Scott Chapman

I'm giving them 5 stars because their name is BEER Culture and they have a great selection of beers! Also on the Sunday evening we visited the place was relatively unbusy and frankly was a bit of respite from the craziness that can be NYC. The smash burgers were reportedly good, but frankly the flat bread was sub-par with a bread that was way too tough. In contrast the smash burger buns reportedly were quite good. Normally I wouldn't give 5 stars with a flat bread like that but you're hopefully coming here for the beer, not the flat bread, and for that they definitely get 5 stars.

Food was ok (but not exceptional) and I don't think I've seen Forge Irish Stout elsewhere, but I'm docking them a star for automatically adding an 18% gratuity to our party of 3 and adding about 3% for credit card processing fees. Lack of ice with the water may give you the European feel, but I would have preferred the feel of cold water after waking around NYC in June.