I have eating here a few times, and I do like the food. I've been here for brunch with my mother and for lunch by myself. The place is relatively nice and ok for a date (except maybe if you're in yu/stern and you want to avoid the crowd). It is quite a bit pricey... and I mean pricey (like $18 for a sandwich which I think is nuts). But I put this type of establishment in a similar category as a place like "my most favorite food" in the upper west side (not necessarily because they are both dairy places...). I dont' particularly recommend this place, but if you're in the neighborhood and you want to get decent dairy food and good service (I think they used to have bad service and have been improving) / great decor (date or business meetings), then I'd say it's ok.
After 4 months I decided to come check things out once again. In my opinion, the quality of food has gone down. I would order cappuccinos from this place because I once came on a sunday morning and the person making the coffee knew what he was doing. Today, I asked for a cappuccino and a pizza and found disappointment across the board. $20 personal pizza that I ordered (which I personally believe is incredibly overpriced as anyone can get much better for a better price at Solo) was messed up when I got it (I'd post a picture but I can't). The cappuccino that I ordered (for $5) I had asked the cashier if it was an actual good cappuccino and he responded "it's a good cappuccino." - it was worse than starbucks; no microfoam and metallic taste. I had told the waiter and to my amazement he took initiative, and got me another coffee which was perfect (concerning as they do in fact know how to make good coffee but pretend that bad coffee is also good, which is not). I was disappointed to pay $25 for lunch which wasn't even up to par. Had I paid $12 I would have said it was justifiable. As always, service is great though. That waiter's initiative surpassed my...
Read moreWe dine out ALL the time, all over the world. It is clear when a restaurant appreciates their customers. In those cases, it’s delightful to be there. This experience was the opposite.
We ducked in for a crepe or light lunch. The prices were shocking - especially based on the atmosphere. (The prices would have made more sense if this were a fine dining establishment.) I wanted to leave, but the hubs insisted we stay since we were already seated.
To be fair, my husband’s crepe and my sushi roll were very tasty. However, we were not checked on ONCE after our food came. The servers stood in the middle by the computer, on their phones the entire time. We needed more water and never got any. The check came with a mandatory 20% tip. We questioned what it was for, since we didn’t receive in service. (Almost always, we tip 25-30% for good service. When we mentioned that to the owner, he mocked us and said everyone tells him that. Perhaps it’s because there are many frequent diners who tip well for good service, but expect good service for a good tip.)
The owner was very defensive, and it was clear the servers could not care less. This place has no life in it. It’s tired and washed up, and it’s time for the owner to make a...
Read moreReally nice place to get away from the grind without even going too far. I came here on Christmas Eve so it was understandably very quiet. The restaurant itself is beautiful, really great ambience-I would highly recommend for a date For appetizers we got nachos shikiriki sushi and some type of fries The sushi was amazing and the fries were good too but the nachos were a bit of a letdown they were not at all your typical nachos and had a bad texture and the cheese and guacamole wasn’t mixed in But that was the only bad dish everything else was amazing For mains we got pizza and a bunch of different types of pasta and these guys really got the pasta down to a science they were all really good -but by far the best one was the chestnut gnocchi pasta
For dessert we got the pistachio crème brûlée it was unexpectedly delicious and had a very good unique flavour definitely try it if you come here! They even gave us a soufflé on the house which was nice Overall great restaurant and great service would definitely come back my only complaint is the nachos that was a big breach but everything else was delicious *Just keep in mind that there’s 20%...
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