Rosemary's — Restaurant in New York

I booked a reservation for 5 guests on Saturday night this weekend at Rosemary’s in the East Village. We showed up about 7 minutes late to our 7:15pm reservation. We called when we started to hit every red light in the cab over and was told by the hostess that they would hold the table for 15 minutes and that it was no problem.

We got to the restaurant at approximately 7:22pm, and we were seated right away. The hostess had let us know that we needed to be up by 8:45 for another reservation. We said okay, no problem.

The waitress came and took our drink orders (that took so long to come out) and then also asked for appetizers while she took our drink orders. It took a long while for everything to come out.

Right when the appetizers were brought out, she asked to take our entree orders. We were not ready, we had not even had a bite of our appetizers yet. Because we were not ready, she had reminded us that they needed to table at 8:45.

Then we did not see her for even a longer while until another woman came to us asking how our night was going. We replied good and she then let us know for the third time now that we needed to put our entrees in immediately so that we would be up by 8:45.

We still did not see the waitress for another 10/15 minutes after this interaction.

Finally, our orders were taken and we ate our food. Workers were asking to box our leftovers / started cleaning up our table right as finished eating. The check was dropped. We paid and off we went.

We were hosting our friends over from Australia and were so embarrassed by being rushed out by this place. We felt like we couldn’t even enjoy our time, and drinks/food because we were being pressured to finish up ASAP. We understood the 8:45pm reservation was coming in after us, but we were not given the opportunity to order in a timely manner due to the lack of service we received from our waitress. Maybe they should block out some more time between reservations….

Meanwhile, a table next to us that was already there before we had sat down was not rushed once.

Needless to say, if you want to enjoy a dinner with nice conversation and without being rushed out the door, don’t come here. - check out Roey’s instead!

We checked out Roey’s for some additional drinks and desserts since we were so rudely rushed out of Rosemary’s. Roey’s...

My three friends and I traveled to New York for a much awaited trip and unfortunately Rosemarys cast an awful shadow on our time in New York. From the moment we entered, the two hostesses on the door were very standoffish and rude. One hostess in a very rude and disrespectful tone said that my friend had her name spelled incorrectly on the booking - this is simply my friends Irish name. As we were sat down, there was a very strong hostile vibe coming from the servers. Putting this aside, we decided to focus on enjoying our meal and drinks. However, when we ordered our drinks, and asked for ID one of my friends was told her ID wasn’t valid. Given we traveled transatlantic, we did not carry our physical passport books out with us, just our identity cards from our respective countries. Whilst two of our cards were accepted, my other friends was not. Kevin our server, was kind enough to check with his manager if this was valid. However, the manager came to our table with honestly the most rudest and patronising explanation. Given the ID can be used as a valid method of travel, we queried this but where then very rudely mansplained the concept of a passport. As three people who have all worked in the hospitality and service industry, we know the stress and intensity of restaurant work but the way we were spoken to was unacceptable. As a quiet, non rowdy group of young woman we were extremely embarrassed and upset in how we were spoken to. Two of us got our drinks, and when we all got our food, we felt that the hostess was circling our table and it was all around uncomfortable. A gorgeous restaurant with decent food, but the staff need some serious thinking about how they approach and communicate with guests - when you give respect you get respect. We understand that the ID requirement is a policy but given this, it should be specified in the booking: All...

The moment you walk into Rosemary's, you feel as if you've wandered into a completely different world - the ambience is incredibly inviting and beautiful! It's the perfect place for a date or dinner with friends. Honestly, I would even go back alone for lunch with a good book one day!

We had a 6:00pm reservation and didn't get seated until 6:15pm on a Saturday evening. We were meeting our friends who were visiting from GA so it wasn't a big deal as we had a lot to catch up on anyway. Our server was very attentive, knowledged on the food and drink menu, and kind. She definitely set a great tone for the evening.

Drinks are well-made here. My friend's husband ordered the Stiletto Manhattan - very good. I got the pistachio highball, also very good! I admittedly did order the stiletto manhattan the second time around as it was that good! My friend ordered the Rosemary's prosecco and was very happy with it.

We ordered the carrots and Rosemary's focaccia for the table - both were excellent, especially the bread! That is not to be missed. The entrees were individual portions which worked out well so we all got to try something different. My husband and I shared the rigatoni alla arrabiata and the mushroom risotto (and by share, I am pretty sure I ate all of my rigatoni and then tried to eat his risotto as well - sooo good!). Our friends ordered the orecchiette and (I think) the bolognese - both seemed happy with their choices. Dessert was the olive oil cake and the chocolate torta - can't go wrong with either choice! I got a cappuccino to end the night, which they initially forgot to bring out, so by the time I got it was kind of cold and not so great tasting, but not terrible.

I'll definitely have to visit Rosemary's again and am hoping for a repeat of our first visit regarding food...