VBar&cafe
“Vbar& Café offers a rotating selection of over thirty wines from around the world, many of them organic and by the glass.”
“If you find yourself in that odd, NYU saturated mid- village nabe craving a big glass of wine and a cozy place with character, stop here.”
“With the low lighting and intimate atmosphere, it's a good place to chill out and converse with a potential significant other.”
VBar&cafe
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Good for Working: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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The epitome of the "cozy wine bar". Small nook of a place with a long table, a couple more intimate tables, and bar seating. Menu is tiny, but it's exactly as described – wine/beer/coffee with baked goods served.
Happy hour here is pretty sweet – with $6 house wine being the best bargain. My most recent trip brought me in for lunch. Got a croissant warmed up ($3), a bowl of nuts ($5), and a glass of the house red ($8). Amazingly chill and comfortable place in the afternoon, as I enjoyed my meal with no disruption.
Solid tunes playing from the corners and attentive service really makes this a go-to spot. Though can get really crowded, so you might have to find a different bar to go to at night.
Definitely a laptop friendly cafe with decent happy hour prices. Only the large communal tables and tables on the outskirts have access to an outlet or the power strip. It's a good and bad thing for cafes to allow laptops because while I often like to work in cafes, it can get uncomfortable for patrons who come solely to eat and converse. It was filled when I came for lunch, but almost everyone was working quietly on their laptops that it felt invasive to talk.
I have only come here during the day, but it is a great spot to study or do a bit of reading. The chai lattes are delicious and not too crowded during the day. It gives off a cozy vibe.
Vbar&Café was a stumble upon stop thanks to my agitated and thirsty Mother and Yelp. She clearly was done with my walking, shopping and talking and, therefore, requested wine. It was more like CARRIE I WANT/NEED WINE. Without hesitance I whipped out my iphone that has the magical app called–Yelp. If you don't have it, get it. If you have it, add me and enjoy my spits of wisdom and rants. I promise you'll enjoy my excerpts just as much as I adore crafting them. Anyways…Back to this adorable finding of mine. This wine bar that they call Vbar& Café is quite the find. Owned by someone who has a fetish for what looks like voodoo art and/or African themes. My kind of person–I have an obsession with voodoo and magic yet I have no idea why. When I looked the bar up online they actually mention Karma, however, in a total different context than what I imagined. The bar offers a "Karma Board." This board allows you to gift someone with store credit/karma credit which they will find next time they visit the bar, and hopefully they continue the deed. The original board which has become a local's favorite, was the subject of a research conducted by students at NYU. Super cool, right?! Who doesn't like doing a good deed especially when it has to do with WINE!?
Wine Talk…
Vbar& Café offers a rotating selection of over thirty wines from around the world, many of them organic and by the glass. My Mom and I purchased a bottle of white wine crafted in New York State–Can't remember what it was because I FORGOT to take a picture of the label…
If you would like to take a gander at the wine bar, please go to 225 Sullivan Street and tell them I sent you!
Good, cozy meeting place for a drink or coffee in the area. Pretty relaxed atmosphere, limited seating.
Love the relaxed ambience. Good selection of wines and beer. Great place to hang out and catch up with a friend. Music is nice and at appropriate volume to allow for conversations.
So in reading the other reviews apparently I'm not the only one that was at the mercy of the horrible bartender, and I'm here to echo all those before me: STAY AWAY.
Walking by looking for a place to have a drink ($4 happy hour drafts), and this place looked cute and cozy. There were 3 of us and we took a high table by the window. Nice ambiance, and we enjoyed ourselves until one of us had to leave. Within minutes the bartender came up to us and asked us if we were waiting for someone else and how long they were going to take because that table was reserved for 3 or more. There were tons of open tables around us and it was completely unnecessary to come over like that. If it got crowded, of course we would have moved to a smaller table or the bar.
Then he asked my friend if he could get him something, since he had just finished his drink, heavily implying that he better damn well order something else. My friend ordered a beer and went up to the bar after a bit to get it. He accidentally left his wallet on the table and only had enough for the drink. He came back to get money for the tip and said that the bartender refused to give him his drink without tipping. (He planned to come back and tip him anyway, but that is completely out of line to refuse.) The bartender also kept berating him saying, "I don't know where you're from, but we tip in this country." My friend is from Brooklyn and has lived in NY his entire life (with the accent to prove it, so clearly the joke was on the bartender if he couldn't figure that out).
We downed our beers and left immediately, even though we were planning on having another friend meet us later. A clear example of how a total a$$hole bartender made VBar miss out on customers ready to drink the night away. I hope they fire this guy, but it doesn't seem likely if the owner is also a jerk.
The boyfriend and I stopped by here after walking around Washington Square park and I'm so glad we did! We were looking for a coffee shop to sit and relax in, and we ran into Vbar (thanks yelp!). The sign in the front of the shop said productivity in the morning, promiscuity in the evening. Clearly intrigued, we walked in, and discovered it was both a coffee shop, with tons of pastries and caffeinated drinks, along with a bar, with beers on tap and a large selection of wines – talk about heaven?
We ordered two glasses of wine – Sauvignon Blanc & Riesling – and were pleased with both of them (reasonable prices too, ~$11 per glass). It was a small, cozy ambiance, with a mixture of individuals either working, eating, or chatting like we were. It was a perfect stop in the middle of our day to wind down before dinner.
Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area!