Manhattan's NY Deli & Pub

I just recently went to Manhattan's after not having gone in close to 2 years and boy, has it changed. And not for the better.
I had reserved the back room for a going away party on a Tuesday evening. I knew I was in for trouble when the reservation was for 30 people but there were only enough chairs for 20. :/  Initially the staff was pretty good about taking care of us, though we didn't have servers dedicated to our section-- any waitress serving us was also serving customers in the front and it eventually led to a lot of empty glasses and long waits. Most people ended up just going to the bar to get their own drinks as the night wore on.
They have karaoke on Tuesdays starting at 7, which was the whole reason I had chosen this venue. By 7:30 it still had not started, so I confirmed with the waitress, who told me "yup, starts at 7!".... It finally began shortly after 8 and was not the same karaoke Manhattan's used to have. Instead of using the stage area, it's now right next to the door, so anyone singing has to deal with people going in and out, and crossing right in front of them. Additionally, the lyrics were only available on a television *behind* the singer, so unless you know the words by heart, you are going to have your back to the audience. The DJ does not have a book of available song titles/artists either, so come prepared knowing what you want to sing. Equipment was subpar with crackling mics and poor volume control (music far outpowered all but the strongest singers). DJ was uninteresting and uninvolved. He did nothing to hype the crowd, or even interact with them.
Speaking of the crowd, that has changed as well. Since Manhattan's claim to fame is live music (Hey Hey Hooligan plays every Wednesday night), the crowd has typically been rock/alternative. Tuesdays the place is packed with men wearing skinny jeans and oversized tanks (what bar even allows men to wear tanks???) with cupcakes on them (yes you read that correctly), thugs in super baggy clothing and a backwards caps with hipster glasses but no lenses, women in stripper style clothing (floor length dresses with slits up to their waist and booty shorts). My boss showed up around 8:30 and when he saw the crowd he turned around and left because he felt that uncomfortable/intimidated.
He was not alone: one by one our group left, feeling pushed out by the newcomers who forced themselves into our section and repeatedly badgered us about whether we were leaving so they could have our tables. I asked our waitress for a final drink and asked her to close out my tab. I could see the server window from our table and my drink sat there for nearly 10 minutes before she came back and picked it up after being pulled away to serve customers in the front. I had to remind her that I wanted to close out, which took another 10 minutes. I have had bad experiences at this bar in the past (which is why I hadn't been in 2 years) where items I had not ordered had made their way on to my tab, so I was anxious to see that everything was correct this time, but I was not even given an itemized receipt; only the credit card slip with the total. I think that is extremely shady: we were there for 4+ hours, with 30+ people in our group... it should be standard that they let you see what you're paying for. I didn't bother to ask for a new receipt because I was tired of waiting and just wanted to get out of there.
Lesson learned: Manhattan's was everything, and worse, that I remembered it being.

Do NOT go here. The bouncers were pushing my husbond all night and getting physical with us instead of asking us politely to step to the side. When I asked him not to push us, he called me a b!tch and kicked us out for no reason. I'm 5 foot blonde girl and this 7 foot goon was so rude. Why a disrespectful group of employees they have.

Two words: clean bathrooms! This is a big plus in my book, since so many bars in the area have nightmarish bathrooms.

I've been coming to Manhattan's for a while now, and it's probably one of my favorite bars in the area. My husband and I try to make it out to Manhattan's once or twice a week to watch Hey Hey Hooligan play, and we always have a great time.

Pros: As mentioned before, clean bathrooms. Friendly bartenders (say hello to Scotty!), decent prices, yummy food, great live bands.

Cons: 90% of the waitresses are snotty (except for Beckah, she's a delight), and the line for the bathrooms can get outrageous since there's only one male, one female, and one general (unisex) bathroom.

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