Lady Jay’s

Fuck this place. John is adorable, and Troy is a hunk. Place SUCKS. Hey, «look at me, I’m Alex, and I’m a good bartender!»…get a LIFE.
I can’t feel my legs.

I absolutely love this place. The bartenders are amazing, especially Matt. A lot of my buddies transitioned from the ‘upgraded’ Macri Park and felt right at home once we stepped foot in there. I’ve never had a bad time there. The drinks are excellent, and the crowd is very hipster, so I stick out like a sore thumb. (I’m a Latina born and raised in Brooklyn) I’m away at the moment, but once I return, I’ll be back taking back shots with my out of state friends.

Lamar, their bouncer is the real MVP, he should be promoted. He told me I had toilet paper stuck to my shoe before allowing me to walk outside and embarrass myself. He also kept a watchful eye on all my drunk friends. Thanks Lamar!

I really really like this place. Inside can get really loud and crowded, but the outside is really nice with tons of seating and great space to hang with a large group of friends.
They’ve got great drink specials and good prices. The bartenders always seems friendly and are playing great music. The décor is cool and the whole bar just has a laid back environment. Awesome place to chill if you’re in a big group or just trying to grab a drink with a date.
It’s sitting in the prime heart of Williamsburg, so if you’re out and about, it is probably a quick walk and there is tons to do in the area. It’s a bar that attracts a lot of regulars, which I’ve always admired with all the competition in that area. Gives it this personal quirkiness that you don’t find so much at bars anymore. Absolutely check this place out and order tons of drinks and then come back and keep doing that.

My fave bar in Brooklyn for the following reasons.
— Big backyard with tonnes of seating
— Frozen drinks! The ginger one!
— Chill bartenders
— Good music
— You never have a bad night at lady Jay’s because it’s consistent — never too packed, there’s rarely dickheads there and you never have to wait in a line to get in.

I used to live a little closer to this place when I was a regular but I now go out of my way to come back and visit because Lady Jay’s is the only bar in Brooklyn that feels like home. Cheap drinks and the best bartenders you’ll ever, EVER find. Cheers to Grand street being blessed with such a dope spot.

I live in Queens, but when I am in Billy Burg this is my go to bar any time of night. The bartenders are always super chill and nice, the price is right on the drinks. Tons of beer and shot specials (my favorite is Coors and Whiskey) and there is food every so often for free. Last night they had Williamsburg Pizza which is a clutch a move because pizza is out of this world.
Backyard area is great too, well though out and just a beautiful space for sitting outside and enjoying a beer. It can get a bit smokey, but smokers have been fully banished throughout the city to hey, they need a place too.
Only minor complaint is sometimes inside the music can be insanely loud, like hurt your ears loud. But that’s really dependent on the bartender who tending. So is the mix of tunes — I’ve heard 80s hairbands to Johnny Cash, so really runs the gambit. I hope Lady Jay’s stays in the hood as long as possible, but I fear development encroaching. If you’re in the hood, stop by, it is worth a beer and a shot anytime!

This is our favorite bar in the neighborhood. Amazing outdoor space and great cheap drinks. The manager Dan is an awesome bartender to chat with and always takes great care of us.

Came here for my birthday over the weekend (as did about 3 other people and their 6 762 354 friends — HI BIRTHDAY FRIENDS!!) and, while the space is awesome and the jukebox is possibly the best I’ve seen in the city in terms of «you cannot pick a bad song,» the bartender was randomly a dick. Oh, and it sucks balls when you waste $ 5 on the jukebox and half your songs get arbitrarily cut off or skipped. Never mind the fact that (and this is not the bar’s fault in any way) you’re bound to get stuck in some long-​ass line for the bathrooms, and some stumbling drunk ass clown will undoubtedly just try to cruise past all 12 people doing the pee pee dance and bust into the nearest bathroom. That’s hilarious the first 3 times you almost witness/​get involved in a fight, and then it’s just stupid and makes me wish I had a stun gun or adult diapers or something.
There are way too many laid back bars in the area for me to ever go back to one with some random dick bartender, bathroom traffic jams, and, regardless of its stellar song collection, a jukebox that screws you out of your jams/​hard earned $ 5.
A solid «meh,» leaning dangerously toward «fuck this place.»

One of the best bars in East Williamsburg.

Fun, laid back vibe. Prices on drinks are very reasonable. The wine choices are limited but they were good wines not cheap ones you typically find in bars. Definitely a great place for drink or two.

Troy is the end all be all of my day time drinking adventures.
(Come for motorcycle movie night on Wednesday nights!)

Great lil’ divey bar. The bartenders are friendly and they give my pup treats when I take him in as a drinking buddy.

Came here for a date on a Friday night. We got there around 9 and found a table outside on the back patio. Eventually the place got super crowded both inside and out, and it was a little hard getting to the bar for more drinks. However the back area is nice with different levels of the deck. The few times we went inside for drinks the music was playing, which you couldn’t hear at all outside.
My main complaint is that it was SUPER smoky outside. The bathrooms were also hard to get to because of how many people were standing outside the doors.
All in all though it is a solid bar that I would return to because of the outdoor seating.

This place has one of the largest back patios I’ve been to in awhile, it’s an all wooden, multi level design with lots of seating. That alone is worth a good rating. They also have a bowling type of game inside that I’ll have to come back to check out. There’s no food, I’m assuming you can bring your own but I haven’t tested that out yet. Drafts are all $ 6 but their can and bottle prices are $ 3 – 5. Service was good and I had a good time here, it’s definitely a place worth checking out, particularly if you like to have a drink outside and/​or enjoy cheap cans of beer when you go out.

Best bar in Brooklyn.
Always playing good music, always filled with cool people. Backyard area is big and beautiful. The attitude in this place is always positive!
It has to be said though that the best part about this bar are the bartenders. Every time I’ve been here they have been so friendly and quick and awesome. The staff makes this bar a stand out for sure.

I really like this place a lot! I wound up here in NYE after dinner as we were bar hopping, waiting for our potential venue to officially open. With that being said, this place had the best music and was relatively close to where we found a parking spot.
The music, played by DJ «Chic» Norris was great. It was a real smooth mix. I can’t explain it… some old school Beyonce, a little hip hop, jazz, hipster vibes, funk, bohemian soul… the list goes on. While here I actually acquired a crazy level of insobriety (if that makes sense). I mean the drinks were REALLY strong. I had two shots– one was a house tequila mix shot, and the other was a pickle back (jame-​0 + pickle juice); following those shots I had an LIT. Seriously that’s all I needed for the whole entire night!
The place had a great crowd too! Not so much mixed though. It was the typical Williamsburg crew plus some out of towners. I met a wonderful group of girls from New Orleans and chatted away the night as I was here. The event planner, and his boyfriend came up to us and totally made us feel welcomed in the bar and let us know where to go to find out about all the cool events they have going on periodically.
All in all I had a great time. I would venture back here especially to pregame, but even just hang out if I want a semi low key night!

This is by far the best bar in East Williamsburg.
The music is almost always good Rock N’ Roll, the drinks are very reasonable, and the clientele are all to cool people who got priced out of the East Village/​Lower East Side.
With the perpetual closing of all the the Rock n’ Roll dives in Lower Manhattan, this place has some silver lining.

Went for drinks when I was out & about in the city. Had a great time with my friends but don’t recall much aside from the very friendly bartenders & great eclectic jukebox of old school country music.
The décor is old fashioned and quaint. The drinks are stiff & relatively inexpensive.

Can’t say I know much about country music but I like the sort that Lady Jay’s plays. Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr., George Straight. It’s a good time.