Senor Swanky's

(212) 979-9800

142 Bleecker St
New York, NY 10012 40.7281 -73.9992

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Neighborhoods: Greenwich Village, Downtown

Price:

$$$

Last updated 6.25.09

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Late Night Dining, Brunch, Outdoor Dining, People Watching, Lunch Spot, Group Dining, Bar Scene

Cuisine:

Southwestern, Mexican

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What People Are Saying About Senor Swanky's

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The Village location of this local chain serves Mexican food and margaritas, with an outdoor patio and late-night hours.

Editor's Tips

When to Go:
Catch happy hour from 4pm to 7pm Monday through Friday and 10pm to 4am Sunday through Thursday.
Delivery:
There is a $10 minimum on all delivery orders.
ambiance
90.90999603271484% positive
  1. “The outdoor seating was perfect as the corner location made it great for people watching.”
  2. “the food was great,,,and the service was fun.”
  3. “The decor is very cute and its a friendly, upbeat place to be.”
  4. “The location was great for people watching.”
  5. “This is a great place to hang out for drinks and people watch as the location is perfect on the corner of Bleecker & LaGuardia.”
  6. “Average food way overpriced, OK drinks, bad atmosphere with blaring music, and bad service.”
  7. “Their location is a great spot on the corner of Bleecker & Laguardia.”
  8. “Cool place to hang, great location”
  9. “When I got there I started to sweat and my friends just laughed at me so I went in and to my surprise this place has changed not so much the decor but the place looked clean even the bathrooms were clean and the staff looked new the uniforms looked great ”
  10. “my party of six got great service and had a fun time”
  11. “After visiting the uptown location of Swanky's, we figured the downtown location would be good too.”
drinks
63.63999843597412% positive
  1. “We were served by a courteous waitress who brought us our drinks on time and in a friendly manner.”
  2. “Place was empty, waitress was rude, told us that even though there were drink specials at the bar (2 for 1 margaritas), we couldn't have them at our table and we couldn't go up to the bar to get drinks.”
  3. “The drinks were horrible as well!”
  4. “We got there a couple on MINUTES before happy hour ended, and proceeded to ask the waiter if we could order the drink specials.”
  5. “Fun happening and great place to drink lots of yummy margaritas and get your fill of great mexican food.”
  6. “am an native new yorker and my friends and i love swanky's////great drinks”
  7. “Maybe it's bearable if you want to meet a few co-workers only for drinks, but why bother since there are so many other good Mexican restaurants in NYC with good food and service?”
  8. “basically, this is a cool place to hang for drinks & eats.”
  9. “Average food way overpriced, OK drinks, bad atmosphere with blaring music, and bad service.”
  10. “The food was ok but the drinks were great a lil pricey but its New York.”
  11. “This is a great place to hang out for drinks and people watch as the location is perfect on the corner of Bleecker & LaGuardia.”
food quality
57.290000915527344% positive
  1. “The service was terrible, the food was awful (and arrived in under 5 minutes so it was hardly fresh).”
  2. “the food was great,,,and the service was fun.”
  3. “The bad service continued throughout our tasteless meal.”
  4. “Average food way overpriced, OK drinks, bad atmosphere with blaring music, and bad service.”
  5. “We had a couple of appetizers which were quite tasty.”
  6. “Rude staff, lousy food.”
  7. “Don't reward bad service and overpriced food.”
  8. “So I asked for chips and salsa, and he tried to give me a quarter full dish of salsa that belonged to the people next to us!”
  9. “The place was dirty, the staff and patrons were in and out of the bathroom and clearly under the influence of something, and the food”
  10. “have to say the food was not the best & I actually LIKE eating at Taco Bell on an occasional late night ;) It tasted like nothing was made fresh.”
  11. “wow we had a great time the servcie was grerat and not only were the magaritas tasty.”
  12. “Good margaritas, good Mexican food and the service was very attentive.”
  13. “Food was inedible, salsa was ketchup, soda was flat, service was rude, other patrons were completely drunk (and it was 7pm on a Tuesday), prices were sky-high (even if the food was any good - it would never be worth what they charged).”
  14. “poor food”
  15. “ordered fajitas, which were pretty tasty-but anything with guacamole tastes good to me, and he forgot to bring the tortillas!”
  16. “the maragritas were as always delicious and the fajitas (I always have the steak fajitas) were yummy as usual.”
  17. “The margaritas are good but luckily I ordered them without salt because the chips & salsa are way too salty.”
  18. “Food was just the worst mexican food I've ever had.”
  19. “The food was ok but the drinks were great a lil pricey but its New York.”
  20. “Fun happening and great place to drink lots of yummy margaritas and get your fill of great mexican food.”
  21. “All I want is a decent meal and reasonable prices, but Senor Swanky's offers an average-at-best meal at inflated prices.”
  22. “....the fajitas were outsanding and the magraritas were delicious.”
  23. “the sauce was really good actually and the portioning for the price was decent.”
  24. “Maybe it's bearable if you want to meet a few co-workers only for drinks, but why bother since there are so many other good Mexican restaurants in NYC with good food and service?”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “Really have nothing good to say about this place.”
  2. “This is a great place to hang out for drinks and people watch as the location is perfect on the corner of Bleecker & LaGuardia.”
  3. “Fun happening and great place to drink lots of yummy margaritas and get your fill of great mexican food.”
  4. “All in all, a great place to hang out and meet with friends during happy hour.”
service
54.629998207092285% positive
  1. “The location was great for people watching.”
  2. “Then the waiter was rude and got our orders wrong.”
  3. “The decor is very cute and its a friendly, upbeat place to be.”
  4. “The place was dirty, the staff and patrons were in and out of the bathroom and clearly under the influence of something, and the food”
  5. “The service was awful even though noone else was in the restaurant.”
  6. “So I asked for chips and salsa, and he tried to give me a quarter full dish of salsa that belonged to the people next to us!”
  7. “The bad service continued throughout our tasteless meal.”
  8. “the food was great,,,and the service was fun.”
  9. “Place was empty, waitress was rude, told us that even though there were drink specials at the bar (2 for 1 margaritas), we couldn't have them at our table and we couldn't go up to the bar to get drinks.”
  10. “our waitress was very cool”
  11. “The services was terrible and I must say we got better service and meals at ChiChi's and they are closed due to bad tomatoes.”
  12. “Maybe it's bearable if you want to meet a few co-workers only for drinks, but why bother since there are so many other good Mexican restaurants in NYC with good food and service?”
  13. “Average food way overpriced, OK drinks, bad atmosphere with blaring music, and bad service.”
  14. “The service was terrible, the food was awful (and arrived in under 5 minutes so it was hardly fresh).”
  15. “have no problems cleaning up messes I make, but not when a waitress gives me a disugusted look and tosses a dirty towel at me.”
  16. “my party of six got great service and had a fun time”
  17. “We were served by a courteous waitress who brought us our drinks on time and in a friendly manner.”
  18. “Food was inedible, salsa was ketchup, soda was flat, service was rude, other patrons were completely drunk (and it was 7pm on a Tuesday), prices were sky-high (even if the food was any good - it would never be worth what they charged).”
  19. “Don't reward bad service and overpriced food.”
  20. “Tasty Margaritas, friendly service”
  21. “When I got there I started to sweat and my friends just laughed at me so I went in and to my surprise this place has changed not so much the decor but the place looked clean even the bathrooms were clean and the staff looked new the uniforms looked great ”
  22. “Good margaritas, good Mexican food and the service was very attentive.”
  23. “Rude staff, lousy food.”
  24. “The outdoor seating was perfect as the corner location made it great for people watching.”
  25. “We lucked out we got one of the good looking female server, Judy and she was great with everything.”
  26. “This is a great place to hang out for drinks and people watch as the location is perfect on the corner of Bleecker & LaGuardia.”
  27. “We got there a couple on MINUTES before happy hour ended, and proceeded to ask the waiter if we could order the drink specials.”
value
39.28999900817871% positive
  1. “All I want is a decent meal and reasonable prices, but Senor Swanky's offers an average-at-best meal at inflated prices.”
  2. “the sauce was really good actually and the portioning for the price was decent.”
  3. “The guacamole was even all wrong, they were made with California avacados rather than the more expensive Haas avacados, which gave it a watery taste and consistency.”
  4. “Average food way overpriced, OK drinks, bad atmosphere with blaring music, and bad service.”
  5. “The food was ok but the drinks were great a lil pricey but its New York.”
  6. “Don't reward bad service and overpriced food.”
  7. “Food was inedible, salsa was ketchup, soda was flat, service was rude, other patrons were completely drunk (and it was 7pm on a Tuesday), prices were sky-high (even if the food was any good - it would never be worth what they charged).”
wait time
50.0% positive
  1. “The service was terrible, the food was awful (and arrived in under 5 minutes so it was hardly fresh).”
  2. “But a three minute turn around is not bad, especially considering there was NO ONE ELSE seated around us in our section of the restaurant.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

09/13/07

WORST PLACE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by krissycaul

DO NOT EAT AT THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ate there tonight and halfway through dinner the hygiene inspectors posted notices that the place was closed because it did not pass inspection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one told us and we did not notice until we were done with our food!!!!!!!!!! Our waitress let us eat all the food, along with the rest of the staff. It was not until we had finished that we noticed that the place had been closed because of hygiene reasons! They insisted that we pay the bill and we insisted that they called the cops! Finally, the cops came and they took the food off the bill. It does not matter!!! THEY LET US SIT THERE AND EAT THE FOOD THAT DID NOT PASS HEALTH INSPECTION!!! SICK!!!! What kind of people would do that?!!!! I am so disgusted with this place, the waitress, the manager, and the owner that would hire people that would let people eat food that could not even pass a health inspection!!! I am disgusted! Do not eat here! The drinks were horrible as well!!!!

  • Pros: None
  • Cons: The food does not pass hygiene inspection!!!!!
1 Star Rating: Poor

05/04/07

inattentive! bland! rude!

by serviceindustryslave

It took 10 minutes for someone to ask "has anyone helped you yet?" The bad service continued throughout our tasteless meal. His beer (Sam Adams draft) was room temperature, the guacamole was bland tasting more like avocado flavored mayonaise. His beef quesadillas were boring and in the center was more of that avocado mayonaise which didn't solve the flavor issue at all. MY boneless buffalo tenders were good...the sauce was really good actually and the portioning for the price was decent. My house salad, however, was a joke...shredded lettuce with TWO slivers of tomato and TWO thinly sliced pieces of cucumber and a meager onion slice in the middle. It was like $7+ for this....i'd get more salad ontop of a taco! The check was impossible to get.....and as we were pulling out our money a pigeon from the fire escape above went #2 down my hair, on my jacket sleeve, on my arm & hand and possibly a little in my beer I was holding and about to finish. No exaggeration when I say ALOT of excrement. I stood up asked a server where the bathroom was and said what happened and pointed up (apparently my seat was the only one not under one of the awnings but under a fire escape where a dozen pigeons congregate, i didn't realize when we sat) and the server pointed to inside and walked away. I clearly needed a napkin right away but instead had to walk through the dining area with obvious bird excrement on me. The entire patio saw this as did everyperson I walked by. This was humliating! The manager refused to do anything and didn't even apologize for the servers lack of action. Apparently "Senior Swankys is not responsible for nature"!!!! I understand "pooop" happens but have a little more concern for your customers and don't let people sit under a pigeon nesting area! There's nothing swanky about this place!!

  • Pros: location
  • Cons: service, inattentive manager, bland food
4 Star Rating: Recommended

04/14/07

Swanky's WOWED me!!!

by yayo1

A group of friends of mine wanted to go and have some drinks and they said they heard of a place by the village named Senor Swanky's and I said HELL NO! And they gave me this look like I was crazy but I told them why I didn't like the place and again they gave me the crazy look. One of them said when was the last time I was there and I said once was enough but push came to shove and they wanted to really go so i gave in. When I got there I started to sweat and my friends just laughed at me so I went in and to my surprise this place has changed not so much the decor but the place looked clean even the bathrooms were clean and the staff looked new the uniforms looked great and the waitress were good looking as well. We lucked out we got one of the good looking female server, Judy and she was great with everything. The food was ok but the drinks were great a lil pricey but its New York. There were even shots girls there giving away soco and lime shots. I was really shocked especially since my last experience here but Senor Swanky's has really stepped up. Keep up the Good Work!!

  • Pros: Great Drinks, Friendly Staff and great ambience
  • Cons: A lil pricey
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/31/07

beats maragritas,,,,and best outdoor cafe

by bestella

Fun happening and great place to drink lots of yummy margaritas and get your fill of great mexican food......and sit outside and people watch..i am an native new yorker and my friends and i love swanky's////great drinks ...great music...overall great time...lol....i love to sit on the patio...and drink all afternoon and watch the show as it goes by...lol...

  • Pros: maragritas...people watching ..outdoor veiws
1 Star Rating: Poor

03/14/07

Worst Service Ever

by kalgirl78

My friend and I went to this place recently and it was the FIRST time I almost walked out on a bill. We sat at our table for 10 mintues before getting a MENU, (keep in mind there were only 4 other tables in the place with customers-it was a Monday night) and then it took the waiter(who was ON SOMETHING) 20 minutes to bring over drinks. I ordered fajitas, which were pretty tasty-but anything with guacamole tastes good to me, and he forgot to bring the tortillas!? When I looked around the place to find him, he was at the BAR doing a SHOT with friends!?? Who does that and doesn't get fired??! I didn't see a manager anywhere. On top of that, we asked for our check 7 times before he remembered to bring it over and he brought us someone else's check! It was one thing after another. I would have just walked out, but my friend has a good heart and paid the bill sans a tip. Do yourself a favor; AVOID this place at all costs.

  • Pros: none
  • Cons: Service

The Details on Senor Swanky's

Place Categories:

  • bad service
  • great place
  • great downtown location
  • good margaritas
  • rude waitress
  • great drinks
  • good nothing
  • worst mexican restaurant
  • tasteless meal
  • pricey drinks
  • great swanky
  • always delicious maragritas
  • good mexican finger foods
  • order drink specials
  • friendly manner
  • great spot
  • good female server
  • rude waiter
  • bad tomatoes
  • delicious magraritas
  • dirty towel
  • good fajitas
  • great mexican food
  • flat soda
  • good maragaitas
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