Miracle on Ninth Street

Requires a deposit upon reservation but the cost of it went towards the Christmas light up beanie that we received as soon as we were seated. My date and I arrived 20 minutes ahead of our Monday evening reservation and we were seated immediately.The entire space is fully decorated in holiday decor and there's a variety of Christmas songs playing. There are mugs and other Christmas items for sale all along the wall behind the bar. They have an extensive holiday drink menu, seemingly each drink served in a different Christmas mug or shot glass (which you can also purchase). Behind the bar is another room that I didn't get to look around in but it was just another room with tables for patrons.5/5 Hot Buttered Rum - perfect for the weather! It was nice and rich, well seasoned and hot. The bartender smiled when I ordered it so I knew I was about to have a great time hahaBartenders are nice and don't bother you or rush you despite the 90 minute time limit. Lot of people wore their Miracle on 9th beanie during their stay at the bar which I thought was cute. I expected it to be warm and cozy inside but it was a little cold. My date kept his winter jacket on the entire time. We left around the 2 hour mark of our stay.

Miracle has gotten worse over the years. We've been coming for over 3 years and every year the experience becomes more miserable.When you book a reservation, they force you to pay $11.95 for each person so you can get the same light up hat every year. I They are always unorganized when we show up and they don't know how to manage tables to speed up turnover. Multiple reviews state waiting 30 minutes for an order to be taken but then I overheard the hosts trying to figure out how to get people out quicker - first step would be to actually serve them faster.Miracle accommodates too many large groups that take up space and time. Reservations should be capped at 4 people maximum, yet I saw groups of 6 and 8 flowing in.They sat us in the Hanukkah section, which quite frankly is depressing. It's in a corner booth right next to the bathroom. It's closed in with dark blue walls and lights. It's a stark contrast from the rest of the bar and sitting there is a total drag. I asked both our server and host if we could move to empty tables that were also for 2 people. Both said they would check on it but nothing came to fruition. They are just too disorganized to handle any kind of table changes. It would have been easy for my party of 2 to simply move to another table across from us. Instead, they brought in multiple new parties to sit in the seats I had asked to move to.The large group of 5 next to us was so obnoxious and also ruined the vibe. The fact that they weren't continually playing Christmas music also kills the vibe (I don't want to hear disco or rock music - if I did I'd go to a club, not here). The drinks are fine and served in cute mugs but the service and vibe leave much to be desired. The quality of service goes down every single year.We won't be coming back next year. It's much too overhyped for what it is. If you want cute holiday decor and fun drinks, go to literally any other bar in the city.Miracle started out as a good idea but now it's just become another thing for people to make tons of cash on and put zero thought in to.Ho ho ho.

Drinks (1 of 2 stars): Drinks were strong and overall okay.Service (0 of 2 stars): Came on a Thursday night and were told we have 90 mins. It took 30 minutes for our server to come over to us to get our drink order in. All tables cleared out around us and we wanted to move tables but were told we couldn't due to a large group, yet even after they moved tables/chairs for the large group, there was still space for 4 my group could've moved us to. Server never came back around to us. 40 mins later, I went up to the bar myself to try and order a drink and the server let us know we could move tables but had only 20 mins left. I asked him for a bit more time because it's already been over an hour and we only got one drink but he didn't budge. We left right after that.Ambiance (0 of 1 star): Lots of Holiday decorations which definitely set the mood but didn't enjoy myself because of the horrible service.Ultimately, wouldn't go again. There are so many other bars around New York that are also decorated for the Holidays and don't take 30 mins just to get your order.

I love love love this bar! Year after year, it's always the best time!I came with my mom the week before Thanksgiving. It was actually great coming a little before the height of the holiday season. We had great service, were seated right away, and had lots of room next to us.I think my favorite drink I had was the chrismaspolitan! It had a great spiced cranberry flavor. It truly tasted like a Christmas cosmo! I can't wait for next years visit here! If you can, make a reservation online to make sure you get a table, especially in December!

Service was great. Our server was friendly and made suggestions on drinks to get . Drinks were the same as in any other miracle place. I was a bit disappointed there were no food options. Ambiance is great to get into the holiday spirit.Overall good experience but i don't see myself going back especially if it's just drinks

I'll start with the positives, this bar is really cute inside, highly decorated for Christmas and has some amazing Christmas themed cocktails. All the staff is decked out in their holiday wear and Christmas music is playing over the speakers. So coming here will definitely get you in the spirit. It's definitely a must-see at least once.The downside is you have to pay $12 just to walk in the door to sit, even at the bar. We did get a cute light up hat out of the deal at least. And just be warned, the cocktails are not cheap nor large. But that is to be expected in nyc.

I've been wanting to check out Miracle on Ninth Street for a while because of the cute decor and that did not disappoint! Every square inch is covered in Christmas decor. I made reservations for a Sunday night and it was pretty dead. I guess that's the sweet spot since people work the next day. We were seated immediately in another room off the main. I was surprised by how big it actually was. They had 2 bars! The drinks were STRONG. Prices are pretty average for NY at $16/$17 but at least we got a nice buzz out of it. They do require you to pay for the reservation and you get a light up hat. It was cute but...why? You can also buy the cute Christmas mugs if you want to. The service was quick because it was so empty but I'm sure it gets crazy on busy days.

Decorations are cute, music was a mix of new, old, and weird Christmas music and non-Christmas music (which killed the vibe).Service was TERRIBLE. It took us 30 minutes to even get noticed by our server. When he finally came over he didn't even say anything to us, just stood there waiting for our order. We said our orders and nothing else. No side comments, no small conversation, no nothing. Such an awkward encounter, to be honest. We got our drinks and they were fine. Strong, but not necessarily in a good way. I've never been to one of these pop ups so maybe it's normal for the drinks to be mediocre? Our server was helping out every other table in the section except hours, and even when everyone cleared out except us we still weren't helped- and we actually wanted to order more drinks. (No food is served here btw, only drink service so you'd think that the wait time for service wouldn't be as long). We were literally staring at him from our table and saw he wasn't doing anything. The bartender was clearly not busy either as he was on his phone texting. So I'm not sure what the reason was for why no one ever came over to check on us?The second time we spoke to our server was when we asked if we could move tables. He said we could, but we only had 20 minutes left on our 90 minute limit. Shocked, that he finally spoke words to us for the first time that night we said that it wasn't fair we had 20 minutes left when it took over 30 minutes to get our order in after first sitting down. He said they had more reservations coming in so there was nothing he could do. We decided to close our tab and leave because the entire experience was terrible. Not worth the hype. Take your business elsewhere with Christmas decorations this holiday season.

Definitely make reservations around Christmas time. We waited half hour to be seated at the bar. But the weird part was the person that told us to wait later told us it'd be $15 per person to be seated .. like sweety tell us that before we wait. Ended up not being charged not sure if that was to get other people away or what because it was busy but that doesn't look good. Overall the bartender was friendly & drinks were decent. Great vibes with cute aesthetic drinks. Worth checking out.

Definitely check out this spot if you want to get into the holiday spirit! Incredibly decorated for Christmas, don't worry there is a Hanukkah booth area too!We had lovely service and were welcomed with either a Christmas hat or Christmas mug (comes with your tix)! The hat lights up! Definitely fun for the holidays!We ordered: the Christmaspolitan: Yumm My friend ordered: Rudolph's Replacement-- such a cute mug!And lastly tried Run run Reindeer: nice and light!They also have some awesome music! Check it out!