Dancing Crane Cafe

Extremely rude staff. Expected better but reading reviews it seems acceptable

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Unbelievably bad. On the Tues of Thanksgiving week, tourists everywhere, at lunchtime there was literally one lukewarm pizza & A couple of servings of french fries and chicken nuggets on display and that was it. The grab and go shelf was empty, so I have no idea what normally was on it, but i expected sandwiches, salads, Something creative, special and delicious not to mention healthy & appealing, which none of what was there was. This is Central Park in New York City, it is not some 7-11 in The middle of nowhere. Shame on the zoo to have such a terrible concession operator, running a café in the greatest park in the greatest city in the world. Incredibly disappointing.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

In a nice spot in the park, but staff not so friendly, food very average and could do a lot better for the price

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

If I could give 0 I would, the worst food I have ever seen or tasted. Of course they know this and tell you if you touch it you buy it. Never ever will go back there.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

They give you chicken strips with a horrible taste, i tried to change it but they never helped, somebody cleaning called Sergio told me that is closed to avoid the mistake

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I only came here because they serve bird-friendly certified coffee. It’s great to actually see a cafe that only serves coffee with the bird-friendly certification. I would say that is the best thing about this place. I wouldn’t recommend coming here for anything else, as everything is quite expensive.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

You would think that the cafe at the zoo would be good right? No, of course you wouldn't - it's the cafe at the zoo - you would think it was overpriced garbage, and you'd be right!

$15+ for a few room temperature chicken fingers and fries.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

The food was very soggy and expensive a small pizza was 10 dollars and my friend was called a dumbass when asking a question, also the chicken wasn’t fully cooked

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

A bit of a cold treatment but the place was nice and coffee and muffin were good

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

Not baby friendly at all. Asked us to take our kid’s stroller outside even though the place was almost empty. Ordered fries which had a really bad aftertaste. Wont recommend.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I enjoyed this black coffee for its mildly roasted flavor, & decent temperature (as in, not boiling hot). Good place to warm up in the cold weather.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

If I could give zero stars I would. Kid at the cafe counter (white with thin mustache) literally said he doesn’t wanna be there and acted like it. 2 lattes and a chai took 20 minutes to serve and skipped me on purpose for reasons that escape me.

Look for better employees that at least have a little sense of customer service.

Service: 1

By far the worst coffee of our lives.

I bought a caned Minute Maid drink which was fine, but the bathroom was disgusting

Atmosphere: 1

Easy to see why this place has such a low rating. Fries came cold & even when replaced were still lukewarm, but that's not the worst part, the worst part is they're the worst fries I have ever eaten in my life. How you mess up something so simple is beyond me.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1