MUST VISIT DESTINATION
The death clock is ticking for the Eagle
When the Eagle was on West Side Highway, they were a strictly leather dress-code bar and they were fantastic! When they moved up to their new home, they dropped all but 1/6th of 1/7th of that (there is a dress code, hardly enforced, on Thursday on one half of one of the three floors now -- a far cry from 100% dress-code!)
None of that really matters much now anyway as since a shiny new high-rise condominium building went up across the street and the Hudson Yards is being developed, tolerance for gays and leathermen is evaporating. The Eagle is already self-enforcing things like "you must have a shirt on the roof deck" and "you can't have a cigarette on the sidewalk in front of the bar" because children might see you (or something like that)...
Who was there first? Oh, yeah, it doesn't matter, does it. Money rules and they WILL find a reason to void their liquor, business or other licence required to operate in time -- mark my words.
Add to this that a simple mixed drink (like a Jack & Coke) is now upwards of $15.
I think they know their time is limited and they're miking the patrons all they're worth until they're forced to close. Enjoy it while you can, but please be respectful: wear your leather or kit and leave your fag hags at home! Don't bring cu*ts to a leatherman's bar!!
nice gays
love
the boys here they so hot i need WATER~~
Not trans friendly
The scene and the bartenders were fine, and I would've had a good time, but one experience really turned me off and made my visit a bad experience. I was going to go to the upstairs part of the bar with a friend and even though my friend used the appropriate pronouns (I'm a transman and use he/him/his) when we were talking to the bouncer, he kept using female pronouns (she/her) even after we corrected him and didn't even apologize or try to correct himself, but just ignored us completely. I did not expect to have that sort of an experience in a gay bar since I was dressed as a guy, and my friends explicitly used male pronouns to start the conversation. My friends and I are not going to go back here because of how rude this employee was.
Don't miss the Sunday afternoon Beer blast!
Eagle
Let this REVOLTING dump close already. Overpriced disgusting
not friendly
Been to the Eagle because it was the only leather bar in NY.
Never seen so rude and unfriendly staff especially the guy at the vestiaire. If it wasn't a gaybar, I should think they were homophobic.
They organise jockstrap evening but when you're standing to close to each other, there is a guy with a light saying you have to stand back.
Very bad experience....
I was here on a Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night during The 4th Of July weekend. Monday night was the only night that was not impressive. Even though this is a leather bar, there are all types of guys that go here and I loved how diverse the crowd was. I didn't go to very many bars on this NYC trip because The Eagle was good enough for me.