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Industry Bar in New York
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New York, New York County, New York, US
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Takeaway
No
Highlights
Fast service
Yes
Great cocktails
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible car park
No
Offerings
Alcohol
Yes
Beer
Yes
Cocktails
Yes
Dancing
Yes
Happy-hour drinks
Yes
Spirits
Yes
Wine
Yes
Atmosphere
Casual
Yes
Cosy
Yes
Crowd
Groups
Yes
Tourists
Yes
Payments
NFC mobile payments
Yes
Comments (199)
Amazing place, love that you need to be fully vaccinated to get in! Bouncers deserve another 5 stars 🌟 my favorite place in town. Drinks on point and everyone was dancing until morning.
The bouncers and bartenders need to do a better job of creating a safe environment here. I should be able to go to a bar with friends without having six men touch personal areas without consent. Twice this was in line for the bathroom, so I was unable to walk away after communicating that I was not comfortable with the interaction.
Please bring back whoever DJ was last year cause now the music was so bad on weekend nights that no one danced
Between the Cue, the Ritz, Barracuda, and Hush industry is definitely the strongest.
I’ve seen so many bad reviews of this club here and I’ve honestly never witnessed any of this, open-toe heels and ID issues aside, Industry is my favorite gay bar in NYC, I can’t visit NYC without visiting Industry for at least one night, is one of the few bars I’ve visited were people do nothing less than enjoy themselves and dance the night away. The Dj(s) are(is) so good, the drinks and bartenders are great, come on.
I am not fully vaxxed and neither is my gf, bouncer denied us entry even though we were just there last weekend without any problems. We showed him our vax cards, IDs, and he explained that we needed two vaccines and told us it said it on their door. Nowhere on that door did it say anything about having two vaccines in order to enter. Honestly, we felt like he wouldn’t let us in cause we’re women. Again, nowhere on the door or even on their website does it say we need to be fully vaccinated. We let him know we were just there last weekend and all he said was “well now I’M here and I’M telling you you can’t come in without two doses. It says it right there” and pointed at the sign on the door which said no such thing. Felt extremely discriminated against.
Best dragshow Ive ever seen! Very friendly ambiance
I liked this place! Great crowd, friendly staff and good music.
Went last night for the first time; immediately you’re met with Jessie, the doorman, who was extremely friendly. The inside is fairly spacious, decor is decent, bathrooms are clean, entertainment is good specifically the drag shows. All the staff in general are great workers. My only complaints would be that there wasn’t any food for purchase, at the time at least, other than the hotdog you’re served ($5) due to NY law needing alcohol to be served with food. And lastly the drink selection wasn’t as diverse in terms of beers. Hoping they add ales/ciders. However mixed drinks were really good! If you get the margarita you might want to let it dilute for a second. The cosmopolitan was very smooth, highly recommend. Oh & there’s a two drink minimum, but I mean.. if you’re going to a bar to buy just one drink, well idk maybe you’re just at the wrong place?
Twice, Ive set a drink down on a table and when I turn around, one of the workers has taken the drink and disappeared. I dont know if its a ploy to get people to buy more drinks or what. But its extremely annoying and makes me hesitant to buy more drinks here. Quite a bad business practice....!
Best vibe in NYC. Nothing compares. Justin is the best bartender.
The bouncers and security guards are awful. Go spend your money somewhere else.
This club is very RACIAL. My friend and I was entering the club, she had on an open toe platform shoe and they refused her entry. I am pretty sure its because were all BROWN. Someone else of different color decent entered right after us with open toe sandals and they got in. This was very unfair. The double standards was unreal.
So apparently you can enter without presence of your ID (a couple in front of us just show photos on the phone). But you can’t enter with the open toe shoes. On top of everything, after I was denied an entry, bouncers made a remark that “people can just go home and change their shoes”. I overheard and said that not everyone is living in the area. Then another one said “Well you can go to Forever 21 and buy it there”. Please keep in mind that was around 12am… Not okay
The attention it’s actually good.But management or owner it’s very very rude and unprofessional since I didn’t got any warning about how many times I can stand up with my masc on.I was celebrating my best friend’s marry and we were all kick out for being standing with not even 1 warning.We all felt discriminated.Also feel sad that It won’t be the place that i will take any of my friend around the world.
Hush has better music across the street.
Good bar with uniqe shows and fair price for drinks
Essentially, every bad thing youve read in the other reviews is 100% true.
It was my friends birthday and they let so many people go into the club before my group. It made us feel really unseen and ruined the birthday experience, sitting at the front of the line for like an hr. So disappointed.
Bartenders are SUPER rude, don’t even wait for you to pay and tip before they get mad if they think you won’t tip and say rude comments. Music is meh.
This is the worst place ever. They were extremely ignorant to the COVID.19 protocols put into place by the city. They also assaulted some of my friends for DOING NOTHING. STAY AWAY FROM THIS BAR.
The Help is Back @Industry BEST SHOW in town with Pixie and Keisha. Wednesday Night! we had the best time ever! Safe welcoming space for LGBTQIA+ POCs
Great friendly bar. Inexpensive prices and comfortable atmosphere. Come back here. Promotions are often held here. If you register on 909gay, com and create a profile, you can get a free private room for 2 hours and a free cocktail.
They closed the bar due to a plumbing issue. That’s totally fine but it was raining and I was in a cast and crutches. They told me I couldn’t come in and that I couldn’t stand under the awning for a minute while I regrouped. They said I “couldn’t block the door” even though they weren’t open. While I was trying to call an Uber the bouncer stuck his head out and said I had to leave, and it was pouring rain. So I had to crutch across the street to Therapy Bar and everyone was incredibly nice and welcoming!
So I got into JFK super late thinking I wouldn’t make it out in time - wrong - this place is open super late. When I arrived I was stunned at the vibe here; everyone was dancing and just having fun til 4AM. Drinks were strong and so many fun and good looking people. The DJ was on fire, just all around good spot! Highly recommended for anyone visiting.
Be aware, I went there a week ago, and I got covid. I’m fully vaccinated but I still lost the smell sense. Please get your vaccine!
I went on pride this year and it was ok. The dj was repeating and extending the songs too much, it got really annoying when you thought there was a new song coming up, it just repeated the last chorus. Also, I saw one woman bar tender using used dirty glasses brought by another bartender to serve new drinks. That made me not take any drink served on glass, it’s anti hygienic. Overall, you can go and dance for a while but there are better places nearby.
Well, if you want to see beautiful, open and well dressed people, and taste extra-class strong cocktails - this might be the only place for you.Music - pop 2000-2019, quite funny but the atmosphere is great.Yes only cash(
The bouncer is rude and arrogant. Management should reconsider who they hire because he is costing them a pretty penny according to my experience and others who have left reviews. Unfortunately I will not be returning.
You come here for the boys but dont expect a quality drink and also expect to pay cash. Would love to see them raise the bar here and take credit cards and have drinks that are not all from the nasty fountain. Still a fun place to come dance and see shows but drink first.
The place is always good in terms of guys and the environment is great and wild, but the drinks Are ridiculously expensive and suck. I went for Labor Day weekend and they charged me $13 for a tinny drink that literally only had orange juice and not a single drop of alcohol!!!!! No joke! Thats not right... So whenever you go, make sure the bartenders are doing their job and not ROBBING you.
Staff is rude not worth your money. Better spending it somewhere else. Not friendly to tourists. Hyper senesitive staff that spills drinks. Over priced and inconsistent drink charges. Told to artebd this ccommunity bar for $8 drinks charged $10, $14, and $16 drinks not one consistent price. Would suggest exploring Chelsea to reccomend explore Chelsea and find something more welcoming and authentic than this place
I was unfairly denied access to this place after being fully vaxxed. I had card, ID, and everything. If they wanna close then let them close
This bar is nothing but sexiest, when I asked why can’t a female be led in they said “it’s a gay bar get off the line”, nothing but rudeness from the bouncer. It’s sad that a Gay club wouldn’t be open to letting a female in. I thought our community was supposed to be open to everyone, but clearly this bar doesn’t feel the same way. I definitely would not recommend this bar to anyone.
Cool place, gets a little crowded. In a safe neighborhood. Offers coat check. Cash only, but has an ATM. Fairly clean, gender neutral bathroom (one big bathroom, no separate facilities). Bar tenders were nice.
We work here at hells kitchen and I cannot believe how rude we were treated. We came here with a party of 4 and while we were waiting for the rest of our party to have their IDs checked, the bouncer screamed at us because we were waiting for the rest of our small party and were told to get out. We felt discriminated because of our gender and Latin race. My friends came from overseas and while his passport was being checked we were just standing next to him waiting and we were yelled at for not moving. This is the worst customer service ever and it was abusive and we were bullied to leave. Cannot believe that in a city like new York we were treated like this.
Don’t know didn’t even get a chance to go in apparently there was a dress code that night you weren’t allowed to wear sandals, they never mentioned it in their website waiting in line was a waste of my time, also the bouncer mainly pointed it out only for the girls while the guys were wearing not dress coded shoes
This is the no-frills dance spot for gay guys in Hells Kitchen. Always a fun time if youve had a couple of drinks and you want to dance. Can get very crowded. If youre bringing a girl friend with you, make sure shes wearing closed-toe shoes so they dont deny her entry.
The bartending staff are great however on a Thursday night at 245am when the bar was slow the security person decided after 45 min at the bar that I was not allowed to have my bag on the bar where I was standing and instead in pay for him to check it. I said can I finish my drink and he said remove the bag from the bar. There were not any people hindered because my bag was in front of me at the bar. I paid my bill and left and will NEVER go to Industry again. There are lots of gay bars in midtown where you do not need to put up with this type of poor service. Do not support this bar. Go to Vodka Soda, Boxers, Mickeys, Posh and Therapy.
They dont let people come in with open toe in 100 degree heat. Just inconsiderate. We were with 2 guys and 3 girls, girls all had open toe. The bouncer turned us away and pushed us to the side of the road. Not nice. Its 100 degrees- yea, theyre wearing sandals. Get over it.Not coming back. You shouldnt either.
Went in on a Sunday and it was super fun. The drag show was great. And the host was super funny. It’s a cash only bar but they have an atm on site. Difficult to reach the bathrooms. Overall great experience.
This security guy was very disrespectful. He said it wasn’t me on me passport picture. While I had all my stuff in the coat check cuz I just left for a cigarette. Now, he was using a sunglasses as we were in a night time. And he got mad cuz I asked him to take the sunglasses out so he could see it better. Isn’t it part of his job to see it clear? I lost my night because his ego was all over the place and wanted me to kiss it.
This club is ridiculous, the bouncers are racist and rude. My Asian American friend and I wanted to get back in after smoking outside. We were denied simply because they associated us with another Asian group that got kicked out. We did not only provided valid reasons why we were not assiociated with them, we also told our friend group to pick us up at the entrance as a proof. However, they still believed that we look asian, and we are with the asian group that they kicked out. It is clearly understandable that they have the right to not let people in, however, it is just wrong to not let anyone in with a racial reason, especially when they are putting us in a degrading position.
DO NOT GO TO INDUSTRY! Last night my friend and I were denied re-entry to the bar from the smokers area (after being inside for at least a couple of hours) because one of the security guys thought we were skipping the line. We tried to talk to the guy, show our IDs, explain that we were in (our coats and friends were still inside), but he refused to let us in again because we were being “too smart” with him. We decided not to insist and call our friends (who were still inside) from the sidewalk. He came back and told us we couldn’t be on the sidewalk either. After trying to explain to him that sidewalks are public space he threaten me and harassed me for my accent, telling me I didn’t knew how to behave in this country. After this I decided to just cross the sidewalk, he followed us just to let the security people in the bar next door don’t let us in and kept going calling us names because we had an accent. Good to know that the people they hire in this place to protect LQBTQ community are still xenophobic and violent, you’re doing great honey...
Probably one of the worst bars Ive been to in hells kitchen. I would recommend going to vodka soda or hardware first. theyre have the same music but they dont have the same rules about card only (with only two ATM machines in the whole bar). go only is youre at the very end of your night.
My friends and I showed up to have a good time , but after my friends ID was not scanning properly at the door, they proceeded to tell her she could not enter. That would have been fine except for her id scanned appropriately at three different bars on the same street. After trying to explain the validity of her obviously valid identification, the staff at the door, particularly the drag queen , were unnecessarily rude. We tried to explain that it was a a malfunction and they continued to engage in name calling and (in my opinion) unprofessional jeering.Just go to Therapy across the street. Much better music and much better staff. Had a blast !!
The bouncer denied my friend access for no reason and when we asked why he said “because I want to” and then asked my friend, who is Indian, if he was “able to speak English” or if he needed to “try another language.” When we asked to speak to someone he claimed his name was Jeff and that he was the assistant manager, didn’t really seem qualified for either of those positions. Racist and ruining people’s nights just for fun. Disgusting.
I was told great things: but no one talked to me, and no one danced. Nobody made me feel welcome except the awesome guy dancing and lip-syncing in front of the video screen, who also didnt talk to me. Two points, from me, for playing Betty Who.
We went here on a Thursday to watch RuPauls All Stars and had lots of fun. It wasnt too crowded, but it wasnt empty. The drag queen entertaining, Miz Cracker, was hospitable, funny and a bit original. They also had happy hour with 2 for 1 on drinks before 9pm. All in all, a fun night!
Ok gay bar. Extremely crowded.
Good dancing music on Saturdays. Top 40s etc. drinks are alright but overpriced. The bouncers were nice enough I guess. They shoo you around inside to keep the area clear which is annoying.
I know that Vodka with Red Bull is $9 every Friday night! There’s one trash bartender sold me $11 TWICE! and still quibbled:)I was there every Friday and Saturday I Know that prices don’t fking kill me!! After I got 3rd drink it’s NINE! from the backside bar. I can pay the full amount, But it doesnt mean you can lie me！I took that full rideo, That F**KING Bartender at middle front bar July 19th night Friday!
Poor service by the bartender with the deathly hollows tattoo. He was unhelpful and not friendly. They didn’t have at least 5 types of drinks we requested, and they were simple drinks like Appletini’s and mojitos. I won’t return here until the bartenders upgrade their attitude. And what is up with being cash only? This is 2018.
The female DJ on Saturday nights isn’t really a Saturday night vibe DJ. She plays 80’s music.... and dare I say it... the WHOLE song! It kills the vibe big time! Their Friday night DJ is a lot more upbeat and keeps the vibe going! Wish they had the same DJ for Saturday night as well. Unfortunately if I happen to go out on Saturdays, I wind up going to Rise.
The bouncers were very rude and did not believe my friends I.D. was real. We had to call the police in order to get his identification back. There are plenty of other decent bars to go to in New York City. I would not bother going here.
Total reviews rating 3.3
199 Reviews for Industry Bar 2023:
Review №1
2021-12-18I just wanna say that Bartenders, Management and head of security are the best! I’mSo proud of you that you keep high standards for Everyone’s needs! Thank your professional work and your adorable DJ’s❤️ Thanks for making our life’s more colorful and joyful
Review №2
2022-05-16Visited here on a Friday night, got there a bit early I would say, but it picked up shortly after. It was difficult enough to spot because there was some scaffolding outside, and they keep a low profile to not disturb neighbors, but it is worth finding!Good bar staff, a good mix of music, plenty of space to dance, watch others dance, and even some more relaxed areas if thats what you need at the end of your week!
Review №3
2022-03-10Ugh. Packed, packed, and more packed. Industry has some fun drag shows throughout the week (LOVE Sister Sister on Tuesdays with Egypt and Yasmin Delano!) but this place gets so packed with younger straight people on the weekends that I just want to leave. Shoutout to Justin at the bar, hes awesome!
Review №4
2022-06-27Bartenders here are just a joke. The short guy with no shirt on will cry like a little girl because you won’t leave the tip on the credit card and when he made the drink and I didn’t tip he didn’t give me a chance to take the drink he just throw it away and was being SUPER RUDE ..No one told them that people will tip if you do a good job not if you will be rude, disrespectful dude who can’t do nothing better as just pouring the drinks. Don’t go there, matter of fact do let that short guy serve you drinks!! Very disrespectful!! And then I asked for a refund and the other tall guy said I should ask whoever serve me lol what a joke will never go back!
Review №5
2022-05-04The bar and the atmosphere are very nice but the dj is horrible! He doesn’t play any song that we ask for and he also doesn’t play any gay song. It looks like I am in a straight bar, which is a shame. I think you should hire a new one.
Review №6
2022-03-05Bartenders here are just a joke. The short guy will cry like a little girl because you won’t leave the tip on the credit card. No one told them that people will tip if you do a good job not if you will be rude, disrespectful dude who can’t do nothing better as just pouring the drinks. Don’t go there. What a joke.
Review №7
2021-12-05Wow after so Manny years this bar still pumping. Bartenders were great, Marcus, music also was good. Sing your heart out. Coat check still same type of issue but I guess has to be a seasonal thing. Maybe industry needs a face-lift? Specially on stage, dance floor and better access to bathroom.
Review №8
2022-06-27Paid $10 to get in and they didn’t even have AC. I lasted about 5 minutes before feeling like I was literally going to die. Has to be illegal.
Review №9
2022-04-22Great DJ and drag show!!! Love this place! Will definitely come visit again when in town
Review №10
2022-03-08This place has a problem with stealing. I went here on Friday 3/4/2022 and me and 2 other peoples phones were stollen along with multiple jackets. My friend also went here a few months ago and her wallet and phone were taken right out of her fanny pack.