Sophia — Restaurant in Town of Babylon

Well, I wish I could say it was a good experience, but this time it was lacking. I went with my husband to listen to the jazz group they were having. They are good friends of ours and we had a big table. The music, for the time we were there, was excellent. The food, well, I wished I could have eaten but this is what happened. We got there about 15 or 20 minutes after the music started and it seemed that the waitstaff was already collecting the appetizer plates. (I thought that was a bit quick but..) We ordered our drinks and when they came to take our dinner order, my husband wasn't too hungry and we were ready to order an appetizer to share and I wanted a salad. The waiter informed us that there was a minimum food order of $45/person. At that point, I asked that he total our tab because we were going to go. No hard feelings but I guess they didn't want us there. Awkwardly, we explained to our friends, who had no idea about this minimum, finished our drinks and left. To their credit, we were not charged for our drinks. This also comes on the heels of our last experience there where my husband's food took a hour and a half and came out as everyone else was having dessert. The staff also had asked the musicians to 'finish up' and the patrons that 'it was time to go home '(no, I am not kidding). Evidently, they need to reconcile that when there's jazz music nights, people hang out to hear the music. They will likely drink more, maybe eat less and it could run later than a regular dining night. I...

Went with a party of 12 for a special occasion. We asked if there was a fixed menu to help with the cost. They said sure, we got a small portion of pasta, a small salad and a choice of chicken francese, a short rib, salmon, or veal parm. The food was ok and then the check arrived. They charged us over $85.00/pp!!! Our bill came out to $1500.00 with drinks and tips. I was taken back, seeing as we could have had steak and lobster, and it would have been cheaper. We spoke with Jose, the manager, and he rudely agreed that it would have been cheaper to order lobsters or steak off the menu, and he added that "WE asked for the fixed menu." I'm sure it was our mistake not to ask how much, but when I arrived home, I looked at the website, and the highest catering package was approx. $85 pp, which included hot and cold appetizers and filet mignon and lobster as choices as well. We did not receive any of those options. The catering package closest to what we received was approx $55/pp. I tried to attach the packages to the review but it wont let me. They totally took advantage of us for not asking and just assuming the cost pp would be cheaper than just ordering off the menu. The manager gave us a gc, but we couldn't apply it to this astronomical bill, and we won't be going back, so that was a useless gesture. This ruined a beautiful celebration and really not worth the money for food that was good, not...

In all my years …61 to be exact have i ever had such gross food ! We went for the psychic night we payed for a 3 course meal and a reading . Our first appetizer was shrimp coctail which still had the black poop in it and tasted like my fish tank when i was a kid . They took it back and we ordered a salad i couldnt even eat… it was bitter and awful! And my spouse got fried calamari… again terrible.Then the main dish linguini with fish fra diablo .. it was so salty you just couldnt eat it . And there was no fra diablo sauce ! Then dessert how could you mess that up right ? Well the tirimisu was so soaked from sitting probably 2days you couldnt eat that either ! Their were 4 of us , having 1drink each , and a total of 425.00 which included a 65.00 tip to a waiter who only took our order was unbelievable .. and i work for tips so i know about tipping . The waiter saw that i in particular i didnt eat anything could care less. It was busy as hell and wait service was scarce . Im not sure how they stay open and keep busy . Mabey people dont know what delicious food should taste like . If you want to be ripped off and have terrible food eat at sophia...