(212) 219-0666

120 Hudson St (Hubert Street)
New York, NY 10013 40.7197 -74.0083

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Neighborhoods: Tribeca, Downtown

www.bubbys.com

Hours:

Daily 24 Hours

Price:

$$$

Last updated 1.24.11

Category:

Restaurants, Barbecue Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, Diners Club, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Brunch

Cuisine:

Traditional American

What People Are Saying About Bubby's

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The Scene – You may not recognize him with his clothes on but, yes, that probably is Harvey Keitel at the next table. Bubby's offers just the kind of clean, healthful cooking that should appeal to the method actor looking to shed a few pounds before his next skinflick. A snack canteen for nearby Miramax-ers during the week, it's overrun by uptowners at weekend brunchtime. – – The Food – The cuisine has the same kind of stylish, determinedly casual feel as the decor. You can stick to the tasty sandwiches or order up more substantial fare (some think the pies alone make…

ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. Sometimes you go to a friend's country place and they seem to have everything -- atmosphere, the right food, good portions.
  2. Bubby's is best at lunch and brunch, and the bright open space provides the perfect ambiance for a relaxing meal!
  3. Both the atmosphere and the eats are consistent, cozy, comfortable.
  4. Yes, the decor is adorable- you will feel like you stopped at a charming bed and breakfast while driving through the countryside.
  5. Happy farmhouse decor, complete with groups of out-of-towner girls who think everything is one big S&theCity episode.
  6. Usual wait on weekends is about 45 minutes as its very popular with local twentysomethings, celebrity sightings are common, relaxed atmosphere, child friendly as well.
dessert
85.0% positive
  1. Food was mediocre, bloody mary was below-average, pie was great.
  2. The tables outside wobbled, the biscuit (I think thats what it was, either that or left over over-baked pie dough) was inedible.
  3. wouldn't return -- they do have good pie, but only when haven't run out.
  4. If your focus has changed from people who liked your bbq and pie that have kids to mothers and crayon toteing 3 yrs.
  5. Bubby's consistently turns out good food: the breakfast is excellent with lots of great choices; their pies are the best in the city, maybe in the country; they make their own ice cream (the buttermilk ice cream is delicious).
  6. The sour cream pancakes were out of this world and I would highly recommend the cheese grits as a side.
  7. the desserts are pretty good.
  8. Not that you want dessert to wrap up a syrup topped bacon filled start to a day, but the pies and cakes are delish!
  9. Hands down the best pie we ever had.
  10. ps: the pie is still good though
drinks
60.0% positive
  1. The bad coffee was a harbinger of things to come.
  2. We had horrible service and had to prompt the waitress for everything from drinks, to bread to our check.
  3. wouldn't say Bubby's will blow you out of the water, but they provide a solid bunch served with good coffee.
  4. Food is good, staff is friendly but speed of service is too painful except for drink cocktails at the bar.
  5. There are great drinks and baked goods all under one roof!
food quality
68.33000183105469% positive
  1. Bubby's is best at lunch and brunch, and the bright open space provides the perfect ambiance for a relaxing meal!
  2. Shamelessly overpriced, serving tasteless food
  3. breath of fresh air from the normal NYC bling-bling-bars.
  4. We had horrible service and had to prompt the waitress for everything from drinks, to bread to our check.
  5. The service was awful, the food mediocre at best (and that was the food that actually arrived - one entree arrived a good half hour after the others).
  6. The food is so bad that we didn't even want to try the pies which I'm reading in other review is terrfic.
  7. Mac & cheese is nothing to write home about; the beet salad is boring, mostly lettuce; tuna sandwhich - boring, mostly mayo; the french fries looked re-fried and were cold; the "excellent" pork sandwich came on one of those supermarket hot-dog buns.
  8. Biscuits are good and flakey, with the delicious strawberry jam on the table, and the food is good, but overpriced.
  9. The food is way overpriced and those two biscuits they bring out before breakfast were harder than rocks.
  10. If your focus has changed from people who liked your bbq and pie that have kids to mothers and crayon toteing 3 yrs.
  11. Overall Good meal
  12. The food is way overpriced and just not that good(apart from the amazing matzoh ball soup).
  13. have to say the food was pretty good, and the "Fair Trade Coffee" as well.
  14. The food was bland, the service was terrible.
  15. The service was disjointed, the food was sub-par (I agree with previous reviewer's comment on the biscuits), and the prices were ridiculous ($78 for three to eat breakfast!)
  16. The food was mediocre.
  17. The perfect restaurant for kids and adults alike, even at the busiest times the food is always superb.
  18. The service was fine, but if you're actually looking for good food, stay away.
  19. The service is friendly and the food is real down-home good.
  20. Their breakfast special was delicious and the service was great!
  21. Eggs were perfectly cooked and everything was fresh and tasty!
  22. Everytime I go there I have great food, fast service and an A-List celebrity sighting.
  23. The food was delicious and the portions were huge!
  24. had a great time and a great meal but found that the prices on everything were a few dollars more than most other well known brunch spots.
  25. Overrated, bad food screaming kids
  26. Bubby's consistently turns out good food: the breakfast is excellent with lots of great choices; their pies are the best in the city, maybe in the country; they make their own ice cream (the buttermilk ice cream is delicious).
  27. My husband and I were placed in the farthest corner of the restaurant, practically INSIDE the little side room for the dirty dishes, squeezed between a constantly swinging door and a wall.
  28. Not everything on the menu is tasty but they do make some dishes well.
  29. Perhaps it's because it is the only place in Tribeca to get a quick, cheap, meal but still feel like your part of the cool crowd because, hey, it's Bubbys.
  30. Not that you want dessert to wrap up a syrup topped bacon filled start to a day, but the pies and cakes are delish!
  31. Eggs were over done, toast was cold.
  32. Best barbecue in Manhattan and best side dishes anywhere!
  33. Loud, overpriced, slow - average food - nothing spectacular.
  34. Great food, excellent breakfast and comfort food if you are staying in the tribeca/soho area.
  35. Are now ridiculously overpriced post-coital eggs.
  36. highly overpriced post-coital eggs.
  37. It was great, food was excellent, they did the best Bloody Mary I've had in my 17 years of being old enough to order one!
  38. don't mind paying high prices for good food, but this was not even close.
  39. absolute best burger in town.
  40. We had to wait forever to get in, the place was way too loud and crowded, the grits were nasty, the rest of the food was horrible, the water had stuff floating in it, and it was WAY overpriced!
  41. Overall it was a good meal but I wouldn't want to go there again as it would have been boring.
  42. The menu is full of yummy comfort food and the bloody mary's are GREAT.
  43. The fresh squeezed OJ was delicious though!
  44. Sometimes you go to a friend's country place and they seem to have everything -- atmosphere, the right food, good portions.
  45. Both times I have been to Bubby's for brunch the food was cold, flavorless, and the condiments non-existent.
  46. The food was good, not great, but pretty good.
  47. The food was good, but nothing to write home about.
  48. Dang good food
  49. For lunch, the Garlic burger with brie cheese is a good bet.
  50. olds who need a Salad and a happy meal you should have warned me before I sat down.
  51. The eggs and homefries were amazing!
  52. The food is great.
  53. It wasnt a total wash you still have the best potato chips in town.
  54. It's the best comfort food in the world and Bubby's makes a good one.
  55. The menu is great and is the only place that I have eaten where the food is as good as I can cook at home.
  56. The bacon was nice but a bit too fatty.
  57. Yes, they occasionally have spectacular reuben sandwiches and good bacon, but really, really, I have HAD it.
  58. loooooved it, amazing food, can have a light or heavy breakfast with the huge selection on the gigantic menu.
menu variety
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. Not everything on the menu is tasty but they do make some dishes well.
  2. Bubby's biscuits make it worth a wait on weekends for their excellent brunch selections.
  3. The menu is full of yummy comfort food and the bloody mary's are GREAT.
  4. Bubby's consistently turns out good food: the breakfast is excellent with lots of great choices; their pies are the best in the city, maybe in the country; they make their own ice cream (the buttermilk ice cream is delicious).
  5. Once you are (finally) seated, you will be treated to attentive service and some of the best brunch selections in the city.
  6. The variety and value of the many menu offerings is always amazing.
  7. loooooved it, amazing food, can have a light or heavy breakfast with the huge selection on the gigantic menu.
  8. The menu is great and is the only place that I have eaten where the food is as good as I can cook at home.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. Try at it, a great place to crash after 5 hurs of shopping!
  2. Definitely a great place to come with friends and family!
  3. In my opinion (perhaps I'm partial because I've been going there for about 5 years) it is the best casual restaurant in Tribeca.
  4. This is a great place.
  5. Bubby's is a great place to have dinner/lunch/brunch with a group or just two people.
  6. The menu is great and is the only place that I have eaten where the food is as good as I can cook at home.
  7. Then I believe that I have the best place possib.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. Overall it was a good meal but I wouldn't want to go there again as it would have been boring.
  2. wouldn't return -- they do have good pie, but only when haven't run out.
service
77.58999824523926% positive
  1. In a city with as many wonderful restaurants as New York, it is beyond me why so many people rave about this place.
  2. Usual wait on weekends is about 45 minutes as its very popular with local twentysomethings, celebrity sightings are common, relaxed atmosphere, child friendly as well.
  3. The table service was horrible.
  4. There are few truly baby/family friendly places in the downtown area, and Bubby's in one of them.
  5. Everytime I go there I have great food, fast service and an A-List celebrity sighting.
  6. live two blocks away and I see more famous people on the street.
  7. My friendly bartender slaps a can of PBR in front of me even before i sit down!
  8. Food is good, staff is friendly but speed of service is too painful except for drink cocktails at the bar.
  9. The service was fine, but if you're actually looking for good food, stay away.
  10. The service was disjointed, the food was sub-par (I agree with previous reviewer's comment on the biscuits), and the prices were ridiculous ($78 for three to eat breakfast!)
  11. Listen carefully to your server as he or she provides the description of the specials:the creativity is endless and the taste is always wonderful.
  12. Decent place, subpar service and overpriced.
  13. This place is only good for B-list celeb spotting and for people with not taste buds and being deafened by screaming kids.
  14. Great service and reasonable prices.
  15. The service is friendly and the food is real down-home good.
  16. The actual place was friendly but a little cramped.
  17. If your focus has changed from people who liked your bbq and pie that have kids to mothers and crayon toteing 3 yrs.
  18. The food was bland, the service was terrible.
  19. It's pretty shabby, with a few exceptions for some great servers that shine among those that are really sub-par.
  20. Their breakfast special was delicious and the service was great!
  21. The price is reasonable and the service is very go.
  22. The wait staff are very nice and the dining area is airy.
  23. The service was awful, the food mediocre at best (and that was the food that actually arrived - one entree arrived a good half hour after the others).
  24. The staff was friendly.
  25. Once you are (finally) seated, you will be treated to attentive service and some of the best brunch selections in the city.
  26. We had horrible service and had to prompt the waitress for everything from drinks, to bread to our check.
  27. Want a friendly environment?
  28. The worst service you can imagine magnified by ten.
  29. Bubby's is a great place to have dinner/lunch/brunch with a group or just two people.
value
59.58000183105469% positive
  1. Sometimes you go to a friend's country place and they seem to have everything -- atmosphere, the right food, good portions.
  2. The food is way overpriced and just not that good(apart from the amazing matzoh ball soup).
  3. had a great time and a great meal but found that the prices on everything were a few dollars more than most other well known brunch spots.
  4. Decent place, subpar service and overpriced.
  5. The price is reasonable and the service is very go.
  6. The variety and value of the many menu offerings is always amazing.
  7. Denny's serves a better Grand Slam breakfast--and at a quarter of the price (I paid $21 w/o tip for b-fast--I went back a second time, because the restaurant was highly touted and I thought the first bad experience was a fluke.
  8. The food was delicious and the portions were huge!
  9. Biscuits are good and flakey, with the delicious strawberry jam on the table, and the food is good, but overpriced.
  10. loooooved it, amazing food, can have a light or heavy breakfast with the huge selection on the gigantic menu.
  11. Loud, overpriced, slow - average food - nothing spectacular.
  12. The food is way overpriced and those two biscuits they bring out before breakfast were harder than rocks.
  13. Bubby's is a great value!
  14. We had to wait forever to get in, the place was way too loud and crowded, the grits were nasty, the rest of the food was horrible, the water had stuff floating in it, and it was WAY overpriced!
  15. don't mind paying high prices for good food, but this was not even close.
  16. The prices were kinda expensive too!
  17. The service was disjointed, the food was sub-par (I agree with previous reviewer's comment on the biscuits), and the prices were ridiculous ($78 for three to eat breakfast!)
  18. Shamelessly overpriced, serving tasteless food
  19. Our breakfast was good, nice big portions, but a little overpriced if you ask me.
  20. Are now ridiculously overpriced post-coital eggs.
  21. highly overpriced post-coital eggs.
  22. Great service and reasonable prices.
  23. Perhaps it's because it is the only place in Tribeca to get a quick, cheap, meal but still feel like your part of the cool crowd because, hey, it's Bubbys.
  24. Bubby's biscuits make it worth a wait on weekends for their excellent brunch selections.
wait time
75.0% positive
  1. love the brunch here - especially the biscuits and cheese grits - but you have to get there before 11am, or the wait is heinously long.
  2. Loud, overpriced, slow - average food - nothing spectacular.
  3. Usual wait on weekends is about 45 minutes as its very popular with local twentysomethings, celebrity sightings are common, relaxed atmosphere, child friendly as well.
  4. Perhaps it's because it is the only place in Tribeca to get a quick, cheap, meal but still feel like your part of the cool crowd because, hey, it's Bubbys.
1 Star Rating: Poor

08/22/11

Never Again!!

by unit8246

I ate their on a trip to NYC. I, later, read an article on who the head chef was. Curtis Brown use to be a singer of one of the craziest rock bands out (not a good crazy). I saw him once play with his self and then wipe a guys head in the front row, then poured a beer on his head! He followed this up by trying to start a fight with everyone in the front row. He also cooked at this joint in Los Angeles and smoked weed in the back and was very rude to customers. I am disgusted that I ate food that his hands touched! And, by the way, it was way over priced for the type of food it is.

1 Star Rating: Poor

06/09/11

DO NOT WASTE YOUR HARD-EARNED MONEY!!

by mimimaloo2

How can a restaurant name Bubby's (Jewish term for grandmother) have it's menu literally packed with bacon and pork products?? Poor Bubby is spinning in her grave. Even the over-rated freeking biscuits have bacon fat in them, for christ's sake!

It looks as if they got a chef or management that thought, wow, lets make the menu southern comfort food... and then got a cook who is from Jersey to cook it. My friend this stuff is simply awful! My husband had the meatloaf with collard greens. He said the food was so greasy he could not eat it. I ordered fried chicken, green beans and mac/cheese (only veggies that did not contain bacon or pork fat.). If you guys wanna go southern, then at least learn to make the dishes. This was AWFUL! No one is the south puts bacon or pork fat in their dishes any more; it just ain't healthy to do anymore. The chicken was favourless and a greasy mess. No herbs, no spice... just greasy crunch... and EXTREMELY salty. They brag about brining (really called Koshering) the chicken; guess they don't do a second soaking in water, as you should before preparing to remove excess salt.

The atmosphere is so loud we could not have a conversation without shouting across the table. The beer was warm, so was the water they brought on a 95 degree day. When I asked for ice, they offered to get me a iced lemonade at 5 bucks (!!) a glass.

I know they have a captive audience down there in Tribeca. But I gotta tell you this place sucks so badly, I'd walk blocks in the 95 degree heat (or freezing cold) to find something else.

SMART restaurateurs, heed this and put up a good family restaurant in this area. You'll make a mint and Bubby's will be gone in a flash. No competition is their only edge... it sure isn't the food.

3 Star Rating: Average

11/06/09

A New York Institution

by NYC4ME

I have been brunching a Bubby's since it opened in 90'. The food is great. Both the atmosphere and the eats are consistent, cozy, comfortable. Brunch has become a bit of a scene and it can get a little crazy sometimes. There is always a line-up and tons of tourists and New York transplants. If you can stand being trampled at the bar by a loud family of six from Kansas - or getting bumped for Natalie Portman and friend - after you waited an hour for a table, then you're in for a treat. Once you are (finally) seated, you will be treated to attentive service and some of the best brunch selections in the city.

  • Pros: ::duh:: The Food - hello?
  • Cons: The crowds ::yuck::
1 Star Rating: Poor

05/04/09

It's Over For Me--No More Chances

by tadevosy

Over the years, I have developed a typical abused spouse syndrome towards this wretched brunch place. Every time I go there and get mistreated, I leave angry, swearing never to go back. Two weeks later, I hopelessly trudge back there for another take, and again, I storm out fuming and swearing it was the last time. Well, this time I have really, really had it. No more for me. I do not even know where to begin. The worst service you can imagine magnified by ten. Last time I went there on a Saturday morning, when the place was nearly empty. My husband and I were placed in the farthest corner of the restaurant, practically INSIDE the little side room for the dirty dishes, squeezed between a constantly swinging door and a wall. 35 weeks pregnant and rather huge, I asked the host if we could have a different, more comfortable table. His response? Well you know, we try to distribute the tables more evenly. The cups are habitually dirty. Getting bottled water is an impossible task. If you lose your knife, you better learn to cut with your teeth, because you ain't getting a new one. The home-fried potatoes are so overfried and burned, I think they recycle the ones from three weeks ago. My last dish there had two thick hairs on the bottom. The waitress didn't even offer to have it replaced. The bathrooms are a health violation. Yes, they occasionally have spectacular reuben sandwiches and good bacon, but really, really, I have HAD it.

  • Pros: Good bacon
  • Cons: Everything else
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

03/08/09

Great Brunch Spot!!

by amynewyork

I had been wanting to go to Bubby's for brunch for some time and am so glad I finally made it! The place was packed but our group of 6 was seated within 15 minutes. The food was delicious and the portions were huge! The mimosa had fresh squeezed orange juice and the bloody mary was spicy and seasoned perfectly. The sour cream pancakes were out of this world and I would highly recommend the cheese grits as a side. Will definitely be back again soon!

  • Pros: great food and great atmosphere
  • Cons: none! great spot!

The Details on Bubby's

Place Categories:

  • good comfort food
  • great actual place
  • overpriced average food
  • best pie
  • horrible table service
  • good meal
  • good nice big portions
  • not tasty everything
  • great subpar service
  • very best biscuits
  • wonderful perfect restaurant
  • excellent breakfast
  • bad experience
  • friendly wait staff
  • love brunch
  • not accessible bathrooms
  • worst eateries
  • excellent brunch selections
  • love cheese grits
  • love bubby
  • always amazing value
  • ridiculously overpriced postcoital eggs
  • full menu
  • reasonable prices
  • very best jam

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