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Bungalow 8

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515 W. 27th St., New York, NY 10001
nr. Tenth Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-629-3333 Send to Phone

Reader Rating:
7.5 out of 10

6 Reviews | Write a Review
Scene: Bar Food, DJ, Hot Spot, Lounge, Swank

Photo by Courtesy of Bungalow 8

Map Rate & Review

Hours

Daily, 11pm-4am

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at 23rd St.; 1 at 28th St.

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Profile

There are plenty of places to blow $350 or so on a $25 bottle of Absolut Mandrin, but if it's the highest tier of upscale pretension that you're aspiring to, look no farther than Bungalow 8. The tiny lounge, with its snobbish door policy, potted palm trees, and PVC-happy celeb stalkers, is way too South Beach to actually exist in South Beach. Among the perks are $22 glasses of champagne (two, please). The music may leave something to be desired, but you're not here to bone up on experimental house records; you're coming here to impress somebody. And you'll impress us if you manage to get past the doorman.

Extra

Naughty Park Avenue princesses lounge with quasi-titled Euros in this bar inspired by the Beverly Hills Hotel's infamous cottages. And if you don't have a Town Car waiting outside, the concierge can arrange a helicopter.

Reader Ratings

7.5

"Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10

Great Thursday Night Out!!

arielle84 from 11211 | Posted on 3/6/09

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)

I used to avoid this place (and all of the 27th street madness) because of the hype around the few celebrity appearances that drove masses of pretentious creepy wall street types and wannabes to crowd this lounge. A friend and I...Read More

wannabe scenesters; pathetic and shallow

cureless from 10012 | Posted on 6/21/08

Overall Reader Rating: 4 (Not Recommended)

the door guys are not the problem here; i found them charming, really. it's all the jersey and uptown euro-trash wannabe downtown scenesters that give this place a bad name. overall a good time is to be had, but...Read More

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