The people both behind and patrons of the bar are the friendliest I've ever encountered. They're dog friendly! If they have treats you bet your pup will get one. Thing to note it is cash only but there is an ATM available. The dart boards are fun and the space can accommodate groups of 6 comfortably. I hope to come back! read more

This place is a super dive bar! And I absolutely love it!! Dan the bartender is very chill and a great server. Amazing chill cool vibes, almost like the show cheers read more

Smith's Tavern - Blue moon and a whiskey neat - Pubs Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Great old-school bar in Brooklyn. Went in for a pint during a tough week. Bartender was friendly, cool, and poured a nice pint. Place is dark and clean like a bar should be. Comfortable, great music, warm atmosphere. Felt the ghosts of countless good times. It just feels right. Couldn't do more than one today but will definitely stop in for a session when I can. Already informed others. Smith's is a classic Brooklyn pub. read more

I work in the neighborhood and this place is gold after a long day of work. The bartenders are really cool. Silent types --not grumpy, just Brooklyn. Not for the faint hearted. Guys who roll through here have been rolling through for years and the stories are so freakin insane! This isn't a fruity tuity spot --more of a Jack & Coke, screwdriver place, but I'm sure they can make you a cocktail if you ask. Baseball, football, darts minded people. If you want to get into heated debates over sports --stop by. Dark in here. Digital jukebox. Get tipsy and sing along! read more

Smith's Tavern - Jack & Ginger's kid - Pubs Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Big props to the owner of this establishment Cold F- ing Beer.. Great Bartender be back soon read more

Oh my god, everyone shut the hell up. You're not heroes. This is the last remaining dive in Brooklyn. No frills, no bullshit. The coldest, COLDEST, cheapest beer I have ever imbibed this side of the Mississippi. Literally, there are slivers of ice in your glass. Make friends with all the bartenders - good, hard-working guys - and the quirky regulars. Emmet is the owner - sweet guy - make sure to say hi to him. Once they know you, you can politely ask them to change the channel on any of their 8 TVs to whatever obscure college football game you want to watch. Don't come here for Manhattans and Old Fashioned, cuz you'll only get whisky (it's real old fashioned, I hear). Dart league on Tuesday and cash only - as it should be :) read more

Was here last week on a break from our brooklyn bike trip from manhattan. was the day after the heavy storm. was able to get some work done while having a great bloody mary and listening to stories from the regulars about the storm. bartender gave excellent service and was patient with me on getting the wifi setup on my labtop. read more

"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.' (--Shirley Jackson). Thus, the best drinking emporium I've stumbled over in a long time. This is my kind of bar. If these walls could talk, eh? Smith's Tavern is earthy. Not afraid of mud, blood, slurs, fried food, religion, boilermakers, dirty jokes, relatives, ulcers, or chauvinism. Boots'n'jeans'n'suspenders, axel grease. Bricklayers, drywall, tilers, HVAC. Pipefitters, sheet, Train-men, probably stevedores at one time, probably sewer workers some time other. Wrenches and crowbars and welders. A man's bar; a working man's bar. Calloused and weathered. Otherworldly. "You've always been with us, Mr. Torrance..." Indeed it is--as others have said--very spacious. And ancient. It's utterly the opposite in style from all the bars surrounding it. You know the standard, quintessential Park Slope bar I'm referring to. Kiddie bars, mums & stroller bars, politically-correct bars...cheap, tacky, anonymous, androgynous, all modern chrome and leather and slick (I'm so tired of that scene). Valves and tubes and bellows. Fire hooks and boat hooks. Helmets and cotter pins. Smith's possesses something which can't be bought: identity, history, character. Smith's is funky, aged, wobbly...but Smith's doesn't give a damn. Doesn't care what you think or say about anything. It's seen it all, seen generations of drinkers come and go. You can feel it when you saunter in. There's no poses, no posturing, no amenities, no niceties, and nothing for free. That's the way I like it. For real. Jukebox: heavy metal, or classic country. Men's music. You can come in here to drink wearing whatever you picked up off the floor that morning. No one cares. Gritty. You can actually feel tiny grit and scree and riprap rolling to-and-fro under your tread as you enter. Everything scrapes and grates and screeches. Squeaky fan blades. Rusty hinges, stripped nuts, frozen bolts..the whole apparatus has hung together for a hundred yrs and might hang for hundred more. I didn't even think over-trendy, hyper-posh Park Slope even had any bars like this leftover. I'm in. Yep, I'll have another. Another one here please. Thanks mate. Whenever I'm trudging my way through the surrounding neighborhood benighted by commercialism and consumerism (designer doggy apparel, designer strollers, designer bagels, designer doughnuts, designer coffee carafes, designer dildoes for your wifeswap parties) I will make my way here with relief. read more

Great dive bar. Cash only but the bank is right next door. Juke box is digital and has everything. Come in for the hard stuff. No fruity tuity bs. Bring a pizza lol read more

Smith's Tavern - Pubs Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

My most favorite neighborhood bar. Always a good time with great bartenders. Such a great, laid back bar with good neighborhood people.

Just moved to the neighborhood and was intrigued by this bar, so I decided to stop for a cold one on my way home from work...let me tell you guys, I was so pleasantly surprised... The bartender was one of those friendly types you can tell will remember your name every time you come in..plus his beard was amazing (not a hipster beard, but a good old Brooklyn born and raised beard) Plus the jukebox had every old school rock/punk/metal/alternative song you can think of!! Will definitely be back! Highly recommended. read more

TLDR: We stopped here for a drink and I would not come back. Not a big selection. Bathroom has no privacy none whatsoever. They are also cash only. Things I liked - - It's spacious and the ambiance is nice Things I didn't like - - The bathroom: Really! You can't get a freaking door for when I poop? - Cash only which is really annoying if you don't usually carry cash with you read more

Yelena K - BRAVO! Smith's is a last bastion of good ole Brooklyn. The only other pub I can give such acclaim to is Farrell's. The beers here are cold. Yes, icicles do form on the refrigerated pint glasses. Ahh. Good stuff. The bartenders are friendly and open if you are. The place is clean, but no frills. Just a good ole Brooklyn blue-collar place. Geez, this may well be where I had my first legit beer! Salud, to all. Drink (a lot) and be merry! read more

Smith's is awesome. It's been on 5th Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets my whole life and though I never went there until 2 or 3 years ago it's pretty much an institution. It's a no-frills neighborhood bar where anyone can feel comfortable over a cold mug of beer or a shot of Irish whiskey. There are tv's behind the bar to watch a game, and a good jukebox and a great bartender as Robert C. B. mentioned. For $1.50 (might have gone up to $2, not sure, was $1 before) you can get a mug of Bud or Bud Light, pints for $3. They have a number of other taps as well. Shots and drinks are between $5 and $7, maybe more if you ordered an expensive liquor but it's a pretty inexpensive place as NY bars go. If I'm seeing an old neighborhood friend, like late night on Thanksgiving, I might be at Smith's. I know I was last Thanksgiving as I tried to digest turkey and fixings with a high school buddy. Before I knew it my cousin came in with his friends. Guess we had the same thought. read more

The "husky" bartender wouldn't serve me, because my driver's license was expired. Who drives in Brooklyn ;). Told me the walls have eyes.....? My friend, a regular, thinks the guy tends to go on power trips...rotund, belt busting, beef-titted power trips. read more

Ick. Listen, I'm a young woman who doesn't feel intimidated by having a beer alone at a seedy little bar when out of town...especially after a long day of work. This place just simply didn't cut it for me. The bartenders looked liked biker thugs which is fine and all, but their dismissive attitude was really annoying, especially considering I was one of 5 people in the entire bar (including the youngest and cutest, I mean show me a little attention, I'd have ordered all night). I asked for a receipt so I could expense it for business. They don't give receipts. I mean, please - it's not like I'm in the boonies, I'm in Brooklyn. Just hand-write a receipt. Needless to say, I paid out-of-pocket for lackluster service. Oh and P.S. I think they overcharged me for the 1 beer I ordered. But I'd never know...no receipts and all. read more

Smith's Tavern NY Brooklyn Park Slope 9pm Thursday 12th March 2015 Four Stars We went Owl Farm but it was way too packed to even talk so we went to Smith's Tavern. They were playing some amazing music: it's my party, wild thing, and other classic hits. The drinks were cheap ($6 Marker's Mark) and we could sit and talk while watching a variety sports. read more

We were there on a Saturday night and it was dead. The bartender just kept pouring more drinks without asking if we wanted another. I didn't really need my last one but all of a sudden it just appeared. Also, I was there with two other women and he put all our drinks on one bill. Like how often do three women go to a bar together and one of them pick up the whole bill? There was no one in the bar. It wouldn't have been that hard to ask if we wanted separate bills. read more

This is an attractive spot. However, if you are a music person be careful. Maybe I like to play one too many songs in a row from the 70s. "Thats enough.......there has to be a balance.....I run a business here" is what the bar keep on duty said. Anyway, (I'm 60) I left tonight with my tail between my legs. I apologize for playing too many songs in a row from the 70s. read more

Smith's is a fine pub and not a bad spot to get a drink but, given other nearby options, it's only the jukebox that saves this from being a 3 star establishment for me. My usual weekend go-to spot was completely overrun by a birthday party so, having a thirst that needed quenching and not wanting to deal with hordes of people and a jukebox blaring out top 40 pop hits, we headed a block over to Smith's. On the inside, Smith's is, effectively, just a long bar but it has some space behind it (with a few dart boards) which is nice as it makes getting around a little easier. The biggest issue is that this place gets really dark at night which just seems to suck the life out of it to a certain extent. My go-to spot is a dive bar as well and, while I don't often see birthdays in there, I can't imagine I'd ever see one in Smith's simply because it's not the type of place that lends itself to lively or jovial celebration. The beers here are your standard dive bar fare. They are served in miniature frosty mugs and go for about $2.50 for an American light beer. At a glance, the price can be a little misleading since you are getting about half of a legit pint. But, hey, I'm not going to complain too much about a $5 pint either, so it's not a big deal. As for the bartender, he kept our glasses full and was totally sufficient. The jukebox, however, was amazing. About 15 minutes after I arrived I heard someone throw on 3 tracks from Hot Water Music followed by a Refused track. Sure, this is one of the newer internet jukeboxes but I rarely find those songs even on the internet enabled jukeboxes. Even more mind boggling was that they had the anthology album of a little known early/mid 90's punk/emo band from Chicago that broke up prior to ever having any national reknown. Unfortunately, I didn't check to see if they had "Call Me Maybe", so I can't say that the jukebox is 100% comprehensive, but it's damned close. All-in-all, Smith's is a decent little spot but there are better options nearby. I'll likely drop back in for a few drinks just to hit the jukebox again but if you aren't out to listen to something old or uncommon, I don't know that Smith's has to be on your short list of places to try. read more

Look, it has all the requisites for a great dive bar. Usually it's pretty empty so you can hear yourself talk, has an internet jukebox so you can listen to whatever you want with no wait (see emptiness), $6 drinks, and it's open 365 days a year. Bartenders are great as long as you don't act like an idiot. read more

I love this bar! All the bartenders are super friendly. They have a great jukebox. And a good selection of drinks.

Would just like to say that this is one of my absolute favorite bars! I have been here periodically and have always enjoyed myself. The music is on point, the drinks are done right, the patrons are like having your own tiny neighborhood full of awesome. During the day, it's quiet and full of regulars, in the evening it picks up and you get a random mix of people who love the bar, or those that have luckily stumbled upon it. The resulting mix is an interesting, fun, happy vibe. The bartenders are intelligent and witty, they are attentive and personable. I hadn't been back here in months and the bartender remembered not only my name but also my drink. You can't say that about many places! It IS cash only, but there is a bank right next door. Do not be deterred! Definitely stop in! read more

No food but you can order from outside restaurants, only cash, good buybacks, remember a buyback

This is our local. We love Mike, Rob and Danny all best guys to sit and chat with any night of the week. Cheapest beers on 5th for sure. Check out the live music on holidays. There's always sport on and darts if you're into that too. Juke box is my favourite place to hang out, I'm sure I spent about $100 the other night. Defo check it out if you're fed up with the hipsters at Owl Farm read more

A real Classic Brooklyn bar. We had great beer at a fair price, and made new friends.Our friend Mike bought us a round of Jameson's to top off our celebration. The bartender was awesome, quick with a joke and gave good insight. Telly for sports and good jukebox music. Well recommended for anyone looking for a good time Just went back to Smiths after a years' hiatus. Still a great place where everyone is welcome! read more

Okay, sure this isn't the most attractive place, but once you get to know the story behind this bar, it's nice to go to a place "where everybody knows your name"... This bar has somehow sustained itself since the 1930s, and its divey, unique decor gives it some character. They've got plenty of TVs for you sports fans, and it's a great place to bring a group. Inexpensive, good music, and cold beers. Done deal. read more

I love dives and cheap drink joints, but this place is a bit "too" plain. Not bad, but not really interesting either. Perfectly A-OK.

alright guys and gals. this ain't the prettiest bar you can find. but damn, they serve ICE cold beer. hits the spot. surprisingly, not too many bars care about serving a frosty drink. go figure. a no frills type of place. lots of tvs to watch sports. we asked to watch the nets game but somehow even in brooklyn no one cares about the nets :( the bar tender honored our request but we had to go watch the game on one of the small side tv's. only knicks on the big screens if they both play on the same night. the bar drink menu placard that we looked at only had some of the more ordinary offerings (bud, Guinness, yueng ling, coors etc). didn't really notice any real craft crews (but I might be mistaken). still, come here and kick back with some ice cold brews. because even a domestic tastes better when it's ICE COLD. read more

Cheap and low-key, good dive. Pretty happy with those mugs of bud for $2.50. Went there around 930 on a Friday night and the crowd was coming together but definitely not crowded-there were three of us and we all found a seat at the bar read more

Had a beer here last night. There is a terrible smell here. Not sure what it is. I think the health department should come and find out. I think there is a dead animal here. I'm from Brooklyn, 35+, and there's nothing "authentic" about not cleaning. Christ. read more

Friendly staff, clientele and fair prices, this bar is a throwback to unfortunately the type of bar that doesn't exist in Park Slope or the nearby areas. Always have a good time when coming here. read more

Came here for a recent baseball playoff game. $6 Jack and Cokes. Cash Only. Pay as you go. 5 big screen TV's. Nice sound system. Crowded just enough to be lively, but not packed like some of the spots in Park Slope get to be. It's not a dive as some others claim. It's kind of just a sports bar. They don't serve food, but grab some Fatty Daddy tacos from across the street, and they'll let you eat 'em at the bar. read more

grew up a block away.This is a classic Irish bar best bud in park slope when ever i am going out i always start off the night with a few pints here.Ryan(look's like Jesus) the bartender is the man.And the owner is right off the boat Irish and works 3 days a week at the bar.Cold Beer cheap as shit. read more

This place epitomizes dive bar, in a nut shell you can get a bud light for under $4 on a Friday night, find the Beatles on the juke box, not feel like you are in a prison cell block, laugh & Point at the gowanus hookers and enjoy a beer at a fair rate. read more

Great tunes on the jukebox, super badass bartender, decent prices, and not too busy! I'll be back

Great Irish pub! Best pint of Guinness outside of Ireland. Mike is a great bartender. Rob makes a perfect drink. The owner, Smith, is a gentleman. read more

Smith's was OK - no more and no less. It was a convenient place to stop for a drink on a muggy night when I had some time to kill. There is absolutely no reason to rush back there however. The ambience was 'meh', the bartender was OK, there was room to sit, though it was more crowded than I'd have expected in the early evening, and a bit loud One thing I've never seen before: two guys getting very excited and animated about a tennis match they were watching. Yelling 'he's up 4 games to 1 in the second set!' etc. I suspect that they may have been sampling alcoholic beverages. read more

This place is sometime my usual place to stop, the beers are fresh, the price is great, and well the place is somewhat friendly. I started coming here in 2013 -July, and will see this place when I can in 2014. I not for the TV, I do like to mingle, the people here are friendly once they feel comfort with you. I can reach Smith's fast, I live on the outskirts of Sunset Park near the R train. I like to shop nearby, and across 5TH Ave/the record and tape store I knew from the 1970's is still there, read more

Smiths or Smithies or Smiddies as the locals call it is a great local bar. I have been going here periodically for the past 10 years. This is a local bar and I guess you could call it a "Dive" bar but its a great local spot. Grab a beer and watch the game and listen to some rock n roll tunes on the juke box and hang out with your friends. That's the kind of place this is. Park Slope is running out of places like this. Harry Bolands are the corner closed a few years ago and many others are going as well. Smiths seems to still be going strong. I look forward to going back and seeing who I run into. read more