Rafael

973 Lexington Ave, New York
(646) 918-7971

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Neri Singer

Delicious fresh food, excellent service! Everyone was so friendly and accommodating to our family of 5. Will definitely be back again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Serafima Tikhonova

Best no bread option!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eighteen Seventy-One House

Miriam is a fantastic new addition to the Upper East Side! I’ve eaten here twice now—once for brunch and once for dinner—and both experiences were excellent. For brunch, we came with a group of five. For dinner, we shared the falafel, chicken cutlet, and hummus—all were delightful and generously portioned (we even took home half the chicken!). Both times we sat in the back room, which was cozy and inviting. The food was fresh, flavorful, and beautifully presented. The service was warm, friendly, and attentive. Miriam is just a quick walk from us, and I can already tell it will be one of our go-to spots.

*Delicious food
*Great service
*Cozy and welcoming atmosphere
*Wonderful addition to the neighborhood

Highly recommend—can’t wait to go back again and again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jonathan Goldstein

Best lamb, chicken, falafels, or hummus I’ve had in months

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lisha Wetherill

Wonderful little spot we loved the brunch, the service was top notch. They made my friend feel very special on her birthday. The food was fantastic and I will definitely be heading back here soon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nicolas Bergstein

Food was abysmal and dry. Meat tasted like rubber. Chef was extremely rude as well

Bay

Tried this restaurant with a friend and the food was delicious!! Customer service is excellent. Highly recommend this restaurant!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

David Immerman

Beautiful small upper east side Israel owned Mediterranean brunch. Highly recommend the bloody Mary and the shashuka. Delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Miriam Rodriguez

Found a little treasure with my name on it! Food was unique and delicious. Well presented. Service was awesome. Beautiful flowers in the patio. Ill be back soon with my friends. Thank you!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

J G

The food is great but the service was so bad i won’t be returning. We walked in at 6:30 on a Sunday and restaurant was empty but the manager gave us a stressed out face saying they were sooo booked starting in half an hour but he could squeeze us in at a small table. Lo and behold a bunch of people cancelled and we were fine. Even though the restaurant was never full it somehow took 45 minutes for the hummus to come out. We had to ask twice and the waiter looked confused. Our entrees took so long one member of our party had to leave and take hers to go before getting to eat. They were inattentive and ridiculously slow with the food, meanwhile the manager found time to sip from an espresso martini he had at the bar. Given how egregiously long it took to get our food (they apologized multiple times) I expected the bill to perhaps be edited to reflect the wait but they dropped off the full bill unceremoniously. I’d maybe order takeout but I would not come back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Noam Tamir

Great food and excellent service. The mushrooms to start are so tasty and so is the octopus. The branzino with the cauliflower puree is an amazing combo. I highly recommend this place

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kate

I walked past this place, read the great reviews, and immediately added it to my list to try. It looks aesthetic, and the Mediterranean menu looking appealing.

However, I came here for dinner and beyond the food being just rather average for very above average prices, I got sick while still at the restaurant from the chicken (food poisoning), and just as we were leaving we saw a rat run across from a wall of the enclosed fully-walled-off back terrace space to the center of the dining area, turn around, and run back.

Safe to say I won’t be returning. As an added bonus, the cocktail I ordered on the recommendation of the server tasted solely of very very cheap tequila — to the point where I didn’t even drink it past one sip. I left feeling genuinely confused about the positive reviews.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Burt Spiegel

Did takeout from this restaurant. Our first and last experience
Baba ganoush was tasteless. Chopped salad had no dressing. The side vegetables on the falafel were terrible. A very expensive try but a bust

Food: 1

Gabriel Rives-Corbett

Great food and service. Would repeat

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stephanie Loville

I came for dinner and sat at the bar. The bartender was very friendly and food came out fast. The branzino was extremely underwhelming and under seasoned. I was hoping for much more flavor. However the goat cheese and white bean meze really packed a delicious flavorful punch! It was served with a warm bread which was delightful! If I could do it all over again I would just order the goat cheese &white bean meze and skip the branzino. 10/10 for the meze!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

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