Joshua Tree
“You probably will too if u like old 80s music videos, and not bothered by the crowded happening atmosphere…”
“J Tree gets jam-packed late at night, but the music is really fun (80s, 90s, old hip hop, etc) and I always have a great time.”
“it's in Murray Hill so no surprises when post-collegiate frat boys start getting sloppy and the biddies' skirts start getting higher.”
Joshua Tree
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Good For Dancing: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Coat Check: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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If you're looking for a classic sloppy Murray Hill night, this is a good spot.
The People: Supposedly a big NYU presence, post-college frat stars, and stray younger finance men on business trips.
The Place: Large venue with screens streaming 80s-90s music videos. There is a fog machine and a dance floor full of post-college frat stars seeing if they still have any "game". It's essentially a large hall of people drunkenly falling into each other yelling the wrong lyrics to their parent's favorite songs.
The Things: The drinks are standard lower-priced Manhattan bar drinks. (Cheap to a local, but still expensive enough to make your out-of-towners friends whine)
This bar is A-Ok. I appreciated the classic 80s and 90s songs playing all night/early morning with the accompanying music videos on their big screens. The space is pretty big and open. The drinks were relatively inexpensive and the service was decent.
All the 80's you can handle!! I didn't expect to find something like this in the city. The drink selection was nice, the amount of monitors showing old music videos was cool and the area wasn't crowded. Just a small simple place with an older dude being the DJ blasting the best tunes from the 80's and 90's. I'd visit again but I really hope that the guys with their shirts off dancing won't be around… that was weird.
As an 80's child, I really have enjoyed this place&music. We went after work on Tuesday night, was not empty, was not crowded. Good for groups on weekdays for sure.
Do not come hungry! Yes they do have snacks but they to not have waiter service, self serve for both drinks and food. We ordered a combo platter with wings, mozzarella sticks, some fish balls and chicken fingers. Had to wait like 15 minutes to pick it up. Taste quite Allright. 16 oz. tap beers are $8 and around.
You can do open or close checks at the bar.
We brought a cake from outside and they were fine with that too. They celebrated the birthday with a subtitle on TV screen saying our friend's name.
Really chill and comfortable place. There is is second bar which I assume on duty on busy weekend times so you do not carry drinks all the way from entrance to back room.
I can't remember the last time I went to the Joshua Tree, except that it was shrouded in drunkenness and lascivious bros and thirsty chicks and very loud music. But the Joshua Tree is actually a surprisingly chill on a Sunday afternoon. Strolling around looking for something to do, we headed in here for due to its relative emptiness and $4/$5 happy hour deals. There were a few board games lying around: Connect 4, Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble. Pwning my boyfriend at both Connect 4 and Scrabble has probably left me with warm fuzzy feelings memories of this place.
All i have to say is after our table ordered over 100 in alcohol… The waitress had the nerve to charge someone 3 dollars for a seltzer. Im not picky but thats absurd. Otherwise good old music, broken smoke machine and rude staff.
Live update: our group, who is clearly spending money here is having a good time and security came over and flipped out on two of our group members for dancing.. Completely inappropriate he scared the crap out of our group members, he came over and flipped out screaming get down get down.. When they weren't doing anything wrong. This place man..
I'll start this review off by saying that Joshua tree isn't for everyone. It's a pretty lively scene with a mediocre crowd. It definitely has a knack for drawing in the "tunnel folk" as I like to call them . . . interesting crowd for sure. Rumor has it that they only emerge when the sun goes down . . . I think I saw one once during broad daylight but also could have been a mole person.
That being said: every single one of my friends knows that this place is my favorite late night spot in the city. And by late night I mean when I'm somewhat functional (emphasis on the somewhat) circa 3:00AM. What other bar can you go to and have the most bumpin playlist from 1984 playing all night long?
The bar has probably 25 TVs that play old school 80s and 90s music all night long. Sure the crowd isn't the greatest but all you need is to bring your own poppin crew of 3-5 people who know the words to a few MJ and Queen songs and you are good to go! Heck I would even come here by myself and I'm sure I'd be able to have a wonderful time. Heck, maybe I'll do that tomorrow! Stay tuned!!
Average bar in the area. Big and spacious, I'm sure it gets crowded on the weekends. Drinks were priced okay and food, typical bar fare, was okay. Nothing special here. The only thing to note was that food took over 40 minutes, and this is in an empty restaurant.