Bill S.
Yelp
The hype of this place made me book a reservation. If you say you make the best burger in NYC, then I'm on it and I'll be the judge. Good burger, I'm not going to take it away from the chef. I was the first reservation at 5 and was served cold fries?! da fuk?
Not only the burger, but the entire menu sounds crazy. Also, this is not the most beautiful restaurant in the city. C'mon man, it's on a rooftop but with plastic trees. Long story short, everything pissed me off about our experience. Let's get this review started.
My wife is getting her hair done at Arrojo. She looks like a queen and I want to take her to a great dinner. I read her the menu the week before and the pastrami salmon has her attention. Book the restaurant I'm told! They open at 5, I planned it just right.
I parked the car in a garage a block away and the attendant tells me, after two hours the price goes up. Not a problem, keep the car up front sucka!
I thought I can get here at 4:45 and have a drink at the bar? The doors are locked, not a problem. We wait outside for 10 minutes. Now it's 5:01, locked doors? 5:04, in walk thru another door and go to the host stand. I say the doors are locked? I flustered the hostess, it's her first day? A second hosts comes and I tell her the doors are locked. She says, please go to the bar while we get your table ready.
I order a cocktail but the bartender seems off. I order a Peach Smash made with Angel Envy. I see the bartender take a straw, put it in my drink and taste it? What. The. F....
Our table is ready. We take our drinks and order the truffle tagliolini as well as the pastrami salmon and the burger.
The freshly made truffle pasta is KILLER! It's a very rich dish that my wife and I split, this was a great starter.
My burger comes out. The Twenty Three Grand Burger with its outstanding seeded bun and fontina taleggio cheese is pretty damn good. The shoestring fries are cold, more
BS.
Now when you think of NYC pastrami, you're thinking of a heavy spiced crust? Man... that salmon wasn't crusted or tasted any differently. It was cooked well but there is no way it should be called pastrami.
My wife and I pay the bill and I'm assuming he was the manager asked how everything was? My wife said very good but guess what? I'm in a pissy mood from this place, it told him the salmon was under seasoned. He apologized up and down, let me buy you a drink, etc. The car garage wants to charge me more, it's time to book out.
Twenty three Grand, a unique place to dine in NYC, I caught it on another off night.