(212) 620-0222
243 W 14th St
(7 and 8 Avenue)
New York,
NY
10011
40.739073
-74.000919
Neighborhoods: West Village, Downtown
Last updated 10.17.11
Category:
Restaurants, Neighborhood Bars, Lounges
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard
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What People Are Saying About Honey
Featured Review
Katie Heffernan
Contributor
In Short – Spots without scenes are few and far between in this neighborhood, but the low-key, no-crowd vibe at this lounge fills the void. The sunken, gold-dipped room, with amber candlelight and electronica in the background, is a no-hassle place to get amped for nearby dancing or to unwind afterward. Thankfully, the gourmet bar menu (think cheese fondue fries and honey-glazed chicken sliders) doesn't overdo the sweet namesake ingredient, and neither does the list of signature martinis.
Editor's Tips
- Outdoor Seating:
- A small sidewalk veranda is a fine perch for people-watching.
- The Extras:
- If you're looking for more of a scene or want to plan your night's next move, check out these Meatpacking District favorites.
| ambiance | 96.30000114440918% positive |
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| dessert | 66.66999816894531% positive |
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| drinks | 70.0% positive |
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| food quality | 75.0% positive |
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| menu variety | 100.0% positive |
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| overall | 96.96999549865723% positive |
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| return potential | 0.0% positive |
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| service | 56.66999816894531% positive |
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| value | 73.33000183105469% positive |
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| wait time | 50.0% positive |
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THEY DONT SERVE TAP WATER HERE!!!!
by diningoutregularly at Citysearch
TERRIBLY SLOW SERVICE, WAIT STAFF ACTING AS IF WE WERE NOT SEATED FOR 20 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWING UP AT OUR TABLE. IMMEDIATELY PRESENTED DEAL COUPON AND ALTHOUGH IT HAD NO DRINK RESTRICTION, THEY WOULD"T HONOR HAPPY HOUR DRINK PRICES! THERE IS AN UNPLEASANT ODOR IN THIS SPACE TOO.
THE FOOD WAS JUST FAIR BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK TO FINISH CHEESE AND THEM CHOCOLATE FONDUE WAS OVER 2 HOURS! MY DATE WAS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY THIS EXPERIENCE. PLEASE STAY AWAY IF YOU WANT A GOOD TIME. THE DEAL COUPONS ARE JUST NOT WORTH IT AT THIS HELL HOLE.
RUN IF U SEE THIS PLACE!
by anna198 at Citysearch
OMG! do not even bother yourself to go there...nobody wants you here! when me and my friends decided to go there we were shocked with the way they treat you in this place..it was really slow when we came but we had to wait like 15 min before somebody actually decided to help us...when we finally got a table we had to wait another 30 min before they took our order....after food arrived we didn't see a server anymore...the drink i ordered i didn't get...and when we realized how bad is here we decided to leave...and u know what?????we had to ask 5 times for a check...WE HAD TO GO TO A BAR TO PICK UP OUR CHECK THERE THE SERVICE CHARGE WAS INCLUDED!!!!SERVICE CHARGE!!!!!DOES ANYONE WHO WORKS IN THIS PLACE KNOWS WHAT THE SERVICE MEANS????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!maybe that's why they don't want to serve u...they will get their money anyway...no matter what.....
THE MOST DISGUSTING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE!
better on weekday
by JeNY2005 at Citysearch
Nice restaurant&bar .A bit noisy on weekend but quiet on weekday,it was better .
But they over charged on my BF's credit card...
I wanna come back again ,maybe pay by cash then.
Stay Away
by HonestlyThisPlace at Citysearch
Good atmosphere and music but it stops there. Awful service, I mean just terrible. The drinks were very small, I guess that's why they are cheap. The food was fair but the portions were small.....and the worst part is they over charged my credit card and I had to jump through hoops to get my refund. Not a place I would recommend!
Bad Service, Bad Experience, possibly illegal Practices
by mizmars at Citysearch
We heard about Honey through a BuyWithMe coupon, so we decided to try it. Unfortunately, it was not a good experience.
On the bright side: the atmosphere and DJ music were good (cool mix of old jazz classics with downtempo chill and electronic lounge).
The dark side:
The coupon was good for drinks, but not good for the happy hour drinks (which wasn't listed on the coupon anywhere). Fair enough (?), except the drinks listed on Honey's website (that made us want to come), weren't on their bar menu any longer. None of the other drinks on the regular bar menu sounded good, so we had to spend money on the happy hour drinks.
SO, instead of just drinking, we needed to order food to make up the value of the coupon credit. Since we had already eaten dinner, we decided on dessert.
We mostly enjoyed the chocolate fondue, but they give only a small amount of fruit with which to dip, so there is a lot of extra chocolate wasted at the bottom of fondue pot. Their menu indicated we'd also be getting some sort of Italian cinnamon cracker, but what we got were just regular old graham crackers.
What really made the experience irreparably bad, though, was that when we got the check they had tacked on an automatic 20% tip (and they tipped on the tax amount, as well). We found this unacceptable, since we prefer to tip on actual quality of service, and also not to tip on tax. While our server was competent, everything that happened once we questioned the automatic 20% tip caused the experience to be bad. We waited for one half hour to speak with the "manager" (Tanesha), whom we say talking animatedly (apparently socially) at the bar for at least 10 minutes before coming to our table.
Their position was that everyone was charged (and presumably paid) the automatic 20% tip. We stated again that this was unacceptable. They had already taken our credit card before we realized they had automatically added the 20% tip and tipped on tax, so we asked for them to tear that up and we would pay cash.
Finally, after some back and forth, we told her what we were going to pay: $10 cash for the 2 happy hour drinks we had ($5 each). And then the $30. coupon would cover the fondue. Tanesha seemed to agree to that. We left the $10. we owed, but didn't tip the server to protest the horrible treatment we had received (sorry to the server, but the management was to blame for both a bad policy AND making us wait 30 minutes to talk with the manager).
No where on the coupon does it state an automatic 20% gratuity will be added (many other coupons state it upfront, which is acceptable).
FYI, the next day at dinner in a different restaurant our waiter received a 50% tip, due not only to his excellent service, but also because their establishment did not add automatic gratuity to our meal (which we bought with a coupon, too).
The final straw (and that which forced us to write this bad review) is that upon arriving home, we found out that Honey had actually run our credit card afterall, for an additional $17. We are having our bank reverse this charge since it was agreed that night that Honey would tear up our credit card and let us pay cash instead. THIS IS THEFT, HONEY!
I highly recommend AGAINST going to Honey because of their unethical (and probably illegal) practices.
The Details on Honey
Place Categories:
- great new place
- great okay food
- friendly staff
- creative drinks
- good music
- good crowd
- nasty bouncers
- good weekend spot
- great maple syrup fondue
- great service
- not recommend place
- cold food
- rude waitress
- awful bar service
- rude distributed bar
- great bartender
- nice long bar
- good vibe
- great loungy atmosphere
- ridiculous clubs
- fondue friendly menu
- obnoxious situation
- super friendly gabby
- flavorless chicken
- great mojito


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