“Few watering holes on the strip [Park Slope’s 5th Avenue] have a look and feel like Patio Lounge. The airy, lime-green-and-white space is certainly no bar or pub, but the atmosphere is as casual and friendly as any other local spot; a jaunt to Patio Lounge is likely to include neighbors running into each other unexpectedly… With the front windows open in the summer, Patio’s a breezy, cool option in an area on the cusp of being discovered by Manhattanites” – Top Pick, Neighborhood, Lounges, New York Times,  July 2003

“Cool-green walls and tiny fish tanks make the new bar Patio Lounge seem more like an aquatic environment than a terrestrial one – but that might be just what you need this sticky summer. Choose a window seat overlooking Fifth Avenue in the main room, or cool yourself near the waterfall in the outdoor garden. “ – Time Out New York, Issue No. 407, 2003

“Patio Lounge’s cool ambiance makes for a perfect retreat from the summer heat… Patrons can pull one of the vinyl barstools up to the retro chic (read: linoleum-topped) bar or take the party outside. The lounge continues onto a rear, graveled patio with many votive-topped tables, a waterfall, and chairs filled with lounge lizards… They offer 10 beers on tap, bottled beers, scrumptious sangria, and $6 sake-based specialty drinks, like the mango sakedriver, and the sakerinha (inspired by the caipirinha it has sake, muddled limes, and sugar.” – Go Brooklyn, July 14, 2003  

“Green is the thing here, from the plants inside and the half-moon-lime garnish on each clever concoction, to the grapevines climbing the walls of the patio out back… Finally, a bar with something to look at: Three Japanese fighting fish swim under tiny spotlights, and a manga comic sprawls across one entire wall. Try a white wine margarita or a mango sakedriver for a shot of July to get you through the colder months.” – Citysearch Editorial

Voted 3rd Best New Hangout Spot by Park Slope Reader, (but the 1st Bar, with the top 2 slots going to coffee houses.) - Park Slope Reader, Spring 2004

“With eclectic green lights, ivy covered walls, and funky DJ's on the weekends make this popular Brooklyn hang out less License to Ill and more Ill Communication.” – AM New York, Issue 107, Volume 002, June 2, 2004

"Fun, cool cocktails for the hottest season of the year." - 'Editorial Roundup: 5-to-Try: Summer Drinks' by Citysearch Editorials, Brooklyn, Summer 2004

"Strapped for cash? Impress for less at these fun, flirty destinations. [PATIO Lounge:] You can buy yourself and your sweetheart a beer (and tip the bartender)--all for less $5 during happy hour." - 'Editorial Roundup: Dating on a Budget' by Drew Pisarra, Citysearch Contributor, Summer 2004

“Providing a 'backyard for those without one' in Park Slope, this new bar/lounge with a 'garden like Eden' draws a 'good local crowd' with its 'great beer', 'cute bartenders' and 'yummy' sake-and-wine-based cocktails'..., a wall papered with a blown-up Japanese anime provides amusing distraction..” – Zagat Survey, 2004/05 New York City Nightlife

“'Like no other in Park Slope', this bar/lounge is 'so inviting' with its 'magical' back garden, 'funky' interior featuring a blown-up manga mural and 'awesome DJs' to cue the 'chilling'; it 'makes good with wine and sake [and cocktail]' creations plus such a 'crazy beer selection' that they could easily charge more.” – Zagat Survey, Zagat Survey, 2006/07 New York City Nightlife