Croton Reservoir Tavern
108 W 40th St, New York
(212) 997-6835
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I had such a delicious lunch here! Service was great and I would love to go back here!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came here last week and I just have to say I had the most pleasant server Mandie , she was informative , quick and so sweet ! I haven’t had great experiences with servers when I visit NY but this is definitely a place I would love to come back to !!
Nice Irish pub the food and drinks were amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cast Iron Shrimp, 50 50 Wings
If in NYC, this is the place for great atmosphere, great food and drinks. The staff is wonderful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of the best place I’ve tried in the city in so long, I ordered the ribeye steak; out of this world totally worth the price.
The staff is amazing, so professional and friendly, specially our waiter Oscar. Totally recommended place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bad service
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Great food and service. Wait staff was amazing and food was great we had the Mac n cheese and the Pork Carditas. They both were excellent and wait time was great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Horrible service. This was our third year choosing Croton Reservoir as our destination for Thanksgiving Dinner. In the past we’ve had great food and great service. We expected the same this year. Instead we got unnecessarily rushed service and a waitress that seemed more intent on closing the place down at 6pm than with actually serving us.
Our reservation was for 4:30pm. We arrived on time and for some reason were taken downstairs to their event space. We both thought it was odd because the upstairs space was practically empty at the time. But we assumed they must have a ton of reservations and just went with the flow.
There were only about 8 people total downstairs, including our party of two. Nevertheless the waitress was completely oblivious to our empty drinks or those of our neighbors. Instead of actually waiting on us her time was spent putting out the candles on every other table, removing their place holders etc. In other words, it felt like she was closing the place down around us.
When we had arrived, for instance, the waitress was hanging these large festive lights that looked like giant versions of the lights you’d put on a Christmas tree. Very cute, though she dropped one of them and it nearly landed on another customers head. This is about 4:30, by 6pm she is literally going back up to turn these lights off with the remaining two parties still sitting down here, having drinks etc.
If you’ve ever over stayed past closing time at a restaurant this is what it felt like. Everything was removed from the tables. Dozens of candles were put out. Lights are turned off. But this is 6pm in New York City! As she was turning off the Christmas lights above our heads I finally had to ask her if she wanted us to leave? She made up some excuse that she had to do all this stuff. I explained to her that it was very unwelcoming. Again this is only 6pm.
We had ordered a third meal to take home with us. At this point there are only two parties in this entire section. They bring my meal to the party sitting next to us. They look confused; I have to tell them I am guessing that’s my meal. As usual it takes the waitress who literally only has two parties of a total of 6 people to finally come back to us so I can point to the bag of food and ask her if it is mine. She doesn’t say anything. She doesn’t apologize for the mix up. She just goes and grabs it and sits it down next to me.
She did keep trying to apologize for her rude behavior but it was obviously just to placate us because she never did actually give us any decent service. She claimed the reason they brought us down here initially was because it was so packed upstairs. I corrected her and informed her that it was practically empty upstairs when we were brought down here.
The food was decent but not nearly as good as in past years. Each course was rushed out regardless of whether we had finished the current course. My wife was still working on her salad and the main course is just forced on us.
It was a very disappointing night for many reasons. The service was awful and nearly non existent. The food was mediocre at best. Most of the evening we sat with empty water and drink glasses.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Mandie S. Is seriously the absolute best!!! She made our HH so special and we can’t wait to come back all the time!!! For real. You might get sick of us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A good American tavern with its own style. The dishes are very abundant, delicious and at a good price, a well located place, with a good atmosphere, the service was good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Wings were delicious as was the Mac & Cheese. Steak was not quite cooked as requested but ok.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: 50 50 Wings, Wings, BBQ Chicken Wings
I came in with 25 coworkers and we had the pleasure of having Mandi as a server. Mandi is the best would highly recommend this bar.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I am not a big fan of NYC. BUT this restaurant is the BOMB. The food has a unique combination of flavors. The brisket melts in your mouth. Short rib flathead OMG! When visiting NYC check them out they are worth it!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tavern Burger
Went with family with younger kids (place was little “adult” atmosphere) but seated us right away so very friendly staff. All the food we ordered were good. I’m not sure what drink this was but very tasty, one of the best mix drink I have ever had!!! Give it a shot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tavern Burger
Perfect location. Have a bar downstairs to hang out after office…
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tavern Burger
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