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210 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Clover Club sits at 210 Smith Street, on the Cobble Hill / Carroll Gardens border. Its own reservations page says dinner reservations are accepted only for parties of 2 to 8, indoors. The bar and the lounge are walk-in; there is no online waitlist, so the bar's own page says walk-ins have to show up in person to add their name. That is the source of the venue's long-standing no-reservations reputation.
Reports on how bad the wait gets do not agree. The Infatuation calls entry 'never a hassle' compared with other upscale cocktail bars and says 'there always seems to be a table open, or a short wait for one at worst.' Aggregator listings and reviews push the other way, repeating that the no-reservations bar 'can be a long wait during peak hours' and that weekend seats are tough to get. No sourced wait-time number exists, and we do not measure one here.
The tactic reviewers describe is simple: drop your name at the bar, go eat dinner elsewhere on Smith Street, come back. Arriving early in the evening or on a weekday afternoon is the other commonly cited way to skip the crush. Time Out lists a Monday-Friday 4-6pm happy hour, which pulls its own after-work crowd.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: Per the venue's official site, Clover Club maintains a dedicated reservations page (linked from its homepage) indicating reservations are available and encouraged, though the specific booking details are not covered on the homepage itself.
Per the venue's official site, hours are Monday-Thursday 4pm-12am, Friday 4pm-1am, Saturday 12pm-1am, and Sunday 12pm-12am.
Yes, but only for dinner, for parties of 2 to 8, indoors, per the bar's own reservations page. The bar and lounge stay walk-in, and there is no online waitlist.
Sources disagree. The Infatuation says there is usually a table or, at worst, a short wait. Aggregator listings warn the no-reservations bar can mean a long wait during peak weekend hours. No sourced number exists, and we do not have a camera here, so we cannot report a live wait.
Multiple listings point to off-peak arrival: early in the evening or a weekday afternoon. Friday and Saturday nights are the ones reviewers call hard to get a seat.
No. The bar's reservations page says there is no online waitlist and walk-ins must add their name in person. A common move in reviews is to drop your name, go to dinner nearby, then return.
210 Smith Street, on the Cobble Hill / Carroll Gardens border in Brooklyn. Time Out lists the F and G trains at Bergen Street as the nearest subway.
Sources: The Infatuation: Clover Club review · Clover Club official site · Clover Club official site: Reservation Information · Time Out New York: Clover Club