Bar Great Harry
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About Bar Great Harry
At Bar Great Harry, we're a relaxed corner gathering spot where friends and neighbors come together to share a great time and a cold beer. Our tap list features an ever-changing selection of craft beers that'll keep your palate on its toes. We've built a loyal following by serving up delicious eats...
At Bar Great Harry, we're a relaxed corner gathering spot where friends and neighbors come together to share a great time and a cold beer. Our tap list features an ever-changing selection of craft beers that'll keep your palate on its toes. We've built a loyal following by serving up delicious eats alongside our rotating taps - from classic pub fare to tasty twists on familiar favorites. On a typical night, you can find us bustling with laughter and good company, surrounded by the warm glow of twinkling lights and the hum of lively chatter.
What Customers Say About Bar Great Harry
Bar Great Harry is a popular, dog-friendly Brooklyn bar known for its excellent and frequently changing beer selection, knowledgeable bartenders (Jill!), and great music. It has a chill vibe with pinball in the back. Some report watered-down drinks or negative experiences with bartenders.
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Tip: Ask the bartenders for recommendations; they are knowledgeable about the beer selection. Note that it's more of a beer place than a cocktail place.
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Bar Great Harry is located in Brooklyn, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.
Historical Heritage
- South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory (A 243m) — church building in New York, United States of America Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (A 384m) — episcopal church in Brooklyn, New York, USA Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
Religious Buildings
- Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal Church (A 308m) — church building in Brooklyn, United States of America
- Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes (A 369m) — Synagogue in New York City
- Second Unitarian Church (A 629m) — church building in Brooklyn, United States of America
Parks & Gardens
- Carroll Park (A 216m) — park in Brooklyn, NYC
- Boerum Park (A 376m) — park in the United States of America
- Gowanus Playground (A 530m) — park in Kings County, New York, United States of America
- Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park (A 537m) — park in Brooklyn, NYC, USA
- Cobble Hill Park (A 684m) — park in Brooklyn, NYC
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Bar Great Harry Brooklyn Reviews
I have a walker named Napoleon of Brooklyn Family Dog Walker that recommends I come here. He said this bar was dog friendly and the staff is amazing. He was on the money. The bartender was great and the atmosphere was made even better with the choice of music. Me, my wife and my pup couldn't have asked for a better drink and chat.
Best beer selection of any place in downtown Brooklyn. Always several interesting beers on tap you'd never find anywhere else. Bartenders are always laid-back, but friendly and attentive.
This is the perfect place to sip a great beer & listen to seriously good music. Bar tenders are knowledgeable and give great recommendations. Not fancy or pretentious but dog friendly and the perfect spot for a weekend afternoon beer.
Love this place! Not as stellar a selection as Owl Farm (which I believe is the same ownership) but definitely more of a vibe spot since it is located in a more residential area. Great mix of beer nerds asking for the bottle list or trying to find something hazy, and an older local crowd drinking the cheaper macros. Pinball in the back if that is your thing.
Jill was the sweetest and most helpful bartender I've ever had. Between her and Bre, I've never experienced such a great time these women are amazing. The bar itself was a great vibe and so busy. Gotta be my favorite bar in Brooklyn. Jill was the main reason for the bar getting the crowd it did. Fun people and good drinks. If you're in Brooklyn and want a great time, this is the place to find it. Thank you Bre and Jill. Love you both!!!
one of my favorite bars! the bartenders are wonderful folks and their drink menu is carefully curated. also, the music is beyond. i love it here!
Love this laid back, pub like bar. Dog friendly, good choice of drinks, and bar snacks.
Great selection of beers and friendly bartenders. Nice secluded pinball spot in the back with 3 machines, though they can occasionally be in need of repairs. They don't have food but you can get some from any of the many spots in the area.
Hands down one of my TOP beer bars. I just didn’t realize I had still not written a review for this place! Pros: - super friendly staff - super knowledgeable staff - you can get your own food here, or get a delivery from the 20K restaurants in the vicinity - pinball - wait, did I say, only the BEST beer?! - sometimes, they change beer menus DURING the night - best community and staff - fernet on tap - great music - life recommendations from sagacious bartenders Cons: - I’ve been coming here for many years, and have not found true love - makes me grab a beer on a Sunday
Probably my favorite bar in all of Brooklyn. Their tap list NEVER disappoints. They have a few stalwarts that rarely ever leave the line-up, but for the most part the menu changes every time you visit, and there's no filler; their offerings are legit. If you play your cards right you can definitely catch some whales here. It's a pretty no frills place, but that's just the way I like it.
Great bar. Bartender was welcoming and he actually knew all the beers that was listed. Ales IPAs. After coming out of the lockdown its good to find through friends a warm charming bar. Then to my surprise 4 pinball machines in the back room I was a kid and a adult at the same time. It was fun. I have a 4 stars cause of their tequila not a wide selection.
it was fine. But they suckered us in saying they would put the fight on TV. Then when time came, the bartenders were all thumbs with the remote. Sadly, after buying ~15 drinks, they never put the fight on and my group had to leave for another bar. Bad experience.
It was cozy dive bar vibe, and the bartenders seem really nice. Everything seemed clean and like a nice spot to chill for a drink
Good staff however, they heavily water down the drinks.
Tl;dr: Sucks to be blamed for a bartender’s credit card mistake, so I won’t be back. Came in and ordered a round. Left my tab open and my card with the bartender, who was dealing with some issue on the phone. Went to close out after the round … and they didn’t have my card, or a tab for me. I didn’t have the card. I asked them to look for it, and they did, halfheartedly, clearly insulted by my implication that they’d lost my card. They’d never lost a card in 9 years of bartending! Yeah, well, in 20 years of drinking out, no one’s ever lost my card, either. Clearly they were not eager to find the card, or apologize, so I left my contact info and went home. Hours later, another bartender texted me: the original bartender had accidentally given my card to someone else, who’d returned it. So the next night I truck across Brooklyn in the rain to recover my main form of payment. As I walk in, the original bartender is talking shit about me to another employee behind the bar: So incredulous I’d have the temerity to suggest they lost my card when … that’s exactly what happened. I ask original bartender for the card, and they slap it down on the bar. No hey, no sorry, no nothing. Mistakes happen, I get it. I did get my card back. But being treated like a jerk, twice, for asking if they maybe coulda lost my card while distracted — which is what happened — means I won’t be coming back here. Which sucks. It’s a good bar.
Aloof disinterested mean bartenders. One time I went in with my girl who was a new mom and she brought her baby, they played death metal in a sad passive aggressive way to get her out. This bar smells nasty and it’s full of finance and tech bros pretending to be not. It’s bad. It’s a bad bar. It’s just still open because it’s the only thing open. I cannot emphasize enough how awful the service is, how bad this bar smells, and how awful the crowd is. Garbage garbage garbage. I hope the owners lose hundreds of thousands of dollars and file bankruptcy. Awful. Don’t go here. Go anywhere else. So many other options.
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