Florentin, a Mediterranean gem on Amsterdam Avenue, understands something essential: that hunger is both physical and aesthetic. Florentin offers the kind of Mediterranean cooking that makes you remember why we gather around tables in the first place.
The Florentin salad arrives like a small rebellion against November chill. The light green shishito peppers—prepared in some novel way the kitchen won’t quite reveal—manage to be both familiar and different. The sea bass is respectfully handled. The steak frites is what steak frites aspires to be in its dreams.
Service here operates with a quiet competence that’s increasingly rare. The staff listens.
I suggested they consider live music—a jazz singer, perhaps someone with Juliet Ewing’s smoky presence. The waitress seemed receptive. Every restaurant is a work in progress, after all. We build our pleasures incrementally, adjusting as we go.
Worth your attention.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jonathan Howard
Feel compelled to give a little story time of my last experience here. Came in for brunch one day, and ordered a sangria with my meal. In the sangria floated some small dead bugs. I cannot say for certain what kind of bugs, I didn’t really want to know, as I had already drank some and didn’t want to lose my burger all over the table.
Additionally the service was inattentive, so I was already a bit annoyed, and simply asked for the check in an effort to get out of there as quickly as possible. When the busser came to clear my table, he noticed the bugs in my sangria, and made eye contact, at which point I finally acknowledged that yes, I was aware of the critters.
He immediately took the drink to the bartender. Her reaction was to glance over worriedly and discreetly ask him if I had noticed it, to which he confirmed. Only then did they seem to decide to take the sangria off my check, and offered no other apologies or explanations. It was as if they would not have acknowledged it if they thought I didn’t notice…
At this point, I would have simply left and never come back again, but what happened next is what inspired me to write this review.
Instead of tossing the sangría batch, I witnessed this bartender pull out a strainer and proceed to STRAIN THE BUGS OUT OF THE SANGRIA. I was floored, flabbergasted.
Since then, I have told anyone I know in the area to not come here, but I think this anecdote is worth sharing more widely, should it save someone from unintentionally ingesting some extra protein.
No idea how they still have an A letter grade. Dine at your own risk.
Mallary Saltzman
All was good! We had great service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Erik Crown
Great food, family friendly, fun lovely atmosphere. Great service
Noah Thaler
Good food. Lively, busy, loud kind of place (in a good way)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Steele Snyder
Great restaurant. Could’ve been better tho. The atmosphere was an issue. The men’s room was too small for a multi-stall and there is no ADA accessible restroom either.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
Itai Zarmi
Good place we went for Brunch Good options service is attentive Place Resturant looks nice with plenty of natural light
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Wimolwan Suwannachote
I got the branzino, I liked it but it's quite small to be honest. I liked the onion soup as well
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Lauren Capece
Perfect stop for lunch
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amit Mandelbom
New amazing place with some of the best cocktails and Mediterranean food in NYC. Very recommended!!
Florentin, a Mediterranean gem on Amsterdam Avenue, understands something essential: that hunger is both physical and aesthetic. Florentin offers the kind of Mediterranean cooking that makes you remember why we gather around tables in the first place.
The Florentin salad arrives like a small rebellion against November chill. The light green shishito peppers—prepared in some novel way the kitchen won’t quite reveal—manage to be both familiar and different. The sea bass is respectfully handled. The steak frites is what steak frites aspires to be in its dreams.
Service here operates with a quiet competence that’s increasingly rare. The staff listens.
I suggested they consider live music—a jazz singer, perhaps someone with Juliet Ewing’s smoky presence. The waitress seemed receptive. Every restaurant is a work in progress, after all. We build our pleasures incrementally, adjusting as we go.
Worth your attention.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Feel compelled to give a little story time of my last experience here. Came in for brunch one day, and ordered a sangria with my meal. In the sangria floated some small dead bugs. I cannot say for certain what kind of bugs, I didn’t really want to know, as I had already drank some and didn’t want to lose my burger all over the table.
Additionally the service was inattentive, so I was already a bit annoyed, and simply asked for the check in an effort to get out of there as quickly as possible. When the busser came to clear my table, he noticed the bugs in my sangria, and made eye contact, at which point I finally acknowledged that yes, I was aware of the critters.
He immediately took the drink to the bartender. Her reaction was to glance over worriedly and discreetly ask him if I had noticed it, to which he confirmed. Only then did they seem to decide to take the sangria off my check, and offered no other apologies or explanations. It was as if they would not have acknowledged it if they thought I didn’t notice…
At this point, I would have simply left and never come back again, but what happened next is what inspired me to write this review.
Instead of tossing the sangría batch, I witnessed this bartender pull out a strainer and proceed to STRAIN THE BUGS OUT OF THE SANGRIA. I was floored, flabbergasted.
Since then, I have told anyone I know in the area to not come here, but I think this anecdote is worth sharing more widely, should it save someone from unintentionally ingesting some extra protein.
No idea how they still have an A letter grade. Dine at your own risk.
All was good! We had great service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food, family friendly, fun lovely atmosphere. Great service
Good food. Lively, busy, loud kind of place (in a good way)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Great restaurant. Could’ve been better tho. The atmosphere was an issue. The men’s room was too small for a multi-stall and there is no ADA accessible restroom either.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 5
Good place we went for Brunch
Good options service is attentive
Place Resturant looks nice with plenty of natural light
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
I got the branzino, I liked it but it's quite small to be honest. I liked the onion soup as well
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Perfect stop for lunch
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
New amazing place with some of the best cocktails and Mediterranean food in NYC. Very recommended!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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