Sometimes I wish these restaurants were at least mid. Most are not even to that level.
NYCandLIdweller
Tiffany’s Blue Box cafe.
MurrayPloppins
Beauty and Essex is my most prominent example. Not bad food, but the food is definitely not what you’re paying for.
shocktop6
Everyone’s favorite, Jakes Wife Freida
DC25NYC
While we’re young and Bad Roman
joe_gdit
Beauty and Essex, Beauty and Essex, and Beauty and Essex
euphorazine
chelsea living room! abysmal.
EvenInvestigator5696
Rule of Thirds. Bland, stale, HORRIBLE staff,and equally bad food
novakid
Sushi lab
fortytwoanswers
Laserwolf for me. Never got the hype other than taking a nice photo of the view. Food is mediocre Middle-Eastern, even for the “fancier” or “high-end” style.
CityKitKat
Cecchi’s…
johnsciarrino
i don’t know what i hate more; restaurants that do this or the influencers who created a circumstance where restauranteurs are catering to them over creating a delicious menu. Fuck them all. If a restaurant hasn’t been open for two decades or longer, i’m not interested anymore.
HamsterFido
i read this wrong and thought it was top 3 restaurants in NYC, started writing shit down for my next trip there
blueannajoy
The Butcher’s Daughter
RevWaldo
Zomburger
joetheschmoe4000
Gnocchi on 9th
rambocatmeow
casino. ugh
midnightskyes
Basically any rooftop restaurant
Less-Cap6996
Salt Bae.
Fickle_Substance2412
Boucherie, Cathedrale, Cecchis
Away_Yesterday3782
Somewhere Nowhere
Hilleresq
Queensyard
matzoballbaby
Serifina …
Firenze2
Bad Roman
RichardB4321
Magic Hour Rooftop, a friend wanted to go. They’re still working on getting the food to mid.
(Though I can’t complain because we met Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston doing a Dos Hombres promo so maybe there’s something to eating out for the vibes alone.)
veraciraptor
Meduza Mediterrania is the 4th circle of hell
crsbcn
Based off what I ordered, Catch. Was not impressed at all.
TheNewLevi
Soooo many restaurants in NYC are like this
MintChipOreo
Can someone let me know what’s the opposite of this—great food and great ambiance
MifuneKinski
Cucina Alba
Chateau_de_Gateau
Polo club
Evening-Hearing-454
dont blame the restaurants, blame the influencers who have to film every meal they eat
Signal-Blackberry356
Yep, that’s what’s becoming of fine dining and community restaurants.
legally_blondy
Beef bar, Bad Roman and Chelsea Living Room
Babymonster09
A couple yrs ago I was in the city and had been dying to go to the rooftop restaurant at Eataly. Was not impressed. Aesthetically pleasing and visually stimulating? Yes! But the food was not mind blowing tbh and neither was my drink. Also agreed on Jacks wife Freida!
mellowbaeton
I’ll say the one thing that isn’t overrated are those $.99 pizza joints in Midtown. They’re not that good and not that healthy, but if I can get fed for a dollar after Covid inflation, I’ll take what I can get
echoxer0
Honestly, I went to foxface due to everyone’s suggestion here, the food was so bad I couldn’t even finish it. Expensive af too
mrwinky531
Tacombi
Bike-nOsmelly
Bad Roman, Coqodaq, Cote. Honorable mention Gramercy Tavern
Cartadimusica
That pink restaurant on mott street or sth? Can’t believe still there
All the single pasta concepts now, gnocchi 9, pasta de pasta and the invoking pastagasm (yea that’s the name)
Marcel0129
Sugar factory
GlasgowRose2022
La Mercerie. Appalling service, meh meal and overpriced. I’d say it was daylight robbery but it was an evening I’d like to forget (and get my $ back).
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Coq. A. Daq.
Bad Roman, Principe, American Bar
sushidelic
Saint Theos
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Sometimes I wish these restaurants were at least mid. Most are not even to that level.
Tiffany’s Blue Box cafe.
Beauty and Essex is my most prominent example. Not bad food, but the food is definitely not what you’re paying for.
Everyone’s favorite, Jakes Wife Freida
While we’re young and Bad Roman
Beauty and Essex, Beauty and Essex, and Beauty and Essex
chelsea living room! abysmal.
Rule of Thirds. Bland, stale, HORRIBLE staff,and equally bad food
Sushi lab
Laserwolf for me. Never got the hype other than taking a nice photo of the view. Food is mediocre Middle-Eastern, even for the “fancier” or “high-end” style.
Cecchi’s…
i don’t know what i hate more; restaurants that do this or the influencers who created a circumstance where restauranteurs are catering to them over creating a delicious menu. Fuck them all. If a restaurant hasn’t been open for two decades or longer, i’m not interested anymore.
i read this wrong and thought it was top 3 restaurants in NYC, started writing shit down for my next trip there
The Butcher’s Daughter
Zomburger
Gnocchi on 9th
casino. ugh
Basically any rooftop restaurant
Salt Bae.
Boucherie, Cathedrale, Cecchis
Somewhere Nowhere
Queensyard
Serifina …
Bad Roman
Magic Hour Rooftop, a friend wanted to go. They’re still working on getting the food to mid.
(Though I can’t complain because we met Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston doing a Dos Hombres promo so maybe there’s something to eating out for the vibes alone.)
Meduza Mediterrania is the 4th circle of hell
Based off what I ordered, Catch. Was not impressed at all.
Soooo many restaurants in NYC are like this
Can someone let me know what’s the opposite of this—great food and great ambiance
Cucina Alba
Polo club
dont blame the restaurants, blame the influencers who have to film every meal they eat
Yep, that’s what’s becoming of fine dining and community restaurants.
Beef bar, Bad Roman and Chelsea Living Room
A couple yrs ago I was in the city and had been dying to go to the rooftop restaurant at Eataly. Was not impressed. Aesthetically pleasing and visually stimulating? Yes! But the food was not mind blowing tbh and neither was my drink. Also agreed on Jacks wife Freida!
I’ll say the one thing that isn’t overrated are those $.99 pizza joints in Midtown. They’re not that good and not that healthy, but if I can get fed for a dollar after Covid inflation, I’ll take what I can get
Honestly, I went to foxface due to everyone’s suggestion here, the food was so bad I couldn’t even finish it. Expensive af too
Tacombi
Bad Roman, Coqodaq, Cote. Honorable mention Gramercy Tavern
That pink restaurant on mott street or sth? Can’t believe still there
All the single pasta concepts now, gnocchi 9, pasta de pasta and the invoking pastagasm (yea that’s the name)
Sugar factory
La Mercerie. Appalling service, meh meal and overpriced. I’d say it was daylight robbery but it was an evening I’d like to forget (and get my $ back).
Olio e piu