Glasserie — Restaurant in New York

This was a random yelp find, as I was in Greenpoint (an area I've never found myself in) and my friends and I got hungry so I got to searching. I saw the photos to this place and that was enough for us to go.

Came in, the place was empty but filled up quickly during the course of our meal. The decor was simple, clean lines and rustic is I guess the right description. Looked like a gutted factory - the outside dining area looked like a refurbished loading dock area. Anyway, it was spacious and unique.

We were promptly shown to a corner table and provided with menus and a description of how the menu works. Apparently it's a daily/seasonal menu and meant to be shared family style. My friends and I weren't in a drinking mood, so got to ordering food right away. More than half the group was vegetarian, so decided to stick with all veggie platters to keep it simple. They classify their dishes in the following way: small, medium and large. We ordered about 3 small, 2 medium and 1 large plate, with two different type of breads to go with it.

The waiter was very honest in his assessment of what we should get - we were debating between the Stewed Favas & Chickpeas, Fried Husks option vs the Spring in a bag - we were told to go with the Favas and we were so glad we did! That was hands down, one of my fave dishes of the meal, as it has a very tasty fried/crunchy potato and who doesn't like that!?! It can best be described as a dip and it was really very good.

For 5 people we were full off the following: "Small" Dishes: Stewed Favas & Chickpeas, Fried Husks (THE highlight) Savory Filo Pastries (they're small - one to each person - but the juice these things came in was crack and if you're a dipper, you'll love this. I dipped the potatoes and the bread in this stew) Bulgarian Feta, Horseradish Pickled Beets - if you're a beet person, this is good. I'm not, so I just stuck with the cheese, which was fine.

Medium: Cauliflower, Labneh, Fresh Marjoram (it was more like a 1/4 of a whole cauliflower - I think it could have been upped to a half and then it can be classified as a "medium" sized dish) - still, very tasty Chard Rolls, Almond & Wild Spring Onion - very good. light taste

Large: Zucchini Kataif Pastry, Ricotta, Spearmint - it was ok. I thought I'd like this more, but I'm not a fan of mint in my food (Drinks yes, food no) and the zucchini was covered in this hard crunchy pastry that I wasn't too fond of.

We got the flatbread for the first part of the meal, but I wasn't too fond of the strong herb (couldn't ID it). I much preferred the griddle bread. We did order a side of labneh but didn't get it. Could have gone for more than just the dab that was included with the cauliflower.

Overall, the downsides were so minuscule, compared to how GREAT the overall meal was, that this is still a 5 star meal and I would go back in a sec! I can't wait til I'm no longer observing a veggie lifestyle, so I can try their fish/chicken options, but for vegetarians, you'll leave...

Based on others reviews I was surprised by how wrong they were. Of course taste is subjective, and I didn't come for coffee. I came for what I hoped would be a tasty middle eastern meal in a cool location. My cousin had suggested this restaurant, she had eaten here prior and enjoyed the food. We were a party of 4 for a Saturday evening 6:30 reservation, which you most likely need. I enjoy dining with people who don't mind sharing, which for this meal was perfect since we ordered many dishes. We had the hummus, smoky eggplant, griddle bread with labne, This course is a blur, the pita and griddle bread, with the toppings hit all my senses, smoky, creamy, tangy and chewy, with a little crunch, I'd be happy with this trio to be a cocktail party regular, just add the cocktails. The beets were a standout, the sweet beets the crunch of pistachio and salt of the feta 🥰 We then tried the yams, think sweet and salty potato wedges with spicy hot peppers, some of us felt the 🔥 and some just enjoyed without. The smoked lamb shawarma was served on a perfect chewy pita, and I ate it like street food, with hands and enjoyed every last bite. At this point I was full, but I do believe in dessert and my guests all agreed to taste, so we had the maple baklava and the Turkish delight and halva. This was not that crazy gooey Greek soaked in honey baklava, but a crunchy cinnamon pastry with a maple syrup sweet topping, refined not overly sweet. The halva was sweet and might have paired well with a strong coffee, but I was still nursing my Buffalo Trace, but there is...

We were a party of 5 and we had made a reservation for thanksgiving dinner. They brought us a few small plates of olives and other starters in saucers. So we ate that. Then they came by with the turkey plate on a regular dinner plate which consisted of maybe 15 slices of processed turkey with a 1 1/2”X 1 1/2”X 1 1/2” cube of stuffing and maybe two spoonfuls of cranberry sauce. I thought they’d bring another turkey plate for the other side of the table. When I told the man 3 slices of Turkey per person is ridiculous, he arrogantly said “if you want to get more turkey you must pay more”! He could tell I was getting agitated so he went back to the kitchen and brought 5 more slices of Turkey in a saucer and said that the chef did you a favor and gave you these extra pieces for free! Thank you glasserie for your generosity! We received the bill and for that amount of food they charged us $150 PER PERSON! That did’t include any drinks. The drink bill was a separate $180! This restaurant had no atmosphere, the food was mediocre at best and I don’t know why they need a “chef” to open a package of supermarket bought turkey! The slices were identical shape and thickness so my guess about a supermarket turkey is spot on. I have no problem paying a high price for a meal, but I will not stand for being made a fool of while they were probably laugh back in the kitchen saying I can’t believe there are so many succors at the restaurant! Maybe regular meal on regular nights is more reasonable but I feel really ripped of. Shame on...