The Bush

The Bush has been a wonderful experience every time I've had the pleasure to visit. My favorite part of the experience has been the wonderful staff. They're knowledgeable, charismatic, and incredibly friendly! The vibes are immaculate especially when there's an event involving live music. It gets incredibly busy sometimes, but the staff is a well oiled machine! The highest of recommendations for anyone looking for a fun, safe, and friendly lesbian bar in the epicenter of Bushwick.

I’m so confused by the bad reviews. We went on a Sat night and the vibes were immaculate. Industrial gritty aesthetic, hazy/dream-like lighting✨, incredible sound system, great DJ, great bartenders, decent cocktails—- and SO. MANY. HOT. QUEERS. 🥵 Honestly the cover was worth it (and happy to support a local queer business).

Was a great night until we had to wait an hour for the bathroom. That’s FINE. I understand. But when I TELL you that my friends are PEEING and you BURST IN???? And you dont LISTEN???? And after I leave, you SHOVE my friend against the door???? That’s really messed up. Not a safe space. We were very respectful the whole night. Didn’t take up space. Im really disappointed in the bush. I don’t care if it’s NYE. Treat women with respect and dignity. I would NOT say this is a safe space for women. Stay safe. I’m really really upset actually.

Went to the Bush for their NYE party. I had bought my ticket 2 weeks before. I get there and the line for people with tickets is LONG. I got there around 11:10pm and had to wait until 11:55 to get in. Barely had time to get settled in before ringing in New Year’s. And idk where the complimentary glass of champagne was because I never saw it. Whats the point of getting a ticket ahead of time if you still have to wait forever to get in??

chose to spend new year’s eve and my birthday here last night and was having a great time until we 1. waited an hour for the 1 bathroom- we were all going in in 2-3 people groups because one of the bathrooms was out of order. the last one of us was going (mind you we were in there for maybe 3 minutes?) and people start aggressively banging on the door to the point where we cracked it open out of concern while one of us was still using the bathroom and 3 employees barge in and start screaming at us that we need to get out and we can’t be in there and they needed to use it. one of them also shoved one of my friend’s against the wall in doing so. as we were leaving i wanted to bring it to someone’s attention how insanely intrusive that was and she was dismissive and defensive telling me that it’s nye what do you expect? and that 3 people in the bathroom is not allowed yet everyone else was doing it. it really ruined our night and the rest of my birthday and we left pissed off and violated.

Cute bar that opened! Definitely seems to attract a more diverse group of queers, and it’s cool that they hold a lot of different events during the week too. The drinks are pretty well priced ($14 cocktails, $8 well drinks) and they have a good variety of mocktails for those that don’t drink. Can’t wait to come back!

did not go in because cover was 25$ on a thursday night 😭 upsetting bec there was no event like 5 people inside cmon now…. bouncer was really polite tho