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The Bar at Keens Steakhouse
New York, USA · Historic steakhouse pub bar · North America
The bar inside the 1885 Herald Square steakhouse, known for Scotch, house ale, Bloody Marys and the historic rooms’ vast collection of clay pipes.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-09
Plan Your Visit
72 W 36th St., New York, NY 10018, USA
- Style
- Historic steakhouse pub barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Hours
- Monday–Friday 11:45am–10:30pm; Saturday 5pm–10:30pm; Sunday 5pm–9:30pm. Closed Christmas Day.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Booking
- Keens accepts online reservations through its official embedded Resy widget and by phone.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Menu
- The current Pub Menu covers raw-bar items, steakhouse dishes, sandwiches, salads and bar food.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
35.5 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 82.6
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Spirited Awards
- 62.8
- Regional Recognition
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Serious press
- 11.8
- Social Vibes
- 61.6
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
88/ 100
The existing 88/100 remains the proprietary Social Vibes score. This source review clarifies the evidence without recalculating it.
Score context
Historic Midtown steakhouse bar room remains a classic NYC institution. Guests praise the ice-cold martinis, complimentary hard-boiled eggs, old-school atmosphere with churchwarden pipes, and reliable service. Food (especially mutton chop) is legendary; bar is walk-in friendly for drinks.
Guest sources checked:
This review checks the linked sources. The stored summary and themes remain a historical proprietary interpretation, not a fresh customer survey.
Guest score details
Highlights in the stored read
- perfect dry martini
- historic old-New-York atmosphere
- reliable attentive service
- walk-in bar accessibility
Reservations in the stored read
- can be busy at peak
- steakhouse prices
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- theinfatuation.comThe Infatuation review — Molly Fitzpatrick · Version dated 6 March 2025; visit dates not specified
Molly Fitzpatrick’s review covers Keens Steakhouse at 72 W 36th Street and includes a distinct bar passage. It is broader restaurant criticism, not a bar-only customer sample. The page displays 6 March 2025, with original publication metadata from 21 January 2022.
- ny.eater.comEater Dining Report — Zoe Becker · Published 5 August 2026; visit date unknown
Zoe Becker reports a firsthand restaurant visit to Keens and its martinis. It covers the steakhouse broadly rather than a separate bar-only customer sample; Cole Saladino is the photographer.
Crowd signal
Google 4.6★ across 9,937 reviews.
View on Google · Checked . Ratings and review counts can change.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Spirited Awards
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.
No recorded regional recognition in the scored window.