Rye Grill & Bar — Restaurant in City of Rye

I’ve been to this place several times hoping it’ll gets better. Every time I go the service just seems to get worse and the food more mediocre. It’s just overall average, but overpriced. Why is a bowl of pasta $26? Why is 3 house wines over $50? No one knows… It’s just a lot going on without the actual hype. A glorified diner if you will. You get the point. But tonight was a special night. No ordinary night. We walk in and we are ignored by the hostess, and waiting for a waiter to come seat us. Typical night there though. We get seated in the back and a waitress (sadly not sure of the name, but had eyebrow piercings) came and took our order. Now she came to the table for around 5x’s - not bad, not amazing. But it’s the theme. We got wine, apps, 3 meals and coffee. For 3 women it was $186. Ridiculous for basic food and service. Anyways we pay and leave and the waitress in the middle of the restaurant says to me “excuse me can I talk to you?” I said “sure,” she then proceeded to tell me about how I under tipped her and I should by 20% not, 15%!” I was honestly shocked and confused as to why she would be so aggressive about a tip on a Thursday night at 6pm. If the service was worth 20% or more I would have loved to have paid it. But 15% was plenty. The confronting and debating with me on the tip in front of other people and after a basic meal was just the last straw that put me over the top. I won’t be coming back or trying anymore. I can’t even say you pay what you get for, but I’m not even getting that. Hope this places ups their food or lowers...

Unfortunately, I had a very bad experience as a 1st time patron of this establishment. My wife and I decided to go out for a Resurrection Sunday dinner and we chose this establishment as a backup as our 1st choice was closed. Please keep in mind that this establishment was recommended. I chose the American Leg of Lamb from the Easter Sunday menu....can you believe that they served me 2 pieces of COLD Leg of Lamb and one piece was badly under cooked. I brought this to the attention of our waitress, who apologized and took the entree back to be corrected and that was to No Avail. She brings back the plate with my Leg of Lamb not COLD but still has an undesirable chill on it and one piece undercooked and fatty. Now I am totally turned off by the food and the service. And would you believe that they actually served my wife a COLD basket of bread (we had to ask them twice to bring the bread) to boot. This was an AWFUL dining experience. And sadly I must say that I got the impression that they will NOT miss me not patronizing their...

It's places like these that keep me from moving out of the city. Suburban dining personified. At least it's not a chain.

There is nothing wrong with this place - it's just that there's nothing distinctive or unique about it outside of the building itself. The beers on tap are not for anyone that really enjoys beer. There are no local brews and nothing off the beaten path. I don't drink mass marketed beer.

The menu, in my opinion, was unimaginative. They play it safe and give you the standard fare that you'd expect in a suburban establishment. For what the food is, I think it's way overpriced. The burgers were good but I couldn't bring myself to order the $22 steak sandwich. The pizza they served my kid was way undercooked. We paid over $60 before tip for two burgers, a kids pizza, soft drinks and dessert.

This is a safe place to go if you want to have brunch with your in-laws or lunch with some clients. You certainly won't walk away upset however if you want a culinary adventure of any sort, this is not your place.

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