"The Loyal feels a bit like a sceney restaurant from a previous era, and is quite possibly the only new West Village restaurant of the last decade to have white tablecloths. The food is excellent across the board, and will be enjoyed by everyone from a burger obsessive to a vegetarian to the person who wants to eat a nice piece of fish. Despite the white tablecloths and the fact that they serve a sundae that belongs at a child’s birthday party and involves sparklers, The Loyal is somehow neither formal nor corny. Mostly, it’s just fun." - bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang