Water St. Tavern

71 Jay St, Brooklyn
(347) 844-9411

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Ajani Benitez

The server Ri was amazing. IM surprised the rating for this place isn’t higher because the burger is amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Paul Ronningen

The guy added $10 to tab and said “my finger slipped on computer”. Watch your bill

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

adeel rouf

The food and service as great. Ri knows how to mix drinks well.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Steven Catudal

I came on a Saturday early evening and was quite disappointed. They only have 1 of 4 beers on tap because the others are out. They do not offer tap water. And the place is incredibly empty. I understand why no one is here. Lots of other great options in the area.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Jonathan Monk

Fantastic meal, drinks and experience! I was a bit worried but all the reviews are 1-2 years old. They def changed over their front of house and kitchen staff since then. Will certainly be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Natalie Chambers

Just visited here impromptu, without booking on a Friday night, while visiting NYC on holiday. It was very quiet so I was slightly concerned but I needn’t have been. It has a great vibe, cosy lighting, awesome laid back tunes and the food was absolutely lovely. We were a little disappointed that the Porterhouse steak for two wasn’t available but husband and son had steak frites instead and it was amazing. I had the scallops and mussels and daughter a pasta dish. All of us were very impressed. Would recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

selena m

The owner incredibly rude and food tasted like it was frozen from Costco. In fact that’s overselling it - I would much rather eat frozen Costco food than what they’re serving here.

Daniel Aguirre

No water, terrible customer service. Maybe even a hint of bias at this place from the bartenders? Do better.

Frances Benitez

This place was a bit of a disappointment. I ordered the short rib gnocchi and it tasted like it was leftovers that had been reheated. Three friends ordered the scallops and they were all cold and over cooked.
The server had a hard time keeping our orders straight and was not very attentive. Before we started ordering I asked what the options were for splitting the bill and was told we could only use one card. She also wouldn’t let us split the check. As someone who works with Square, I know that there is a capability to split the check multiple times. When we go the bill there was a credit card fee that we were not made aware of ahead of time. So basically they prefer you pay cash. Who pays with cash these days?

Elizabeth

We were unable to sample the food or drinks - we waited 20 minutes to order and at 45 minutes we told our server we were leaving because all we had received was water. It wasn't that they were packed - there were plenty of tables and spots at the bar. They may have been understaffed, which I sympathize with, but 45 minutes and not even our drinks is crazy. There was no apologies or follow ups. I am convinced the only reason the auger took out order was because a large group of men had asked he change the channel on the tv above our head to the NFL draft. He told there at our table leaving over my friends head for 30-40 seconds as he searched for the right channel.

thirdbirdstudios

Service was good enough. Attentive but not overly so for sitting at the bar. Pretty place but not much of a vibe during happy hour. Made a strong drink. Just had wine and cocktails.

Emelie Miller

🤮🤮🤮

Marcos Antonio Soares Filho

Amazing food

Marcin Glowacki

Came for few drinks, prices are decent, creative cocktail list but the bartender was more interested in texting amd being on the phone than serving 3 customers in the entire bar area during lunch...

Campbell Cross

I think this place has a lot going for it. They just need to tighten up on the service a lil bit. Today I had the $16 lunch special tavern burger and it was cooked properly medium rare. I found the meat to be a little under seasoned and the cheddar cheese wasnt giving enough saltiness for the burger so I did have to add salt and pepper ontop of the burger. The fries that come with it were nice and crispy and I appreciated getting both mayo-aoli as a dip option as well as ketchup. The server seems a little out of it , he just seems tired and uninterested in being there which hey I get it we dont love our jobs all the time, but im seeing a lot of other reviews mentioning similar vibes so its definitely something they need to work on. It was pretty empty I was there from 1-140pm and only two other tables came in the whole time (when I walked in just after 1pm the place was totally empty). I thought it was weird when I asked the server if next time on the burger could I ask for a different cheese option since cheddar isnt the best on a burger imho and he said he didnt know, he would have to ask the chef, but then he never went and asked lmao

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