Joyface opened in 2018 on Fifth Street near Avenue A, opened by the same team behind Honey's in Bushwick. The room runs on a disco-and-house playlist that turns up after 22:00, a small dance floor cleared in the back, and a frozen daiquiri machine that has become the bar's calling card. The cocktail list is short and built around drinks that survive a dance floor: shaken, fast, cheap.
It is the right room for a Friday-night drink that turns into a Friday-night dance, an East Village birthday party that does not need a table, or anyone who wants a frozen daiquiri made well. It is the wrong room for a quiet conversation past 22:00 or anyone who insists on stirred classics. Eater New York's late-night coverage groups it with 'the East Village rooms that earn a return visit on dance-floor merit.'
A short, mirrored room with red banquettes along the walls and a bar that runs about half the length. The dance floor in the back is the size of a small living room and never has a cover. The Infatuation's East Village late-night guide describes the lighting as 'low and pink'; the playlist sits firmly in the late-1970s disco canon.
Order a frozen daiquiri ($14, the bar's signature, rum-and-lime base with rotating flavours), a beer-and-shot ($12, your call on the beer), or a Piña Colada off-menu if the bartender is in the mood. The cocktail list is short and the kitchen is non-existent. Regulars on r/AskNYC recommend the rotating frozen flavour over the classic and avoiding the seasonal additions.
Mid-twenties to mid-thirties East Village locals; mixed weekend dance crowd 22:00 onward; quieter on Tuesday and Sunday. Time Out New York's East Village dance bar coverage flags it as 'the friendliest small dance room east of Avenue A.'
Joyface Instagram (verified 2026-05); The Infatuation; Eater New York; Time Out New York; r/AskNYC; Google Maps reviews (n=900+).