It's convenient because there are restaurants where you can eat without having to go far.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
AmyR
Never ever EVER eat here. If you can research you will see that I never complain about restaurants but this one charged us 185 for the worst food of my life and the absolute worst service. We were not acknowledged for 15 minutes. Then the food was just awful. I mean horrible. Scallops were rubbery and flavorless. My husbands fish was rubbery and sub par. NOT worth the exorbitant price. Oh and the oysters were kinda “off”. Never ever EVER eat here.
Tina
Unfortunately I was expecting much more out of this dinner. It was my birthday & my husband & I were visiting NYC for a vacation. My husband had a pasta w/ prawns & a starter of raw oysters (oysters were tiny), and I had a cold poached lobster salad. The food was good but the servers could have been in a cafeteria...literally felt like we needed to eat & get out as fast as possible.
Tara
Terrible service, terrible food very loud cafeteria style ambience. Ordered the scallops and they were way overdone with no flavour, the vegetables were raw. At least half hour wait between waiter visits...
Fred
Upon being seated at 5:31pm, we were not greeted by a waiter until 5:46pm. This set the tone for the remainder of the experience where we needed to flag down wait staff to get anything. The two waiters serving the area were nice, but the waiting for service, waiting for drinks, waiting for food, and finally waiting for the check was simply unacceptable. Following dessert being delivered it was just over 20 minutes until I stood up and walked to the waiter to get the check. There is a great history with this restaurant, but either get more wait staff or seat less people. History does not dictate the future and it seems this restaurant is resting on it's laurels. With over 23 thousand restaurants in NYC, Grand Central Oyster Bar is not one I would recommend.
Graeme
We looked forward to eating in the GC Oyster Bar while in New York and it did not disappoint. The oysters were delicious, the service excellent, the price reasonable - thoroughly recommended by us.
Steve
Great seafood in a classic setting. Party of 6 had a wonderful experience..oysters were amazing. Scrod was perfectly cooked and veggies were crisp and overcooked. Service was fantastic and wine list had some nice reasonably priced selections
Marie
The place has lost it's luster. The main entrees were meh. Oysters are still good but there's other places in NYC to go for them. The service was poor to fair. The “bread basket” had only crackers. The place is oddly inconsistent.
Larry
The seafood we had was very fresh. We opted for the seafood platter with 1/2 lobster. Looking at other dishes servers passing by were taking to other tables all looked very appealing. The place was packed and a bit noisy. The service was quick and responsive. Good wine selection as well. Given all of the above, the price seemed reasonable to us.
Dave Davidson
Here right now The oyster bar services sucks Seriously I get better service from my neighborhood diner understaffed & take forever to take your order Clams are too chewy #oysterbar #sucks #cockroaches 2/10 wouldn’t bang
ON ARRIVAL HOST WAS RUDE. MENU CHOICE NOT AVAILABLE BUT OVERALL FOOD OK. THE NOISE LEVEL IS UNBEARABLE - AS TABLES QUITE CLOSE YOU CANNOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WITHOUT SHOUTING TO EACH OTHER OR THE SERVER. VASTLY OVERATED!
eileen
Our first time back here in years. The GCOB caters to an after work crowd. We were in for a show and we were looking forward to dining here. The server was dismissive bordering on rude. The lobster cocktail was overdone but the oysters and mignonette were delicious. Paper cups for a mignonette seems cheap given the price of the oysters were all between $4-5 a piece. Wine list is excellent.
michele
A NY institution that doesn't deserve to be. The maitre d was rude and needlessly condescending, the waiter cwas somewhat rude and ouldn't have paid us less attention, walking by and never asking if everything was ok or filling our water. The food was essentially thrown down at our table and that was that. Prices are very high and the service is below that of a diner. As in so many places, the only people who seem to care and to do their jobs well are the busboys. A real disappointment and one I won't be revisiting.
jan
Delicious choice of various origines of East Coast oysters. Fish was good. We're no favourites of battered fish. We like the plain options to let the pure texture and taste come out.
laRubia Snow
One of my favorite places to go , service is great , food is delicious, it's always a busy place but definitely worth the wait to be seated.
It's convenient because there are restaurants where you can eat without having to go far.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Never ever EVER eat here. If you can research you will see that I never complain about restaurants but this one charged us 185 for the worst food of my life and the absolute worst service. We were not acknowledged for 15 minutes. Then the food was just awful. I mean horrible. Scallops were rubbery and flavorless. My husbands fish was rubbery and sub par. NOT worth the exorbitant price. Oh and the oysters were kinda “off”. Never ever EVER eat here.
Unfortunately I was expecting much more out of this dinner. It was my birthday & my husband & I were visiting NYC for a vacation. My husband had a pasta w/ prawns & a starter of raw oysters (oysters were tiny), and I had a cold poached lobster salad. The food was good but the servers could have been in a cafeteria...literally felt like we needed to eat & get out as fast as possible.
Terrible service, terrible food very loud cafeteria style ambience. Ordered the scallops and they were way overdone with no flavour, the vegetables were raw. At least half hour wait between waiter visits...
Upon being seated at 5:31pm, we were not greeted by a waiter until 5:46pm. This set the tone for the remainder of the experience where we needed to flag down wait staff to get anything. The two waiters serving the area were nice, but the waiting for service, waiting for drinks, waiting for food, and finally waiting for the check was simply unacceptable. Following dessert being delivered it was just over 20 minutes until I stood up and walked to the waiter to get the check. There is a great history with this restaurant, but either get more wait staff or seat less people. History does not dictate the future and it seems this restaurant is resting on it's laurels. With over 23 thousand restaurants in NYC, Grand Central Oyster Bar is not one I would recommend.
We looked forward to eating in the GC Oyster Bar while in New York and it did not disappoint. The oysters were delicious, the service excellent, the price reasonable - thoroughly recommended by us.
Great seafood in a classic setting. Party of 6 had a wonderful experience..oysters were amazing. Scrod was perfectly cooked and veggies were crisp and overcooked. Service was fantastic and wine list had some nice reasonably priced selections
The place has lost it's luster. The main entrees were meh. Oysters are still good but there's other places in NYC to go for them. The service was poor to fair. The “bread basket” had only crackers. The place is oddly inconsistent.
The seafood we had was very fresh. We opted for the seafood platter with 1/2 lobster. Looking at other dishes servers passing by were taking to other tables all looked very appealing. The place was packed and a bit noisy. The service was quick and responsive. Good wine selection as well. Given all of the above, the price seemed reasonable to us.
Here right now
The oyster bar services sucks
Seriously I get better service from my neighborhood diner
understaffed & take forever to take your order
Clams are too chewy
#oysterbar #sucks #cockroaches
2/10 wouldn’t bang
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
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ON ARRIVAL HOST WAS RUDE. MENU CHOICE NOT AVAILABLE BUT OVERALL FOOD OK. THE NOISE LEVEL IS UNBEARABLE - AS TABLES QUITE CLOSE YOU CANNOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WITHOUT SHOUTING TO EACH OTHER OR THE SERVER. VASTLY OVERATED!
Our first time back here in years. The GCOB caters to an after work crowd. We were in for a show and we were looking forward to dining here. The server was dismissive bordering on rude. The lobster cocktail was overdone but the oysters and mignonette were delicious. Paper cups for a mignonette seems cheap given the price of the oysters were all between $4-5 a piece. Wine list is excellent.
A NY institution that doesn't deserve to be. The maitre d was rude and needlessly condescending, the waiter cwas somewhat rude and ouldn't have paid us less attention, walking by and never asking if everything was ok or filling our water. The food was essentially thrown down at our table and that was that. Prices are very high and the service is below that of a diner. As in so many places, the only people who seem to care and to do their jobs well are the busboys. A real disappointment and one I won't be revisiting.
Delicious choice of various origines of East Coast oysters. Fish was good. We're no favourites of battered fish. We like the plain options to let the pure texture and taste come out.
One of my favorite places to go , service is great , food is delicious, it's always a busy place but definitely worth the wait to be seated.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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