Yaffa's Tea Room
(212) 966-0577
19 Harrison Street
(at Greenwich Street.)
New York,
NY
10011
40.7186
-74.0098
Neighborhoods: Tribeca, Downtown
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User Reviews
plasticfantastic
December 01, 2008
I just ate here for the first time last week and everything was excellent! I really can't tell you what the review below mine is talking about. She must be pretty cranky, or maybe she got a bad waiter. I didn't even see any male waiters in there... ANYWAY, as soon as we got in our super sweet waitress sat us and chatted with us a little bit. We are kind of a talkative bunch and she didn't try and hurry us while we settled in. The drinks were great, the food was delicious and the service was casual and just right. It's certainly not fine dining, but fine dining makes me uncomfortable anyway. I also took a peek at the backroom and it was so cool, totally different than the bar section. It's nice you can choose what kind of atmosphere you want and get the same food and drinks. (btw that woman probably should have eaten on the quiet side! duh)
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DottieZimmer
May 09, 2008
The Yaffa tea room is extremely over priced, dirty, LOUDER than a concert and should be avoided at all cost. Here I sit, chewing away at the over cooked chicken dish I paid $18 for last night (took it to go as I could NOT stand the noise any longer) and I ponder how they have the nerve to charge $18 for this poor excuse for chicken. It doesn't even resemble chicken, it looks more like Turkey that they thawed out last minute. The spinach that came with it, too, was over cooked. It's not even green anymore, more like light yellow. I sat there with a friend trying to chat and the music was SO LOUD everyone in the place had to literally SCREAM to communicate. I asked my waiter several times to turn down the music and he informed me that it was "not a restaurant, it was a bar!". I ordered a cranberry juice along with my mineral water, but he never brought it, probably because HE DIDN'T HEAR ME over the loud, annoying music. Hard to believe but Ms. Yaffa, the owner, was actually sitting at the bar through all of this. But then again, she looks so old, she probably is hard of hearing and didn't realize that their music was as loud as the standard WHO concert. The bathroom and stairs to the bathroom are disgusting and filthy. There is so much grease on the stairs I almost fell. I am really irate over this waste of time and money. The OTHER Yaffa cafe on St. Marks places is MILES BETTER and no wonder, Ms. Yaffa sold it years ago to people who KNOW how to cook and please their guest. I am disgusted. Hope the waiter got the message when he saw that I deliberately left NO TIP.
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vernerm
September 19, 2007
I went with my boyfriend on a recent Friday night and had a really great evening. Everything was served exactly as we expected and with casual kindness from our waitress. The atmosphere in the t-room is a bit more romantic than in the bar area, which is nice to have the option of scenery within the same place. We ordered a great bottle of wine, and had a very relaxing night. No one hurries you out, the waitresses are always smiling and considerate, and most of all the food is delicious and affordable, unlike most places in the area. Definitely a gem.
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Breakfast, Diners, Restaurants
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