever had. He will be the reason why I keep coming back here!

My friend and I found ourselves here to pass the time while waiting for a table at a neighboring restaurant. We were looking for a bar close by with good happy hour deals, and saw their sign outside for $ 5 margaritas.
The first thing I noticed upon sitting down was that the seat was really sticky and full of crumbs. I was rather put off by that but it was fine since I knew we were not gonna be there for long anyway. It would have been nice if they could have cleaned or wiped down the seats after the previous party left. Especially since it’s really dark inside and you can’t make sure that the seats are crumb-​free before sitting down. (Not like anyone should have to check their seats for crumbs or other spillage at a decent restaurant.)
The $ 5 margarita special was only for the original flavor. If you wanted the other flavors (and they have a lot — apple, strawberry, blueberry etc. I can’t remember the whole range), it’d cost you $ 6. The drinks came in small plastic cups, and I was disappointed that they were very weak! There are other bars around the city with cheaper happy hour margaritas that pack more punch. When we asked for the check, we realized that they had put another table’s drinks on our check in addition to ours. Considering that the bar was really empty and there were literally only 3 tables occupied, it was a mistake that should not even have been made.
The saving grace of this bar was definitely the friendly waitress. Very happy, joked with me and my friend, and was very pleasant and helpful! Having said that, I don’t think I’ll be back here again.

So I came here to grab a drink and a bite to eat with friends on Friday night. I must say don’t come here for food.
If it wasn’t for the bartender Brittany being so chill, communicative, and attentive I would give this place a solid 1 star.
I ordered the buffalo chicken nachos and BBQ chicken pita pockets.
Buffalo Chicken Nachos:
Pros
They look amazing
Very spicy, which I love
Toppings were great
Cons
Very Salty
IF YOU’RE OKAY WITH SALTY GIVE IT A SHOT
BBQ Chicken Pita Pockets:
Pros
None
Cons
Not enough pockets for the cost
Taste like something you can order from Wendy’s
DO NOT ORDER
I also had a frozen margarita. You’ll get what you pay for. Go down the street to blockheads for better margaritas.

We wanted to drink just one beer and on our way to the hotel it was the first bar. I’m glad that we wanted to drink just ONE beer… 9 $ for a Spaten Lager wtf?! In a restaurant we had been before we were eating a 3-​course menu for about 18 $ — compare that!
Our impression was that it might be a gay bar.

DISCLAIMER: LONG REVIEW BELOW!
I’m really giving this place a zero but clearly that is not an option.
Friday (¹⁰⁄₁₉) my co-​workers and I went back for the 4^th time, we decided to make it our spot on Friday’s since we had such a great time with the staff and the happy hour runs until 9pm. We had 3 rounds each and ordered food. When the bill came and my female co-​worker and I both notice that we were charge 4 drinks each instead of 3.
When we bring this to the attention of one of the several servers that served us for the night, he immediately gets defensive and doesn’t try to help the situation at all. He then brings over his manager. The SECOND she came to the table she was rude and didn’t even try to listen to what we were explaining, She immediately went into «how we did this before» and was completely disrespectful and accusatory. COMPLETELY UNTRUE. Had we done this before, try to dispute drink orders, why allow us back in and never confront us about it. In addition to, even conversing and sitting at our tables while they worked…
By this time I had had enough of her, so I asked for the owner and asked the 3 waiters if they had this issue with us before, they all said NO but would not say it in front of her. At this point, its not even about the additional added drinks but the fact that you are blindly accusing us of scheming on the bill. I had even gone to the bouncer to confirm this and he admitted that the last two Friday’s that we were there we had a great time and left without any sort of dispute, SHIT I even had shots with the staff two Friday’s ago!
When the owner came out looking like a complete coked up jackass, I explained to him the situation, He proceeded to say that the system that they are using doesn’t allow for mistakes… I used to bartend and an aloha system is touch screen and can definitely ALLOW for an honest double tapped mistake. Especially when you have SEVERAL servers serving one table and they don’t even keep tabs on the last order made by their co-​worker.
Like Carl G’s review the owner proceeded to curse me out and continued to be a complete jerk-​off. The staff really aren’t bad, in fact they were the reason we returned so many times. Its the manager and owner that screw this place up. The food isn’t good either but this isn’t the place to eat.
Instead of remedying the situation and allowing either parties to admit a mistake be it us or them, the management made the situation worse which completely blows my mind.
I’m sharing this post on FB just so more ppl can see how backwards management is and so that ppl know to tally mark their drinks before the owner/​manager curses you out.

this area has lots of frozen margaritas special and for $ 5 they are all way too strong haha but i guess thats a good thing
food is meh

I’ve been here before but I think I forgot to write a review but this place has these 5 dollar frozen margaritas that are awesome. The staff is super friendly and they make sure that they take care of you and ask you if you need refills, etc.
I would come back to check out other deals and their food as well.

3 Stars just for the frozen margarita’s, which really sounds like is the best thing here. I ordered the Land Shark beer on tap. which did not taste like Land Shark at all. It was definitely a pint of the Budweiser that was offered to me.
Service wise, it’s quite OK and this place was relatively empty on a Sunday afternoon at 1:10 pm.

The chef needs to learn what a Croque Monsieur is before attempting to make one! What I was served was a couple of pieces of floppy, damp, lukewarm bread with a bit of cheese and ham on it. I was there with a French friend who warned me «it won’t be good» when I was choosing from the menu, but I had confidence that a popular bar in Hell’s Kitchen would make a decent stab at creating this pretty simple dish. How wrong I was! I think this is the first time I’ve ever sent food back, without even trying it.
The BBQ pulled-​chicken mini-​pitas that I got instead were «ok» but far too sweet. Less BBQ sauce, more chicken, please.
The waitress was pleasant-​enough though.
Unlikely that I’d ever go back.

I took the kids here to get out of the mess that is Times Square. We sat outside and had a great view of people walking by. The food was great. We ordered the spaghetti and meatballs which was very tasty, the sliders which filling and their nachos which were excellent. I had kids, so sitting outside and not in bar was great.
The service was friendly and when a smoker lit up next to us thankfully the hostess was on them immediately. Sorry, but we prefer to not taste your cancer and emphysema when eating.

Decent Bar to get a few drinks. Plus they have $ 5 Frozen Margarita’s cant go wrong with that.
My only complaint, We ordered Nacho’s and Cheese and waited for 50 min before cancelling the order and walking out. I mean its F’g Nacho’s and Cheese my 6 yr old Nephew cant get it done in 15 mins.
I get it you are busy, but ITS NACHOS AND CHEESE if you cant sever that in 50 mins DON’T PUT IT ON THE MENU, OHHH BTW THEY HAVE LIKE 5 THINGS ON THE MENU. The only response I got form the server when asked «Its Coming…» Go here if you want some Cheap Margarita that is the only upside I see here.

I haven’t been back to the neighborhood in a few years; so I was excited to hear that
Mickey’s kid opened a joint in the kitchen. I stopped by for a drink on my way to meet an old friend at a stagehand racket. I was disappointed to say the least. The beer was room temperature and The place had an odd feel to it. Judging by the looks of the place and the manager; who I think is Henry Winkelman; the place must be some sort of gay biker hangout. Anyways, I won’t be back. If I’m ever in town, I’ll stick to McCoys. Poor Mickey Spillane must be rolling in his grave that this joint bears his name.

«Gay? Straight? Who cares?!! This place is great»
As soon as you step foot into this place, you greeted by the wonderful staff in a part of town that is know for both good and bad attitude. We were even allowed to sit outside just to have only drinks. We came here for a drink or two so I cannot comment on the food. But, the margarita was delicious and strong. Plus, the waiter was cool with me modifying my margarita order, since I am not a fan of very sweet drinks. For example one of the margaritas has triple sec and sour mix. Our bill was a little higher than expected because there was a little confusion over which drinks were on the happy hour menu, so we paid 12 bucks instead of the 5 dollar happy hour price for our drinks. But, that could have been due to a misunderstanding on our part.
I will be returning to this place.

From the moment you walk into this fabulous NYC bar you are greeted by friendly staff and if you are lucky enough you might also meet Ritchie, the owner and personality behind this brilliant brand.
Great food, great service, fantastic vibe. I have been in there twice during this NYC visit and I will be back of course! We loved their guacamole and chips (most delish I have had in the city), the group of 10 people we were with loved the chicken salad, the tomato and mozzerella cheese and everyone loved the vibe.
Do yourself a favor and check out this great spot. Thanks Ritchie for making us feel so welcome and looking after us so well.