Friars Club

57 E 55th St, New York, New York 10022 USA

$$$$

Expensive

Independent
Credit Cards
Accepted
No Wifi

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“A haunted meeting place for entertainers”

The Friars Club was founded in 1904 as a meeting place for entertainers and has achieved legendary status over the years. Its membership includes the likes of Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Brian Williams, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Seinfeld, Rosario Dawson, Les Moonves, Whitney Cummings, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert De Niro. The Friars Club Monastery is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan in a classic townhouse and is a haven for entertainers young and old. Featured on an episode of Ghost Hunters. The Friars Club is haunted by vaudeville performer Al Kelly, who died of a heart attack in the dining room in 1966. People have witnessed doors opening and closing, as well as mysterious knocks at times.

Reviewed by
Paul C.

March 26, 2008

Last night I attended an event at the Friars Club, of all the clubs in NYC I have been to (Harvard, Union, Yale etc..) this was the most enjoyable and impressive. Being a huge comedy fan I think... Read more

Reviewed by
Cori C.

February 15, 2016

It's like going back in time. Or, if you're a member, freezing time in your heyday. There are direct phone lines to all the tables, which must have been super fancy in an era before cell phones.... Read more

Reviewed by
Victor C.

April 18, 2014

LOVE THIS CLUB. The comedy history just oozes off the walls. (In the BEST way anything can ooze off a wall) AMAAAAZING energy. Awesome historic pics of so many comedy legends line the walls.... Read more

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