We went to Lucien at 11 PM, and the place was bustling, happy, and fascinating. The atmosphere is infectious with a joy for life and filled with beautiful people. The service is amazing. Despite the large crowd, the service was wonderful—always delivered with a genuine smile and a true joy from staff who clearly love the good life. In short: the food is wonderful, the drinks are excellent, the service is amazing, and there's a fantastic vibe of creativity and good living. I highly recommend it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael Farkas (The Two-Line Pass)
Didn't honor reservation after over a half hour of waiting. Doesn't look like a very enjoyable experience because of how cramped and loud it is inside. Go to Fossetta instead.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Georgi Azar
Absolutely shameful! If I could give this place zero stars, I would. I made a reservation 2 weeks in advance for a party of 8. Called two days before to confirm and they confirmed. Then they called me again the same day to confirm, and I confirmed again. We showed up on time at 9:30 PM sharp. We were left standing there like complete idiots for a almost and hour and a half. No apology. Just empty, repeated promises: “Your table will be ready soon.” “Just five more minutes.” At 11pm, the “manager” offered us some crap sparkling wine while we waited freezing on the sidewalk. After 10min we gave up and left. When I asked why we even bothered making a reservation, the only excuse was, “We’re very busy.” So you overbook on purpose and make your guests wait an hour with a reservation? Make it make sense. Save yourself the time, frustration, and complete lack of respect. Go literally anywhere else.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alexei Crichton
Had a cool time at Lucien , was invited by my good friend Jamal . I'm visiting from the Islands, just visiting a brother working on a movie. Then Lucien Bar it was , then a Movie level 3 days ensued . Highly recommended , Was introduced to Zac the CEO . Great moments .all the way from the Caribbean Isle of St.Vincent . 🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🍷🍷 By Reservations only .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John Haywood
Booked a table for 12 people and they gave us a table for 8 people and told to make it work. No AC so it’s ridiculously hot.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Roubi Eliopoulos
We came here for lunch on the recommendation of the Ludlow Hotel’s front desk. I ordered the artichoke salad. It was one of the blandest salads I’ve had. The artichokes were way over fried and tasteless. There was barely any dressing. I asked for chicken to be added. It was overcooked and needed salad and seasoning. To make things worse, everything was insanely expensive. Do your research. I would have skipped this place if I had.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Ryan Balouma
Beautiful place and atmosphere inside and out, food was delicious I can’t wait to come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
JUAN CARLOS ROJAS
I order the chicken it was very tasty and juicy just perfect. The food runners were very friendly! I will be back to try other dishes!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
David Lemoine
Service - 3 staff and 20 min to get my aperitif ($15 for a Ricard that they did not know how to serve) on July 13 around 1.30pm. Busy day? Nah, only 3 tables with patrons. Zero excuse. The 3 ladies were more busy chatting than paying attention to their customers. Absolutely unacceptable.
Meal: took pretty much 45 min between ordering and getting our 2 dishes (we did not order much). Bad bread…how can you own a French restaurant and serve subpar bread to your customers?! Grilled octopus? A piece of rubber, completely overcooked. Duck cassoulet? The duck was definitely canned duck as the meat fell off the bone by just touching it with my fork. It reminds me of those tourist traps on rive gauche in Paris that sell you canard fermier …fresh from the can!
$110 + tips. NEVER AGAIN.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Nazgol Agah
Absolutely Appalling! If I could give this place zero stars, I would. I made a reservation five days in advance for a party of 5. Called two days before to confirm and they confirmed. Then they called me again the same day to confirm, and I confirmed again. We showed up on time at 8:00 PM sharp. We were left standing there like complete idiots for a full hour. No apology. Just empty, repeated promises: “Your table will be ready soon.” “Just five more minutes.” Until 9:00 PM. At that point, we might as well have just walked in without a reservation and gotten the same (lack of) service. And when they finally seated us, they stuck us at the worst table in the entire restaurant directly facing the toilets. When I asked why we even bothered making a reservation, the only excuse was, “We’re very busy.” So you overbook on purpose and make your guests wait an hour with a reservation? Make it make sense. Save yourself the time, frustration, and complete lack of respect. Go literally anywhere else.
Super cool little spot - Upscale dining in a chill/casual environment. Food was top quality and staff was amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adeeb Saeidi
I ordered the steak and fries traditionnelle the dish was cold and awful! Spoke to employees and even requested the manger, they were all very bad.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
the guy
The nexus of the universe. Cracks bad 7 days a week. Great food and lots of smokers. My favorite restaurant in NYC & the owner Zac is a class act. 5 stars Bigtime
We went to Lucien at 11 PM, and the place was bustling, happy, and fascinating. The atmosphere is infectious with a joy for life and filled with beautiful people.
The service is amazing. Despite the large crowd, the service was wonderful—always delivered with a genuine smile and a true joy from staff who clearly love the good life.
In short: the food is wonderful, the drinks are excellent, the service is amazing, and there's a fantastic vibe of creativity and good living.
I highly recommend it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Didn't honor reservation after over a half hour of waiting. Doesn't look like a very enjoyable experience because of how cramped and loud it is inside. Go to Fossetta instead.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Absolutely shameful!
If I could give this place zero stars, I would. I made a reservation 2 weeks in advance for a party of 8. Called two days before to confirm and they confirmed. Then they called me again the same day to confirm, and I confirmed again. We showed up on time at 9:30 PM sharp.
We were left standing there like complete idiots for a almost and hour and a half. No apology. Just empty, repeated promises: “Your table will be ready soon.” “Just five more minutes.” At 11pm, the “manager” offered us some crap sparkling wine while we waited freezing on the sidewalk. After 10min we gave up and left.
When I asked why we even bothered making a reservation, the only excuse was, “We’re very busy.” So you overbook on purpose and make your guests wait an hour with a reservation? Make it make sense.
Save yourself the time, frustration, and complete lack of respect. Go literally anywhere else.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Had a cool time at Lucien , was invited by my good friend Jamal . I'm visiting from the Islands, just visiting a brother working on a movie. Then Lucien Bar it was , then a Movie level 3 days ensued . Highly recommended , Was introduced to Zac the CEO . Great moments .all the way from the Caribbean Isle of St.Vincent . 🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🍷🍷 By Reservations only .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Booked a table for 12 people and they gave us a table for 8 people and told to make it work.
No AC so it’s ridiculously hot.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
We came here for lunch on the recommendation of the Ludlow Hotel’s front desk. I ordered the artichoke salad. It was one of the blandest salads I’ve had. The artichokes were way over fried and tasteless. There was barely any dressing. I asked for chicken to be added. It was overcooked and needed salad and seasoning. To make things worse, everything was insanely expensive. Do your research. I would have skipped this place if I had.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Beautiful place and atmosphere inside and out, food was delicious I can’t wait to come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I order the chicken it was very tasty and juicy just perfect.
The food runners were very friendly!
I will be back to try other dishes!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Service - 3 staff and 20 min to get my aperitif ($15 for a Ricard that they did not know how to serve) on July 13 around 1.30pm. Busy day? Nah, only 3 tables with patrons. Zero excuse. The 3 ladies were more busy chatting than paying attention to their customers. Absolutely unacceptable.
Meal: took pretty much 45 min between ordering and getting our 2 dishes (we did not order much).
Bad bread…how can you own a French restaurant and serve subpar bread to your customers?!
Grilled octopus? A piece of rubber, completely overcooked.
Duck cassoulet? The duck was definitely canned duck as the meat fell off the bone by just touching it with my fork. It reminds me of those tourist traps on rive gauche in Paris that sell you canard fermier …fresh from the can!
$110 + tips. NEVER AGAIN.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 1
Absolutely Appalling!
If I could give this place zero stars, I would. I made a reservation five days in advance for a party of 5. Called two days before to confirm and they confirmed. Then they called me again the same day to confirm, and I confirmed again. We showed up on time at 8:00 PM sharp.
We were left standing there like complete idiots for a full hour. No apology. Just empty, repeated promises: “Your table will be ready soon.” “Just five more minutes.” Until 9:00 PM. At that point, we might as well have just walked in without a reservation and gotten the same (lack of) service.
And when they finally seated us, they stuck us at the worst table in the entire restaurant directly facing the toilets.
When I asked why we even bothered making a reservation, the only excuse was, “We’re very busy.” So you overbook on purpose and make your guests wait an hour with a reservation? Make it make sense.
Save yourself the time, frustration, and complete lack of respect. Go literally anywhere else.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
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The absolute best.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Super cool little spot - Upscale dining in a chill/casual environment. Food was top quality and staff was amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I ordered the steak and fries traditionnelle the dish was cold and awful!
Spoke to employees and even requested the manger, they were all very bad.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
The nexus of the universe. Cracks bad 7 days a week. Great food and lots of smokers. My favorite restaurant in NYC & the owner Zac is a class act. 5 stars Bigtime
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great steak frites
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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