Better than my last visit. Service was slow. Food was decent, but the ambiance was LIT! Definitely a party atmosphere, but on this particular day it was the celebration spot for many public schools staff members. Last day of school until September. A time was had. I would say depending on what kind of celebration you're there for and what particular day, it could be a decent time. Not giving any thumbs up but it was a better visit than my last. Happy Yelping! read more

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El lugar está muy bonito, fuimos por primera vez a explorar el lugar. Todo bien en excepción de la bartender tenía una actividad 0 agradable, 0 amable parecía que nos tendía por obligación. Por esa razón solo ordenamos dos bebidas, nos agregó la propina lo cual decía que a grupos grandes lo harían automáticamente. Pero a dos personas por favor. No me molesta dar buena propina por que entiendo que de esa manera ganan, pero con esa actitud daban ganas de dejarle nada. read more

Wow this place has a lot of bad reviews - so here's another one! With all these complaints I can see why they automatically charge a 20% gratuity to the bill, which is so slimy. This restaurant was nearly empty during prime dinner hour - except a silly D.J. blasting painfully loud ghetto music to an audience of nobody. The tacos are insultingly small. For the price I was expecting a satisfying portion, but these should be street tacos at $1 each. The Taco Bell across the street has been more satisfying. read more

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El Jefe has been a Dyckman staple for a very long time. I seldom come here as they like to have cover charges, but today I decided to make en exception and came to have one drink and leave as I only had about an hour to spend and wanted to just enjoy a bit of music. I ate here once before and the food was okay, what you can expect at a bar. However, the service usually is okay and not terrible. Today, I had a terrible experience. We walked into a bar that was mostly empty. I have bartended for 10 years in hottest NYC night clubs like Tao, PHD, and 230 5th rooftop to name a few, and this place was dead. However, I just wanted one drink and to go on with my night. I was at the end of the bar with my cousin, she tried to get the bartender's attention and failed. After 15 min, I decided to try. I ordered drinks with her twice, 2 don julio reposado with Red Bull. Something that takes less than a minute to do. I then watched for another 20 min how she took other people's orders and did them instantly while we were still waiting. The men that were next to us told her that they wanted to pay for our drinks and she ignored them as well and walked off. I then went to the other male bartender, Jurgen, and order my drinks with him while explaining that the girl had been ignoring us for a while. I attempt to take a picture of her to give a complaint to the manager as I didn't know her name, and she saw me and snatched my cell phone and told the security guard to kick us out. The male bartender said he was the manager and told the security guard to kick us out. I realized that this Indian guy seemed to be the manager and I stopped him and explained what was happening. He then allowed us to stay and gave us the drinks on the house. He was really nice and made my night better. To the El Jefe manager if you want to hire a REAL bartender with REAL NYC experience. That can make 10-15 mixed drinks in two minutes, and does not discriminate (because this is what it felt like, like she was just hating on how absolutely gorgeous we were and didn't want to serve us) against gender, beauty, race, etc and will get you really good Google reviews, fire her and hire me part time. And also, two drinks here cost $63 which is insane for uptown. Jurgen made sure to add automatic 20% after the bad service he provided :) I added photos to show how slow it was and she still ignored us for 30 minutes when we were just trying to pay for drinks. UNREAL!!! read more

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Do not get the Mangu, it's "Hella" salty !!!! Then I asked for a different order which the server was nice enough to switch it for me, but again it's not the server fault. Great service but the food was extremely ASS !! If you looking for a good "Cheap"spot & cheap food, this is for you! But if you want your money worth this is "NOT" the spot for you! read more

I visited this place on a Saturday evening around 7 PM with a group of five--four women and one man. Right from the start, the host had a bad attitude. The very first thing she asked us was if we were buying a bottle, which felt unwelcoming. I told her yes, and that one person would also be ordering food. She initially sat us at a table by the front door, but the view of the TVs from there wasn't great. I politely asked to be moved toward the back. She responded with more attitude, so I asked the waitress instead when she came to take our order. Thankfully, the waitress moved us to a different table. However, shortly after we were seated, a bottle girl told us we couldn't sit there either because it was reserved. So we had to move again, just one table over. We ended up buying two bottles, and strangely, a third bottle was brought out at the end of the night--even though none of us ordered it. Overall, the service was extremely poor and disorganized. Despite spending a good amount of money, we were treated poorly from start to finish. I won't be coming back. read more

Asked this girl for a simple drink and she barely knew what she was doing. She ignored me to go have fun with some guys that were in the VIP! Bad service whatever your name is! You suck girl! read more

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It was a late night and i will say it was perfect it was a big group and man the service was amazing, the drinks and food did not stand a chance the music was perfect and accommodating inside is gorgeous out did the decor read more

Night life review! Great music! Played a mix of all music English and Spanish! Sangria was good!! Good vibes!! read more

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Calls itself a sports bar. No baseball caps. No athletic apparel. No head gear. You do the math. read more

El Jefe Nyc - Sports Bars Near Me - New York, New York

My friend took me here a while back. They had seating outside only at the time. The wings and pitcher of sangria was delicious. But then i went back a second time and well, this time it wasn't that good. I guess it depends on the mood of the cook. If you decide to go in car they have a parking lot not too far from the place. But majority of the time you won't find parking. I mean, hello, its Dyckman if you know- you know. read more

Service was horrible. Our server had a horrible attitude with us for some reason. We called ahead to reserve and have space for 15 people then they tried to force us to buy 5 bottles which is insane to want to force people to have this much alcohol. And because we said we only needed two bottles, they gave us 3 small tables for 15 people . Our waitor didn't want to be around us or serve us so people kept going to the bar to get drinks then she would get upset about that. I had to keep asking the cleaning staff to get her so I can order anything. It was just terrible. I absolutely would not come back. If tipping is such an issue that you can't order anything from anyone that works here then all tips should be split because the way they act is insane. read more

I have visited this place many times but after my last time visiting I must leave this review. As an awareness for everyone. On the last weekend prior to COVID taking over, 2nd week of March 2020, I decided to go visit this place to celebrate my 30th birthday with a large group of friends ; about 20 people. It was a great night and with day light savings happening, we lost an hour. During that night, we had a large bill; there were many bottles purchased. The police then crashed the place around 2:00AM , leaving us with one hour lost. I had just purchased 3 additional bottles. When Police came, I told them to refund me since the bottles were unopened. The manager insisted that I come back since he had no way to do a "refund". These are bottles paid including MANDATORY gratuity. I would say over $400 per bottle. Fast Forward..... Due to pandemic, everything was closed, places were limited. However on the night on November 6, 2020, I decided to pay a visit and ask for the bottles promised. With hope to receive what I paid for, I was DENIED by the owner. According to Manager, owner refused to give me what I PURCHASED. That night, I decided to stay and spend additional money on an establishment that did me wrong. Customers are always FIRST and the OWNER should be reaching out to me BECAUSE I was refused to RECEIVE what was PAID for by ME. I will reach out to the BANKS and file a CLAIM as messages have been recorded between establishment. Please UPGRADE your CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE read more

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Go Uptown to El Jefe, tell em' that I sent you lol Bottles are well priced & the vibes are elite.

I don't even know where to begin with this place but what I will start off with saying is I DO NOT RECOMMEND. So my sister set up a brunch to celebrate her birthday on Saturday April 30th. You have to make the reservation via WhatsApp which was done. Everything was set up and put into place a week before. We arrive here on Saturday April 30th for them to Let us know they have no Saturday brunch. The manager said I can only give you 15% off and If you go someone where I wish you luck. I'm that moment we should've went elsewhere but we decided to give them a chance. He claimed the "hostess" was old and out of the country. Not sure as to why she would be in charge of setting things up then. We could've at least been accommodated with some mimosas or something. We still ended up ordering and paying for 2 pitchers of miMosas and Patron margarita pitchers. We weren't offered any hookah or anything. We had to ask for everything. Now let's move on to the food. Two people ordered Churrasco steak medium rare with garlic mashed potatoes. They both came out well done and one came out with tostones. One of my friends were really hungry because the food took so long so she still ate the steak the other sent hers back and got the correct steak and mashed potatoes. Now someone else ordered shrimp Alfredo low and behold she gets a surprise in her Alfredo (A short piece of black hair). The manager has the nerve to come over and not believe us at first (luckily I took a photo and the waitress saw it) he then says after seeing the photo he has no women working in the kitchen, it could be anyones hair including the woman whose food it was. We were perplexed. One no one at the table had short black hair and it isn't just womens hair that comes out of Their heads. He claimed he would take the Alfredo off but didn't and just included that into a discount off on the bill. This place is very unprofessional and I would Not recommend. The waitress was the only pleasant one at this establishment! She had patience and was understanding. I don't know how that man is a manager but he should not be in the hospitality business at all. EAT THERE AT YOUR OWN RISK! read more

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Meet up with some friends here they were already situated with there drinks and food I just wanted one drink and a quick bite to eat then I was leaving the waitress wouldn't serve be separately from my friends she wanted one bill .I explained to her I was just going to be quick and that they would be staying but nope she refused So instead I decided to order 6 shots for everybody then I'd leave but nope the bartender doesn't take card and I had no cash on me ...what a waste of time I left.. read more

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This is one of the most RATCHET spots in NYC!!! It's in the heights , NO BACHATA, NO MERENGUE , NO SALSA. BARELY ANY DEMBOW. ALL HIP HOP. DJ HOVA didn't even let a song play for 30 seconds. Kept switching everything as soon as he put it. Women were in biker shorts and tank tops. Sooooooo ratchet. If you want a night of dancing this is NOT THE SPOT!! The occupancy capacity is 125. There were the double the amount of ppl In here. Absolutely no space to even Lift an arm. read more

I tried getting in here with my girls and they denied us. Saying there was no tables but people kept going in, back to back. The security guard kept telling us they only had bottle service, and no tables. My mans, its one or the other. Then when the other clarified, the disrespectful security guard tells us to "get out of here". They clearly just didn't want us in there. read more

Terrible service, except Allan the hookero and Ambiorix. The manager was waiving to the server to get rid of our table as soon as she saw we were finishing a $200 bottle, even though we ordered food, beer and drinks after the bottle. If you look at the cameras shes waiving us off, as in get rid of them. We weren't even finished with our drinks and she wanted to get rid of us. This is the reason why i hadn't been here in 2 years, and I wont ever come back. If I could give a zero instead of a 1 i would. P.S Allan and Ambiorix are the best once again read more

So normally I come to El Jefe Sundays for drinks and hookah with friends. This time around I came on a weekday during their happy hour. We ordered the chicken tacos and buffalo wings. The chicken tacos were decent but the wings were very mediocre and not as spicy as they should. The sauce was interesting. The passion fruits frozen margarita was the best part of our stay though, and the staff is very nice and helpful. read more

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Not welcoming or inclusive business. Very hostile and unfriendly. Strict set of rules made to filter out people. "No exposed jewelry" is on the list. Please take your business and spend money elsewhere, this business has a horrible ambiance and attitude. read more

El Jefe Nyc - Sports Bars Near Me - New York, New York

Great service , food is great , amazing environment always when I go to that spot! Can't wait to go next time , never disappoints.

Walked in around 4:05pm to try and support a neighborhood restaurant. Asked to be seated for brunch, which as soon as you open it on their site, it states from 12-5pm. The hostess asked the manager who yelled at her that it's OVER and gave us a dirty look as he turns around and walks away. I'LL NEVER STEP FOOT BACK IN THERE. read more

El Jefe Nyc - Says Brunch is until 5, but refused to seat us for Brunch. - Sports Bars Near Me - New York, New York

I don't know how El Jefe used to be before but wow, I am surprised by the great customer service, food and prices of this place. I went on Thursday which was their game night happy hour. I went with a group of about eight people and we were seated pretty fast. It started to get more full at around six I want to say or maybe seven but they had plenty of games to play like giant Jenga and Uno cards and a ping pong table and stuff like that. The drinks and the food came out fairly quickly and let me tell you the wings and those tacos (UGHHHH SO GOOD). A group of us stayed until later in the night but wow I loved it. The hookah lasted us a lonnnnnng time and was well prepared. I think my coworkers and I have found our new spot. I loved it and can't wait to come again read more

I had lunch here with my friend. We split the lobster Mac and cheese as an appetizer. It was good but I found it weird that they garnished it with part of the lobster carcass. Had me thinking it has actual meat in it. We also split the fajitas, they were really good and a decent sized portion. I couldn't remember the waitress' name but she was really friendly and attentive. Service is better than what I'm used to Uptown. read more

Came here during the weekday because I had passed by it many times and had wanted to try the food, and they also offer hookah which was a plus. First the hookah is paid in cash and separately as most places uptown and it was $40. We decided to go with the large Henny Colada which was delicious and comes with a small bottle of henny. I decided to go with the sliders (3) and my friend ordered mozzarella sticks and the classic burger which comes with fries. The sliders were good and well seasoned. They had cheddar cheese/pickles and came with a container of coleslaw (no Mayo). Even my friend that is a drinker could barely finished his drink read more

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I would rate this place 100 stars if I could. It's suuuper fun any day of the week. They have pretty decent Dominican food, and a good variety of drinks. But the music is the best part of this place. They play all kinds of music from classic 2000s r&b to bachata to dembow. The staff is really friendly and they have hookah (cash only). It's one of my favorite places in New York. If you like Latin music and food, this is the best place to visit. read more

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A group of three of us decided to have brunch here on a Sunday afternoon to finally enjoy "outdoor seating" since COVID. Upon arrival we were immediately greeted and taken to a table ( the tables were 6 feet apart & etc). Our waitress was very nice she kept bringing the mimosas until our 90 minutes were up. The food was actually good which I was kinda surprised because in most of these spots Uptown during brunch the food tends to lack taste and etc. Our only complaint was that the "hostess" was a little rude we understand with the new guidelines we literally have to EAT & GO but, it was literally 5 or 10 minutes after our quote on quote official 90 minutes was up we had a jar of mimosa left & she told us we had to leave. As we were leaving my friend over-heard the hostess say something about us staying past our 90 minutes. read more

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I wouldn't recommend this place. Gets overcrowded. The bouncer won't check his people or the regulars but would check the rest of us. If you are the owner of this place reading this review. If anything happens inside because of your security not checking on the regulars, guess who's responsible at the end of the day? You are. The fees to come into this place is ridiculous, in order to sit in a table minimum 2+ bottles and even the hookah is overpriced. The service is everyone for themselves. Music isn't good at all. I can't give 0 stars that's why 1 was my only options read more

1/12/24 Went and they made me pay for coat check . And they allowed my moncler jacket to get wet like what was the point of paying. And when we complained they did nothing. So irresponsible for so called establishment. read more

Went there recently with some friends, bartender added some beers to bill. When I confronted her about it I got thrown out, that's all you need to know about this place. read more

Fake liquor loved the ambiance but the liquor was so obvious that they change it with other liquor especially the don julio reposado

Jefe jefe jefe ... How you disappointed me. I never really write reviews but this one is a must. It was a date planned ahead of time. My friends and I were extremely excited, I mean we had a bad winter and on this day Saturday was not so hot and not so cool night. Just perfect. We drove about 30 minutes and if you know uptown, more specifically dyckman, there's never parking. But that night BOOM! Just around the corner a perfect little spot. So we figure damn tonight is going to be a great night. WRONG! We head to "El Jefe" but it seemed like they were missing a jefe. So disorganized. No line but they made us wait. Bouncer said it was full to capacity at 9pm. Didn't understand since it looked empty inside. We waited waited waited and i started to get impatient. My lady friends began to suggest different locations. But we found this parking spot we did not want to let go! Anywho some guy walks out literally as soon as i walked off the line and heard me say "we out" he immediately said "noooo let them in why are they waiting are you guys crazy" to the bouncers. So we went in . Ladies 10$ fellas 20$ The unusual price jack for a 9:30pm entrance fee. We ask for a table to 3 different waitresses so we can eat and they looked at us like they just didn't understand mannerism. So i spoke in the native tongue and the walked us to a table top of 4. Mind you it's 5 of us and before we even pulled out these sticky dirty ass chairs the "waitress" says each table is a 2 bottle minimum. YEAH . Now fellow reader. You know how to count I assume .. 5 people 4 bottles ... I thought she was joking but the seriousness in this young Nereyda in the face ass waitress assured me She was not playing! From my previous experience 4 bottles of anything is excessive not only 2 grown men but for the 3 women that i was with. Like the gentleman that I am, I asked if she can just accommodate us with just 2 bottles and a food menu since we would need some substance to hold down the 2 bottles of alcohol. She looked at me like if i was her mom and asked her to go wash some dishes for me. She turned around and disappeared in the hookah mist that was in the air. Once again waiting for "el jefe" this muscle shirt man approached me and asked if "we were good" And here i thought maybe Vin Diesel was going to handle our situation fast and furious but no this guy . 5'7 . Tried to look over the small crowd for tables and the same waitress to attend to us in the proper fashion. But unfortunately it did nothing but disappoint like he's last movie. We asked for our entrance fee. "El Jefe" said I'll just give you the entrance for the ladies. Mens fee no refund. We agreed and he disappeared and never came back. This whole fucking ordeal lasted nearly 2 hours and I promise you this shit felt like an eternity. This is an experience I would not wish on not even an ex girlfriend or a baby mother ! Please change you staff and management. Vin Diesel I appreciate you. But you sir failed us. read more

Ladies. Do not come here looking to sit if you don't want bottle service. They only allow those buying bottles to have a seat, and will even remove chairs from around the bar. read more

Let me explain first I came all the way from Brooklyn when I can on 10/15/2021 when I was going to go in the security have the only attitude I feel they where not LGBT friendly at all and The security was scanning my state ID like if I was immigrant. Witch I don't have nothing against immigrant but that security guard at the entrance was bad I needed to turn away because the way his attitude came I even have my mother and boyfriend to come in joy the restaurant but he was just so rude the way his present was it's just a turn off !! As well this is in the Bronx it's not some high end place but please don't waste your time here they are very rude and people deserve to be treated good . read more

Horrible service. You spend $700 and they kick you out the table just because the bill was given. We weren't done with our bottle. The server was screaming YOU NEED TO GO TO THE BAR NOW!!! Ok. You're not about to embarrass us. If you had reservations for that table, you should have never sat us down. Period. Simple as that. Customer service is everything. We were celebrating a birthday, not planning on being long. Disgusted. Anyway. Good luck because there were several youngins with no id. They're about to be closed down again anyway. read more

El Jefe NYC has a nice set up, so it has potential. However, this place is a COMPLETE fail. The girls who work here lack BASIC qualities that they need to be bring success to this business. If you are a group with just girls or have kids with you, you will get no attention. As soon as a guy walks in, their whole energy changes. read more

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If I could give this place 0 stars I would. Good morning, El jefe is a terrible place Let me share my experience. I visited el jefe on two occasions and it was terrible. One the staff was extremely rude and I left. The second time was yesterday wanted to give the place another chance. My friends and I went to dinner at Republica and wanted one more drink. I got outvoted they wanted to go to el jefe. I refused because of my past experience. The hostess was going to let us in but the security guard refused. He was extremely rude never again. read more

I went to this restaurant on mothers day and when we showed up at the door, they denied us entry because the "manager" told us we could not enter because he felt like we were to in Intoxicated to enter the premises. All due to dropping my ID in the rain when i was juggling my umbrella, purse, and flowers. This place is not it. Period. Rather spend your money at La Republicia or Inwood bar and grill. They sever hookah and drinks. And they are all a block away. read more

The worst service! They had an attitude the entire time - we were there for a birthday brunch of 11 people for about 2 hours. They decided to kick half of the party from one table to sit 2 guys next to us. And now there whole attitude changed because they seem like regulars. You can't service people on judgement zone and on "regulars". Every client should feel like VIP and not kick them out because they are done "eating". We were still drinking. Worst service ever! read more