Wattli Bar & Kitchen

Excellent service
Jun 17th, 2023

My favorite place to in Brooklyn.
Jun 14th, 2023

Definitely has the neighborhood bar/restaurant "where everyone knows (or could know) your name" kinda feel. Very nice bartender/wait staff. Local beer options, solid burger. Atmosphere is friendly in a dive-bar kinda way, there is a outside backyard space where you could have your drinks/food and see the Newkirk plaza trains go by (though high-ish walls so kids wanting to see night need adult assistance, for better or worse). Bathroom is a little small for changing a baby, there is possibly space on the ground for it in a pinch but not a lot.
Jun 10th, 2023

The food was really delicious. Also the staff was super kind and attentive!
Jun 9th, 2023

We've been here twice: once shortly after they opened and then just a few days ago. Hard to capture just how disappointing this place is. Great location, reasonably good service, yes. Run down and cluttered interior. Years ago it was so many throw pillows you couldn't breathe. This latest visit was all kinds of random items out in the open taking up space, it felt like we were inside a storage closet. The local brew beer was simply undrinkable. The food was simply soggy and sad (appetizer sampler). The thing that gets me is that this COULD be a simple dive bar, but totally lacks the focus or discipline to be that. This place hurts me every time I walk by it now. Why not a kitschy margarita bar? Or a REAL dive bar? Or even a laundromat? Any of these would be miles better then the reality of Wattli. P.S. What is up with all these weird and seemingly scripted "it's like Cheers, everyone knows your name!" and "the food was scrumptious!" Are you bots? Are you aliens?
May 22nd, 2023