Stand Up NY

Great atmosphere. Great comedy. Great staff. Amazing time at Stand Up and can’t wait to go back again.

If I could give a 0 star rating, I would. Ticket sellers for this venue are completely unethical and promised comedians that were not in the line up. Drinks are overpriced for what you get and then they slap you with an 18% minimum gratuity. Steer clear people!!!

I think i’m being generous with the 3 stars. The main problem really has little to do with the show which was mildly funny for the most part but with the price. Stand up was on a par with other acts thru out the city, When you add up tickets/​cover charge, food, and the 2 drink min per person you have a pricey evening. Is it worth it? i guess so. I’m sure i’ll be back it wouldn’t be Manhattan if i didn’t feel i was over paying.

First of all, Stand Up New York does not even deserve one star. This business is very unethical. They sent a «marketing intern» to Times Square to sell tickets for well known comedian «headliners» who were not there the day he said they would show up. He lied to us about the comedians. Be on the watch out for a promoter/​seller named Danny. Once we arrived at the venue, the evening of the show, we really enjoyed the comedians. The problem that we faced was that Stand Up NY did not tell us about the hidden 18% added service fee. This really added on to the $ 18 minimum drink limit. The comedians did a great job, but the business was strongly lacking ethics. I would truly NOT recommend this club to ANYONE! There are so many other great, ethical comedy clubs out in New York. I hope you go to a different comedy club, and not have to face the problems that we did!

The worst experience ever.
And it’s not even the comedians fault (we actually felt sorry for them)
The space was horrible.
There is a minimum food order.
Which came to us in a plastic bag and take out order boxes! Seriously. We ate out of cardboard boxes.
And was horrible.
There is a minimum drink fee.
The drinks came warm.
There are some great comedy clubs in New York, don’t go to this one.

To be perfectly honest I would not recommend this place to anyone I know. We went this past Friday and were extremely disappointed. The air conditioner wasn’t on so not only were we uncomfortable but the comedians looked like they would pass out from the heat. The drinks tasted like fruit juice without a single drop of liquor in them (which at $ 15 each and in tiny glasses the least they could do was add some). The first 4 comedians were funny, but the hostess was awkward and kept harping on how in love she was with the sailors (fleet week), and the last comedian made me and my fiancée wish we had left before he had a chance to speak. The only upside is I had a Groupon to save a little on the ticket pricing.

Written by my mom:
I’m not a hard-​to-​please person and rarely write reviews but felt compelled to write this based on the most disappointing activity I’ve ever done in NYC. Used the «freetuesday» promo code for free admission on a Tuesday night with my sister-​in-​law, her co-​worker, and my 19-​year-​old son, understanding there would be a 2-​drink minimum. When checking in was told it’s an $ ¹⁸⁄₂ drink minimum. Steep, but it’s NYC so OK, fine.
The show was absolutely awful. Now the room was only half full, so granted that makes the comedians’ jobs tougher to create energy. But isn’t that their job to do so anyway? There was an emcee and 6 comedians. The Emcee was fair at best, but he was better than most of the featured comedians. 2 of the comedians were ok to decent and another was fair. It was downright painful watching the other 3 and I was wishing for the whole show to just hurry up and end. One comedian in particular kept giving the audience a hard time for its low energy/​lack of enthusiasm. Hard to be enthusiastic about his lousy set. Wanted to just walk out but not wanting to be rude, we forced ourselves to stay.
Then at the end was a bit shocked to see a $ 48 dollar bill for my one, watered-​down mixed drink plus a water, and my son’s one cranberry juice. I thought $ 18+$ 18=$ 36 but I figured ok, they added a big tax or whatever. Didn’t care to scrutinize the bill at the time because we were so ready to leave. I added an $ 8 tip figuring it wasn’t the waitress’ fault for the horrible show. The next day my sister-​in-​law (whose bill with her coworker was also $ 48) said she noticed that the $ 12 discrepancy was a «service charge». But that’s 33%. Was it a mandatory gratuity? It appeared that an additional tip was expected since the credit card bill showed a subtotal with that separate line where you write in your Tip amount. Our bad for not questioning the bill but bottom line it was a complete ripoff even with the «free» cover charge. Big waste of time & money. Won’t make that mistake again.

I like this comedy club got some big names in comedy such as Amy Schumer. You will have a good time. I go to this club usually every other Sunday. My favorite comedian is Al from Brooklyn, NY. This club you will leave laughing and will have a good time. The staff is friendly, attentive, and respect the people.

I would highly recommend this place. We were lucky enough to catch Tracy Morgan’s first show after his accident /​near death experience. We were unsure at first when approached on the street about the show. It seemed to cheap for the talent discussed, but it was legit. They kind of get you with the minimum drink requirement, but we are drinkers anyways, so jokes on them.

I saw a Groupon for Stand Up that I thought was a really good deal. Tickets for two and two shots for $ 17, which is Great since on their website I saw entry was $ 20 per person.
I decided to go to their Saturday 8pm line up show. It was easy to find, but being in the city of course finding parking took some time. (It’s still a little cold at night in April and did not feel like dealing with the trains). Arrived around 7 30pm and showed the man my Groupon, redeemed it, and he sat us right away. The comedy club is small (like most NYC spots) and most table were taken already so we sat at a table along the wall but still had a good view of the stage. Things from here became mediocre. Our waitress came as soon as we were seated and that was the only quick service we received for the rest of the night. We ordered two drinks, mozzarella sticks, and the two shots that were included with the Groupon. Our drinks came right before the show started. Very, very watered-​down. The mozzarella sticks took over an hour to come. For what reason, I have no idea because they only give you five. The waitress was very apologetic and gave us two more drinks on the house. Drinks were still watered-​down, but I appreciated the gesture.
The comedians overall were okay. There was a total of five and not one really stood out to me. Don’t even remember their names. (One of the comedians played the best friend in Deadpool)
I laughed a few times but I would say dont expect to have tears rolling down your face. The host was really good, he kept the show moving along.
For the price was not bad, I did enjoy it for what it was.

Worst touristy decision I have made. My boyfriend and I were walking down Times Square and a very insistent promoter approached us. He showed us a list of six comedians, famous comedians such as Louis CK, that would be at the show that evening. He guaranteed those specific comedians. NONE OF THEM WERE THERE. Letdown. On top of everything, the ones that did show up were sub par. The employment at this comedy club also did not treat us with respect, in fact were rude in their interactions with us. I wouldn’t come back here, and recommend that you don’t get sucked into this trap like we did. Oh and ps… The price we paid the promoter was a rip off because there was a Groupon for half of that price. RIP OFF. Upset is an understatement.

Quite the disappointment. It started at the door when we were informed that the credit card connections weren’t working and we could use the cash machine downstairs if we didn’t have enough green. The host was great, as were the first two acts, but Judy Gold, the only one we’d ever heard of had a complete meltdown. She couldn’t handle the obnoxious loudmouths in the corner and let them overwhelm her. Very unprofessional. The host tried to bring the energy back into the room, but it was pretty much gone. Adding insult to the injury of having to endure Gold’s disaster, scraping together adequate cash (who carries cash?) to cover the exorbitant tab pretty much killed the buzz from the final act, who tried hard to redeem the night. In addition to the $ 20 pp cover, the two drink minimum set our party of four back another $ 155. Not a very funny ripoff.

Overall, the experience was a tad disappointing. Most of the comedians were not as wonderful as I expected — although you may find one or two gems — and very similar jokes were thrown around a few times by different comedians. I have been there two times and the first experience was a bit better than the second. The host makes the same jokes about every show and unlike good wines (or cheese), they don’t get better over time.
IF you look like you’re from Jersey or Long Island or extremely ridiculous you may get some fun out of being picked on by the comedians?
Anyway, if you are looking for some hilarity, and enjoy improv I highly recommend UCB Chelsea and Magnet Theater. Can’t think of any amazing stand up clubs I’ve been to.

So I think we fell into the ‘you’re a tourist, let me sell you something’ trap with this one.
A friend on our trip is a huge Tina Fey fan and we were told she was closing out the evening at this venue. At $ 20 a ticket we honestly thought, sure if she’s not there or the venue is fake its $ 20 lost and no one is hurt.
We, let me tell you the truth. We got the Subway out to the venue and were welcomed in, we knew that the show had a 2 drink minimum, which we’ve never seen before but we thought that’s ok we’ll deal. Turns out the drinks are all over $ 10 each and our drinks tab alone came to $ 136.18 (including the added 18% service charge), that was for 10 drinks. The other option was the ‘nonalcoholic package’ which cost $ 18 a pop. We wern’t the only ones surprised and the look on the faces of the other audience members when they were presented with their checks was of the same expression.
The comedians we were told would be performing (excluding Tina Fey as we didn’t hold our hopes too high once we got there) weren’t there and the one’s who did were alright in my opinion, the funny thing being that we actually saw a set by Des Bishop… who we’ve seen in Vicar Street back at home… that was kind of odd.
We had a group from Miami next to us who spoke between themselves and actually interrupted the sets on more that one occasion, getting into a tiff with the host too… we were surprised they weren’t asked to leave given we were given a warning about it prior to the show beginning.
I certainly wasn’t impressed with the experience, since the $ 20 per head turned in a night costing well over $ 200 for us.
I notch it down to the only negative experience in New York on this trip, and will not recommend it to anyone.

I realllllly liked this place. I came here last week with 3 friends and we really didn’t even know who was performing. I laughed my ass off.
Theres a 2-​drink minimum per set, which is pretty standard and fair. The people next to us complained, but give it a break — If people don’t drink or order food, how the hell can they make money?
I heard Chris Rock was a surprise guest a couple months ago. Sorry I missed that!
I recommend this comedy club. Good vibe and staff were cool. I plan on coming for brunch soon.

You know how late Saturday afternoons can kinda be boring? Too late for brunch (or you’ve already done brunch), too early to go out for dinner /​shows /​concerts? Your perfect 5pm solution: Stand Up NY. There was about 10 comedians. A couple famous ones at the end, Rick Crom (poker scene from ‘Louie’) and Caroline Rhea (‘Sabrina’, etc.). Two drink minimum ($ 18), like most clubs. My friend had free tickets, not sure if most people had to pay to get in.
Would be nice to see a list of everyone that appeared at the show that I went to.

Here’s why I won’t be going to Stand Up NY again:
1) 2 Drinks minimum. 2 Drinks not 2 items, If you ordered food, it won’t count and that Sucks! Maybe because they know their show is not that good, and few drinks is a must for a good time. I totally understand that it is the norm for most comedy clubs, but what I don’t get why it has to be a beverage, and not food?!
2) $ 15 – 20 cover charge. and 2 drinks minimum, per guest.
3) Expensive experience and cheap show.
4) Ordered food, don’t expect to get a knife. Don’t ask!
Reminder: it is not included in the minimum, probably because they know people won’t enjoy the food as well.
5) Tables and illuminated menus were dirty, sticky, and very filthy.
6) Coffee? what is coffee? There is no coffee at standup NY.
7) Half empty on Friday night, REALLY?!! (One table was the introducer’s family)
8) Not FUNNY.
9) Not FUNNY.
10) Not FUNNY.
etc
One and Half Unilocal

Great comics! Last show I saw on a Thursday Amy Schumer and Chris Rock drop by. A few weeks before that Pete Davidson came by to do a set. You never know who is going to show up, which is what I like about this club and keeps me coming back.
About the complaints from people. NYC comedy clubs pretty much all enforce a 2 drink minimum or spending requirement. This club isn’t doing anything different than any other major club in NYC. It is the standard here. Just come enjoy a good time, with a good selection of drinks and fun and friendly comics!

Came with a large group arranged by Brittany who was wonderful and very accommodating throughout the whole booking experience.
Not sure why Unilocalers are calling it a tourist trap. this is ny — things cost more.
Only downside i could see was the servers weren’t coming around much for refills. But that’s probably a good thing for most ppl who just want to hit the drink minimum.
My 2 hour show was Thursday night, 8p-​10p bit — I literally could not stop laughing. Especially liked the comedians, Kenny, Lenny and Jared. I walked out my jaw and stomach hurt from laughing.
Great overall feel-​good experience.

This is yet another NYC tradition for me when visiting. We just dont have comedy clubs like this in NOLA. I love going to a good comedy club, especially in the city because you never know who you’ll see or what drop-​in comedian may show up. Great thing is, this is NYC and everyone who’s anyone is here and grinding like crazy.
Expect to pay at least a $ 20 cover with a two drink minimum/​$ 20 drink minimum. Not that I have an issue spending at least $ 40 for an outing, I just don’t like to be backed into a corner to do it. It’s too pushy, but I understand. Trust me, you won’t feel gipped, the service is great and I always laugh up a six pack each time I visit.
It’s a very intimate space but there are plenty of tables sprawled about. You should have no issue coming here with a large group, I’d suggest checking the website before tho because if it’s a pretty decent act, don’t expect to stroll up 10 minutes before the show starts and get a seat.
I’ve yet to try the food here but I will be back in NYC in Sept. so it’s obvious I’ll be making my way here. Hopefully (don’t really have to hope) there will be some good acts and perhaps I’ll show up with a little extra belly room to switch up the experience.
Much love, y’all. See ya in Sept.