Babylon Mercantile — Local services in Town of Babylon

What an amazing night! We celebrated my 50th birthday here with a cooking class. We had such a great time. The staff made everything easy from booking the party through cleaning up at the end. I had one guest with a gluten sensitivity and another with a separate health issue. Debbie and Chef Chris worked with me to craft a delicious menu that worked for everyone. Chef Chris, Debbie and Christine answered all my questions while being knowledgable, patient and pleasant. The storefront and kitchen are beautiful. I’ve taken classes at other facilities and this is the nicest by far. The space is bright, pretty and immaculate. Chef Chris made the class so much fun. He is a talented chef and has a great personality. He peppered his demonstration with interesting facts and helpful tricks. I love to cook and learned quite a lot. He had a great rapport with our group and kept it light while still teaching us. One of the main reasons I picked The Mercantile was because they had a large table where we were able to relax and enjoy ourselves while we ate. After we cooked we all had a lovely meal together. Everyone had such a good time I had to gently remind people when the party was over so the staff could go home. Finally, the food. I opted to add some additional starters and they were delicious. I’m glad I added them. We began my party at 6:30 pm. We had salad somewhere in the middle but didn’t sit down to dinner until around 8:45 pm so the extra starters helped. The salad was prepared for us and was absolutely delicious. Everyone raved about it. We enjoyed the meal we prepared (chicken piccata, roasted potatoes, broccoli rabe and zabaglione) and almost everyone took home leftovers because the portions were large. We were 19 people. More than one person said to me that this was an amazing party. Some guests were trying to get a couples night together and another friend wants to have her party here. I could not have asked for a better...

Had an absolute blast with friends last week taking a cooking class with Chef Chris – we truly can’t say enough good things about him and our experience at the Mercantile. He created such a fun, comfortable atmosphere and was so personable and engaging with everyone in the class. This is the 3rd class my wife and I have taken with Chef Chris and we always leave there talking about what a great time we had and how much we learned.

He went out of his way to put together a separate side dish of focaccia bread after my wife informed him she’s expecting and couldn’t eat the provided tuna appetizer – something that he definitely did not have to do but we were incredibly appreciative for.

On a side note, the Babylon Mercantile itself is absolutely gorgeous and the way they set up their cooking classes with various pauses and time to sit on their patio to drink and chat makes for such an enjoyable experience. The food is always amazing and the social aspect to the class always gets us smiling. I wholeheartedly recommend Chef Chris and the Babylon Mercantile to anyone looking to have a great night out with family, friends, or on...

I was interested in booking a cookie decorating class that involved dining as well for $115 per person. So I used the chat feature to ask what food will be served and they said they didn't set the menu yet. And when I asked more details about what cookies and how many we'd we making the answer was just plainly..... six cookies. I'm not going to pay $115 each for my daughter and I to attend a cookie decorating class and be served food and not know exactly what I'll be getting for my money. I feel as a consumer I should be able to know what the details of the products I will be receiving. I do understand their service involved as well. I was very displeased with this communication and I'm going to The Cooking School in...