Staff and drinks were excellent! We're so glad we found this place!
Katherine Chin
I'm a little stingy with five star reviews, but this place is just the coolest. I am 100% a fan of secret doors, but even without the tiny telephone booth, PDT is great. Crif Dogs is awesome too, so no complaints there. The staff is super friendly and helpful (shout out to my guy from upstate), and the menu is solid. Then, when you actually get to PDT, anyone who's telling you it's all about the cocktails has their head in the sand. The hotdogs can be made bunless (some sort of lettuce wrap thing), and they're exclusive. The tots, too, are fancier than the varieties found at Crif's, and are delicious. Get the bacon tots and thank me later. The bartenders are knowledgeable, personable, and otherwise unobtrusive. I got a specialty drink and a custom crafted cocktail (a Cuban sour? Delicious? Rum and apricot and lemon and the frothiest egg white known to man?) and regret nothing. Most folks I saw were together in groups, but I went solo and sat at the bar for two hours and read a book (it went great with the drinks and the tots) and wasn't bothered in the least. Make a reservation - this place was FULL on a Monday at 5:30PM.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tater Tots
Libouton Mathilde
We reserved a table for two to enjoy the special setting and good cocktails for 2 people on a Monday evening. Very high prices for drinks and food, but so be it, it’s New York! :) Barely halfway through our glass, a waiter asks us if we want the bill… “no? » weird, we've only been here for 20 minutes, but let's move on. We were about to recommend a drink when another waitress brought us our bill without even asking for it. As a result, we were thrown out after having paid for a cocktail at 20 dollars per person without even having the choice of having a second drink… Move on, there are much warmer bars in NYC! :)
Kirsten Chong
I wanted to love PDT because it is such a classic speakeasy in EV, but their drinks were not good. All the drinks we had were too sweet. It was unfortunate because the menu looked so promising. The tots were good tho
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Tater Tots
Alison Pouw
ring on the telephone booth to get in. swanky longe vibes. good drinks, but you’re going for the vibe and secret entrance. unique experience in nyc. we do love a stiff creative martini.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Μαρία Ουράνη
Amazing, authentic experience. The stuff is very friendly and proffesional, the coctails are amazing and the whole atmosphere of the place is top.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Amrita Singh
The gimmicky entry is cute, but the cocktails aren't all that special. There are speakeasys serving far superior drinks
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
John Swartos
Best hotdogs ever. Now you know.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emily S.
This is a very cute space but it's very small. I recommend a reservation. Everyone loves the phone booth. Drinks are great. Only thing I could add is that it's usually pretty cold inside.
Located behind a telephone booth inside of Crif Dogs, the area was even smaller than I expected. Walked-in on a Thursday night and was put on a waitlist. Surprisingly we didn't wait long and was given a booth in about 20 minutes. Suntory time machine wasn't as strong as I thought it would be, which I liked. I didn't taste too much fig, but it was an easy drink that I wouldn't mind having again. Tried the Hanoi dog. Much smaller than I expected. The hot dog was okay. It had a nice bite. It didn't wow me too much. Spicier than I expected. Buns were soft. Seems like they rotate their offerings every so often. There's a QR code on the back of the drink menu that has a list of other drinks.
Sarah Hayes
this place was a staple in my relationship with my now-fiance when we were in our early 20’s and i lived in the city, and we went in tonight for the first time in a couple years. the drinks were to die for and the service was even better. i believe the manager was playing the role of host/busser, and he did a fabulous job. our server was equally incredible and the bartender knocked it out of the park. can’t recommend this place enough, just make sure to snag a reservation a week in advance as this isn’t really the kind of place you can bank on just walking into
Ben the gay waiter was so great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Staff and drinks were excellent! We're so glad we found this place!
I'm a little stingy with five star reviews, but this place is just the coolest. I am 100% a fan of secret doors, but even without the tiny telephone booth, PDT is great. Crif Dogs is awesome too, so no complaints there. The staff is super friendly and helpful (shout out to my guy from upstate), and the menu is solid. Then, when you actually get to PDT, anyone who's telling you it's all about the cocktails has their head in the sand. The hotdogs can be made bunless (some sort of lettuce wrap thing), and they're exclusive. The tots, too, are fancier than the varieties found at Crif's, and are delicious. Get the bacon tots and thank me later. The bartenders are knowledgeable, personable, and otherwise unobtrusive. I got a specialty drink and a custom crafted cocktail (a Cuban sour? Delicious? Rum and apricot and lemon and the frothiest egg white known to man?) and regret nothing. Most folks I saw were together in groups, but I went solo and sat at the bar for two hours and read a book (it went great with the drinks and the tots) and wasn't bothered in the least. Make a reservation - this place was FULL on a Monday at 5:30PM.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tater Tots
We reserved a table for two to enjoy the special setting and good cocktails for 2 people on a Monday evening. Very high prices for drinks and food, but so be it, it’s New York! :) Barely halfway through our glass, a waiter asks us if we want the bill… “no? » weird, we've only been here for 20 minutes, but let's move on. We were about to recommend a drink when another waitress brought us our bill without even asking for it. As a result, we were thrown out after having paid for a cocktail at 20 dollars per person without even having the choice of having a second drink… Move on, there are much warmer bars in NYC! :)
I wanted to love PDT because it is such a classic speakeasy in EV, but their drinks were not good. All the drinks we had were too sweet. It was unfortunate because the menu looked so promising. The tots were good tho
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Tater Tots
ring on the telephone booth to get in. swanky longe vibes. good drinks, but you’re going for the vibe and secret entrance. unique experience in nyc. we do love a stiff creative martini.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Amazing, authentic experience. The stuff is very friendly and proffesional, the coctails are amazing and the whole atmosphere of the place is top.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
The gimmicky entry is cute, but the cocktails aren't all that special. There are speakeasys serving far superior drinks
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Best hotdogs ever. Now you know.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is a very cute space but it's very small. I recommend a reservation. Everyone loves the phone booth. Drinks are great. Only thing I could add is that it's usually pretty cold inside.
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Overrated, it took us a long time to get in, the place is small although the Panchos outside were good.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Weird atmosphere, cheesy music, rude staff, mediocre cocktails. Highly forgettable.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
A beautiful hidden
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mix Tater Tots
Located behind a telephone booth inside of Crif Dogs, the area was even smaller than I expected. Walked-in on a Thursday night and was put on a waitlist. Surprisingly we didn't wait long and was given a booth in about 20 minutes. Suntory time machine wasn't as strong as I thought it would be, which I liked. I didn't taste too much fig, but it was an easy drink that I wouldn't mind having again. Tried the Hanoi dog. Much smaller than I expected. The hot dog was okay. It had a nice bite. It didn't wow me too much. Spicier than I expected. Buns were soft. Seems like they rotate their offerings every so often. There's a QR code on the back of the drink menu that has a list of other drinks.
this place was a staple in my relationship with my now-fiance when we were in our early 20’s and i lived in the city, and we went in tonight for the first time in a couple years. the drinks were to die for and the service was even better. i believe the manager was playing the role of host/busser, and he did a fabulous job. our server was equally incredible and the bartender knocked it out of the park. can’t recommend this place enough, just make sure to snag a reservation a week in advance as this isn’t really the kind of place you can bank on just walking into
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5