Ace Bar
Bar and Pool Hall$$$$
Alphabet City, New York
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"Great place to shoot pool, play darts or skeeball, or pinball."(45 Tips)
"A longtime favorite place for pinball, darts, and pool."(16 Tips)
"Buck hunter, skee ball, darts, and pool tables."(14 Tips)
"Great place to go with friends- skeeball, pool, and darts!"(31 Tips)
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This was a go-to during my grad school days at NYU, Ace Bar was always used as the "example" for dodgeball.com & foursquare use cases. It's still the first place I think of when testing new features.
- J CrowleyNovember 6, 2014One of my favorite bars in the east village. Buck hunter, skee ball, darts, and pool tables. Play all four games in a World Series with your friends.
Andrew CAugust 14, 2018Super fun bar with cheap happy hour deals (including weekend midday - $3 drafts)... few arcade games, plus billiards and skeeball- for a cost, but great activity
Julia MontiMarch 29, 2016Will be my new spot in alphabet city. I love this place. There's plenty of space, $3 & $4 beers during happy hour, excellent service and you're right across from black iron burger. 👌🏻
Cody-Ann 👑💫November 9, 2014This is. Like Dave & Busters without all the kids. Ski ball, Darts, pool, cute busboy, Great happy hour. Big TVs not too crowded for the sunday football🏈 games.
Justin BretonSeptember 5, 2014Skee ball, darts and pinball... Oh my! Great bar! Be aware that it gets crowded and can be a little fratty on some nights. Still fun, though.
Ryan SussanJanuary 20, 2015Had my birthday party there on a Saturday night. Went off without a hitch. Jeff was really helpful getting us all situated and Maria could not have been better to us.Took care of all of us. Great spot
Peter BernsteinApril 17, 2019Awesome spot to chill. I play APA pool on Tuesdays. Awesome house beer and super friendly staff!
Emily WilsonJanuary 8, 2016A solid selection of beers on tap for $3-$4 during happy hour. Go for a magic hat #9.- KarenDecember 24, 2018Great place to shoot pool, play darts or skeeball, or pinball. Friendly bartending staff. Strong drinks. Bring your own food.
Lou CarulliJanuary 4, 2018Cool spot lots of yuppies but good drinks and bunch of fun games. Best my high score on the Metallica pinball machine!
Great weeknight bar, gets crowded on the weekends. Play pool, skeeball, Buck Hunter or darts and just enjoy pure divey-ness.
Saarim ZamanMarch 15, 2016The grilled lemongrass chicken is delicious, but I'm assuming so is everything else on the menu. Also can't be beat for the price!
Emily RoyJuly 18, 2015lots of fun early in the night- plenty of places to sit, nice staff, $4 beers, games and you can order in food!
Tom MengOctober 10, 2015Fun bar! There's a lot of space for activities. They got pinball machines, buck hunter, skee ball, darts, and a couple pool tables.
Kyle DickNovember 10, 2018They have 2 dart boards, 2 ski ball tables and a pool table. I was there on Friday at 10pm and it was a younger crowd (21-25).
Leanne ZDecember 17, 2015Fun place for literally anyone that likes fun. I love skiball, necessary addition to any East Village bar hopping night.
Brian StraussJanuary 24, 2024A dive bar with power outlets at the bar. Get smashed and charge your phone at the same time! So efficient.
Does this bar look familiar? Ace Bar was featured in the Netflix series, Master of None starring Aziz Ansari.
- Youthful energy at its most aggressive in here. Some games, (pinball, darts, skee ball, pool) an awesome werewolf and low-priced b00ze.
- Sam BrownJune 20, 2014Like lithographed metal lunch boxes from the '50s, '60s and '70s? Ace Bar has strong game.
Samantha JoApril 7, 2017Bring your own food and chug bud lights while playing buck hunter and hopefully not bumping into a college friend of your ex boyfriends neighbor.
Ali ColangeloMarch 5, 2016When in doubt, this place is always a good birthday option. It's large enough where it's never super crowded AND has games!
J.R. ReedApril 29, 2018Fun games in the back, classic beer selection on draft, sports usually on a few TVs
Morgan MorrealeSeptember 23, 2016Skeeball, darts, pool tables, and other arcade games. Perfect for hanging with friends. Cheap beer- @thirstyMarch 30, 2014Games ... Pinball, skee ball, darts, pool and fun no fuss proper w great music
TiffanyNovember 2, 2015You have to pay separately for both the skee ball and pool table. Do try the ace pear cider!
Skee ball is great, but it'll swallow your quarters; better off using cash. And be careful with the darts!
BBC AMERICAFebruary 1, 2018Player's choice: Ace Bar has Skee ball, trivia and most importantly, DARTS!
The Corcoran GroupApril 23, 2010Pool, Darts, Skee Ball. Feels like a Chuck E. Cheese's for drinking co-eds. Happy Hour from 4-7pm Everyday! $3-$6 Drafts and Well Cocktails.
- Y NApril 16, 2016See that comment there below from "Michael Aiingorn"? (Aka: Ayngorn, Einhorn, Aingorn, Ainhorn, etc.) Don't accept one of his ATMs. He is a criminal scam artist. Real company name: FTF Inc.
Paige CNovember 1, 2014It's like Chuck E. Cheese for adults: Skee ball, pool, darts and drinks! Fun place for late night.
Erika PerziAugust 15, 2016Long standing establishment that still holds a cool factor, love skee ball and pool table action.
Damian BayonaApril 5, 2016Skeeball in the back for $1 a game. Gets crowded tho. May throw off your backswing.
Tuesday night is big buck hunter league! It's a great time with awesome people. #makeshotstakeshots
If you plan to pass out on the skee ball ramp, bring a pillow.
Ana Marie 💃February 16, 2015Super divey bar with darts, pool tables, pinball and skee ball machines.
Cool place to chill and hit up on an EV bar crawl. Play some games to break up the drinks.
Jessie AllenApril 6, 2014Skeeball, pool, darts, board games, beer, and they're playing the theme song from Charmed right now. My kind of place.
Charley ToddSeptember 1, 2015So much fun inside. Skeeball tournament was happening. Lots of yelling. But like. Fun yelling
Games and late night happy hour prices make this a winner
Lianne StokesJanuary 2, 2012Be a skee baller! Ace is one of my fave old school NYC bars. They've got new fancy red booths! Nice.
Transformers pinball = best modern machine in city. Good for beer + recreation post Minca or Black Iron Burger.
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Ace Bar in New York City’s East Village is “no pretense, no fuss, just fun.”
Closed until 3:00 PM (Show more)
- Mon–Fri
- 3:00 PM–4:00 AM
- Sat–Sun
- 1:00 PM–4:00 AM
(212) 979-8476
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Yes
Credit Cards
Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi
Yes
Outdoor Seating
No
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Music
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Raj S. - 7.4
"This place saved one of my nights out. Excellent music, not too crowded and we managed to snag one of the front tables. Beers/prices decent. Stayed here the rest of the night for an enjoyable time."
eme - 8.6
"The picklebacks were so much fun! I loved the Christmas lights too."
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- 7.6
"Amazing dive with cheap drinks and a pool table. One of my favorites!"
Sara 🌈⚔🍾 - 8.2
"The Minca (soy broth) was soooo so amazingly delicious and so were the pork gyoza!! Mmmm"
Rachel Port - 8.0
"Lots of tv's, great bloody marys and buck hunter/pinball. Friendly staff, chill vibe and all around great neighborhood dive. You can even order food in, no problem."
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