Rockbar NYC

Great dive gay bar. Everyone is welcome and very inclusive.

This was a small, overpriced, lack luster bar. $10 cover fee with $9 drinks is not worth it

Bartender is super rude for no reason.

TLDR: I wouldnt go to this bar if you are disabled. So I had to sit down on the floor because I have POTS, which basically means if I stand upright for too long I pass out. I was in a corner not bothering anyone trying to take up as little space as possible, and the bouncer person, I think their name was dijoun, walked by and told me to get up. I politely said “oh Im disabled,” to which they replied very snarkily “you werent disabled when you came in.” Already I was really upset, because how dare you accuse me of lying about the thing that is ruining my life on the one lucky night my chronic pain was light enough to go out and try to enjoy myself. My friend said oh yea she has blood pressure issues (not exactly correct but he was trying) and they walked off. Later inside, they came up to me and told me to get up out of my chair bc someone had hung their bag on the back and I hadnt noticed. They brought me another chair which was nice but I was trying to order a drink and she put it pretty far away from the bar. Anyways, I calmly said “hey you cant say that to people” and they instantly got really defensive and said “well you didnt tell me when you walked in.” Like I didnt know I needed permission to sit on the floor? I didnt know I need to tell every employee everywhere I go that Im disabled to keep them from accusing me of lying? Also, the first thing I said was im disabled and we already discussed how they responded to that. I dont remember exactly how I responded, only that I was trying to stifle my anger to not cause a scene, but they then told me “yeah im disabled too I was in 9/11” like sorry I guess but if you are disabled maybe dont be so ableist? If someone told ME they were disabled I would believe them not accuse them of lying, and being disabled isnt an excuse to gatekeep who gets to accomodate their disability and who doesnt. Then when I was leaving I said something like that wasnt cool man and they followed me down the block yelling. I yelled back at this point but still, for an employee of a bar I frequent pretty often to do something like this makes me really uncomfortable. So yeah, I wouldn’t go here if you are disabled, at least not when this person is working there, because if simply sitting down so I dont pass out caused this reaction, who knows what reaction other disabled people will get.

Wonderful bar with a great atmosphere and staff.