Outdoor seating
Yes
Tip-Top Bar & Grill in Brooklyn
Categories
Location on the map
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, US
Service options
Dine-in
Yes
Delivery
No
Highlights
Fast service
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
No
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
No
Wheelchair-accessible seating
No
Offerings
Alcohol
Yes
Comfort food
Yes
Food
Yes
Food at bar
Yes
Atmosphere
Casual
Yes
Cosy
Yes
Historic
Yes
Crowd
Groups
Yes
Comments (57)
Its classic old school African-American Brooklyn at its finest! Lovely family owned bar, aunties make the food. Hands down the best jukebox in Brooklyn and arguably the entire city!
Its nice cozey spot. The owner, family and staff are great people. They hospitality is awesome. The drinks are good. We gave my mother surprise 80th birthday party.
Tip Top is a real neighborhood gem. I have come to call the entire staff family. Words cant express how much connection to this bar I feel. A piece of home away from home.
Great neighborhood dive bar. Only 3 draft beers, but a respectable selection. Ms. Ruby is the best.
Nice Dive Bar been going there since I was about 16 years old playing pinball and shooting pool lot of memories in this place
So good, backyard has great quinceañera feels.
You might feel like you are walking into a prison bar, if such things existed, but the warm and friendly staff and patrons make you feel right at home. Strong cheap drinks but stay away from the food.
Great Music and extraordinary crowd. You want a nostalgic evening with some old school classics, funk music and disco... This is the placd
If youre concerned about the disappearance of Brooklyns dive bars look no further this place is is expensive but nice and trashy the way we like it.
Nice dive bar that my friend likes to take me to when I come to brooklyn. the bartenders are really nice, and the woman who makes the food is great too.
That neighborhood dive bar with the best prices in town. An awesome backyard and good people... Hipsters go away.
One of the last juke joints in Brooklyn. Good drink deals. Great throwback music.
Great service....nostalgic vibes ...cheap drinks
My fav bar in nyc. They aint trying to rip you off. Always a good time at Tiptop
As divey as youd expect. IPA at 8$ not at dive prices. Decent backyard.
Dont go there. Cash only. Poor economics. All beers are 6 and all shots are 4 bucks
Great dive bar with good music! Cool vibes go well with the wings...
Nice atmosphere, good food and drinks and friendly staff.
Awesome place I wish they were open more often
Just plain awesome neighborhood bar. No beers on tap but great pours!
Its feels like home when I visit Brooklyn. The Barmaids are wonderful and the food is great.
Best bar is Bedstuy.....most hospitable place around!
Ive been going here for many years, I really like this place. 💯
Great pleace to and down to eat an drin k plus shopping area.
Music & drinks addy a fair price!
Great, cheap place. No frills. Cash only.
This place has beers AND shots!!! Are you kidding me? MAMMA MIA!!!
MFirst Class service in a comfortable atmostspire with outstanding personalities
Very friendly and relaxing atmosphere!
Best bar in Brooklyn.
Ask for Miss Betty shes a sweet heart
Cool places I like it.
Its not anything like home .... its where you want to be..... #busy
Divey, local bar with cheap eats and drinks.
Free hot dogs hell yeah
Cool divey place. Lots of fun.
Amazing food good service
Dont miss the fried fish.
Divey as heck, but cheap
As portrait in Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn
Great Meeting Place
Such a fun spot
Love the salad
An ok local bar
Looks like a kitchen
Small and chill
My kinda spot
Total reviews rating 4.4
57 Reviews for Tip-Top Bar & Grill 2023:
Review №1
2019-06-03Yeah Ill be back! Again and again and again.Going to Tip Top is a treat for me these days as gone is the 2014/15 era when I lived one minute away.Isnt it awful how we judge a book by its cover? On my first visit, I was told that this joint was just for a mature (they said old) crowd and judging from the look of it I thought nah, not my cuppa tea. I should have know better. I march to my own beat.Clinton Hill! This is your spot!The drinks reasonable! The staff mature and the decor definitely dive of the year!As you walk in theres a long main bar. If you turn and walk right, youll get to what is traditionally known as a sweatbox. In this space, sometimes, some heavy dancing (ie sweating) goes down. Theres sometimes a little bar area here to the opposite end of the DJ.Theres a lounge area at the back that seems to turn storage, turn domino/card room, turn smoking room. Its the craziest, most amazing room. HOWEVER, Ive noticed a shift here since the machine has been churning heavily in this area of BKLYN. The back has started looking different as the just moved in folks are leaving their mark through hosting events here. **Shrugs**.Anyway, back to TT, Ive even been here for an End Of Year Christmas Party and had the most wonderful time with the thank you Caribbean and South Dishes.The vibe, definitely awrite!Yeah, Ill be back.The End.
Review №2
2022-03-14Hey is this place still there?! Coming home 6/22 omg please be open!?
Review №3
2018-09-17Ive always liked this place for sentimental reasons, their affiliation with Tarheel. Their clientele has changed,, but the memories and nostalgia is the same. Their trips to NC are awesome. Drinks are well priced , the old crowd do not frequent as much but the food is very good.
Review №4
2019-02-11I was on vacation in New York and was stoked to find a dive bar called TipTop, as weve got one in my neck of the woods (Vancouver, WA). I was not disappointed. This is a no frills watering hole with a great crowd of regulars and staff. Good pours, nice selection of drafts and bottles, and plenty of room to either hang at the bar or find a secluded corner.
Review №5
2016-02-20Cool spot with an old school black vibe. The owner sits at the door and checks ID while welcoming everyone in. The bartenders and cooks are very friendly. And there is a jukebox with the best old school Soul and RnB songs. Cool place to visit when you want to chat with some of the old neighborhood, watch a game, listen to some tunes and be surrounded by hospitality.
Review №6
2018-06-05The Tip Top is the Tip Top. Its exactly what you want it to be: a Brooklyn dive. They have seating on patios both front and back, and a small area where you can smoke on one of them. Service is friendly and nothing is too expensive. You *do* occasionally have to remind them of the difference between tonic and soda water though, so just know that.
Review №7
2022-02-15Cheap, well ratioed drinks and a large backyard space.
Review №8
2015-10-29Pretty silly dive bar. Stopped in here for a quick drink during a random bar crawl, and it felt like I was sitting in some friends crappy old garage with all the junk and crap stored around randomly that youd expect. It was fun though, the bartenders were nice and were happy to chat with some of my tipsy companions.
Review №9
2021-10-09Nice place for good drinks and small talk.Comedy show on Thursday night
Review №10
2018-02-15Really chill vibe. Older crowd. Moderate middle age crowd. No drama. Just vibing and love. The bartender is amazing! She has a short cut and a big smile to match.