Cailin C.
Yelp
I've been here 3x with my girlfriends and with each time we keep coming back, the experience has been... meh. So we're done. Which is so unfortunate because the themed nights are so promising!!
The first time:
We came for their Halloween bash on a Tuesday night and didn't realize that it was hosted by a singles meet up organization--which was totally fine! Katch's IG post said if you arrived at 7pm, you'd get a free shot. We arrived earlier and I guess they weren't prepared, because into the party, they were handing out the shots, and the server handing out the shots asked us where our wristbands were (which we didn't get because they distributed those after we came in), and only gave it to us because she remembered that we were the first ones to arrive.
The bartenders explained to us their happy hour and then suddenly two drink menus were given to us and we were confused which ones were discounted and which ones weren't and only found out once we got the drinks and had to pay immediately (they weren't opening tabs) that the ones we ordered were not the discounted ones. Sigh.
We eventually left because their drinks were ok (specifically the cider mojito -- there is no cider taste at all lol) and the party itself wasn't that fun. Come on, how do y'all mess up a singles party?
The second time:
We first saw on IG that they updated their brunch menu -- specifically the giant Margarita -- and we KNEW we had to have it. It's HUGE!! It's a lot of alcohol and so much fun to share and drink with your girlfriends. You have to share it with like 3 girls -- we were only 2, but again, it is a lot.
To pair with my giant margarita, I wanted to order something omelette-y (I really hate Benedict's, tbh I think they're overrated, and this menu was full of Benny's), and the only omelette they had on the menu was a MASSIVE omelette!! Uhhh, it's also a lot, which I kind of wish I knew? Like the portion could feed 2 people!! But the omelette was fine, nothing to really run back for. The servers/managers were funny because I asked for toast with my omelette, and people kept coming back how we found our meal and I just kept asking for toast and everyone kept responding, " Toast? Uh... ok." It was like 3 people who kept responding as if they hadn't heard of toast before. Eventually they gave me buttered toast and charged me for biscuits. Ok, sure. My friends enjoyed their steak and eggs and corned beef hash Benedict.
It's eerie that the restaurant was so dead during prime brunch time 1pm, and it was also tacky that the staff was taking down the Halloween decorations during operating hours...
The third time:
We came back for the Girls Night Out experience, because to be quite honest, you can't get that in NYC!!
However, the experience less than ideal:
- The event was scheduled from 5-6:30pm, and what time did it start? 6:30pm. No announcement, no heads up, nothing. The advertisement even said that doors would open at 4pm, so I really felt bad for those who came at 4, if any!
- The disorganization was crazy, too -- we sat at a table, then was kicked out of the table because we didn't order food, and yet we saw another pair who didn't order food sitting at a table.
- The stage was so small for the dancers that they barely had any room and the location of the stage just wasn't ideal at all. There's beams everywhere in the restaurant blocking your view unless you're at the front, front.
- I felt bad for a group of older women who sat at a nice booth, but then had to strain their necks to see anything on the stage.
- They had drinks specials that weren't that special -- their lychee mojito tasted nothing of lychee!!
The performers were amazing, though, and did their very best to give a great show! The emcee was not great: he didn't scan anyone's tickets, he gave wristbands out so late, and didn't do a very good job emcee'ing.
I also didn't enjoy that even though you paid for the event, people who were just coming to the bar/restaurant on a whim pretty much got to see the event for free since the event wasn't blocked off from the public.
TLDR: I wanted to love this place, but I also get why no one is inside: unorganized, lack of communication, the restaurant needs a whole renovation because the placement of where everything is like a DJ set up or a stage are not good locations!