Cerveceria Havemeyer — Restaurant in New York

Between the cozy vibe and delicious Mexican food, it's hard not to want to love Cerveceria, but the only consistent thing about this restaurant is the abismal quality of service.

I even tolerate it and honestly eat here somewhat often, because the food is so good. You just have to know what you're getting into, which is the purpose of this review. Here are a few situations you might encounter:

1. Entering an 85% empty restaurant and told that all open tables are reserved. You are only given a seat when you tell the "host" you're just interested in a quick meal, and subsequently given a time limit for your meal.

2. Your server bring your entrées out 20 minutes apart from your guest. When you get their attention, the server lies and tells you that your single taco just "takes longer."

3. You ask for the check because the rest of your order still hasn't arrived an hour later and the server argues with you, does not apologize, or make eye contact.

4. The staff gives customers attitude, is unapproachable, aloof, or unfriendly.

Cerveceria is an amazing example of how NOT to run a service-oriented business, especially a restaurant. Advice to the owners. Hire entirely new service staff. But seriously the place is very charming and the Mexican food is some of the best in...

they have surprisingly great tacos. Stumbled upon this place by just doing a simple Google review. If you come for happy hour, they offer three types of tacos for only three dollars. One being pork, the other being chicken and they also have a vegetarian option. The Micheladas for happy hour were more than reasonably priced. The bartender also had great conversation and was very welcoming. Upon entering the bar I was greeted. Upon sitting down, I was serve a glass of water. The bartender was super knowledgeable on how everything was prepared in the kitchen, and we had a great conversation. Would highly recommend anyone in the area to come here and check them out for themselves.

The additional four sauces that came with the tacos were also delicious

What allowed me to give this five stars was really the food. I always appreciate a...

We went on Cinco de Mayo and can only guess they were really struggling with the crowds that evening. The wait was very long and they seated people randomly, for example several tables who arrived after us were seated before us. Our table wasn't clean when we were seated, they kept forgetting our orders or gave us the wrong order, and our bill wasn't correct when it finally arrived. Lots of other tables near us kept sending their bills back as well.

The shambolic night aside, at the end of the day, the food itself was just OK. It was definitely the worst meal we had on our NY trip food quality wise. But we did enjoy the buzzing atmosphere and staff were...