Stopped in for a quick bite and pint on a sweltering July day. Glad I did. It's cool (both temperately and in attitude), has some solid beer options and the food - while limited - was served quickly and was delicious.
It's an interesting space with high backed booths that have swinging doors (!!) and a backroom for larger groups as well as a garden. If you live nearby it's a good stop to add to your regular rounds!
The last time I came here was actually extremely depressing. It was for the pre-Valentine's Day Smiths-themed speed dating event (billed as "you could meet somebody who really loves you"), which ended up being cancelled due to the unfortunate female:male ratio of, no joke, 15:1.
The bartender took pity on all the pathetic females that showed up and gave everyone a free drink, although I politely declined and decided it was best I took my sorry self home.
Maybe next year they'll figure out a way to even out the ratio a bit!
Awesome neighborhood bar w cute booths enclosed by saloon doors.
Good draft selection w wonderful black rabbit brew for $3 each (happy hr), or $4 usual price.
Juicy bratwurst.
Cool relaxed vibe. Very courteous bartender service.
It felt like home away from home. I will definitely go back.
Pickle plate is great! Nice atmosphere to meet some friends but not so good if you're looking up meet new people. Most of the crowd is early to mid thirties so there isn't the young hipster vibe that's moving more into this neighborhood. Bartenders are attentive and quick with a beer suggestion.
Review Source:Casual, cozy. Lots of little drinking nooks like high-walled booths and tucked- away tables. Some of my favorite beers on tap and they have a pretty good house ale. Board games and various editions of trivial pursuit, and in the summer time there's a nice backyard patio.
Tuesday night trivia has made me a regular. 5 rounds of 5 questions each. Bonus questions will get your team a round of free shots (!) and best team name wins a prize. The highest scoring team wins a $25 bar tab. The last round is usually an impossible "before and after" structured question involving disparate subjects like Eddie Murphy movies combined with 18th century French literature and I'm usually not sober enough to compose a guess.
Go here all the time.
PROS:
-- Cozy, cute decor, lots of wood, and a FIREPLACE
-- Good happy hour, tasty house beer, excellent-and-not-crazy-expensive pickle- Â backs
-- Bar food is a little pricey but pretty yummy
-- The bartenders are great, as is the guy who does table service Tuesdays nights
CONS:
I've been coming to trivia night at Black Rabbit on and off for a couple of years, and it's beginning to suck. The guy who announces about half the rounds -- and presumably writes those questions -- is a mean, misogynistic hipster. And lately, he's gotten *really* lazy: last night (2/26/2013), one round was cribbed from an episode of Jeopardy that aired SIX DAYS BEFORE (2/20/2013).
Of the six questions in the round, five were identical to those in the Jeopardy category -- name the film, based on the last line of dialogue -- and in the *same order.* The same order!!The guy couldn't even be bothered to reorder them. Trivia nights are supposed to be fun. A live version of a week-old episode of Jeopardy? Not fun. And just so inexcusably lazy.
Only been here once in September and was left with good impression.
The booths & seats are comfortable and good for group of friends.
The drinks are delicious. bar tender certainly knows his craft.
The deco was stylish and relaxed. Late at night it feels really great and not too dark at all.
Bathroom seemed clean and well kept. A plus for bar which opens past 3am.
They have tons of game to play with and the staff was attentive.
While I was there, my friends and I took the corner in the back near the window and played Scategory for hours. At certain point I needed to charge my phone. While searching all around, the Hispanic staff tending the bathroom noticed my behavior and pointed me toward an outlet. His kindness was appreciated.
I love this place. Adequate beer selection--their house ale is good and cheap at $4/pint--and decent wines. Very cozy ambience, cool little booths with swinging doors that are perfect for a date or a catch-up session with friends, nice outside area with picnic tables, board games on hand, decent pub food and a trivia night.
I get really annoyed with the people who give this place a bad name because they stopped by on a busy Saturday night and didn't immediately get served. You are the people who ruin these types of perfect pubs and I'm always happy to know you won't be coming back.
I'm giving it two stars, but with a few changes, this could easily be a four star establishment. I like room for improvement and growth.
Good thing - The bartender was cheerful and reasonably attentive.
Bad thing - She forgot two of the three drinks we ordered.
Good thing - The bartender made the drinks reasonably well.
Bad thing - On a Saturday night, there was only one bartender, which led to really slow service.
Good thing - The fact that Black Rabbit has booths with little switches for waiter service is super cool.
Bad thing - The service started off slow, and later devolved into non-existent to the point where we had to deal with the bartender again.
Good thing - The sound system seemed to beplaying Talking Heads' amazing album Remain In Light upon arrival.
Bad thing - It ended up being the first four songs of the album before going back to the top track. Then the mix went to a "best of 2nd wave ska" sampler. This was fine, until the mix started repeating itself to the point where it was really annoying.
Good thing - The decor is unique and interesting. It seems sort of dark while still being inviting.
Bad thing (maybe) - The ceiling is solidly blood red painted wood, from what I could tell. For whatever reason, I kept focusing on it and it bothered me.
The bad things were indeed disappointing, but could be corrected without much difficulty. I hope they are.
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Cause the bartender (the owner?) gave me extra points for knowing this tune by Arlo Guthrie (yes, that Guthrie). Said young people ("kids of your generation") know a lot more than he thought we would about the music of his generation. Then he stumped me with a pair of Swedish sisters covering a Fleet Foxes song. Go figure.
The guy running this place is good times. His music is great, he'll sell you two gigantic salty skunky pickles from Brooklyn Brine for a dollar, and Monday nights are the best happy hour special in the city -- the very good Black Rabbit Ale, for only $3, ALL NIGHT. He'll also see that your cup overfloweth with salty peanuts, so you're sure to spoil your dinner. It's your fault, not his.
There's a really old working 70s TV in the corner that brings back vague memories of the days when I ate handfuls of ragu-orange carpet laced with my own boogers. A long time ago.. I swear.
And if that's not enough to entice you into the rabbithole, there are sexy little booths along the wall so you can have your own semi-private soiree, alone or with a date, as you please.
Now go pop on the Woodstock soundtrack and study up so you'll be able to call the tunes.
As soon as you walk in you're automatically at ease. Its dark and magical feel made me smile with delight as I took in the white Christmas lights strung about the entire bar. The saloon doors on the tables towards the front of the bar give a private feel, and the movies on the old fashion TV are always interesting, making for good conversation.
We barely noticed that they also have board games as well, while we sipped through their excellent beer selection on tap! But I'm a sucker for board games in bars, so I'm looking forward to a good game of jenga on my next visit.
They have a back yard too, that closes early so I didn't get a chance to see. I'm excited for this place. It makes me proud to say I live in Greenpoint. The crowd here is cool and laid back. The bartender has always been nothing but awesome every time I've gone in there.
This is place is a must stop haven. When in Greenpoint, do what Greenpointers do! Go to the Black Rabbit.
According to Wikipedia, oil is believed to have been seeping into the groundwater in Greenpoint since 1950. Even if I could notice the signs of black-mold infested waters invading Black Rabbit, I would still come here. I had heard and read about how cool Black Rabbit was, but seldom did I make the trip to Greenpoint. Then, an old friend moved to Greenpoint a couple months ago making it obligatory that I finally go here.
Even if there was a birthday party of like 20 people, cake and all (and shots), on a Saturday night when I got there*, I would still be excited to pony up to the bar. I would be very sad that all of the booths with their black swinging doors and call lights were full and that the back area was stuffed due to said birthday party, however, I would push through to drunktown with some assistance.
A nice set of taps including Six Point, Gaffel Kolsch and Heffewiezen made the fact that I sat right in front of the bartender, with two friends, for eight minutes before he acknowledged that I was there, a little easier. In the end, the service was good as it should be when you continually push your empty mug toward the edge of the bar for a refill. Somehow and for some reason, we had a plate of pickled vegetables and they were quite good.
In the end, I would rather keep Black Rabbit in the hat, all for myself, but it can't be done because people know about the cool booths that I so desperately want to sit in to soak up the enjoyable ambience of this hare. Fortunately, Greenpoint is not the easiest place to get to especially when the G is not running so since I have a friend there and you don't, you can stay away while I enjoy my booth next time.
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* As Ricky Bobby would say, "That just happened." Normally this would make me want to run from the place screaming, but I had to stay.
3 words for you: Sunday Night Bingo. 3 more words for you: SixPoint Sweet Action. Awesome beer selection, awesome ambience, and a kickass game of bingo on Sunday nights make this bar a damn good time. I mean come on, the bingo prizes include pictures of jesus, beer rags, and etchings of the pope in a glass - how could you not want to win that?!
The booths are saloon style, where you can close the doors and press a red button whenever you need service from the waitstaff. The crowd is sweet and the staff are good people and you feel at home. They have a little beer garden out back which I imagine is nice in the summer, though I've never been out there. The beer selection rotates but they always have the great local stuff, so I'm a fan. This is one of the best spots in Greenpoint, fo sho.
Wow. This place is really awesome! I've only been once so far but I hope to return next time I'm in Brooklyn...
The decor is really neat and I'm looking forward to checking out the cute little backyard beer garden when it gets warmer out. A truly charming atmosphere, eloquently described by "T S" here:
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Note: Â If I could remember more details about the beer & food maybe I could justify 5 stars. Until then...
Do I like trivia? Let me tell you something, I am the trivia f*cking master.
Upon the suggestion of a good friend, I finally came down here a few weeks ago. This was a special trivia night, because it was the holiday edition. No, we did not win but we were in the Top 3 the entire night. Out of about 12 teams, we were in the Top 3. Was it because I was there that night? Duh, isn't that obvious?
But even if there was no trivia night here, I would still make it a habit of dropping by. I love the booths that have little swing doors so no one can get in. And they're big enough so you can fit four people comfortably. Or six people, presumably really good friends, very comfortably.
My drink of choice is the Six Point Ale. It's got a nice taste to it, and it's got enough kick to make me think I'm Ethel Merman. And I have to get the mini burgers as well. Come on, I'm a dude, and  burgers and beer go a long way.
So come on down every Tuesday and you'll more than likely find me and my team: Is That A Bomb In Your Crotch or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
THERE IS NOTHING THAT I LIKE MORE THAN WINNING.
Apparently, it is possible to win Black Rabbit's trivia. I know because I did, along with my super star team. It's the kind of trivia that you need to attend if the night at Pete's Candy store makes your head hurt.
Bonus questions get you shots of absinthe sours (kinda gross), and the winning team gets a prize of $25.00.
I have yet to come in at any position other than first after the last round (First time there was a 5 way tie for 1st...did not win the tie breaker), and I never plan on losing again. I will be back there tonight. Be afraid. BE VERY AFRAID.
Let's play some trivia, shall we?
Q: What team of Yelpers (yours truly, Briana M., Carlos Y., and some norms) won not only the ultimate prize, a $25 bar tab, but also three rounds of absinthe shots here last Tuesday?
A: 8==D. Seriously. That was our team name. And no, it doesn't really work when you say it out loud. "Bonfire of the Manatees" and "Ninjas for Stealthcare Reform" do. And the group with the best team name wins a round o'shots, so for god's sake put your heads together!
Lovely, dark bar with an enviable backyard area (can be reserved for free, up to groups of 30) and private booths (getting busy behind the doors is recommended, but keep your shirts on). The bartenders are charming and seem amused by Trivia Night instead of muttering to themselves (this probably has something to do with the fact that trivia-loving crowds are always jolly drunks...with the possible exception of sports trivia crowds). Bonus for all you cheapskates: $2 beers all night after Trivia wraps up! Buy a few rounds and you'll forgive yourself for bombing the History round (thank god you follow Mad Men and always listen to "Private Dancer" backwards, huh?).
This place is pretty damn awesome. Selection of beers was impressive. It's great for a small group of people if you want the private booth. Four people fit comfortably, six might be pushing it, but it's do-able. Private booth option was acutally my favorite thing about the bar, especially with the button to call for service. Nice that they leave you alone, and wait on you when you're ready.
There is an outside patio which is nice and the place itself is spacious. I would definitely go back. Perfect for a first date or a birthday party with a few close friends.
Try the slider burgers. Very good, on the small side, but delicious!
Just like it's Greenpoint location, the Black Rabbit is stylish yet unassuming with an old world charm. It has prewar light fixtures, a working fireplace  and booths outfitted with saloon-style swinging doors, which are so private that you need to button-activate a lightbulb to get your waiter's attention. A garden with  picnic tables is open until 10 p.m. Great semi gentrifier neighborhood joint, with trivia or bingo nights Sunday to Tuesday.
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Nothing vegan on the menu, came in for trivia and they wouldn't let me eat a prepared dish I brought in from the garden around the corner. Â I said I would gladly order something vegan, and the waiter walked away.
Now I will just drink water and answer questions and leave this yelp review while taking up a booth. Â Great attitude dudes.
Did you know that Kelso makes a chocolate stout now? I DIDN'T.
Freakin' delicious.
The place is adorable, the bathrooms are clean, the booths are private, and they have board games galore. Apples to Apples anyone??? Welsh rarebit was delicious (although with toasted bread, not tater tots). So was the bratwurst. Yum!
I've been here twice now and this is everything that I could want in a bar. Â Affordable drinks, lots of choices, good bar food, friendly people/atmosphere, beautifully decorated, and not too loud, but still a lot of fun.
I've had so much fun both times I've gone here (both in the same week). Â One for a Desk Set librarian Trivia Night and the second time for a regularly scheduled Bingo night. Â Both times it delivered.
The fondue is delicious, the mini-burgers are great, the various cocktails are fantastic. Â This place is worth the trek from Manhattan.
I'm going to try to go here regularly. Â Home run.
Edit: Â Let me just add that the Gargoyle absinthe cocktail is great. Â If you're into licorice (which I am).
"B as in BARBARA BUSH.
O as in OH I DON'T KNOW....RASBERRYS?"
I love this bar. Whoever designed it should be given a free backrub and a medal in smart design. Â Red ceilings, horse stables, well placed old pictures. This place is the jam.
Bingo night w/ Bobby Tisdale is my favorite Sunday night activity, although word has been spreading (why am i even writing this) and therefor it's gotten a little crowded but I'm hoping it'll die down come summer what with people searching for outside drinking fun.
I also want to give the cheese plate props. So good. This place is my dad!
There is nothing worse than obligation! Â
Except for obligation with a side of absinthe.
Listen--Absinthe tastes like chewed up stink beetles. Â Yes, everyone should try it once but...blehhh and gggach and yelchhh!
Black Rabbit is a gorgeous bar with a fantastic vibe. Â I love the dark booths with doors. Â Its very isolating- which is good if you're whorey and bad if you're social.
The booths also have individual light bulbs by which you can summon your server with the flick of a switch. Â I must warn you however, that you are "obligated" to show adult-like restraint and not flip it on every two minutes. Â (The servers hate that. They also hate when you sing,"Roxaaaane, you don't have to put on the Red Light")
In summation: beautiful bar, pricey specialty absinthe drinks, booths with doors and light switches and non-prostitute servers.
Its a nice place just don't let all of that peer-pressure put you into a position where you feel obligated to finish a pricey specialty cocktail that tastes like chewed up stink-beetles. Â MMMmk?
The black rabbit wins big on atmosphere. Â Go there with a crew and take over the back or plan a caper in one of the booths. Â You'll feel like there's a naughty little bunny snuggling in your pants. Â Nice call buttons, great details, excellent lighting. Â
The wine selection is shockingly poor for the prices, and a disservice to a place that is otherwise very tasteful. Â Let's call it 3 and a half, I'd give 4 if they had one decent dry wine. Â If you don't care about that, or you'll drink anything, go right away.
3 Stars for too high expectations, but a decent bar
It's all about expectations, I guess. I really wanted to love this place, and from all the other reviews I actually assumed that I would go and fall instantly in love with the atmosphere... which is why when I went, it was a teeny bit disappointing.
I absolutely love what they are trying to do with the beautiful dark wood and low lighting and cozy booths and fireplace... those things sound incredible, no? However, I'm not crazy about the way that these incredible things have been executed here.
For instance, I love low lighting, but it's so dark that the bartender was using a flashlight to find things last night. Overkill, maybe?
I went two times, because after a mediocre first-date experience, I felt it was worth another shot and went with on a friend-date-thing. First time, I sat in one of the booths, second time at the bar.
The booths are not ideal for two people, because you feel sort of lost in them, and super far away from each other. They would probably be perfect for a larger group, so you could fill the space and feel nice and snug.
The bar was a better experience, and we watched Evil Dead 2 on this great old TV they have in the corner.
The service seems really friendly and fast, and the mini hamburgers were tasty and each had a pickle slice and a little olive on top. Yum! Came with 3 two-bite burgers and some ruffley potato chips for like $8 I think. Not shabby. AND last night (Monday) was $3 Brooklyn Lager all night, so that was friggin great.
Alls I'm saying is, I don't love the atmosphere as much as I want to, and there was NO ONE there on a Monday night at 11pm (I guess I'm just a lush). They have killer drink specials, and it seems like it'd be a fabulous place to come with a larger group.
I feel like I'm going to give it a third chance, this time not on a weird date-like thingy.
Can we keep this secret??? PLEASE???
There seems to be a new bar or restaurant opening in Greenpoint quite frequently and before you know it our little neighborhood is going to be overtaken (it's already on it's way...fast!)
Black Rabbit is a great hang out. I went for Happy Hour and they had Brooklyn Brewery Oktoberfest specials which is great considering what time of year it is; although last night I was going as much to cool down from the HOT October day as I was to try a sampling of the fall brew!
I didn't try any of the appetizers although people near us had ordered the Welsh Rarebit and it smelled awesome...can't wait to go back for a try.
The atmosphere is perfect for just lounging around...I love places that are dimly lit but not dark...I hope I'm making sense. The red ceiling and dark woods made me feel like I was at some bar back home it had a lodge-y sort of feel, I loved it.
This is my new favorite place, now how to try not to tell too many people about it.....
Black Rabbit is yet another new bar in the Greenpoint Ave/Franklin Ave area in Greenpoint, but it has a distinctly different feel from the others. Enter through the red door nestled in the black brick facade and take over a small booth. Each booth is enclosed by a set of swinging double doors, lending to a nice bit of privacy, yet not tall enough to close you off from the rest of the goings-on around you. Each booth is equipped with a "service" button on the wall, which you can press to light up a red light bulb outside your booth to alert the servers that you need assistance. Â I really haven't seen anything like this place before - I suppose it's ever so slightly gimmicky, but not nearly enough to be a turnoff.
The wine and beer list is good, and though I haven't yet tried the welsh rarebit, I am really dying to do so. The food menu is brief but everything sounds tasty.
For some reason I just couldn't stop staring at the ceiling, which was painted a nice dark red. I think it's because if I were to paint my apartment red, that is the red I would choose. The bar has a bit more of an upscale vibe than others in the near vicinity, but not so upscale as to feel snooty. I look forward to returning and trying their food!
I discovered this little gem, this evening. Nice looking pub. Dutch door in the front looking in on the place. Dark wood bar and booths that have swinging doors...very unique.
I drank a Sixpoint Brownstone while chatting with Kent, the owner. He told me that the place had opened about 3 weeks ago. He has a pretty good selection of beer and liquor and food. I didn't eat anything there but I noticed  mini cheeseburgers and Welsh rarebit on the menu.
Kent has a portrait of his great grandfather, who came over here from Ireland hanging behind the bar. I'll definitely go back
Absolutely lovely, every details in this new Greenpoint  bar is well thought and charming.  It has a very posh feel to it, setting it apart from the other establishments in the area. The staff is helpful and very polite, helping give the place a feel of elegance. Read the previous review for all the details, personally the closed in booth made me feel a bit claustrophobic. But that is a personal problem of mine, otherwise it is the perfect spot for meeting with friends and having an interesting and private conversation with your choice of beverages.
Welcome to the neighborhood!!!
After a failed attempt at presenting ourselves at this establishment two weeks ago, my friend and I made the jaunt again to Greenpoint to meet up with friends. Â To be honest, I wasn't in a good mood. Â I made an unfortunate choice to drink red wine in the middle of that day and had taken three trains to get to the place. Â But opening the bucolic, and not at all ironic, farm door changed all of my red wine, mass transportation induced grogginess.
The Black Rabbit has beautiful dark wood that makes up the bar and the booths, it's little details like this that make the place decidedly non-divey. Â A smiling bartender and attentive staff goes a long way, so do $3 cans of Guinness. Â Â
If you get a chance to, I highly suggest sitting in the wood booths on along the wall opposite the bar. Â Each booth is adorned with black wood swinging privy doors that politely encase you away from the other people in the bar. Â The best part? Â A button underneath the lamp in the booth can be pressed to summon a server or bartender. Â Pressing it lights up a red light bulb above the booth. Â Genius. Â To me there's nothing like having hours of conversation along with many beers, and this place had that in spades.
There's a small patio in the back with a couple of picnic tables, but it closes early on account of the neighborhood. (10 pm)
They serve food as well, Rarebit Tots and the trout came highly recommended by my friend. Â The bar was full service, took credit cards, and had a good combination of microbrews and cheap beers. Â Â
There's something to be said about a place that knows what it is, and where it is, and Black Rabbit raises above that to create a nice neighborhood feeling utopia.
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