Happyfun Hideaway

Yes, there are hipsters here. Yes, sometimes it smells weird. But look, drinks are pretty damn affordable for rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, the back patio during warmer times and off-​peak hours is WONDERFUL, and while I’ve had to roll my eyes while eavesdropping on conversation, I’ve had some pretty fantastic run-​ins with random people passing through.
Give it a shot, but if you see that it’s too crowded, make like Bonnie Tyler and Turn Around.

I’m kind of sick of the smell, it’s always packed and how am I supposed to differentiate the hipsters from the homos, what if they’re both???
Lot’s of fondness for this place in my heart and plenty of good times.
Prefer walking into Birdy’s these days on the mere reason that there’s probably less stickiness and more space.
$ 10 minimum here btw

I really love this place. It’s got such a nice atmosphere inside and the bartenders are always really friendly. It’s got a really cool vibe, pretty ample seating, and such cheap drinks. It’s a really nice addition to the area and super easy to get to from pubic transportation. There’s lots of food and other cool things to do in the area, but this is a great place to hang with friends or take a date and stay for a couple of hours. I will definitely make this one of my regular places.

Played clown and live action tentacle porn on NYE, combined with no last call (we had just bought a round then was told to GTFO), destroyed bathroom, and very rude bartenders I’m never going back here again. As a fellow server, I was appalled at the language aimed at paying customers tonight. Luckily I had a lot of fun elsewhere! Happy New Year!

It smelled like the inside of your Greek uncle’s armpit. Perhaps that’s what Happyfun Hideaway is named after. Seriously, open a door. Noise complaints, heat costs, whatever excuse, be damned, it stinks inside so we left after one beer and went to Birdy’s around the corner instead.
The menus on the table were also covered in cheese from the previous guests.
I give it 4 stars because I liked the vibe.
The clientele was an eclectic bunch of people. A lot of gay couples enjoying themselves. Games in the back. I’d go back if they got some ventilation going.

I could overlook the smell and the lack of acknowledgement/​greeting from the bartender when I walked in. But when I saw there was no toilet seat and pee in the one unisex bathroom, I nope’d right out of there.

We walked into this bar by accident while looking for Birdy’s (yeah yeah, I know, Birdy’s has a big-​ass neon sign outside, we’re dumb yeah yeah).
Typical dingy divey bar. But service was good and prices were decent. Beer and well-​shot combo were $ 5 – 7 or something like that. Didn’t have to wait long for our drinks either.
PS: Heard it was a gay bar from a friend, but nothing gay about it. Disappointing. (j/​k)

God bless Bushwick. V chill neighborhood hole in the wall, still feels laid-​back even on a weekend.

If you want to be surrounded by smelly hipsters and rude bartenders then this is the place. They make shitty drinks and they want you to pay for a new drink if the drink you ordered taste like shit! That’s bad business and bad for the neighborhood! Next time have better service and not a shitty one!

My favorite hipster bar in bushwick!
You walk in, it kind of smells like people haven’t showered, but that’s bushwick for you!
Coming here, you see all kinds of interesting characters. It’s a great vibe.
The drinks are always cheap and good. They also have interesting food options all night. You can get a frito pie, corn dog. And other munchies.
Come if you want to experience authentic hipster bushwick vibe.

Don’t go here if you’re not a super hot hipster who flirts with the bartender. I went here and got passed up twice. I had money out waiting to buy drinks. This is the worst example of Bushwick gentrification… white kids with Mommy and Daddy’s money and bartenders preying on that cash.

I’m a fan of this place. It’s a gay, hipster bar with the crowd and ambiance to match. I’m certainly not a hipster, but I found it to be fun.
Drinks are priced well and fair for the area and definitely a good change from the Manhattan gay bars. It’s definitely a «hang out bar,» not something you go to if you expect to dance. But I didn’t dance that night and just got buzzed with my friends.
The margaritas are good and STRONG. Didn’t expect it, but I’m not complaining either.

Despite the oft-​sticky tables, this place is a good neighborhood bar. I never notice the sticky but careful if you bring your particular boss here for a round!
Ginger beer is in attendance, and solid cocktails.

A group of us were in Bushwick visiting our two friends who were selling jewelry at the flea market on Charles Pl. We decided to have a drink and chat after they closed up shop for the day and the first bar we came across was Happyfun Hideaway.
Atmosphere: Divey, but has a very cute back area.
Service: Meh. Touch and go.
Fare: The food is mediocre and overpriced. You basically have standard American concession snacks for a premium price. Unfortunately, I happened to be starving, so I ordered a corn dog, which took forever to be warmed up. When it was finally ready *and I saw the bartender take it out of the toaster oven*, he didn’t bother to notify me even though I was at the table next to the bar. I had to go over and ask him about it. And well– it tasted like a frozen corn dog. Nothing special.
The cocktails were much better– I had the dark and stormy, which was flavorful and strong. My friends stuck to the happy hour specials.
One random cool thing that did happen while I was there: I had an interesting conversation with a skinny bloke who sat at the bar reading an Angela Davis book about the prion industrial complex. This is where the third star comes in because IMHO, it’s technically a two star joint. :P

I had a HORRIBLE experience at this place last night. I really wanted to like it, cool ambiance and decent music. The bartender with a beard was so rude to me, he has no customer-​first mentality at all. I was nothing but polite, but he would not bend or do anything for me, even after I had tipped him well and they had obviously made a profit from what I had ordered.
I ordered a pitcher of white sangria, which was disgusting. I was very apologetic and nice when I took it up to the bar and asked him if I could just have something cheap or small instead, but he threw his hands up in the air and looked at me as if I was insane. «I mean… no I’ll have to charge you for it…» I went up again a couple minutes later, again being as nice and apologetic as possible, but just asking if he could give me anything for all the money I had just spent. Again, same flabbergasted reaction from him. «I don’t know any business owner who would do something like that…» Um, how about any SMART business owner who knows that keeping a customer happy is the most important thing, especially if it won’t cost you anything. All he had to do was give me a budweiser or PBR, this only would have cost them a couple of bucks, which they had already made in profit from the sangria I paid for.
I’ve never felt more taken advantage of or robbed by a bar in my life. It really put a damper on my evening. If you’re ever there, don’t expect the bartender with a beard to treat you like a customer, he’ll just gather up every dollar he can from you and serve you apple juice cat piss and call it ‘sangria’ for $ 15.
I’m never going there again, and I will urge everyone I know to never go. Run away! This place is not happy and fun, the bartender is rude and self-​entitled.

I cannot see why you’d call it hipster, unless you call every place in bushwick that serves mainly white people ‘hipster’ in which case screw y’all.
It’s smelly divey friendly place, not sure maybe gay bar but not in a jack-​shack way,

Gay bar? Since when? All I’ve seen here are bits of everybody from every background minus any yuppies. It’s kinda weird and bizarre and dirty and that’s what I want when it’s Friday and I want to get wasted.
Hell, it’s more bizarre than bizarre and a much better spot for cheap drinks just a few blocks away. Love it.
I’ll probably add that last star after visiting a few times and seeing if there’s anything amiss.

Friendliest bar staff in bushwick, some interesting cocktails and veggie snacks. I disagree that it’s «hipster», there’s a bunch more hipster places locally. It’s just different and laid back.
Has a yard out back and prices are reasonable too. Not the fanciest but definitely a good time.

Hipsters galore — barf. I’ve graduated from that phase of my life. I do, however, live around the corner; and this past Saturday while my roommate was in the shower, I really had to take a piss – so bad that my vision was blurred – so I ran to Happyfun, used their restroom (admittedly, decent) and out of sheer politeness, ordered an IPA.
It was somewhat early, the hipsters weren’t out yet – another words, the place was tolerable. When it’s low key, it’s an OK venue. A little too ramshackle for me, but I do love the fact that they play old films and cartoons. Anyway, I ended up ordering a few IPA’s that night and even bought an out-​of-​town hipster that I briefly struck a conversation with at the bar a beer. She had ordered the cheapest beer there – one of those godawful Mexican beers.
Somehow my bill came to $ 40. I didn’t call them out on it because by that time the place was swamped with hipsters and I wanted to get the hell out. The point of the story is that though the place appears cheap, they will try to pull a few fast ones. Be razor sharp and alert; especially if you don’t look the hipster part. I think that’s when the bartenders discriminate/​judge. The ironic thing is though it’s definitely not my favorite place in the world, I am naturally a generous tipper and tipped enough that each bartender could have bought a new t-​shirt at Beacon’s Closet.
No need to be greedy I got enough to feed the needy.

YUPPIE HIPSTERS, DONT COME HERE. You’ll hate it. The BO will drive you nuts.
Forreal tho, this is one of the precious few spots in Bushwick that doesn’t cater to rich normies. Can y’all just let us weirdos have it? Please?
Cheap drinks (though Gotham is cheaper), awesome art, pinball, sweet bartenders, and a great patio.
I’ve been coming here since they opened and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Do yo thang, Happyfun.
PS: Don’t park your bike in front of Lil Skip’s if it’s late. Shady folks across Charles stole my friend’s wheel while we were drinking here one night.