I try to come here at least once a week since it's only a 5 minute walk from my apartment. It's all about the view here. Beers are $5/6 and "cocktails" are $7/8/9 depending on what you get. Haven't tried the food. I mostly come to watch the sunset while enjoying a drink. Overlooks Hudson Beach and the swing rings and volleyball courts. Staff has been friendly every time.
Review Source:Cool location. Â Right above the volleyball courts inside the park itself. (not on riverside drive). Â We stopped by one sunday afternoon on a walk and decided to grab a bite and a drink. Â Waiter seemed annoyed that we were there and after we tried to order said they only were taking cash "right now." Â After we checked and said we didn't have enough he quickly grabbed the menus and left. Â We got up and did the same. Â Loose the tude there are other options.
Review Source:I like this unpretentious little neighborhood spot...its got such a nice calm vibe and the views are awesome...I was in good company and didnt order much food for the length of time we spent there and was NOT asked to leave or handed the check before we asked for it!
I will go back mostly b/c my dad lives in the nb'hood but it should be known that they do not offer tap water (NOT KIDDING!!!) and will serve you not so cold bottles of beer unless you specify...I actually returned mine and the waiter was totally cool with that!
So, for that reason and the VIEW I will have no problem returning time and time again!! just be careful with what you order and dont expect great things!!
The food's OK - I was glad to see they've added some salads to the menu. Â Our server was friendly, and of course the main attraction of the place is being outdoors in Riverside Park. Â I'm glad to see other people are pissed off about the unavailability of tap water, though. Â I think it's chintzy that an outdoor cafe that charges $13 for a burger served in a plastic basket won't give you a (plastic) cup of water on a 90 degree day. Â It's just a way to gouge another couple of bucks out of people.
Review Source:This is a great place to meet friends and listen to some nice quiet acoustic folk/ jazz.
Just don't expect decent  food.  Beer and wine are overpriced and mediocre,  served in a plastic water cup.  A drink of NY''s finest water is not available. Â
Despite bad food, warm wine and inexperienced seasonal staff, it is still worth at least one visit  to watch the sun set over the Hudson.  Go with low expectations and you might not be disappointed
BYOB-TPI (Bring Your Own Bottle To Pee In). I had dinner here on June 7, 2010 with a couple of friends. The service had a friendly veneer, but was inattentive, inconsiderate, and superficial. Be especially wary of dining near closing time; you may be denied use of the bathroom (as I was), and sent off like a homeless person to find your own on the Upper West Side (no mean feat), after paying them handsomely for a meal only slightly above McDonald's (there's one on Broadway, near 105th, and they'll let you use the facilities for the nominal price of a McFlurry, as I later found out). While I can laugh about it now, treating paying customers in such a shabby way is inexcusable. Stacking the chairs at closing time was a far higher priority for them than waiting on us. There are many better run restaurants with better views in NYC, so save your money. Or you could just buy a dirty water hot dog off the street and bring it to Riverside Park and have a far superior experience than that of Hudson Beach Cafe. I'll never eat there again after what I experienced.
Review Source:expensive drinks and below average food, but you shouldn't be coming here for either. Â It's the view and the company that should bring you to the hudson beach cafe. Â it's a great place to watch the sunset. Â there is live music and has the potential to be very romantic. Â So what if a single glass of wine is $8 and the shrimp basket had 4 barely defrosted pieces of shrimp...that's minutia! Stick to the sunset and the draft beer, and you'll be just fine!
Review Source:it's all about the view at the Hudson Beach Cafe.
This place is a little bar/restaurant that hangs over a stretch of sand and playgrounds inside Riverside Park, with unobstructed views of the Hudson River and the Jerstore on the other side.
I don't come for food, I come for a drink with a view. I strolled in the other night, when it was 80 degrees and perfect out, and the tables were full but I wouldn't say it was crowded.
And...they sell buckets of beer. I settled for a Hoegarden. Not something I normally order, but WTH? There was live music, too, some dude playing guitar and singing.
As the sun set in the West, some guy was putting on an Olympic-like show on the Swing-a-Ring set in the sandy park down below. The bartender and I watched as the Guru swung from ring to ring, suspended in air.
Meanwhile, Lounge Singer wasn't pretending to be a good guitarist, but he was a great singer, especially on the Pink Floyd classics "Comfortably Numb" and "Wish You Were Here," one of my all-time favorites.
By now the Guru had stepped off the Swing-a-Ring and was giving free lessons to some of the local kids. One by one, the kids took their turns. First the oldest, who was about 8. He swang off one ring and then fell.
Then the second-oldest, who was about 6, took his turn and fell after two rings. Next up was a tiny girl, about 6, who grabbed the rings and started swinging across the park, from one ring to the next to the next.
Spidergirl's arms weren't quite long enough to reach all the rings, but still she would not let go! She was just hanging still in mid-air between the fourth and fifth rings, her arms spread apart and holding on effortlessly.
As the Lounge Singer sang "Tiny Dancer" and the Guru coached his new Swing-a-Ring prodigy, a purple sky loomed over the Jerstore.
An epic summer day in NYC was one for the books.
The attraction is drinking beer in a park over-looking the Hudson. For this it's fine, BUT the food is terrible. When the beer muchies start biting at your stomach it's time to walk upto Broadway. The service is bad aswell.. It gets 2 stars for location alone since there aren't too many spots in NYC like this and it's much more local than the Boat Basin. Everytime I come here I just think about what a waste it is. It could, and should be so much better.
Review Source:First! Â
I haven't actually tried the food but that's not really going to be the major attraction of this place anyway.... it's the location that sets it apart. Â Tucked away in little ol' Riverside Park (which is itself underappreciated), the Hudson Beach Cafe isn't as high on everyone's radar of places to eat and drink outdoors like other summer hot spots such as the Boat Basin. Â (NOTE: Â the Cafe is actually IN the park while the address on Yelp probably reflects the closest mappable location)
Hopefully, the undying NYC thirst for new places esp. with the seasonal focus on outdoor establishments, won't drown the Hudson Beach in its own increasing popularity.  But who can blame anyone for wanting to enjoy drink and food in an idyllic, peaceful park setting complete with a small "beach" (i.e. a patch of sand with some gymlike  equipment and space for volleyball) that overlooks the Hudson River?
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