Perfect Picnic NYC — Restaurant in New York

As other reviews have stated, do not expect the GoCity pass to be a good experience with this company. Back in March 2025, we had a group of about 20 people visiting NYC and planned to have a nice picnic in Central Park.

We expected to be able to walk in and get the boxed lunches - with a few sandwich options, chips, apple, water, and cookie for each box - and enjoy the day. This is what was promised in the advertisements and on the website.

We arrived around noon, but the door was locked and the worker inside waited 5 minutes before begrudgingly opening the door and telling us they were "baking bread". We asked how long it would take, they said 15 minutes, and we planned to come back. We told them how many boxes we needed and waited.

When we came back 30 minutes later, we still had to wait another 15 minutes to get the boxes. We only got sandwiches and chips, not boxed, but bagged. When we asked where the apples, water, and cookies were, the worker just said "that's what you get with the picnic. We told them we were advertised that we'd get more, but they doubled-down. There were two other groups/families in there at the same time and they confirmed what we thought. They were just as frustrated. I guess since we only were paying GoCity and not the Perfect Picnic business itself, we just had to suck it up and take what we could get.

We took our sandwiches and went. When we opened them, it turns out ALL our sandwiches were made of cold bread (not freshly-baked as they suggested), tomatoes, and cold mozzarella. Completely unappetizing compared to the Italians, turkey subs, etc. we thought we were getting.

We ended up cutting our losses and bought some pizza from around the corner, as well as some cookies and waters from a convenience store. We should've started with that instead of taking an extra hour out of our day to have one of the worst picnic experiences...

My brother introduced me to Perfect Picnic years ago when he had them prepare a delicious to go picnic for us for an event in Prospect Park... a few years later my friend used perfect picnic to host a fabulous birthday celebration for her husband in Central Park. When it came to celebrating our wedding during Covid we wanted to do a socially distant picnic in the park. I called Wendy and we walked through the menu several times and she was lovely with helping us think through the modifications and went above and beyond to ensure we got all the changes that we wanted - including a last minute stop at Whole Foods for us! The food was so tasty the sandwiches were gobbled up our guests raved about the cheeseboard and the dessert platter. Wendy and her team set up a beautiful comfortable picnic for us with plenty of blankets and beautiful pillows to make it a welcoming space. Her team made clean up a breeze we literally just had to show up and leave when it was all over. Can’t recommend Perfect...

What a huge disappointment! We used the GoCity pass for what was supposed to be a “perfect picnic,” but it was far from it. In total, we paid 160 euros (40 euros per person), and for that price, we got very little in return.

Each of the two bags contained 4 tiny bags of chips and 8 mini rolls – I’m talking really small, about the size of a hand. The food was awful: dry, tough, and tasteless. We didn’t even get an apple or anything fresh, just these sad, tiny sandwiches and chips. No water, nothing else. It felt like we were completely scammed.

For the price we paid, we expected much more, especially since a picnic should be a decent meal. Even with the GoCity pass, this was definitely not worth it. If we hadn’t used the pass, we would have felt even more ripped off. This experience was nothing like what a picnic in New York should be.

We honestly feel like we’ve been taken advantage of. I would not recommend this to anyone – it’s a...