03/15/09

Horrible Service

by fuchsia13

My boyfriend made reservations at Savoy ion Saturday night n hopes of a nice dinner. The best part of our experience was getting seated and being given menus promptly upon arrival. After that, we waited, and waited, and watied almost 30 minutes for even a glance from our waitress before deciding to leave, at which point our she actually asked us if there was a problem. Amazingly enough, she was oblivious that a 30-minute wait was unacceptable. On our way out, we asked to see the manager, were told he would be right down and--you ugess it--waited again for about 5 minutes before we'd had it. DO NO GO TO SAVOY!

• Pros: None
• Cons: Nearly half hour wait for service until we decided to leave

02/15/09

Boring, unfufilling, decent food

by umdmike

So I had reservations at Gotham Bar & Grill for Valentine's Day, but balked in the end because of the high price for the prix fixe. I chose Savoy based on internet recommendations and reviews, although I had never been to the restaurant before. Before I go into the experience, please understand that I have been to a fair amount of NYC restaurants and consider myself well versed in the NYC scene.

I made a 6pm reservation a month prior, which I was told was the only one available. When my girlfriend and I got there, the place was 40% full until about 7pm. There was no music to fill the scene, the place was small and the ambiance was disappointing. The food was decent, but nothing to even write up about. Portions were small and although cooked well, I will not remember what I had in two weeks from now. Service was ok, our glasses and silverware were dirty, and the tables and chairs were dinky.

When we first arrived there were about 15 minutes where I wanted to get up and leave and try my luck somewhere else without a reservation. For a $300 meal (which was honestly worth about $100) I could have gone to many of the finer establishments in NYC. Please do not let their self-recommendations on the internet fool you. This is a below-par restaurant putting up a false facade. Save your money for somewhere worth remembering. I feel like I was duped and am very, very disappointed.

• Pros: Nice fireplace upstairs, vanilla creme brule was good
• Cons: very bad value

11/12/08

Don't Stomp at the Savoy

by pj10128

When our movie at the Angelika was "moved" to the Village East who at 1:30 was not answering the phone we stumbled upon Savoy for lunch. The menu looked promising. We started with a cabbage soup with a julienne of apples and fennel. A sickly bowl of broth arrived that tasted like pepper with a micro sliver of apple on top.Recession is here, not famine. My friends bluefish was over-spiced as was my duck sandwich. Our waiter brought desert menus, but upon discovering that the neighboring table was from his birthplace of Hawaii, we were forgotten. We waited at least 15 minutes for him to finish reminiscing with his new found friends only to order a very mediocre dessert. When the movie theater finally answered the phone, our film would not be shown for two more days. what a day!