4.7
Superb
100 Reviews
105 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn
Customers’ favorites
- Roasted Potatoes
- Roasted Carrots
- Charred Cabbage
- Crispy Chicken
“We’ve all heard about Gator’s cheeseburger. The praise, the whole thing. But it was even better than the hype. And that was just one of the many reasons we fell in love with Gator the second we walked in. Chef, owner, designer, host and probably a dozen other things we’ll never know about; you can feel Allyx’s attention to detail across everything. There’s so much thought, personality and care poured into this Greenpoint gem but none of it feels forced or overly curated. We walked in feeling like we’d been invited over for a family dinner. The drinks are chilled, the conversation is easy, the hosts are impossibly gracious and the food just keeps coming! The spin on mac n’ cheese, the garlic butter for the focaccia and even the fig icecream. Course after course of inventive, surprising and just ridiculously good cooking. It’s rare to find a place where the food, the people, the hospitality, the graphics for the menu and the general feeling of being somewhere special all come together so naturally. Nothing stiff. Nothing pretentious. Just really, really good people doing something they clearly love and doing it exceptionally well. Bravo! I can’t wait to tell everyone about this place. New York needs more Gators. More places that take risks, care deeply and remind us why we love dining out in this city in the first place…”