Whiskey Trader

This bar looks divey from the outside, but walk inside and you’ll find that it’s actually pretty clean. Still comfy and casual. One minor caveat: You’re going to smell like the free popcorn when you leave.
We arrived early so there were still plenty of seating available, both at the bar and tables. There’s a huge flatscreen TV over the bar so you can watch whatever sports game is on. There are also some couches in the back area, which can be reserved for large groups.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS! This was the single worst bar experiences of my life.
At first I thought the bar tender was just rude when he said it wasn’t worth opening up the reserved area for us even though the original party didn’t didn’t show. He said «nah it ain’t worth it for you».
Then things got dramatically worse when he was so disrespectful to my parents that my father made a comment about poor service and he pointed, threatened us and cursed at us and was trying to pick a fight. We were honesty scared for our safety.
Outside of the awful service and generally scary people to deal with, they don’t serve their own food and have a limited selection of non whiskey drinks. It’s also much dingier than pictures show.
I hope this review helps others avoid the same fate. Absolutely despicable and disgusting.

I arranged a company happy hour and I chose here hoping that this place would be good. Unfortunately, it was not.
For a midtown after work place, the music was deafening and it had three awful, horrendously rude waitresses, who were dressed tacky in short shorts (where are we? Florida?).
When I asked one to turn the music down, she flat out said no. Then another, in her Russian accent and with nasty hair, that clearly hadn’t seen a shower or brush in days, threatened me that no one would leave the establishment, if she didn’t get someone’s credit card. Yes, you read that right: this moron thought 15 business people would rush the door and not pay! After that, she randomly decided that cc’s required a $ 20 minimum.
The only thing that saved this place was the free popcorn and she was pretty good about keeping us supplied with that.

So it is the holiday season. Lots of tourists in the city. We live in Nj and are there several times a year. Today we experienced the worst attitude if any service in ny we have ever had. The surly overweight bartender shot us a bird. Really how juvenile. He threatened and bullied us. We didn’t realize the popcorn was self serve and apologized. He proceeded to talk about us to the regular patrons. It was a dark dingy place. He should have been glad for the business. Cut is the only sparsely occupied place we have seen this week and I understand why. What a jerk. Don’t go there. Many good places nearby.

Good ambience, cheap drinks (patron shots 8 dls) free popcorn… good music, good place to go and have a nice time in the middle of the city, very friendly bartender (Carlos).. definitely a place to go back

Umm Whiskey trader does not have the Jameson Cast Mates, hmmmm weird. With whiskey trader being the name you would think that they would. Bartenders were a bit special aka slow. They couldn’t have been all there. They were looking into the distance instead of watching customers. Trying to get their attention was a joke. The only thing that was pretty awesome was that they had pickle backs on their special menu, right on!

Interesting layout, poor service.
Walking into the door, I knew I was out of my element. Descending into the depths of DBD hell, I guess my «Dude! Bro!» just wasn’t up to snuff to get the bartender’s attention in less than 20 minutes. I thus completely missed my window to snag a comfy spot in one of the bar’s appealing nooks and crannies and was relegated to cheering my team perched atop a wobbly bar stool in the middle of the crowded aisle.
The only salvation is the free popcorn and cheap beers. But, really, life is too short. Go buy your own damn popcorn.

Heck of a good bar. Good service, good atmosphere, next time I’m in NY, I will definitely come back here

Ok bar midtown to get affordable beers and shots. Sexy bartenders in mini shorts and free pop corn. Loud music and beer pong table at the bottom. Everything you need for a Friday night after work. But I cannot say this place has anything special otherwise, so 3 stars it is.

Went here to wait for some friends that get off at 6pm. Was happy I did! Bud Light for $ 3 and shots is Jamison $ 5! Very happy!

The waiters here will get you whatever you want so fast they are on fleek every second. Go here and have a great time.

Came to whiskey traders as myself and my mum who’s visiting from the UK was looking for a cheap bar to have a few drinks. Lol. Found whiskey traders thanks to Unilocal (I specifically searched dive bars :-D) and we made our way there from the apple store, hence the need for a cheap drink lol.
So we entered at 9pm and the bar was packed lucky we managed to nab two seats at the corner of the bar. I ordered a house vodka with a dash of sprite and cranberry (a poor girls cosmo) and my mom ordered a beer. Our lovely bartender toyah (?) suggested that I choose from the board of the all time happy hour specials as the house vodka was the same price as a cocktail. I decided to take her advice and switch to a raspberry margaritas. The measure is descent to say it’s house liquor and the margarita mix is tasty my mum got a Brooklyn larger and was in her words «perfect it was chilled to a perfect temp with a decent all the way down the glass head».
I also love the fact they give u popcorn.
All in all whiskey traders delivered all we were looking for, decent drinks, a nice atmosphere and great customer services. Thanks you guys.
Ps a special shout out to the lovely bouncer outside who gave me his seat while i went for a cigarette. Its the little things that count.

Great after-​work bar.
Lots of TV screens showing different sports and an extensive whiskey menu!
Servers are really nice and they provide you with free popcorn so you don’t stumble around the entire place on an empty stomach.
It’s a bit loud (so our server mistook one of our orders) and probably not great for big groups. And it’s not an elegant bar by any means, but definitely solid!
I’d go back again.

I really love this place. Great bar to go to after a long week of work. Perfect atmosphere for an agoraphile. Large roomy, and a bit dark. Music is always at a perfect volume and bartenders are always good. Oh, and you get unlimited free popcorn.
This place will give you a genuine southern feel, like you’re in Tennessee, hardwood floors, walls, ceiling etc. Great place to take friends and chat.

Came here to meet some friends. At 8PM on a Friday, the place was pretty empty, in the lounge area anyway. Nice place to hang out and free popcorn! I think this is pretty ideal to watch a game. The exterior looks kinda sad though. Super tinted windows but their lights are super bright. Seemed like it was closed or something. (maybe that’s why it’s kinda empty)
The drinks were good (it had alcohol). And the waitress seemed attentive and maybe bored. I would come again.

Went here on a Thursday night to catch up with a friend — there wasn’t a line to get in because the place wasn’t too crowded, so we got a seat right at the bar. The bouncer was really friendly! The bartenders were super attentive, but the hype over the popcorn is a little over the top — they didn’t refill any of the bowls around us and didn’t seem concerned with it. We ordered dark & stormys from the happy hour menu (I think they were $ 8), and they were pretty decent — not great because they weren’t mixed that well. The scene is pretty divey, but you could easily go to watch a game or hang out with friends. The music is on point though — great throwback tunes. I don’t know if I’d necessarily go back for a casual drink, but if you’re in the area I’d check it out to see what you think.

Some new friends took us here for a drink. Upon entry they had a rack you could hang your coat.
Headed to the bar and after about 5 minutes we were able to get seats for a group of 4.
Ordered a round of Moscow mules. Meh. Doesn’t seem NYC has that down yet. I switched to cranberry vodkas, while the rest of the group switched to different mixed drinks.
Prompt service. Plus, Bar serves you popcorn, which you will inevitably eat while drinking, even if you aren’t hungry.
Noticed a beer pong table downstairs by the bathrooms (no one was using it, while I was there.)
Probably a totally different vibe later in the night versus 6pm on a Saturday.

That moment when your friends mistake Whiskey Park for Whiskey Trader… on your birthday. That happened. If you’re looking for that after-​work or after-​dinner disaster joint. Go here. Lots of dudes in middle management, ill-​fitting suits… and girls in short, denim cutoffs (I think that’s the server uniform… jury’s out). If pickle-​backs and weird service are your jam… Look no further. I might like it better if I was hammered. Undecided.

The place is pretty cheap, they had $ 5 shots and beer cost $ 6 I think. They also give you free popcorn and there’s several TVs in the bar area, which was great on Friday night because my buddy and I could watch the NBA while having our drinks.
One of the good things about this bar was that they had Goose Island. As someone from Chicago, it’s always nice to find a place that has the Chicago-​based beer.
The music is pretty loud, so it’s not a great place for talking. It wasn’t very crowded though, even on a Friday night at 11:30pm.
They also have free wifi, the password is posted along the back wall, behind the bar.
Oh, their location is just a couple blocks north of the infamous Halal Guys. Get a buzz going, then head down 2 blocks and get some chicken and rice. Just watch out that you don’t pour a crazy amount of hot sauce in your drunken stupor. Your mouth and stomach will hate you more than your liver hates you for drinking.

Hmmmm. Whiskey Trader, you’re kind of an odd duck. We were walking around looking for a place to grab some drinks and picked this place since people on Unilocal said it had good prices and drink specials.
Which it did.
What it did NOT have was consistent pricing. I ordered a vodka soda which cost $ 8, but a shot of Stoli O (I believe) was $ 5. Huh? Well vodka cost more? Same with my boyfriend’s drink. He got a whiskey soda, $ 8 — but a shot of Jameson cost less? Does soda water cost $ 3 or something? Yeah, NYC is expensive but the «specials» applied who knows when. It said all day… and when I did just get a Stoli shot it was $ 5. HEADSCRATCHER.
Service was fine — except when the bartender’s friend showed up and we watched them down shot after shot. I always find it weird when bartenders drink heavily at work, but that’s just me.
The space was very well laid out with nice TVs to watch the game on, and they had beer pong tables if you wanted to play.
Overall, it’s okay but the pricing thing really ticked me off so I doubt I’d be back.