B. Smith

This is a southern food restaurant owned by the model B. Smith. We ordered the green tomatoes and crab cake appetizers. They were good. I ordered the shrimp and grits. The dish was good but not as good as some of the shrimp 'n grits from down south. The ribs were well cooked and very tasty. The prices are expensive but the restaurant is convenient to the theatre. There is a pre-theatre menu but we arrived too late for that menu. Service was good.

We were very excited to visit B. Smith on Restaurant Row NYC during our vacation from San Diego. We had very positive meals at the one in D.C. This time we ran into problems. We visited there during Restaurant Week July 2013. Actually Sunday dinner 7/28/13. My husband had the jambalaya and he complained very loudly about too much tarragon or some off spice that turned it unpleasant. I am from New Orleans and we enjoy jambalaya so he had a point of comparison. I had the chicken fried steak and no complaints from me. My 13 year old had the mac and cheese and it was a thumbs down. The portion sizes were very inconsistent; mine was generous but the other meals seemed skimpy. We ended up paying way too much for food that 2 out of 3 of us did not enjoy. I don't know if this experience reflects their usual fare but we didn't make any plans to go back.

We had the worst restaurant experience we have ever had In my life The food was pricey and terrible. We send the steak back twice and still could not eat it , the caesar salad was filled with old yellow lettuce, the chicken wings were not good at all.The bread was good and the mac & cheese was good, the wait staff were excellent. There were only two other people in the restaurant can you imagine just block from time square. It was clean and nicely decorated

went with friends. Nice upscale look but with letting in tourists and people with shorts on, is disappointing. Also, I had to ask the waiter 4 times to bring my drink. Food menu was ok. fried green tomatoes were good.

Attractive yellow-walled restaurant on Restaurant Row with good Southern/American food. Enjoyed the Fried Green Tomatoes, and Shrimp & Grits. They offer a reasonable pre-theatre menu. Our out-of-town guests were happy with their meals.

I enjoyed my visit to this restaurant for the first time but I was not very impressed by the food. The macaroni and corn bread was not what I expected but the food was fairly good. However, my friends catfish dish was far better than my dinner of BBQ ribs.

My appetizer, the braised pork cheeks were ok. Tender with good texture and flavor but nothing special. My entree was the hangar steak. The mushroom tater tots made no sense. Why were the words 'tater tots' in quotations when all the plate was were some clearly non homemade tater tots and some sautéed mushrooms. Seriously a horrible side. The sweet potato flan was OK but my portion wasn't heated through. It was cool in parts and warm in others, why not heat it to an even temperature? Either cool or warm, not this mix. The steak was tasty but nothing to write home about.

On 1/17/2014, I visited B.Smith Restaurant in Manhattan with a friend from California. We didn't have reservations and the hostess suggested that we sit at the bar. While at the bar, the manager asked another couple to move down one seat so another couple could sit next to us. The couple who moved down, was offered drinks on the house. The bartender took the drink order of the couple who sat down next to us (did I mention that it was a WHITE couple). The bartender then took our drink order. The food orders for all parties took a while before we received it, but the WHITE couple was provided with bread while they wait by the manager. Manager also apologized for the food delay. Did I mention that the manager, bartender, hostess are BLACK and so am I and my guest. We waited 2 hours before we were served. No apology from the manager... no bread ... no nothing... My Jamaican mother would say that an establishment who doesn't treat it's customers with respect, is not deserving of that customer's hard, earned money. Dorrette