Madison & Vine — Restaurant in New York

It was okay at best....

First, which I didn't have a problem with, they would not allow us to dine-in until we showed not only proof of vaccination from the covid virus, but show ID to prove that it was our vaccination card. I didn't mind showing proof of vaccination, but I wasn't ready to show ID. Again, It's all good.

The place was not crowed at all. Maybe, two-thirds of the tables were vacant. The food was good. I had the Vine Burger. She ate Salmon and truffle fries. Regarding the burger, I thought that the lettuce would have been shredded, but it wasn't. It was just whole leafs placed on top of the patty. It was unappealing looking to me, so I didn't eat it. My Old Fashioned was the best I had since my arrival to New York.

The reason for two stars is because the service was extremely slow and negligent. My sister asked our server for bread to eat as an appetizer. Ten minutes later she wound up asking another server who proceeded to tell her how much the bread cost ($7.00, and all it was was a 7 to 9" toasted hoagie roll split in half). They served the bread, but didn't bring us plates to eat the bread on. We had to request plates, again from another server or it could have been a busboy. Again, we waited. My sister sat with an empty water glass for at least 10 minutes before she finally requested more water. My sister asked me if I would have liked to have dessert, but I told her I rather not because that would have possibly taken another 25 to 30 minutes before it arrived to the table. As courteous as all of the servers were, I felt as if we were a bother to them, rather serving...

This is also a neighborhood I tend to stay far away from. The picking around this part of the city is slim unless you want Irish Pubs, Massage parlous but then that’s not really eats I suppose. It was a dimly lit room with soft music. Easy enough for conversation or romantic dinner depending upon your mood.

Madison & Wine looked like comfortable reasonable spot for dinner to celebrate my friend’s new luxury apartment in the sky (rental). The clientele looked like a cross between hotel guests who didn’t want to venture far, gaggles of girls ready to go party afterwards and locals after work in the neighborhood. We had a table quickly by the friendly host.

We started with the warm artichoke and spinach dip with plenty of chips to share. I thought it was pretty good and usually there are never enough chips but in this case it was more than plenty. I like that. I decided to try the meatloaf. It is something I don’t make and I don’t even remember the last time I had some. Plus it was a chilly night so some comfort food seems about right. My fellow to be New Yorker who still really NJ but hey it’s a start got the ravioli. The ravioli was kind of bland seasoning wise, the pasta was a bit firm but the filling was quite nice. The meatloaf was seasoned well and had a good texture. It was the right pick for the evening.

Madison & Wine satisfied the dinner requirement and was an enjoyable meal in a subdue ambiance to enjoy the food...

I called one day prior to our department Christmas lunch and i have booked a table for 10 people. I called at 8:30 just to be sure that i will get a table. Apparently the manager booked it at 2PM. A couple of hours later he calles me for me to confirm the booking because they are super busy and i said that i am at a doctor’s appointment and i will call him back afterwards. I was literally in the doctor’s office talking to the doctor. When i called back nobody appeared to see my reservation anymore and laughed at me when i said 10 people. They told me to call back in 10 min to talk to the manager which i did but the manager didn’t pick up. Another person did. I was asking something and he would go back and forth to the manager to ask him what to respond. All in all he told me that the reservation doesn’t exist anymore and that the manager will call me back to explain because he is currently in a meeting. Which in my opinion it was a lie but I hanged up and waited for the manager to call and explain why did he canceled my reservation without asking me. Guess what? He never called me back!!! The lack of respect and professionality is beyond what i can imagine. A manager should know better before he does this kind of things. I looked like an idiot in front of my coworkers just because of his incompetence...