Rude service, weak drink, overcrowded. Don't expect friendly service from what should be a neighborhood bar.

Cool bar, good prices. The decorations are great! Get the little nook in the upstairs area, you can see the entire bar for people watching. read more

Real bar, real people, real beer & drinks. Real good. Noteworthy selection of beer - local & beyond.

why i picked this place over all others to watch the first 5 innings of Game 6 alone is beyond me. but i did it. and i stand by it. they have beer here. read more

The place IS a dive bar. It's not a place you want to take your friends to show off NYC, it is however a great place to drink cheaply. They had karaoke going on and everyone seemed to be having a pretty good time. There were a lot of foreigners in there from the hostel across the street and I enjoyed meeting people from different countries the few hours I spent there. The beers (which were quality) were $4-6 and I got a heavy pour on my makers on the rocks for $9 which if you are unfamiliar with NYC, are good deals. The place was really busy and crowded, so it was a little uncomfortable but it is a DIVE BAR...so you should be expecting that. Overall, good prices, good service, good people; nothing awesome though...4 stars. read more

My husband found this place via Google. I am SO glad we stopped in. The level of the music is perfect, the people are calm, the bartender Jenny is kind and attentive, and the atmosphere is fun. We will most definitely be back. read more

The bartender was incredible rude!!! She was annoyed by us from the very first minute we enter the bar without a reason, she was totally impolite! read more

Most excellent, cozy, quiet, grown up bar with college prices. Wonderful bartenders, jukebox at a sensible leave. What's not to love about bway dive? If you're lucky you might even get to claim one of the upper decks books which provide a magical place to enjoy your libations. read more

For a 'dive bar', this place has done an outstanding job selecting awesome local beers. Other Half's Daydream in Green oatmeal DIPA is my new favorite. Great staff, flights and happy hour specials. read more

Th music here is Amazing! They have a very respectable happy hour on both the weekdays and weekends. It's $5 domestic and wine on the weekends. I'm glad that places like this exist in the Upper West Side. They also have PBR and shot deals at $8 if that's your kind of party. read more

Excellent beer selection. Piss Poor customer service. Spent quite a bit on drinks through out the course of a night and didn't even get so much as a thank you from the bartender that helped me. Just got attitude and eye rolls when I came back to get next round. read more

There's reason to be skeptical of a dive bar with "dive" in the name and its own website, but this place is pleasantly scuzzy and unpretentious place to grab a drink and hang. It's actually part of a dive bar chain, LOL, but from seeing the others it is the dumpiest of the three...in a good way. read more

its been a long nite and long time since 22 after being treated and toured by my brother and his gfriend at a hoighty korean joint and overpriced drinks in gramercy i popped in here to close out the evening surprised / impressed by the beer selection and the place was cozy and comfortable like a n'hood bar should be besides the corner packie it seemed like the only thing open on the block that saturday nite at 1am for the city that never sleeps read more

I took a friend here at 5:30 on Wednesday (prime happy hour). $17 for a double of Jameson.

The number of welcoming regulars in this cozy, comfortable (yet still appropriately dive-y!) neighborhood bar makes it a cut above the rest. I've been there a few times over the past weeks at all different hours and each time I've been treated as a "soon-to-be" regular - bartenders who remember my name and what I drink and how I like it. A really nice feeling for someone who recently moved here from a smallish town.... The beer selection is always interesting and drinks are cheap compared to the trendier bars I've been to here so far. read more

Love this bar if im in a beer and wings kinda mood. The beer selection is huge! Great to sit back, try new beers and catch up with friends.

This bar is a great cozy place for casual drinking. Friendly bartenders, with great specials. Not a place for bigger groups but a great bar for conversations and they have a lot on the walls so help start them!! read more

I've been to this spot a few times and I have to say I've yet to find a warmer, more welcoming bar anywhere on the UWS. Between the great selection of beers (both draft and bottles), the great conversation (with both bartenders and regulars), and the reasonable prices, what more could you ask for? Looking for a comfortable place to hang with wonderfully divey charm? Drop what you're doing and stop in for a drink (or two). This is the place for you. read more

This place is awesome. Super comforting and chill. The bartender is friendly and accomodating. Great service and great environment (including decor). This is definitely going to be a neighborhood go-to for me now. read more

One of the coziest bars I've been to. Great for grabbing some beers with a few friends. Very small, so not ideal for larger groups or for a particularly rowdy night, but the perfect casual drinking spot with a very neighborhood feel. They also have a great selection of ciders in one of their small refrigerators in the back! Been here a few times and really enjoy the ambiance. read more

Great place. Great barman. Just a really cool bar to have a couple of drinks and enjoy :) I'm in my way while typing this review

Amazing beer selection. I come in there when I feel adventurous, and come out of there a fan of a beer I haven't tried before. Be careful with the bottles, as they aren't priced and you can run up a serious tab if you're not careful. read more

Showed up in 5 de Mayo at 2am and the female bartender after seeing us (Spanish people) told that they were closed and that they were no longer serving. But they served beers to others and we were told to leave. read more

The Broadway Dive will always hold a special place in the vicinity of my heart. A number of years ago, our band Bohica played a pair of gigs there. They were big fun! I haven't been back for a while but when I happen to walk by, it looks like the place is still a fine neighborhood drinking establishment. We need more Broadway Dives & fewer banks and drugstores on the UWS! read more

Great neighborhood bar with an amazing craft beer collection you can drink in or take out. Staff members like Erin, Alex, Jenny and Brett make you feel at home. Happy Hour mixed drink prices starting at $5 make Broadway Dive a 'go to' place for me after work. read more

This is my neighborhood local and as such I am biased. The bartenders are all great in their own unique ways and the place is ruthlessly Darwinian when it comes to staff - if a newbie doesn't cut it with the staff or the regulars they don't last long. About the "dive bar" debate: I once walked in on a guy doing a line of whatever off of the bathroom toilet top. he then ran out of the bar, lit a cigarette and then puked all over the front of the building. He still comes in every now and again asking if he's welcome back. Whatever - the "dive" portion of the name refers to some diving equipment the owner used to theme his first bar. I think a racially, ethnically and generationally mixed crowd of hard core drinking regulars with the very occasional threat of bodily harm qualifies under the broad requirements of a dive bar. And they have free hot dogs and a mini Pac-man machine. read more

The plus: It's a small neighborhood bar with a eclectic selection of craft beers and micro brews. The staff is generally friendly and the drinks are priced well. The minus: You never really know what you are going to get when you go in here in terms of the crowd. Some days it's an older and more mature (read: Old Man) bar. Other times, it is VERY young, like, undergraduates from Columbia University stupid young. And it's not predictable in any way. The decor is cramped and old feeling. While the selection of beers is excellent, they are scattered around in several old soda coolers that do not have any logical set up, and seems like it was done on the fly and as an afterthought. The bar stools are some of the hardest on one's posterior I have ever encountered. But it's not the Ritz Carleton so you kind of expect that. All in all, though, the pluses outweigh the negatives and I've never been disappointed in the place. Recommend. read more

Great little dive bar! Loving the decor, as well (it's super random, but that's why it's awesome). We had exceptional service from Olivia. She was attentive, accommodating, and hilarious. She made sure we had beers we would enjoy and made some excellent recommendations. We will be back when we're in the area again! read more

True dive bar. Excellent selection of bottled beer and various pickled items to purchase.

Good selection of beers. Inside is dark. A real dive bar wouldn't be called "Dive Bar".

After all the years of patronizing this place I was never treated so badly a certain woman as tonight. I tip $3 every drink I buy and was never till thank you but when I ordered I am criticized because I didn't say please make. Very disappointing. I'll keep coming as long as they're not here read more

THIS is a dive bar with a beer selection. Can't believe it's this small and has this much to choose from. Very good bartenders too and it's nice to have a bar that doesn't charge you a meal to get a decent snack. They even have vegetarian options too. Also, this is the place where I got hooked on pickled eggs. Can't forget that experience. Everytime I come here, I order a pickled egg or two. A bit loud sometimes and might feel crowded, but it's a good place to get buzzed for cheap or hang out for a couple of hours and feel like a local. read more

Good beer selection, nice bartenders, low-key atmosphere and crowd. A good place to watch a game--fewer bellowing idiots compared to places closer to Columbia. read more

It's a locals place to hangout and have a few drinks. The bar is pretty small and dark, but for the most part well kept. You don't feel like you need to take a shower after going here. The beer selection is good enough (the house Dive Bar Ale is pretty decent) and the bartenders are friendly. I wouldn't spend a whole night here but going late to unwind before heading home worked out well. They also have some board games you can play with your friends (Taboo anyone?). Not as good as Dive Bar on 96th or Amsterdam 106th, but not too bad either. read more

Had an event to attend nearby, and so ended up killing some time in the mid-afternoon with three or four friends in the Broadway Dive Bar. Very very impressed. True dive bar experience with killer ambiance, reasonable drink prices, and an extremely friendly bartender. Shots and beer. Beer and shots. Bag of chips. What more could anyone want? Everyone in our little group came this close (holds fingers only slightly apart) to ignoring our event and making an evening of it. read more

This is the best bar in the neighborhood. Best prices for beer/liquor and low-key snacks to share while drinking an always rotating local craft beer selection. Best part is you'll always strike up a conversation with either the bartenders or the person sitting by next to you. They also happen to have an incredible bottle selection to go or to stay. read more

In NYC on business. Stopped in for a few beers on a hot afternoon. Friendly bartender ready with samples if you weren't sure what to get next. Good selection and an up to date draft list. Good place for beer snobs like me. read more

Atmosphere is awesome for your typical dive - good beer selection, music and vibe. But their food is shit -just microwaved stuff. Don't be enticed by 'bacon wrapped pretzel' :) read more

This place is perfect. Close to my girlfriends house and the atmosphere is relaxed and entertaining. Cute and friendly decorations and bartender. Plenty micro brews to choose from and great tasting reasonably priced bar food. I'm going to be a regular here read more

I was thrilled to spend my blizzard night at the broadway dive. It was a cold, wet night on a first date and he brought me to this place. It was welcoming and comfortable. Above all, Romy was the best part about it she gave wonderful, genuine, attentive service. She's a sweetheart and is the reason I would come back. Thank you! read more