Jack's Wife Freda — Restaurant in New York

TLDR; Skip this overhyped establishment!! Prices are not proportional to the serving size nor taste. Ambiance (1/5): Holy cow, get ready to scream to hear your guests just sitting across from you!! From volume alone, the dining experience was miserable. It was a humid summer night and they left the window/doors wide open so the inside was not cool. Midway into the dinner, they finally closed the doors. Service (3/5): It was difficult to get service because they were busy and it was hard to catch their attention (again due to noise). I would suggest that the tables have a pitcher to refill water ourselves! Note that there is a 20% auto gratuity added. Food: Every dish was very mid. Halloumi (3 pieces) (4/5): The seasoned grapes on top were a nice add. Sadly, the portion size is too small for the price. Slightly too salty though. Fried Zucchini (4/5): Lovely outer crust to the batter but bland without the creamy dipping sauce. Salmon Burger (3/5): This reminded me of a crab cake with a nice outer crust but bland without any sort of sauce. The side of fries are a perfect crunch. Preggo Burger (4/5): I loved the seasoning to the steak which was cooked to a wonderful, tender, medium-rare. The spicy green sauce complemented the burger and has a nice spicy kick. The side of arugula salad was bitter and basically without any taste! It was basically a dollop of lettuce with no other veggie topped or garnish. Bread held the...

This place is very busy ! It is extremely loud and you for sure need a reservation if not you will be waiting a good 15-20 mins. It’s super cramped too. I will say though I’m happy I made a reservation because I was seated immediately. I ordered the spaghetti with chicken meatballs. It tasted great i enjoyed the meatballs the most. But eating the spaghetti sauce and noodles it was on the salty side. I’m not sure if it was the sauce itself that had too much salt but every bite was salty instead of tomatoey. My friend got the chicken prego sandwich comes with a side of fries or salad she said she enjoyed it. We also got a raspberry drink because they didn’t have their seasonal drink it was really good I don’t know the name because the waitress’s recommended that drink instead but it was overall really good. The wait for the food was about 20-25 mins but other than that it’s a decent place definetly not for a conversation area because everyone else around us very loud. The cost of the two meals and two drinks ended up being $90 .. so about $45 each which is in the high side but your typical New York dine...

Walked into this restaurant and was happy that they were able to sit us right away. This was our first time dining and the atmosphere / energy was high (in the best way possible) which is what you would expect from a popular WV brunch restaurant. As great as the atmosphere and service was, the food really felt short. My partner's dish was subpar but what really stood out was the poached eggs with roasted tomato and haloumi... the portion size was so tiny and so overpriced for what you actually receive. Once the dish was brought out I was shocked how two poached eggs were on the tiniest two pieces of toast I had ever seen. I could've finished this dish in 4 bites if I'm being honest. I have worked and lived in the West Village for a while now and can tell you there are so many other places for brunch where you can get a much larger portion (that will actually satisfy your hunger) and with higher quality ingredients for 19 dollars. Maybe ill have to come in for dinner / try the other brunch items but I'd avoid this if you're...