Sly Fox
“The drinks are by far the cheapest in the East Village, and possibly in Manhattan.”
“But seriously, where else in Manhattan can you get a shot of whiskey and a PBR for $5?”
“cheap beer easy access to the ukrainian national home for dinner.”
Sly Fox
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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It's a dingy, cheap, sketchy bar full of college bros.
The bartenders are great except for one female who is just rude. I want to buy her a shot so she can loosen up.
They should definitely have a food menu, but I think they let you order or bring food in which is pretty cool. Don't pay with card here because it takes forever since they don't have a credit card system in front- they have to go in the back where there is a random restaurant attached. Bathroom area is down the hall and down the stairs and is also pretty sketchy.
This bar is never, ever going to be my first, second, or third choice- but if you only have 10 bucks you can buy a pitcher of PBR and get wasted, so you can't expect much?
I haven't been back to Sly Fox in a while and the reason my rating has gone down is because they have a new bartender who is absolutely grating. They normally have a $20 card minimum, but with the regular bartenders I know they usually let is slide for me since they know I'll be back another day. This new girl was a complete hard ass about it. Normally I'd understand, but I know for a fact that they don't follow that rule all the time. So instead of staying at Sly Fox for just a short period of time I was forced to stay there until my card had been charged enough. A difficult feat considering everything is super cheap.
My boyfriend and I had arrived sooner than our friends and she didn't bother to check our ID's, again, something I'm used to at Sly Fox as a regular. Then one of my friends arrived and she's a tiny person, guess who wound up getting checked? Her. This was just amusing to me considering my friend is YEARS older than I am. And no one else in our group got ID'd.
Since my boyfriend and I were a pitcher ahead my friends decided to do shots to catch up to us, and although I didn't see it firsthand, they relayed it to me the second they came back to our booth. Apparently midst their shot taking my guy friend had received a phone call, and without moving from where he was standing he answered it. The bartender then said "Can you just pay me already?" He literally hadn't gone anywhere.
When we were all grouped up at our booth we could tell that she disliked us, she was huffing and puffing while glaring at our general direction. We had no idea why she was acting like this. We'd all ordered drinks and had three pitchers at our table. We weren't even being loud. Because I had my card open my friends and I put everything on my card, just so we could get out of there faster. Because of her poor service I admittedly gave her a shitty tip, but she hadn't deserved anything better than that. The second she saw what I'd given her, her attitude got even worse. She started slamming things onto the bar. It was like a child throwing a temper tantrum.
Usually they have good bartenders are Sly Fox, but if she's the new regular bartender I highly doubt I'll be wanting to come back soon. Yes, they have great deals. But not great enough to deal with that much attitude.
4 dollar pbr and shot special!
Thats all the info you really need to know for this place. They give a generic house whiskey with it.
Bar is ok inside. Definitely more on the divey side. The bathrooms are located kinda far. You basically walk out into a hallway and its shared with another restaurant right next door.
The crowd was more on the quieter side. We came here early and left just as early to go to a more lively bar.
If you're looking for a dive that isn't putting a dive bar facade, Sly Fox is your real neighborhood dive. In my opinion, these are the signs of a true dive:
1) No premium beer
2) Bar staff doesn't seem to care what they look like (or at least not care about being trendy)
3) They don't care who you are or what you look like
4) Many of the regulars look like they've got a story you don't want to know
Sly Fox fills all 4 criteria, and that's not all: It's a great mix of people if you're into people watching. On a weekend night, you'll be sharing your drinks with a young, probably just of drinking age, college crowd crawling in for $2 PBRs in plastic cups along with some "interesting" looking locals perched at the bar like the guy wearing a comically fake looking toupee pouring water in his beer to always keep it looking full.
Like the toupee guy at this bar, there are a lot of reasons to see this place half full of dive bar kitsch instead of half empty.
$2 PBRs. Get some.
I can't believe I actually went back to this place after all these years. I remember going here back in high school. The ceiling mirrors helped me remember.
Not a great beer selection. Very beat up looking booths. And a bathroom shared with a Ukrainian restaurant.
Definitely a place where you bring the good company with you. Otherwise it's a sausage fest, albeit a more low key one.
They take credit cards but their signature system is weird. They give you a handwritten receipt to sign and then they swipe your card.
If you like dives, you'll like Sly Fox. Unfortunately, it's a dive that doesn't have a lot of options. You'd think they could sneak in a good tap beer or two, but they don't. Closest you can get is a Yeungling or a Brooklyn Lager, which are middle-low and middle-tier beers in my book, respectively. But it's good for cheap PBRs and drinking games and such. And if you like touching sticky surfaces, this is your place.
Went out here for drinks last night. It was super busy because of Ukrainian festival right outside. The vibe is like groovy dive. Mirrors on the ceiling have a cool effect. Drinks were cheap. Also like that there's a Ukrainian restaurant in the back. We didn't eat there but it looks very chill and private.