Jeff H.
Yelp
Yoooo Clerksrat back with another tasty review.
So Mrs. Clerksrat and myself decided to take a trip up the Hudson to Hastings on Hudson and enjoy the good Sunday. We decided to stop into this Boro6 Wine Bar for brunch. Now we had been here in the past and were blown away with the cheese board as they gave a ton for the price. Fast forward to this trip and wow what the heck.
We started off with booze because, Sunday. Mimosa/Bellini $10 each or bottomless for $25..: no brainer. We also did the deviled eggs as an appetizer to get a base for the good food. Now I'm old school, if you offfer me bottomless for 90 mins I'm getting 90 mins. I figured 3 and I'd make the money work. Well before I got my first drink, out the appetizer came. So apparently it's easier to make a deviled egg than pour juice and Prosecco together... bad sign to how this was going to go.
Deviled egg was meh. Like I'm from Florida so a real Florida man knows deviled eggs, what's up Publix I see you. It wasn't really bad, just tasted boring. We got 3, we ate 2. It was so meh we literally didn't want the 3rd. While we were discussing how average the eggs were, Mike our waiter, surprised us with the drink we ordered 15 minutes before. Bellini tasted good, and Mrs. Clerksrat was happy with her mimosa so maybe this was going to turn around.
Main courses came, I had a prosciutto sandwich, she had the farro salad. The prices were fair, $17 and $16 respectively and the place has a swank factor so it was fine. Mrs. Clerksrat liked her salad and I dabbled with a bite. It was pretty solid for arugula and faro, better than I could do. Then came my sandwich. Now I will not shade this place for the bread. It's next level hood, but the sandwich kind of sucked. Now again as mentioned I have lived Publix life so I know a good sandwich, but this just felt "off". Maybe it was too salty maybe it lacked something acidic (I watched The Bear I know this) but it was meh.
I figured hey, food is meh but let's rock out on some booze and worst case I'd order some cheese since I know that's good. Mike had other plans for me. When he came over to bus the table and squirt some hazardous cleaner next to my food, I asked for another Bellini. He let me know he'd get on that, and then proceeded to talk to the only other table in the place, head behind the bar and drink some lemonade (or for what I know my Bellini), chat it up with the busser, do another lap and chat with THE ONLY OTHER TABLE.
Finally after I checked the clock, 25 minutes was too long, I asked for the check. I asked to remove the bottomless because 1 isn't my bottom. He said ok, then proceeded to go and magically make a mimosa and Bellini for us - it literally took him 30 seconds. When I told him I ordered that 25 minutes ago and we requested to remove the bottomless, he acted surprised. In general, it seemed like he, along with the bartender (who oddly looked a lot like him?), didn't want to be working and viewed customers as nusuiances.
Overall the ambiance is dope, the cheese and bread isn't a joke, but the service SUCKS. Don't be a Mike, $70 down the drain on crap service and average food. Go there for a glass of wine, sit at the bar and let that be it. I don't leave negative reviews often but this place earned it. I'm giving the place 2 stars primarily for bread and cheese. I don't blame Mike because I don't think he likes his job, if there is a career to stand around and talk he'd be amazing.