Classic bar, fun decor, bring cash.

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Solid dive bar. Great music, cute bartenders & awesome drinks. Step out of the ordinary in NYC.

Enjoyed this bar. Was in New York for vacation. It was nice to see a country bar so far north and the drinks were nice and cheap and the decorations were great.

Great spot for cheap drinks and busy atmosphere. Neighborhood favorite

An institution. The East Village wouldn't be the same with out it. It's your warm, charming dive bar, with a great jukebox, cheap bear and clientele with character.

Best Dive in the East Village! The only place to go to play some real pool players.

Doc Holiday's is a great spot to grab a drink or two or twelve. They stylishly stamp stickers all around the vibrations of great audio selections playing nostalgic music. The staff are very kind, friendly, and accommodating. They offer pool and other games to enjoy. People do dance at Doc's every once and awhile - when the mood strikes.

Probably the last of the original Lower East Side bars, and while their prices have gone up some since the old days they don't seem to be as blindly greedy as most of the other bars down here. And it'll NEVER be the East Village to those of us who are left, it's THE LOWER EAST SIDE! Now with sidewalk cafes included. Anyway, pool table, great jukebox and cool barmaids.

Doc's is an East Village staple. A classic dive bar. It's usually crowded on the weekends, but that's about it. Not too many finance bros either, thankfully. A more relaxed crowd. It can get a bit loud, but nothing too bad. Expect lots of Johnny Cash and old country!

Local staple for a reason. Know that you're coming to a divey, cash-only bar and you're going to have a great time. All types of crowds, santacon-friendly (and supportive), and just a fun cast of bartenders running the show. Sometimes it can be understaffed but everyone is still upbeat and keeps the service quick

Classic roadhouse dive. Amazing jukebox of country legends (Hank Williams). Also has a pool table. Loud music and a usual local crowd, mixed with some youngsters looking for the old East Village. Cheap beer and good times always.

Haven’t been here in like 5 years and f—— I feel old but vibe is still right on. Lots of country singing. Is that a tik tok thing? Idk. But it’s not like karaoke, just a bunch of people singing Allen Jackson itty bitty together. Love the some. Love the vibe. Definitely different from 5 years ago. But I’ll be back.

Excellent dive bar experience that allows you to bring your own food. Tons of seating options and a very NYC dive bar atmosphere. Cheap drinks and excellent service really make this place a great option most nights.

This place always gets me in trouble.... The best kind.... But if I go in here odds are more likely than not I won't remember leaving. One of the best jukeboxes in town, and I don't typically listen to those genres of music too much, but they have all of the best of it here....

This dive bar has been in this location for 30 years. The bartenders was wonderful and had beautiful skin. I would definitely go back here.

Loved this place absolute blast. Bar tender was awesome and drinks were FANTASTIC. Definitely will be going back.

Neighborhood classic. Doc's is consistent. Fast service, great prices, good mix of people, friendly crowd, pool table. It's an ideal dive bar. They play mostly old school country music and blues, which you play from a jukebox. All-around great vibe. This is one of the best bars in the East Village.

Best bar in the goddamn city and anyone who doesn’t like it wouldn’t survive a goddamn minute in the South. Only bar with good music and vibes.

Decided to stop in while on vacation from Canada. Drank a bunch of beer with some locals and staggered back to my billet a happy camper. Lots of quirky stuff on the walls that has accumulated over the years. A perfect New York dive bar. I will definitely drop in again when in the Lower East Side

Brendan Anapoell

This bar makes me feel a lot of things. The atmosphere draws you in, and the crowd makes you feel right at home. Don’t get me wrong, the drinks are cheap and the staff are lovely, but the music situation can’t only be described with one word: Draconian. Most people think use the word “Draconian” as a hyperbole, but make no mistake, they would rather let you drink in silence than play a song for free as bars ought to do. $1 per song sounds good until you’ve been there for 8 hours and hundred of dollars have disappeared from your checking account. I give them five stars because I’ve had met ladies at this bar that make would make a less extraordinary man shiver in his boots, but if you’re looking for a bar whose music is curated by and for the patronage, you’ve found the wrong place.

Andrew Schneider

Updating my reveiew here. Awesome dive bar. Sabrina the wise world traveler at the bar was amazing. Brian at the door was great. Makeda was great too. Rough. Great music. This type of bar is a dying breed in Manhattan.

Brian Gillespie

This gritty, no-frills NYC dive bar isn’t for the timid—but for those who appreciate an authentic watering hole, it’s a hidden gem. A solid lineup of beer and whiskey awaits, including a well-poured Guinness. Bonus: there’s a pool table to round out the experience.

Dallas Miller

“The Deep Eddy Cabaret of the East Village” Boots on the ceiling, Shiner bock, big buck, pool and an A+ jukebox.

Gregory Lafaire

Classic dive. Great music. Great vibes. Pool table and big buck hunter!

Louise Anna

I think this is my favourite dive bar in NY! Great atmosphere, friendly staff and they let you bring in pizza from next door.

Marcos Bolaños (The Flavor Analyst)

This place is crazy! The country music on the jukebox was rocking, the beautiful women were dancing, and the drinks were strong and tasty! This place was nonstop fun! And the craziest part.....this was like at 6pm! We had just started our evening and found our way to Doc Hollidays. It was packed to the gills. I could swear it was already peak party time at 11pm at night. But no! It was barely 6! The only bummer was that they only take cash before 9pm I think it was. So bring plenty of bills if you want to drink early. The bartenders were very nice so don't you dare short them on tips! My brother, like an idiot, gave the bartender exact cash for the first round and she took her time getting back to us with our second drink. But after I started leaving a more generous tip we found ourselves back in her good graces. My apologies for my brother ma'am. Anyways, it was a great time and we will definitely visit next time we are in New York.

Eugenia Kim Ferrier

I’m so glad Doc Holliday’s survived covid. The bar looks like a hole in the wall kind of trippy place but the drinks are inexpensive, people are authentic and a fun place to stop by to play pool, pregame w friends and enjoying a night off in Alphabet City. Make sure to bring cash as it’s easier to pay for drinks that way.

Andy Smith

Loved this bar. A real ‘wipe your feet on the way out’ kinda place but the grime / grunge just works. Old fashioned jukebox, a pool table and an arcade game provide the entertainment. All rounded off by a great bartender. Worth a visit.

Josh Anderson

The touristy stuff can be fun, but dive bars like this can’t be beat. We stumbled upon this gem and had the BEST time with the regulars. And the bartender Joanna was the absolutely best at what she does!

The beer is cheap and I love watching city folk try to act country. But all and all a great bar.

Local watering hole. Dive bar atmosphere with cheap drinks ($4 beer). Small pool table.

Fun atmosphere with a great crowd. Almost got into a fight with a drunk guy playing pool (that I wasn't even involved with I was just standing in the area). But still a cool spot.

No bullshit, honky-tonky County bar. Pool table is a little beat but at least they have one. Not for everyone, but a great dive bar if that's your thing.

The height of East Village grunge, friendly, a neighborhood staple forever. Graffiti, a pool table, benches and nooks. Never dull.

Cool bartenders, friendly regulars, and good music. Take some time to read the amusing house rules all over the bar wall. A real blues / country bar.

Place is kinda cool but the amount of classic country songs missing from their jukebox for how many songs are on that thing is crazy

Super loud but good for cheap beer and a hangout with friends. Bathrooms surprisingly clean. Not going to get much beyond seating and beer.

Texas themed bar and thy include the music, the atmosphere... And the people. If your in a cowboy/country mood check this place out.

This spot has a great vibe and really good drinks. And being a former graffiti artist of the 90’s, I definitely appreciated the aesthetic, made me feel close to my roots and a little less entrenched into this gentrified cesspool NYC has become. My only complaint is how far it is from the train, but that’s the lower east side for you.

This is a great place to hang out and play pool in the east village. It's very divey, but with such a friendly vibe. There's always country music playing, which I don't mind, but beware if you're not a fan. I've always had a good time here, especially on week nights when it's less crowded. Definitely recommended for a night out with friends who don't want to spend too much money!

Rowdy but safe bar. Great prices and atmosphere . They serve Stella Artois. Had a great time chatting with friendly locals. Unobtrusive security made me feel safe, the vibe was safe and I had a great time.

Doc's is a nice dive bar with a good pool table, cheap drinks, and a great crowd. The bartenders and bouncers are fantastic, the jukebox is full of country music and dancing on the bar is encouraged.

My first time there was last weekend, very crowded but I had a great time. Bartender and waitresses are very nice....sexy too! Security at the door to make us safe....ill be going back for round 2😉

Really good East Village dive bar. If you want cheaper beers and a loose cowybow-ish theme, then this place is solid. Awesome place for a group of friends on a weeknight.

It's a fun place. Been around for ages. Pool table, jukebox, lots of seating. Friendly staff, lots of adult beverages for whatever suits your palate, good vibes all-around.

It’s a very hipster vibe bar, fun and weird at the same time, drinks are good and people are really nice, a very young and hipster crowd

Crowd is cool and there to socialize and shoot pool. Great classic country playing and bartenders have a great vibe. Younger crowd. I felt on the older side at 31. Downside is there’s a $20 minimum for plastic money. So bring cash if you’re only buying a drink or two.

I like this spot. The crowd isn’t too crazy, they are generally a bit older than most other college bars in this NYU dominated area. They have spots games on in the background and no one is dancing or up and walking around really. The bar tender was an absolute super star! She made us a bunch of random cocktails. Since it wasn’t too busy and I assume she was younger I asked her to make drinks she think we’d like purely based on seeing and hearing us sit at the bar. She pulled out all the stops. She made one that tasted like peach ring candy (my fav). She was fun about it. She entertained us and I hope she felt we didn’t make her shift any more difficult. This was after work on a wed/thur.

This dive bar is really growing on me. Super friendly inside. It's got a small pool table that has seen better days but for some reason it keeps drawing me back to this bar. The wonder stays on bar rules is fun and brings randoms onto the table all night. So come make some new friends over a beer and done pool.

Early evening, not a big crowd, but welcoming and friendly. The jukebox has the best selections! The pool table is popular and the Guinness tastes good.

Raphael Kummer-Landau

Typical east village dive bar, in terms of vibe.

The Foodie Architect

Food is not bad and their kombucha is intreeting.

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Parker Uber

INTERESTING 🧐 interesting bar that’s for sure! Not exactly sure what to make of it. Lots of rules and lots of country but also a lot of graffiti! What’s going on! I like keeping things simple and straightforward and if you’re anything like me, you’ll want to mentally prepare for the chaos you’re about to feel here. But I THANK Doc Hollidays and will leave them be!

Ahmed Satti (Family Guy)

Had fun here with my friends. Great spot but they have to fix their arcade machine. Wish it was a little more spacious.

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R M

Didn't even know this was a Texas roadhouse style bar til I noticed the vibes and the jukebox selection. But overall I had an awesome time. Plenty of variety when it comes to liqs. But I kept it simple with some bourbon 🥃.

Used to be great. Prices and crowds keep going up. Atmosphere has evolved. Bro and woo girl crowd now.

It would be a nice bar only if the bartenders, rather than dancing and drinking, would care to take your orders. 10 mins facing the bar and being ignored is not a nice experience for a customer.

Look no further if you're in the mood for a dive bar. This place is so cliché, it'll make you smile. Gotta have a good sense of humour & bad sense of smell.

Congenial place with a pool table, but the jukebox seemed to be all country and the wine comes in a can!

As I've always believed bars live and die on the quality of their bartenders and this place is no different. In the 10 years I've been going here it's wavered between being great, awful and okay. Right now it's okay. Last night one bartender was doing her job (barely) and the other was far more interested in her phone than anything else. Also, she overcharged me to the tune of $5-$15. So if you like faint hints of side-boob in overalls, being somewhat ignored and over paying for the privilege by all means.......

Since this is going to be one of the new "go to" bars, I suppose I should chime in on it. So far, I haven't been impressed. I'll give it points for not being "ironic country" as it seems as authentic as you can get for being on Avenue A. But the drinks aren't especially cheap, creepy homeless guys wander in and out, and I'm guessing they've had problems in the past with serving underage folks, as they card damn near everybody. I don't exactly long for the days of Welcome To The Johnsons, but at least there were couches, a decent jukebox and a close proximity to Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop.

Great 1st meet up spot. Be careful. DO NOT PUT YOUR DRINK ON THE POOL TABLE!!!! Bouncer threw my $9/cup Guinness in the trash without saying anything. We had a laugh about it, but I was upset.

Classic post grad bar in the east village except everyone seems to want to go there making it a tight squeeze of a location. Beers are to expensive, the music makes you have to yell and its to crowded. Generally more trouble then its worth

Good dive when it doesn’t fill up with hotheads looking to stake their pitiful claim to manhood out for everyone to marvel at. Come here on a weeknight, or else camo-up with a blue button-down with the sleeves rolled up (to show how chill and ready to party you are).

I gotta admit, I went here based on a Google search of "country music bars in nyc" and the name. Who wouldn't go? The Good: The jukebox had some great country music and the credits were cheap! No Chopin, but $5 got me more plays than I cared to use. The music is loud (good). There is also a pool table. The handwritten signs are endearing and ironic. Combined with the marker graffiti, you feel like you're in a dive bar. The Bad: No lock on a unisex bathroom is crazy work! I had a scuffle with a drunk local(?) while I watched the door with my little sister inside. I merely blocked his entry, for him to clapback with an escalating "don't put your hands on me bro". What an ugly thing to say to me. Does this mean we can't be friends? S/o to the doorman who did come for back up, but the guy who cause the problem didn't get kicked out and DID IT AGAIN to another girl. Maybe he was just foolin about, but I wasn't. For all the handwritten signs, lack of bathroom locks, and zero frills, the audacity to charge $7 for a macro brew light beer is very cosmopolitan. There must be a rule for the bartender to say the least amount of words possible. When asking for the beer on the glowing neon sign in the window I simply got a finger pointing up to the beer selection. I get it, you deal with a bunch of drunks in a dive bar it starts to wear on you. But I was sober as a goat and this is the business you're in! I calculate that's the end of this review. I'd be lying if I said I won't come back. Seems like my hypocrisy knows no bounds.

To sum it up: a dive bar with a pool table. Nothing extraordinary or special. It does have some space though which is nice. Staff is friendly. Food is what you would expect at a dive bar so don’t go in with high expectations. Overall, I’m a fan of dive bars but this one did not exceed my expectations. To each their own so I would give it a try if you are a dive bar type of girl or guy (see I can rhyme too).

This place certainly has its champions - it has a pool table, cheap beer and low standards. The place can get pretty packed, and loud - with your favorite country tunes out the juke. It is pretty warm and welcoming for a dive bar, and the prices and pace of service are good, especially so for the area. It can get pretty nasty - sticky tables, questionable restrooms and smells, etc. - but overall not a bad place to sink into oblivion.

K

Interesting place. The bartender looked at my id for like 4 minutes. The menu is on neon paper just written. And weird drink choices they have selling. Also quite expensive!! Also if you have dust allergies DONOT GO HERE. Dust everyyyywhere

No limes or lemons, rude staff, 20$ minimum on card, strict outdated rules

Totally non-sensical ID policy. Been in here twice, first time was great, great bloody marys and bartenders. Second time, awful, walked in, and immediatley got asked for ID for me and my partner (we're both 40 years of age). Couldn't produce it so got asked to leave. Wasn't asked for ID first time, though. Not all that special if you're getting hassle like this when all you want is a refresher.

Outdated, needs complete remodel and cleaning. Decor makes now sense for name of the establishment

The middle aged female bartender was incredibly rude

Terrible staff. I called because they gave me SOMEONE ELSE’S credit card. When I called later that week to swap out for mine she said she was “too busy” to go through the stack and then hung up on me. Couldn’t believe it.

One of the bartenders was incredibly rude. I walked in, ordered, and she screamed in my face, "NO, WHAT DID I JUST SAY???" And refused to serve me. I had no idea because I just came in. How unprofessional.

Used to be a great bar. Sorry that the bouncers have gotten so bad.

The bouncer on Friday night is aggressive towards women and angry in general. Dropped the c-u-next-Tuesday when he let us in for no reason. Staff didn’t help when we told them what happened - said “he’s always like this ugh”.

The bouncer wasn’t sure that my 60 year old father was above 21. Clever guy! They didn’t play Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson - they played questionable rock music.

Watered down drinks and terrible service. Bartender girl with the stringy black hair was super rude. Avoid her if you can

Staff and especially bouncer were pretty rude. Used to be a cheap dive bar now its just an expensive place that isnt nice

Worst bar in NYC. I was polite and tipped before receiving my drinks. BIG MISTAKE. They assumed top shelf alc for both, charging top dollar. THE Worst PART is they put peppermint schnapps in my long island!!! DISGUSTING. also dismissive attitude, but hey welcome to new York

It was fine until 4:00 am on the dot. Bouncer took the drinks out of our hands, without a prior warning. When I picked mine up, he shoved me, I put the drink down, hands up, he shoved me again into some chairs and I was then physically thrown out the door, while there were still people inside. Worst bar ever.

I’m okay with a $20 minimum on credit cards but it should specify tips don’t count towards it. My total came to $18 and was just going to round up to $20 but they wouldn’t let me which is abit of a joke

Unfriendly staff & drinks no longer cheap. Dirty. Nasty. The cheapest is a bud. Since when is a $5 pint of bud or $16 for a pitcher cheap? That's still too expensive for this dive bar with rude staff. Never returning. No wonder this place is looks so empty. Pass. Yuck. I need a shower.

Doc holidays used to be our friend groups favorite bar every weekend. The bartender Danielle started a while ago who is the rudest person we’ve ever met. Sucks because doc holidays used to be our go to and the rest of the staff is awesome. Especially Marvin and Johanna. The family that came in right before us left as well because of how rude she was as she told the mother she was “too old” to be out there. Not the first time Danielle has been disrespectful to others at the bar too. About 6 of our other friends have said they will never go back because of her.

Warning to the owners - you're going to find yourselves in a lawsuit if you don't properly train your security about reasonable force. Bar was busy and the front door bouncer told me to wait. I momentarily peeked my head in since it didn't look so busy you should have a 20-person line outside. For simply peering in the entrance the bouncer grabbed me, shoved me, and told me to get lost. I went next door and spent a few hundred on drinks instead. My party of 10 who was allowed inside before me also left to join me. We spent over $1,500 as a party, so nice job losing a lot of business. Really upset this experience happened. YOU CANNOT SHOVE OR GRAB PEOPLE FOR NO REASON.

They have all these signs basically everywhere saying they don’t like entitled people. You get a different vibe in there from the staff that kinda matches what the signs say. Took forever to get a drink and the bartender was pretty rude

M G

terrible service, the bartender was extremely rude, and many people I know got their phones stolen here the night I went. Would not recommend!

Joe Ant

Said to the bartender "here is $35 for the pitcher of beer" and expected her to count it. In a split second she says in a nasty voice "35 is for the drink. We tip here" I gave her a tip and then she claimed I under paid for the drink even tho I know I counted right and she made me pay more. Mind you I was totally sober and buying this for a friend cause I don't drink. She should be fired

stick p

The miserable female bartender with dirty blonde curly hair haggling us over tips mid drink was ridiculous. We ordered drinks I paid and let her know we were planning on !!ordering more drinks!! right after. 2 sips into our drinks she comes and lets us know with a aggressive attitude that we hadn’t tipped. I am a waiter and my friend is a bartender in NYC, and I explained to her I don’t expect people to tip mid meal and my friend doesn’t expect people to tip mid drink (especially because we were ordering more, if we order three rounds are we tipping her 3 times??). REGARDLESS WE STILL TIPPED HER! The bartender still caught in an attitude and starting making snarky comments after we tipped her like “Have you ever been to a bar before?” She seems miserable and quite frankly not very good at the job. I understand what kind of bar Docs is, and I’ve been many times. It’s gritty, rough, bartenders have an edge, but this one is flat out a miserable pan handler. Not much separating her from the homeless woman outside begging for change😂

Saba Naz

My friend lives down the block from this bar and last night ( Monday, April 28th, around 11:00-11:30 pm ) she stumbled into this bar. we were both drinking already & I was ready to call it a night, knowing she was going to stay with people she had met and buy drinks. My bf came to pick me up and asked the bartender if I could have a water. The bartender who was a woman, Caucasian, brown hair ( sadly didn’t get her name ) was extremely rude & said “ this is a bar not a water fountain”. Disgusting. ( again it’s a Monday night so the bar was practically empty, she was not busy). Will never come to this bar again. There are PLENTY of bars in the area. I’m 30 & never In my life have I ever had a bartender refuse to give just water ? It’s free in NY. If I was the owner of the bar I would prob let this bartender go. Do you know how many great bartenders there are in NY? Or just around the area? That’s what keeps customers loyal. Shitty ones like her are what gives a place bad reviews. She’s bad for business.