(212) 243-9579
20 Cornelia St
(nr. 4th St.)
New York,
NY
10014
40.7314
-74.0014
Neighborhoods: Greenwich Village, Downtown
Years in business
Established in 1977
Hours:
Mon-Fri, noon-4pm and 5pm-10pm
Sat, 10:30am-4:30pm and 5:30pm-11pm
Sun, 10:30am-4:30pm and 5:30pm-10pm
Price:
$$$
Last updated 10.17.11
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Breakfast, Romantic Dining, Quiet, Brunch, Outdoor Dining
Cuisine:
What People Are Saying About Home Restaurant
Featured Review
Contributor
Contributor
In Short – Home is an ingeniously designed space that's little larger than a studio apartment but somehow manages to feel cozy and charming. There's a lovely garden out back, where on cool fall nights you can dine under the glow of an electric heater. Fresh ingredients and clever seasoning transform even the simplest dishes, many of which take their inspiration from ingredients culled from New York State farms. Steaks, pork chops, quail, and fish preparations are favorites.
Editor's Tips
- What to Drink:
- Drink local--the wine list gathers a number of bottles from Long Island vintners.
- When to Go:
- The restaurant serves brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30am to 4:30pm.
| ambiance | 96.00000381469727% positive |
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| dessert | 100.0% positive |
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| drinks | 100.0% positive |
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| food quality | 86.28000259399414% positive |
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| menu variety | 100.0% positive |
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| return potential | 75.0% positive |
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| service | 65.77000141143799% positive |
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| value | 66.66999816894531% positive |
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| wait time | 50.0% positive |
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Smug absurdly slow service
by CSMobileUser6
Healthy fresh food but we waited 10 mins to be seated in spite of numerous open tables then waited 10 more minutes for a menu, then 45 for food. No apologies were offered. Go Home for the weekend.
Very small portions for a place called "Home"
by WillTell
Walking in to Home is like being transported from the West Village to a more hospitable place in the country. While the decor is cozy and the large plates are well prepared, the service is cold and the small plates are forgettable (the best part of the small plates was the brie on the cheese plate. It actually melted in my mouth. However, they sell most of the cheeses served at Home at Murray's Cheese Shop down the street. Buy your cheese there and skip the bad service at Home.)
The "large" plates: The brook trout with arrugula and olives was delicate and flavorful. The accompanying fingerling potatoes were moist without being greasy. The pastrami cured duck breast was the real winner at the table. It was prepared medium rare and the pastrami imbued it with a wonderful saltiness without detracting from the flavor of the duck itself. The spaetzle was a little dry but otherwise quite good and a welcome break from the very flavorful duck. The toasted quinoa salad, however, was not so great. It looked like lawn mower clippings from a pasture and was very bitter even for an organic salad. All of that said, the major problem with these "large" plates was that the portions were actually quite small, even by tasting menu standards. A little bit more spaetzle or a a few more potatoes or a second vegatable or, well, anything would have made these very small "large" plates more homelike.
Unfortunatley, the service did not imporove the hominess of Home. Upon entering, we were greeted somewhat awckwardly by a host who seated us at a table in the back corner. It took a while for a waiter to come to our table. She gave us menus for food and walked away. When she returned, we asked for a wine menu. it was another ten minutes before we received the wine menu and we still didn't have water. The service continued like this throughout the meal. When we received our check, our waitress had written a suggested tip on the bottom of the slip. She suggested 25%...That is obnoxious.
I probably won't go back to Home. While the dishes did taste very good, they left me hungry and the service left me cold and wanting to go home.
- Pros: The "large" plates taste great (except the salad)
- Cons: The "large" plates are not large and the service is cold
Great food, peculiar service
by dotdashdot
I've eaten at Home off and on for years. The food has always been consistently tasty. The setting is cosy, including the patio.
Recently, however, the service was odd. Several weeks ago I arrived early on a weeknight. I was the first diner (my date arrived later). Although I could have been seated anywhere in the restaurant, the staff placed me in the most cramped seat, sharing the chair's space with a column. As other diners arrived, they were also seated in the same two-top area. The restaurant was half-empty, but all of the diners were squeezed into the same area. Meanwhile, tables further into the dining room were empty throughout the 90 minutes we were there. Why was everyone forced to sit so close?
Several days ago I stopped in with two guests. Home was quite busy (at about 8pm on a Friday night). I asked about the wait. Rather than being given a waiting time, the server said I could "make a reservation" (for nearly 90 minutes later). I left.
While not necessarily a lapse in service, it seemed odd that while already present at the restaurant I would be asked to make a reservation.
Again, not a huge criticism, but simply...odd...service. I will continue eating at Home, but will probably go during off hours.
- Pros: Food
- Cons: Uneven service
No way!
by nicsop
Awful awful. Upon arrival, I was neither greeted by the hostess in a timely fashion, nor did she know what she was doing. Then when we were seated the rest of the experience was a complete disaster. From having to ask for water and bread at least 3 times, to the waitress running around like a chicken with her head cut off, no smiles, no eye contact, not certain if they had orange juice and waiting on clean glasses and bread basket. Food, although somewhat tasty, was cold. Mom asked for no bacon, got bacon. Cozy but cramped, chaotic environment. For a sustainble table restaurant I expected peace. No way would I return
- Pros: cozy
- Cons: everything else
Different World
by izettaaa
location: mysterious.
space: gorgeous. makes you feel like you're in a different era.
service: impeccable.
food: mmmmmm...
*sigh.* this is my idea of a great dining experience, from start to finish.
The Details on Home Restaurant
Place Categories:
- excellent italian food
- worst service
- great peculiar service
- bad restaurant
- mediocre food
- mediocre brunch
- great new york wine
- pleasant experiences
- romantic dinner
- just so-so flavor
- very enjoyable dining experience
- nice ambience
- rude household
- great
- very fresh beet
- great atmosphere
- very nice evening
- cold voila
- very fresh goat cheese salad
- cold waiters waitresses
- not helpful suggestion
- big fan
- huge criticism
- fantastic homemade ketchup
- big nono

