I have never been here but reviews are pretty good
HOWEVER some people purchased vouchers here on some Yelp deal and were not all that happy
Eastside Billiards
163 E 86th St
New York, NY 10028
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
(212) 831-7665
New York, NY 10028
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
(212) 831-7665
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- Nearest Transit Station:
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86 St. (4, 5, 6, 6X)77 St. (4, 6, 6X)96 St. (4, 6, 6X)
- Hours:
- Mon-Wed 1 pm - 2 amThu 1 pm - 4 amFri-Sun 12 pm - 4 am
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
- $$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Thu, Fri, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
48 reviews for Eastside Billiards
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"Free ping pong and decently priced pool." In 3 reviews -
"The Ladies' Night on Thursdays is fun, cheap, and a good place to go..." In 3 reviews -
"Their cue sticks are in good condition and the staff is friggen..." In 3 reviews
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48 reviews in English
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Review from Michael W.
New York, NYI rarely come up to the Upper East Side, but when I do, I try and make the most of my trip. As they say, you always have to put in effort to maintain relationships with your friends. Anyhow, any occasion, if you're looking to take it down a notch and make you night laid back. then what better way than to play pool? Located right off the 4-5-6 train, this place is incredibly convenient if you don't want to walk too much from the train station.
The second time I came here, my friend told me to purchase the Yelp deal that they have going on. At $20 for $44, this makes playing pool for a couple hours, incredibly cheap! During our Monday afternoon, Eastside Billiards charges $7 an hour, per person. Thus for a party of 3, we pretty much got 2 hours of play for $20. On Friday nights, the price is a little higher at about $9-$10 an hour, per person. Anyhow, on top of that, they do serve alcohol here. During happy hour, beers are $3, and they actually do have a pretty decent selection.
As far as the pool hall is concerned, there are plenty of tables to go around, and I've never had to wait to get one. If pool isn't your thing, then they actually do have one ping pong table just randomly on the floor. The tables themselves are pretty well kept, and the guys here are incredibly nice. Eastside Billiards is that type of place where you just want to hang out and get away from that typical frantic Friday night. Go with the Yelp deal when you come though, because it just makes everything that much cheaper and in result, better! -
Review from Alyson C.
SOUTH OZONE PARK, NYDO NOT BUY THE YELP VOUCHER UNTIL YOU READ THIS.
Headed over here with a group of 8 for the first time on Friday. The place itself is nothing exciting, just your basic old pool hall. I don't particularly care what the place looks like tho if I have a good time. First signs I wasn't going to -- skeeball was broken (pretty much the main reason I chose this over the hundred other pool places we could've gone to).
So we bought 2 Yelp vouchers since we were 8, and nowhere on the voucher does it say any restrictions about what to spend it on. When we go up to the owner/manager/idk what to redeem and sign up for tables, we're told that they NO LONGER HONOR that voucher, and that they ended that deal months ago but Yelp hasn't updated it.
The new deal is that for $20 you can get 2 hours of pool for 2 people and a pizza. We're 8 people, who don't play pool particularly well and weren't hungry -- plus we bought a voucher that never said it had to be used a certain way. So after a few minutes of trying to reason with the man, his solution is that we can use one for the pizza/2 person deal, and one for pizza and soft drinks. Keep in mind we were a group of people between 22 and 25, we weren't really interested in redeeming $40 worth of soda and pizza, and ultimately, we want 8 people to be able to play.
After more debate between the group, trying to reason with that man again, we decided to just bounce and write Yelp for a refund. Would I go back there again? If someone invited me, I wouldn't decline. But until I have a better experience, I wouldn't freely choose to go there. I do give them some benefit of the doubt because its not their fault, Yelp shouldn't have put us in that predicament by being too lazy to update the page, but frankly I've worked in F&B before and I never would have let a group of 8 people buying drinks walk out on an empty night (which, why was Friday empty?)
So just be careful with the Yelp vouchers, people. -
Review from Monica T.
I can't believe we have never been here after living in this neighborhood for the last 3.5years! This place is right off the 4,5,6 subway and easy to spot the entrance. The upstairs is clean pool hall with a few old school arcades, a skeeball, foosball table and pingpong table. There is a full-service bar as well.
$9/per hour per person for the first hour, and then prorated. Skeeball, arcade and foosball is $1/per play. There is ms pacman and galaxy and golf game. We spend a couple of hours enjoying a few beers, shooting pool and playing arcade games. It's a good fun... -
Review from Luisana A.
Bronx, NYHey Everyone :) Just to give a little more clarification on the yelp deal for $20 (I just purchased it) It's for 2hrs to play pool for 2 players and a small pizza pie.
Going straight over there after work and can't wait to play :) I mean it can't get better than that. Have a good hump day lol
Update 8/22/13 (day after)- It was awesommee. Not crowded (the way I like it, but I mean I did go after work 5pm) they had other arcade games in there, well drinks were well done and overall I think I found my new spot. Prices are soo reasonable and they also have great deals Mon- Wed. I enjoyed myself for sure. -
Review from Matthew L.
Manhattan, NYYelp deals are amazing. I used one with a couple of my friends and we spent the night playing pool. If you're looking to play pool and you're in the area, I would recommend this place without a doubt.
The tables are a bit on the old side, but they're still good. The service was great as they kept checking to make sure we were stocked up on drinks and food.
The music was amazing as well, without being blasted into our eardrums and without making us think we stepped into a club that happened to have pool tables.
As far as I know, there aren't many good pool options around the 86th st area, so this area is perfect for it. There's decent food nearby (for those Shake Shack lovers), so after a meal, you can hop on over and spend a Friday or Saturday night pooling away. (is that a word? pooling? billiarding?) -
Review from Arielle S.
Manhattan, NYCame in with some friends on a random Saturday night to play ping pong. They only have 1 table and luckily it was free.
It is $9 per person per hour. I think this policy should be changed to just 1 hourly rate regardless of numbers of people because anything more than 2 and you are just rotating in and out. I am more of a fan of flat rates.
The staff was super super friendly. I went to ask for a glass of water and most wait staff get annoyed by requests for water (or anything free) but my waitress/bartender was so friendly. she offered me a lemon or a lime and a straw. Much appreciated and will likely be back! -
Review from Saran K.
OZONE PARK, NYWent here with my date on a chilly friday night. The staff were amazing. The Tables were decent enough. Its not at all crowded while we were there (9PM-11PM on a Friday).
They had decent enough choices of beer and I think they also had pizza. -
Review from Tazzie T.
New York, NYNot my kind of billiards. The bar tenders were too busy chatty. Our 10 minute wait turned out to be well over half an hour. My friend and I ended up leaving to grab a bit at a nearby place. Customer service? They have none here. -
Review from Helen L.
The last stop on a Friday night, on a night when I was determined to stay up and out prior to catching a Saturday morning flight. Tables were nine bucks person, per hour. While considerably average, the venue is slightly crappier than average. Staff is totally cool, but my glass was filthy! Tell me why there's lemon pulp in my whiskey straight up! Kinda gross, right? -
Review from Diana S.
Longest set of stairs to get into a bar/club/restaurant/place ever! It was my first time at a Billiards bar if you don't count Players in Ktown and it was definitely interesting. The "bouncer" and bar staff are all very nice. It was $9 an hour per person when we came on a Thursday night. There are a lot of tables but they are a bit tight, I constantly had to check to make sure I wasn't going to bump into someone or send my stick into a wrong part of their body.
The bathrooms are DISGUSTING. Seriously it isn't even like a real "bar" why are the bathrooms worse than one? After we played two games we went over to check out the foosball table and jukebox. This is where we got bombarded with the crazies. This drunkard kept on asking us for a cigarette and talking to us about random ish while another one wanted us to check out his figure eight ball?! I guess you could call it "character". Beeteedubs one of the players on the foosball table is missing a leg!
I think I would come back again if I ever wanted to play but it isn't a place I'd rave about to my friends. -
Review from Anon M.
Manhattan, NYThe pros:
1) The place is kept nice
2) The music was great
3) The pool tables are very smooth, and
4) the bouncer was awesome: dressed like a million bucks, always had a smile on his face, and kind of commanded authority/respect without actually trying to.
The Cons:
I'm actually updating this section. I went again the other day. The manager was pretty friendly and was hustling to help staff on a busy night. And the female bartender (a different girl) was definitely more friendly.
I write honest reviews -- Eastside worked on their staff, and I took notice and updated my review for them in a much more positive light. -
Review from Rebekkah K.
Manhattan, NYI had so much fun here after just stumbling across it with a friend on a walk through the UES to the train. Happy hour specials were wonderful (15/person for unlimited time, 3 dollar beers) and they have a great selection of drinks too. The tables were in great condition and the crowd was good. Service was memorable as she was super friendly and helpful. As for the music, well it was perfect for playing pool, indie-pop, classic rock, 90s pop, motown, they mix it up and it is never wrong. Definitely a good place to go with an out of town friend, a date, or a pregame before going to a bar or concert. I can't wait to go back! -
Review from DEE S.
New York, NYI love this place. Obviously those who does not have any prior experience playing pool will complain about restroom, stairs and the other negative observation they make. this is a cheap, clean and less crowded gem. I have been here several times and I have enjoyed the service of the bartender and free ping pong. -
Review from David J.
New York, NYAlways a great time at Eastside. The $15 is the best deal in the city to play pool (Sun-Thurs)! I try to play every Sunday!
Pros:
-Cheap compared to all others in the city
-Convenient (close to the Green Line, restaurants, shopping)
-Usually great people
-You don't have to play pool to have fun
Cons:
-Pool tables are close together, but not a major problem
-Very limited menu (eat before you go) -
Review from Brooke R.
Bay Area, CAThis place is in walking distance from my friend's boyfriend's apartment, so we came here a lot when they were together. There are 18 tables and then a loungey area and a bar. I love bars and am happy whenever I find them at unexpected places.
This place is upstairs and the front door is downstairs. No elevator, you have to walk up a flight of stairs. So don't get too drunk at the bar because getting back outside takes some thinking and balance.
The loungey area has leather couches and a big screen tv.
I've always had to wait to get a table. You're allowed to reserve tables and people that come here are typically wealthy enough to afford a few hours. So all that equals a wait.
The pool tables and cues are kept in good condition, although my friend always brought her own stick with her. I was forced to use the sticks provided, but that's ok because I still was better than her :)
Nothing about this place is spectacular but there's nothing wrong with it either. -
Review from Troy M.
I had been here in the past, but since my other spot SoHo Billiards is closed, this is my new go to spot. The tables were clean. The drinks, I've never really tried. They also have darts available. It's about $7 before 6pm and I think $9 afterwards. Very reasonable. I'll be back here again. Make sure to have an ID or card available to hold your table. Also, $15 for the whole day at a table = winningListed in: Yelp 100
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