Irish Eyes

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  Irish eyes is indeed a dive bar. More than that though it has been a fixture in the Inwood  neighborhood for 60+ yrs.
  
  As a bartender I know first hand that this bar although old, is clean and safe.
  
  It's also the cheapest place for a cold beer.  IT'S ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR HERE!
  
  The crowd is warm and friendly ranging in age from 30- 50 at night.  Older crowd during the day.
  
  If your looking for a downtown mixologist experience or a hipster nest THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU.  In other words THEY DO NOT CATER TO KIDS LOOKING FOR 'A SCENE'.  
  
  If you do come to Irish Eyes expect courteous service. Excellent jukebox, Inexpensive drinks and ZERO PRETENSION. .

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  Posted on 01.25.13 Lisa W.

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  A dive bar the way a dive bar should be! Pool table. Jukebox.

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  Posted on 01.05.13 John C.

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  Every review you see here should make you excited to visit Irish Eyes. I dropped in before Columbia's homecoming yesterday, and again during halftime. Not a student or alum in sight! And the Bud Light student spirit posse was out in full force in the neighborhood.
  
  There was a heavy wannabe firefighter who spent a good five minutes loudly entreating his buddy to grill bacon over a bed of clams "to get that grease and juice and shit all up in there real good." Then he told a story about being hit with a pool cue on a misbegotten trip to Washington, DC "back when I was in fucking good shape and shit." Then he beat up his three assailants, at least in the entertaining version I overheard.
  
  For some reason, the female bartender (mid-40s?) twice asked me if I'd even been to Wetlands. My theory on that is that I'm the first person to have entered IE since Wetlands closed in 2001 who might reasonably have been expected to venture below Dyckman Street for entertainment at some point in the past 20 years.
  
  You could probably work here for a year and never have to make a mixed drink with more than two ingredients.

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  Posted on 10.21.12 John B.

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  I've only been here twice. And it's only cause I live in the neighborhood.
  
  Some few things I noticed:
  -As DIVE a dive bar can get.
  -Not a small bar, about medium size, so you can see clearly how dead it is there - About 0-5 people.
  -Friendly Irish bartender.
  -*Cheap drinks* Had about 3 gin&tonics and 3 beers last time here and it was only about $20.
  -Always one drunk Irish dude coming up to you to ask you some nonsensical question. Creepy! :X
  
  Anyway, not the place to hang out to have a fun evening, but maybe come to pregame and have some cheap drinks! :/

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  Posted on 05.16.12 John K.

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  Even though it is a place that is just around the corner I have only gone here once. It is THE definition of a dive bar and the best feature of the bar is that you have to be 25 to get in (they do not like the college students).
  
  But it is the place where all the locals are hanging and that is about 4 people.
  
  It is a great place to drink but fun... That I still need to experience...
  
  Maybe I will get back to you on that one if I ever feel like drinking my sorrows away.

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  Posted on 12.07.10 Line B.

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  Holy crap, this is the seediest bar I've ever been to... and I grew up in NJ.
  
  We decided to do a little Irish dive bar pub crawl one night with some friends from out of town.  We'd never been in Irish Eyes, so we walked across the street from the Liffy II to give it a shot...
  
  It was kind of like walking into a Tarentino movie - scary, filthy and incredibly well lit.  The locals were all sitting around a bar which looks like it was last cleaned when the A train was being built - smoking in the bar at about 9pm.  
  
  Interestingly enough, we decided to stay for drinks while getting nasty glares from the bartender and the patrons.  My girlfriend got a gin & tonic (with a nice, brown lime), my friend and I got some Irish whiskey (when in Irish dive bar...), and his wife ended up with a Corona.  She would have gotten a lime, too, but the bartender was nice enough to look in the filthy tupperware container and say, "Honey, you don't want any of these."
  
  The only other thing of note was nasty coughing man.  He never stopped smoking, hacking up a lung or talking in a garbled, I've-eaten-a-lot-of-glass-kind of voice.
  
  If I ever go back there, I'm sure it will be because I have become a raging alcoholic and I need somewhere to hide that will not judge me.
  
  If I had three thumbs, they'd all be down.

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  Posted on 11.14.07 Jordan H.

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