I used to love this place when I lived in NYC. I heard a rumor that their lease was up in a year or two so when I was in town I took the ferry over to go have a dive bar beer in case I wasn't back in BK for a while. However, I'm okay with them closing now. The smells from the bathroom and the bartender were horrific. BO and ​filth don't​ make me want to drink. I ended up going to the patio thinking cig smoke would be better. WRONG. The benches seem old and uncomfortable. Most of all though the service was horrible. The smelly blonde barely came outside and when I went in to get a new beer I had to wait for several minutes near the disgusting bathrooms. Bye Bye Levee sometimes things need to close. read more

One of my favorite bars. Definitely not for the faint of heart. Everyone has an average of 3 tattoos. They serve free cheeseballs and twizzlers. Ask for the fresh-squeezed margaritas! They're to die for read more

Cheap food, cheap, but awesome beer, awesome beer-shot deals. Chill crowd. Outdoor area. And games! Yup. Yep. Give it to me. read more

The music was primarily country, which is okay if you like that shit. The drinks though, were solid. Further, FREE TWIZZLERS. 3.5/5

Dear Levee, It isn't often that I say this, but I love you. I can always count on you after a bad day (or a good one, for that matter). Whether you're offering up Dreamsicles (also known as Heaven in a Glass) or a shot of tequila and a Lone Star (for only $5!!), I know you'll be there for me. I may avoid you on the weekends, but please don't take it personal. I'll be back next week to play scrabble, hunt deer, and eat cheese puffs. I promise. You are the only one for me. Love, Sarah read more

Do you remember when this used to be Kokie's? I do. It was funnnn, right? Well, the Levee is nothing like that, but I still like it when it's not filled with dirty newbie youngsters (which is usually weekend nights). If you go after work or in the afternoon on weekends the bartenders treat you special because they know you know something everyone else doesn't. read more

Love this little shithole on Berry Street. For loud music, cheap drinks, hipster haven, and cheeseballz. If you can't handle crowds, don't go here. They probably don't want you here anyhow. With all this said, the place is great. One of my favorites. Great place for dive bar lovers and jukebox fans. Cheap beer, cheap decor, cheap broads, great place! read more

Great local bar w very chilled vibe, cool music, it gets loud as night got carried away! great shot and beer specials, and I love the complimentary cheeseballs, suprised cheeseballs went really well w the beer :) bartender was friendly! please don't use that first bathroom on the left side before they fix the door! quite a few embarrassing incidents happened that night! read more

This was my first time to Williamsburg.... (thats just a warning so people aren't all 'wellll... what did she expect??') I REALLY liked this place. The layout is really cool, the outdoor area is awesome (with the exception that it closes at 11) and the drink specials were awesome. You gotta love a shot and a beer and the combos were clever and tasty. ALSO, cheeseballs.... great idea. Can't go wrong with shoving handfulls of puffed rice cheese in your face. It was a loud, dark, and full. Bartenders were quick and pretty nice, seems like a great place for groups or just a good place to hangout with friends on the weekend. read more

People are really loose with the stars, maybe some of the reviews were written from the bar. Dirty, fun, cheap, all good. Bit of a meat market too, hey it's only natural to make out with that wasted girl who just chucked a dart at your crotch. Yeah grab a handful of those cheese puffs, g'head, g'head. The fecal pathogen count is negligible, look at how many times these peeps are going to the bathroom - they're washing their hands you know. Connect four! read more

If there's one thing I love about bars, it's gimmicks. That might not what you go out for, but I do. After Radegast, we hunted for another bar in the area and why not just the place across the street. This is an incredible dive with cheap, and I mean cheap, drinks. A shot and a beer starting at $4?! Count me in. Not only that, but the beer is served in a cozy. If there's one thing I like more than beer, it is cold beer. I want it so cold that it'll freeze your teeth off and a cozy keeps my beer properly chilled. I was there shortly so I was unable to partake in free cheese balls, but I surely will be back for some. read more

I live about 3 blocks from The Levee and frequent it usually a couple nights a week. It's my default watering hole for my neighborhood. While I wouldn't fuck with the food (my buddy swears by the Frito Pie when he's broke) the drink list is quite spectacular. If you're trying to save cash, the Levee is the place to go. $16 will get you 4 shots of Evan Williams + 4 Carslings Black Labels, and still leave you with $4 for tips. Cheese balls are great, Jay Reatard / Torche on the Jukebox, Darts, and Jenga make this a 4 star spot. Bottom line: this is where I compare every other dive bar in Brooklyn to. If you can deal with hipsters you'll enjoy yourself here. read more

hands down, no question, i love love love the levee. cheap beer, check beer coozies, check food, check super friendly staff, check outdoor patio, check big buck safari, check good jukebox, check the crowd is always an interesting mix, but that's what makes it the most fun. they have large tables for large groups and board games if you get bored. seriously, given any opportunity to go, i take it. read more

The Levee - serious big buck safari hunters! - American Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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They have board games, Buck Hunter, cheese curls, and chili cheese dogs. Always crowded, and a really good jukebox. (7 songs for $2 !!!!). Sign me up! read more

Amazing bar. Free cheesballs. Cheap food. Cheap drinks. Shot and beer for 4 dollars... cant beat that. Young crowd with alot of hipsters. They have board games you can play as well as darts and big buck hunter and connect four. They also have a smoking patio out back with tables. read more

Cheese balls, cheap drinks and a hunting arcade game I'm TERRIBLE at. Great times. read more

This bar has games! YAY! I played scrabble with a glass of whiskey on Friday night.. what could be better? Oh, watching the olympics while doing so?? Yep! They have an extensive beer, whiskey - plain alcohol in general list and the prices match up well. The clientele is pretty mixed.. occasional spill over from the beer hall next door can be a plus or a minus depending. The atmosphere is that of a dive, but the place itself isn't that crappy - Also the jukebox screams hipster mania.. which by location - it should. They own it and for that, I love them. read more

I think this might be my new favorite bar in Williamsburg. I'm a sucker for a good dive bar and the Levee definitely fits my requirements. Cheap drinks, low lights, dark wood, stamped tin ceiling (a plus!), and snarky bartenders. Additionally they offer food- with veggie options as well. Granted, we're talking about frito pie (!) and hot dogs or sloppy joes or PB&J, but that's perfect for a late night snack. Also, they have bar snacks and not just any bar snacks, but cheeseballs! An awesome selection of beers and whiskeys rounds the place out and you can even get a decent port for a really decent price. They also have this "buy a friend a drink" board where you can specify a friend and a drink, you pay up front and said friend has 30 days to cash in on that nice drink you bought them. I think it's adorable and all sorts of character. read more

Free cheeseballs anyone? I think we went back for a refill about 18 times. What? There were like 12 of us. I forget whose idea it was to come here but hey, you sort of commit to the pee stink after about 20 minutes. The drinks were cheap! My friend from London says this was the first bar she's been to in New York that has her beer! Damn, can't remember what it was; something of the regular she drinks in the UK. We stayed a long time it seems. People just kept showing up. We left only because we wanted burritos! read more

Aww man, this bar rocks!! First of all, I found out that they open at noon. Awesome for days you play hookie. Also they have a pretty rockin' jukebox, a pool table (tiny bar table, red felt), great beers, some noshes, booths in the back, art on the walls (probably local artists) and even free candy like Twizzlers and Blow Pops. The few times I have gone there I have met people that were easy to talk to and pretty darn cool. The day bartender with the strawberry blonde hair is very sweet. It is nice in the daytime because they have windows in the front that let in light, but not too much light so the passers-by can see who the alcoholics are sitting there at noon. And at night, it is your favorite kind of dark, rock and roll bar with plenty of room and that ritzy-divey feel that is so very addictive. They are building construction across the street so they have my favorite kind of parking for the bike--scaffolding. read more

There are many good and bad things about the Levee. Let's start with the good: 1. Free cheeseballs and Twizzlers. Yum. 2. The Sportsman: Beer and a shot $4 3. They carry Lonestar, the national beer of Texas 4. They have dollar veggie hotdogs 5. They have boardgames 6. There is pinball 7. They open at noon 8. There is very often a super friendly dog at the bar The bad: 1. The music is always WAY too loud. Even at noon. 3. The weekends are PAINFULLY crowded with lame people 4. There is Big Buck Hunter 5. They don't have Apples to Apples anymore All in all a pretty fun place to hang out during the week. Not as much fun on the weekends. read more

This is a non-dive bar dive bar. What that means is that the drinks are cheap, the decor tacky, and the furniture like something out of an Eastern Bloc riot selection... but there are microbrews, great deals, free candy, and a hipster clientelle. I can't put my finger on it, but this place is fun. Certainly, the cheap drinks don't hurt, but it sits right across the street from my favorite New York Beer Hall, Radegast. Maybe it's that it offers a little something for anyone (or for whatever mood I'm in): a front room with a tightly packed bar for social nights, a quieter room with tables for friendly conversation/darts/pinball/board games, and an outdoor space for smoking/being at one with Williamsburg. BEER SELECTION: Some microbrews, some standards. Carling Black Label is $2 for a can, though, and an additional $2 will get you a shot. THAT'S a deal. SERVICE: Friendly. This is a good place for a local watering hole, if you know what I mean. It's not going to knock anybody's socks off and there aren't sports games on TV... but for a drink with friends after work, this is my kinda place. read more

Cheeeeeeeseballs! I ate free cheese balls here for about seven hours on a recent weekend night, and I think my hands are still stained orange. This is a price I am willing to pay, especially because I also got to switch it up with free Blow Pops and Twizzlers. I loved the Levee. We came in early and they turned on a football game at our request- awesome! The bartenders are cool and responsive. This bar has a big variety of beer in the best way possible. You can order a craft brew bottle for around $7 or go the cheapo route and take advantage of one of the specials- usually a can (with koozie!) of cheap beer with an accompanying shot. The crowd was a bit mustachioed for my usual tastes, but this did mean that there was a guy who tried to pick us up via a half-hour conversation about hair-care products. Hilarious! The only downside was the huge crowd as the night got later and, more importantly, the bathroom situation. There are only two single-person bathrooms for the whole bar, and they get gross and the line gets looooong really quickly. Other than this, an all-around fun and inexpensive experience. read more

Popped in here for, what else: drinks. Darkly lit atmosphere, decent jukebox, grungy here & there, but not a true dive. Drinks were not dive bar cheap- but they were fairly priced. They also had a decent selection. If you even just skim the reviews, you'll see that cheeseballs are provided as an amenity. You'll also notice people seem to be pretty divided over it, high/low style. I hit it at happy-hourish on Saturday & it got steadily busier as the night went on. I wouldn't wanna hit it at peak weekend time, but as an off-time bar? Within walking distance of the hood i'm visiting? Yes please. read more

I tend to not spend a lot of time in Williamsburg, but if it's as fun and crazy as my previous venture there, then I am absolutely all in next time. After a messy dinner at Fette Sau, my friends and I headed on over to Levee for a few drinks and a messy game of Jenga. The atmosphere is basically what you'd expect from a bar in Williamsburg, but the beers are cheap and the games are plentiful, not to mention they offer free twizzlers at the bar! I mean c'mon! Twizzlers! TWIZZLERS! Bad ass! Place gets two enthusiastically, drunken thumbs up for fun! read more

The Levee needs a franchise closer to my midwestern home base. I came with a group of friends on a Saturday night and could not have had a better experience. The bartenders are friendly, the beers are inexpensive (AND COME WITH COOZIES) and there are unlimited free cheeseballs. I can't think of anything more satisfying. We also noticed a well-stocked board game selection in the corner, but after a few $4 Sportsmans (a dark beer and a whiskey shot) couldn't see straight enough to play Yahtzee. read more

Everytime I trek to Wburg I try and make it by the Levee. The location is great - near the Bedford L, across the street from Radegast, and it's always a good time. It is deceptively large - many additional rooms can be found. The bar is fine, be it mixed drinks or a good beer selection, but my favorite part are the bowls of cheesy poofs. Best type of bar nuts ever. They're also nice enough to keep refilling when I'm 'hungry' and nursing a drink later in the evening... read more

My favorite bar in the Williamsburg area. Nice staff, good specials, and decent pool table! #cheezeballsandtwizzlers read more

Really cool place and cheap drinks! They have a lot of great drink specials and plenty of beers and cocktails to choose from. I had the Dreamsicle and the Beam & Cream. Both were delicious but not too strong. It was a bit crowded on Saturday night but not so much that you couldn't find a space to stand, and some seats opened up at the bar within 10 minutes. The cheesy poofs are super yummy and even better that they're FREE! Bartenders were responsive and helpful so no complaints there. read more

If you ever wanted to bang a girl on Coke from Montana in a bathroom after someone has taken an epic shit this is a great place to start.

Went here for a date and it was actually quite a fun place with decently priced drinks - $6 for a jack and coke. Not too crowded just the right amount of people. There's plenty to do with darts, pool, deer hunter, and a variety of board games, it provides a lot more fun than most bars. Also pretty easy to meet new friends for the night and just hang out. Definitely recommend it if you're in Williamsburg. The hipster scene wasn't too overwhelming either which was a plus to me. read more

The specials are surprisingly tasty and so inexpensive you'll wonder if this was a dive too far. after a half hour you'll realize its just right. there's sloppy joe and chilli fries, popcorn and nachos. the draft tap on one beer wasn't pouring well so the bartender poured a higher quality one at the same happy hour price of $2. just a friend unpretentious hall with pool table in the back and a few dogs trotting around looking for a rub down. read more

The Levee - Start with a drink special and keep going...so what of it's Monday. Levee's got you! - American Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Solid dive bar. Good pool table, backyard, cheap drinks, jukebox, darts, nudie photo hunt, shoot em up Safari Adventure or whatever it's called, oh and.... CHEESE BALLS! read more

Great little neighborhood watering hole. Super cheap drinks. I'm a fan of the "frat boy" deal - you get a bud light (or bud heavy if you're into that) and a shot of Jager for like, $5. If that's not your thing, they have an awesome Creamcicle-esque vodka drink that I can't remember the name of (but it was delicious). Chill crowd, good vibe. The free cheese balls and twizzlers are also fun too. read more

Love this bar, but come early to snag a table for your group! It gets packed really quickly and you might just have to scream to talk to your friends but nonetheless affordable drinks and games that will keep you here all night! Also, cheese balls?!? It can't get any better than this. read more

The Levee is seriously bad news. I've never walked in here and not stumbled out in deplorable condition. Hell, I've even woken up with dubious tattoos I barely remember getting after starting here too early. The combination of the ridiculously cheap specials (the Texas Two-step especially) at $4-5 for a beer and a shot, the infinite array of activities (from a lovely pool table, to darts, to oversize connect four in the backyard, to videogames, pinball, and board games), the very decent jukebox, the cheap food that deludes you into thinking that you can keep up the pace, and the comfortably dive-y room just tend to hold you here much longer than you meant to stay. Approach with extreme caution. The Levee always seems to win. read more

Let's just say that the cheeseballs sold me on my first visit. So necessary. If I could live in The Levee, I would. The wonderful combinations of drinks and shots, attentive barkeeps, and an amazing array of un-pretentious hipsters basically made my entire trip to east coast even more amazing. Um, cheeseballs? Blowpops? Yes, plz. Also: Attractive staff, nice as all hell. read more

Since my move to the suburbs I can't make it to the Levee much. Last couple of times I have been my opinion has been solidified that this place is great..... if you go on any other time besides Saturday night. The bartender on Sunday late afternoon/early evenings is the one of the nicest I have ever come across, and the drinks are very reasonable. Oh, but the bathrooms smell terrible. I mean, a little Clorox please? But I love this place so much it still gets 5 stars. read more

There is really nothing that can explain the Levee except going there. If you are a fan of rock, party goers select cool songs all night long on the jukebox. The bar staff are cool as shit and it's the best dive bar vibe I've seen in a long time. It's really such a neighborhood bar. I have some really found memories of playing pool there and seriously drunken nights. Texas Two-Steps and Frat-boy specials all night long....with lots of cheese balls... There is a really awesome tattooed lady who I grew to respect behind the bar there too. It's like a cross roads between heaven and earth, life and death... I've recently updated all the legendary places on my profile that were below 5 stars because yolo. read more

I have no idea why i live 2 blocks away and have never stopped into the Levee for a drink. I am glad i finally did. Some friends and i were out doing a bit of bar hopping and we said what the hell? Well i will definitely be back soon enough. Arcade games, pool table, board games, and $10 pitchers of Yuengling! What a recipe for a great time! read more