Turtles all the way down

This is a fun spot! Divey but not in a pretentious way, good beer selection, shuffle board table, and there are turtles! Cute outdoor patio as well. Every first Sunday of the month they apparently have turtle races? Will need to come back to confirm.

One of my favorite bars in Brooklyn! They have a wonderful shuffleboard table, ATM, water cooler for easy water access, and lots of great seating around the bar. Lots of views, a fish tank at the bar, great music playing, outside patio and an awesome turtle tank with two very active turtles. Really a treat to visit! They have a great selection from high quality drinks to wonderful deals such as 4 bucks for a 24oz draft Budweiser. 7 dollar boilermakers! It's really a wonderful place! I mean they have turtle races how can you resist!!?!?! Riff was my bartender super welcoming and a breath of fresh air to talk to!

Went here on a Saturday night and there was a terrible bartender (white guy with long blonde hair). Overall I had a really disappointing experience at this bar. The bartender was not only inattentive but also rude. We waited a long time to be served, and when we finally ordered, he seemed irritated. When several patrons politely asked if he could change the music, he flatly refused and made it clear he wasn’t interested in accommodating any requests and directed us to the jukebox. Once we went to the jukebox and requested our songs he would skip over the ones he didn’t like and when I complained, he offered to give me my money back for skipping the songs. Absolutely unprofessional! The drinks were poorly made, and overall, the service was just terrible. Won’t be coming back—there are much better places with friendlier staff and a more welcoming atmosphere.

Haven’t been back in years and that white guy with the glasses, the beard, and the hat is still working there. He’s always so professional and kind even when the bar is packed to the gills. I’m really reviewing for him, it’s nice to see a familiar face, and to see that the bastards haven’t ground him down yet. Also drinks are still cheap and the vibe still sleazy 🤘 They didn’t have security guards back in my day, just a bouncer, but it’s for the best now, there used to be quite a few creeps (just part of the experience imo) and I got none of that energy this time. I liked that the turtle tank was by the bathroom line, made being in the way of the flow of traffic more tolerable. This is a proper dive, be warned or be psyched.

I kind of hate to not be able to leave five stars because I really loved almost everything about this place. Great vibes, fishtank(!), turtles(!), amazing music. But, to walk into a dive bar and get a really intense bag check and then get a full TSA patdown is extremely jarring and very nearly had me ready to turn back around. I'm sorry if maybe something bad happened here that made this feel necessary, but again, to unexpectedly get a full patdown is a real vibe killer and also really questionable in general? I really dont need a cool nice dive bar to normalize the surveillance state we've got going on outside or to act like our neighborhoods are war zones.

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Always a good time! Great service, nostalgia everywhere, good crowds, and good music selections 💯💯💯💯💯