Café Standard — Restaurant in New York

We stayed the night at the Standard and decided to try the Cafe for breakfast on a Monday later in the morning around 10. The vibe is trendy and the decor is nice. I have to say that the waitstaff/servers were not very friendly and seemed uninterested in diners as they walked in. There are seats at the bar and small round tables along the wall. Several tables were occupied by people no longer eating just doing work on their computers, for such a small location I would think they would keep more tables available for diners and not people using the location as their office space. We sat first at the bar (the bartender) had his back to us for almost 10 minutes before we finally asked for menu's and coffee. A table soon opened up so we moved, again sitting for over ten minutes before being acknowledged. Finally a different server came over and said they had to brew more coffee. The food did come out fairly quickly after that but the follow-up service for more coffee/water was lacking. We had a variety, omelete with mixed greens, croissant egg sandwich and irish oats which were all very good. We enjoyed our stay and room at the hotel, I just think their restaurant staff needs some...

Food here was alright but nothing truly special especially for the price. We came here for dinner.

Biggest surprise was the menu we received was about half of what's listed on the website which was a bummer (ex: Mushroom Terrene wasn't available for us to order) but this could be chalked up to the fact it was Thanksgiving day.

Items we ordered as of 11/2023: Gnocchi - Cooked well but the portion size was pretty small especially for the price we paid (it's not listed on the online menu but we think it was over $20).

Café Burger - $26 - Pricey burger but came with a lot of fries. Wasn't a huge fan of the peppercorn aioli unfortunately (reminded me of a thick aus ju). I'd recommend asking them to hold off on the sauce or have it on the side).

Classic Caesar - $18 - This was good. Well dressed and good size. Didn't really taste the anchovy in the croutons though.

Sorbet - $8 - Mango sorbet was good as was the strawberry (really can taste the fruit). Good palate cleanser!

House cookies - $8 - Disappointing as it was 3 small cookies and they were on the harder side. Didn't seem to be freshly made (to me anyways).

Overall it was okay. Prices are typical...

Just had brunch here and was very disappointed. I held the Standard to a higher... well, standard. Waiter didn’t come for 10 minutes so took a while to order, water glasses smell pretty terrible, like old lard. Bottle of still water was $9! Nine dollars, Carl! Ordered Southern Style Eggs Benedict with a side of avocado and Poached Eggs. The place is understaffed. Waiter was overwhelmed. Forgot the avocado side. The eggs benedict came with some kind of crushed (read: powder) ham over grits which was entirely way too salty and a bit burnt. The avocado came out (it was sliced half of an avocado with a little mound of salt and cayenne to the side) when I was already finished with the eggs benedict, 20 minutes later. It cost $7... for half an avocado... that wasn’t even of spectacular quality. I bet the cocktails are good though, I wouldn’t know because I don’t think I will ever come back. For what it is supposed to be (a $70 brunch for 2 people), this was probably one of the worst...