The Laurels Cafe and Bar — Restaurant in New York

I got FOOD POISONING from the steak! My boyfriend’s parents also got food poisoning. Please avoid this restaurant!!! I was throwing up all day and had terrible stomach pains. I got the Aged Tenderloin Steak HandHeld with fries. The fries were bad and not seasoned at all. My guess is that they don’t keep their meat at a food safe temperature and the meat goes bad, but they serve it anyways.

They also gave my boyfriend a reused pizza and randomly put red pepper flakes on it and he asked for a plain cheese pizza with no toppings and the waitress confirmed, saying it will not have any other toppings! The first pizza came out less than 10 minutes after we ordered which was odd. Then the waitress tried to argue with us and said “oh we always put red pepper flakes is our normal plain cheese pizza”. Like, no? So we reordered another pizza which they actually seemed to make fresh since it took over 15 minutes after the rest of the food came out, but it was burnt and they STILL couldn’t just give him a PLAIN CHEESE PIZZA. They randomly topped the plain pizza with Parmesan cheese.

To add to this terrible experience, the meal was over price. $120+ for 4 people.

The service was ok. The atmosphere was ok too, but was smaller than we expected. It’s not really a dinner place, more of a lunch and bar place.

I would give 0 stars for food if I could as this was a horrific experience. I went there on Friday night and it is now Sunday morning and I’m still having stomach pains. DO NOT GO...

The laurels is great! I reached out to them on a Wednesday and was able to host my 29th birthday party with about 25 to 30 people that Saturday (just 4 days after reaching out). They were really accommodating and even though it was last minute I was able to place an order for catering platters for my party and they answered all my questions promptly. The best part is there's no rental fee or minimum spend to host a party here, they just ask that you put a credit card down upon booking as there is a fee if you no-show, which is understandable. I was a little bit nervous as I haven't been here before, but when I walked in the space was perfect for what I needed. We had the whole back area and they gave us a section of the bar just for our party to ensure we had space to order drinks from. The staff was so helpful upon our arrival and let us stay however long we wanted even though I originally reserved the space to have a three hour party, they let us stay almost fivr hours, and we're very nice about it. Food and drinks were good and service was attentive/prompt. I would definitely recommend this place for a small to midsize party or even dinner/drinks and will be...

I found this place through the app "Pulsd" where 2 people get 1 entree each and bottomless drinks for $39! I believe you can also find the same deal on Groupon. Reservations were easy to make by dming their instagram or through Resy. It wasn't pretty crowded on Saturday noon so we got to sit where we like. The inside of the restaurant was cute and had ample seating.

I went with their eggs benedict and potatoes and thought it was great! I liked how they didn't drown it in hollandaise sauce similar to what other places do. The spicy sriracha hollandaise wasn't too spicy and added a kick of flavor. Although I do with the portions were a little bigger, even by adding a bit more potatoes.

The bottomless mimosas were strong to me! After 4 drinks I started feeling "happy." With the pulsd deal I believe you can either choose between mimosas, peach bellinis, and bloody marys. Service was attentive and made sure our glasses were kept full.

Bonus: they have super clean and restrooms and theres also a nice park 1 block down in case you need...