Reviews are mostly good but mixed-- people say things like it is a dive but it "rocks" and they come here all the time..
Apparently drinks cheaper than elsewhere in area (still)
You probably know if this kind of place appeals to you or not
Bravest
700 2nd Ave
(between 38th St & Queens Midtown Tunl)
New York, NY 10016
Neighborhoods: Midtown East, Murray Hill
(212) 683-3766
(between 38th St & Queens Midtown Tunl)
New York, NY 10016
Neighborhoods: Midtown East, Murray Hill
(212) 683-3766
- Nearest Transit Station:
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Grand Central - 42 St. (7, 7X)Grand Central - 42 St. (4, 5, 6, 6X)33 St. (4, 6, 6X)
- Hours:
- Mon-Wed 11:30 am - 2 amThu-Fri 11:30 am - 3:30 amSat 1 pm - 3:30 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:
- Divey, Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Dogs Allowed:
- No
Recommended Reviews for Bravest
Review Highlights What's this?
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"Buds and Bud Lights are $2.50 all day every day." In 3 reviews
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"Some people say they have the best wings around." In 20 reviews
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"The bartenders are amazing - so nice and friendly." In 14 reviews
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75 reviews in English
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Review from Giselle C.
Bronx, NY11/14/2013My best friend hit up a few of us for some after work drinks and I googled some places near our jobs. I found out about the happy hour deal here and convinced all my friends to go.
We're hooked!!
We bought 5 drinks (a mix of wells and beers) which came out to $16 dollars. That's usually the price of one drink in the city. Awesome!
The food is eh, pretty blah bar food. But good happy hour prices. They also giving you a white sheet with some crayons on the table. I know I'm probably too old to be excited about that, but who cares?!
All in all, cool atmosphere, great happy hour drink prices, good times.
Do be warned though, the waitress (not sure if she's there every day, went on a Friday) will ignore you if you're a female. So be sure to bring guys with you! -
Review from Ken P.
Manhattan, NY9/6/2013Nothing special.
Feels and looks like a suburban neighborhood bar.
Beers are cheap and they do have excellent happy hour deals as other yelpers have elucidated below.
They do have a kitchen, but food is not great - portions are small.
Has multiple TVs to watch sports.
Gets really crowded and rowdy at peak hours. -
Review from Andrew S.
Manhattan, NY7/10/2013Your typical local dive bar. $2.50 bud lights all the time.
I used to come here a lot while I lived in Murray Hill, since it was significantly closer to me than the 3rd avenue bars. It's got a really local flavor to it, not the typical murray hill crowd of bros and former sorority girls. The whole bar is a tribute to firefighters around the country. I was tempted to get a patch from my grandfather's firestation when he lived in upstate new york so they could post it.
The food was honeslty better than what I expected. No fine dining, but the burgers and even the pasta was pretty good. There's usually a spot to sit because it isn't always crowded.
All in all. Come here for convenience. It's out of the way for the most part so if you don't live here 3rd avenue has better options for food and drink. -
Review from Cin L.
Manhattan, NY10/27/2013I can tell u this much. If you are not a guy or you dont flirt with her....the server never comes to serve you. I have had her twice. Both times she treated the girls and myself the same way. I come back because the guys love this place. Now I get a clear message why. She even gave them a round of shots excluding the girls. Did she rralize we were all together....at the same table? Wow. HUH...That is okay. Her tip by the girls just keeps getting less and less. I respect the place but no respect to her. None what so ever!! -
Review from D. K.
Manhattan, NYGreat little neighborhood pub restaurant that never disappoints. They have happy -hour drink specials that are inexpensive and the fried pickles are wonderful. Good wings and burgers. It can get a bit noisy with the after work crowd but then that is the sign of a good pub!! -
Review from Cynthia N.
Manhattan, NYI will say this bar has some of the best happy hour deals for beers on draft. However, it seems as of they a bit old school still. They hand write all their orders and drink orders still both at the bar and with table service. We went in and ordered dinner table service for the three of is. Perhaps the waitress was not listening but I ordered a soup and a salad and she even confirmed with me on what dressing I wanted. She then went on to take my husbands order and our friends. Our drinks came out, then followed by my soup. Then out came out friends entree which I thought was weird. My husband then decided to ask about his meal. She said he never ordered anything so he re-put his order back in. 10 minutes later his meal came out but my salad did not. It was just a salad. I kept staring at the waitress each time she walked by hoping she remembered to grab my salad out from the kitchen. 10 minutes after my husband and his friend finished their meals, I'm still salad less. She came over and said to me your salad is on its way (I wasn't even hungry by then). 10 minutes after she said that I just asked nicely if she could just take it off the check. I wasn't hungry, my table was already done eating and a big part of me felt like she didn't even get my order in originally and forgot. She told me they ran out of avocados and had to run up the street to get them at the store and that it was coming soon. After a few minutes she came back and said she would take it off the check and handed us the check. I was fine with that but since they hand write their orders on the check I noticed that she originally took all the orders down on every other line and then noticed my salad written back in between my soup and our friends entree. I'll come here for drinks again at the bar but the waitress didn't even take accountability for her mistake and blamed it on an avocado. Seriously? -
Review from Justyna K.
Ithaca, NY$2 SHOCKTOP. $2 SHOCKTOP. $2 SHOCKTOP.
Weekdays 4-7.
That fact alone makes this bar worthy of 4 stars. Can't find cheaper beer in Manhattan. Happy hour includes Bud, Bud Light, Shocktop, the house Amber, and well drinks.
Came after work with a group of people. At first the waitress was very attentive but as we approached 7 she started ignoring us, and since we had a waitress we couldn't order anything at bar. However, she extended the happy hour prices for us until 7:30. Also there were Goose Island promoters the day we went so they were continuously giving us free pints.
And not disgusting and divey.. A wood interior with a slightly elevated area around the bar.
SO MUCH ALCOHOL - for less than $10. -
Review from Stephanie P.
Queens, NYIt's been awhile since I've last been here, location wise I'm not in this neighborhood often especially now that I don't work by Bryant Park - at least I was closer then than I am now smack in between the fuzziness that is Columbus Circle and Hell's Kitchen.
The Bravest is a bar that pays vigorous tribute to the truly bravest of the brace - no, NOT cops (don't get me started on my feelings regarding corruption, racial profiling, stop & frisk and how they think they can hit on women and it's cool) - FIREMEN.
It takes an insane amount of courage & dedication to go into situations where there are fires, flames, lots of smoke and keep levelheaded while saving people. Firemen can't discriminate, shoot, abuse or beat the sh*t out of a fire - fire don't play and firemen deserve more recognition then they generally get...
This bar has a lot of NYC Fire Department paraphernalia, interesting pieces and relics that all tell a story of their own. Aside from being a super awesome theme'd bar, I fondly remember their happy hour which nearly took me aback as it's something more known to divvy joints on the LES or in the West Village - $2-3 well cocktails and $2-5 apps?!
I've had their penne alfredo here - this isn't a 5-star Northern Italian restaurant (as if 'alfredo sauce' is even considered to be authentic Italian, lol) but for a bar it was DAMN GOOD. As are their wings, really great wings and I remember fries being pretty on point as well.
I've definitely spent some time here for a few St. Patrick's Days with friends when it's had the misfortune of landing on a week day. I've never stayed too long because St. Pat's ends up becoming a "bar hop" type of night, but it's still fun and hopping for holidays like that and even when it's just a regular night. I would say that an overwhelming 80%+ of the people there are folks that are 'regulars' judging from their relationships with the bar and server staff.
Bravest isn't the kind of place I think would be contusive to make an entire night of, but it's great for meeting up with friends before heading elsewhere or making a weekday 'after work' happy hour with someone to catch up with in a casual, no frills kind of setting. I mean what's not to like about cheap tasty booze and food? -
Review from Ari A.
The cheapest bar you will find. seriously.
It's cheaper to drink here, then pregame at home.
I don't know how, but somehow we managed to get wrist bands. EVERYTHING was $2.
After a long, painful night I touch base with a friend....
"Did you vomit last night?"
"No, not that I know of"
2 hours later....
"So apparently I did vomit last night"
"Uh-oh, Where did you find it?"
"Kitchen Sink"
Then she goes on to say her credit card is missing and we're concerned about the bill... the total is amazingly only $42. But don't do the math, you'll start to wonder how she is still alive.... -
Review from Amir S.
9 Shots of Jameson, 2 beers, $60.
How could that not deserve a great review?
Great service (waitress Michelle, was lovely), cheap drinks, and no-frills environment to catch up with a friend. -
Review from Seth T.
Financial District, Manhattan, NYPrices for drinks here are dirt cheap. We came here on Tuesday night and got $3 Corona's. We also all ordered food, which was mediocre at best. The service could have been better too as it looked as though there was 1 waitress servicing all tables. What can I say, I will probably be back cause it's cheap as hell and not far from my apartment, and there seemed to be a decent crowd inside. I just won't be ordering food again. -
Review from Rob G.
Manhattan, NY3 stars for the poor slow "didnt want to be there" service.
Wings are by far some of the best in town. -
Review from Dana G.
Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WIAs a visitor to NYC, this is such an amazing place. Cheap beer, amazing bartenders, and such a fantastic group of people here! Love this place!!! -
Review from Adam R.
I wish there was a way to be able to completely filter out anybody who says the wings here are good. They are not. The chickens that these wings came from were anemic. Tiny. Malnourished. Sad. Some of the smallest, crappiest wings I've ever had.
And let's go on to the nachos. I love nachos. But nachos shouldn't be a plate of circular, overly salty corn tortilla chips, with a layer of hardened cheese over the top, and two little plastic cups on the side.
The fried food was fine, as it's *really* hard to screw up mozzarella sticks unless you're trying. My wrap was adequate, but when I ask for the fries to be crispy, I mean it.
The saving grace is that this place has some decent beer specials. That's it. Don't expect anything more. -
Review from Diandra D.
Pelham, NYCame in here for a quick lunch, as my mom had a meeting to go to. There was no hostess or waitress in sight when we walked in, so I sat down as my mom went to the bar to find someone.
She let the waitress know that we had 30 minutes to eat and asked if we'd be able to get served in that time frame. The woman didn't seem particularly optimistic about it (mind you, though there were a bunch of people at the bar -which was manned by a bartender- there were only two other tables of patrons who were eating).
When we tried to call her over a moment later to take our orders, she copped a major attitude, informing us that there WERE other people who needed to be served. We walked out immediately. -
Review from Adam K.
New York, NYBravest is awesome.
It has great food, the drinks are cheap, and the scenery is pretty solid for Murray Hill.
I showed up around 3pm on a Sunday with my friend and the place was empty. By the time we left around 5, it was packed. Apparently the cheap beer get people in the door and the amazing nachos and wings make them stay. The service isn't bad either. Bravest doesn't try to be something it isn't and does 'pub food' very very well.
I imagine Bravest and I will have a solid relationship until I screw something up and wear out my welcome. There's something about having $2.50 bud and bud lights that cause me not to get invited back to certain bars..... -
Review from Casey T.
Manhattan, NYOne of the cheapest happy hour spots in Midtown. The bartender is friendly and cute (kinda reminds me of the "wholesome Midwest type"). Owners are friendly, too. Seems to be a lot of regulars who frequent this bar. I've been several times and am sure I'll continue going. The food is typical pub food... nothing to rave about. I wish this spot was closer to subway lines but it's good for me to make the short trek and sober up some.
Give it a shot if you are in the area. -
Review from Emily S.
Manhattan, NYTom's the bomb.
Bravest is my favorite local spot. Jukebox. Firemen. TVs. Cheap beer.
Great safe haven from the MH bars on 3rd that attract the Bridge-and-Tunnelers. -
Review from Alan C.
New York, NYBravest personifies a NYC dive bar. Little scary to walk into, but once inside, beer is cold and regulars are friendly. Wings were good as well. Great neighborhood bar. Not a lot of space, but cheap beer and wings. What else do you need?
Bravest is a Fireman Bar and has lots of memorabilia on the walls. -
Review from Nicole T.
Manhattan, NYThe Bravest is fantastically fun and cheap. Because we live just a couple blocks away, we often drop in for happy hour (awesome $2-3 apps and $2 mixed drinks!), or to get a $6 Magner's on tap after work. Tom, the owner, is great and very friendly. -
Review from Jaime H.
$2.50 Budweisers, Bud Lights - all day, every day.
I live in the neighborhood and am usually searching for good, cheap happy hours. Most places have specials that end at 6 or 7pm, but Bravest has happy hour specials in addition to the cheap beers sold all the time. Its also a bit of an off-the-beaten path happy hour in relation to the other jam-packed/sloppy locations nearby like Turtle Bay or McFaddens.
I've been here twice and never waited for a table although the bar area always looks crowded. The noise is at a decent level so you can have a good conversation with your table or get a little raucous...whichever you prefer. The crowd is a bit more mature than the college age which is nice when you're in the mood to relax and enjoy your beer without getting trampled.
The bar menu is pretty standard with a good variety of choices (burgers, wings, wraps, appetizers) and inexpensive prices. I had the chicken fingers which were excellent. My friend also highly recommended the wrap.
I'm not sure if I would give Bravest 4 stars without the $2.50 Bud Lights all the time, but its a nice neighborhood bar that I see myself frequenting when I just want to pop around the corner for a cheap drink. -
Review from Paul G.
Brooklyn, NYCute, clean and small bar. Food was alright. Great prices and a pretty decent French Onion Soup. Staff was very friendly. Place has a small town feel for a extremely busy part of NYC. -
Review from Loan T.
New York, NYBefore yesterday, I would have given this place maybe 4 stars. We got outside seating and ordered some drinks. All of us aren't quick to drink, so when the waiter came back after asking us if we needed anything else, she so rudely said "I can't just have people lingering here, it's not worth it." We weren't even sitting there that long honestly. I would say, at most 15-20 minutes. Anyhow, we still had the same beers, but that's because we had already been drinking earlier in the day, and I have a thimble bladder, so I can't just keep chuggin' beer and not have to get up and pee every 5 minutes.
Overall, the bar is okay, it has cheap beers, friendly bar staff (with the exception of that lady), a jukebox, a tiny restroom and a good number of TVs to catch sports games on. Interestingly decorated. Other than yesterday though, this bar doesn't get too busy, it's very low-key. -
Review from Julian M.
New York, NY$2.50 Bud Lights, always--not happy hour, always. The place was a little more jovial, bright, and warm than I was looking for, but all in all a pretty good dive bar.
Don't order the $10 scotch. You won't feel better. -
Review from tj c.
New York, NYIf you dont like bravest - I dont like you.
My local watering hole for 5 years, and the food has only gotten better. The mini burger is bigger than other bars "regular" burgers, buffalo wings are great, not too fried with a great buffalo sauce. Dont look past the asian food on the special menu - the specials are all made day of by the chinese chef and are VERY good. give it a shot.
2.50 bud lights, all day every day. Cant really beat that. -
Review from Elliot N.
New York, NYWent here to watch 49ers vs Chargers and get some drinks and dinner with friends.
Bartender was stiff. We stood there for 3,4 minutes before he even looked up at us.
Waitress was out of her mind braindead. Kept walking past us. We even said excuse me a few times and she kept walking. It took forever to pay the bill.
The food was below average. Mozza sticks were dreadful. Wings sucked. Burger was ordered medium and came out rare and almost cold.
The music was weird as well, and would often go off for 10-15 minutes.
I would maybe go back here for a beer if in a pinch, but nothing else. -
Review from Ryan F.
For a local watering hole, Bravest has a nice cozy vibe, good food and drink specials and an awesome staff. There's always a solid crowd here just about any day of the week (reminds me of Keats to that regard), plenty of TVs to watch the games, and there are lots of places to sit if you're not interested in crowding the bar. I have yet to eat here but the menu and advertised specials sound good in print!-
Switchin' up the colors - New awning and paint job
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Review from Kathryn W.
Manhattan, NYThings that make this place amazing...
$2.50 beers all day every day (except during happy hour when they are $2!
Firemen
Everybody knows your name!
Cons...
Bartenders that will get you so hammered on your birthday you cannot walk home. I actually haven't decided if this is a con or not but it didn't feel good the next day. -
Review from Michael S.
Brooklyn, NYBRAVEST ROCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I eat here for lunch at least 3 times a week . they have a great selection and their specials are the bomb . plus their is a beautiful woman behind the bar on Thursdays named Debbie she's the fucking bomb if you wanna have fun and great laughs bravest is the spot . ~Cuz Teddy says so !
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