Water Club Banquets

(212) 545-1155

500 E 30th Street
New York, NY 10016 40.7408 -73.9742

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Neighborhoods: Kips Bay, Midtown

THEWATERCLUB.COM

Years in business

Established in 1972

Price:

$$$$

Last updated 8.08.11

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The Scene – The East River isn't the Seine, yet it still has a gritty appeal to patrons of this celebratory floating restaurant. Diners enter via a handsome bar/lounge, all sparkling brass and polished wood, then proceed to the window-wrapped main dining room with expansive views up and down the waterway. Service can be exceedingly slow, especially when packed with the inevitable birthday groups. – – The Food – The lively New American menu changes with the seasons, but you can always start with exquisite oysters from the Northwest, Eastern Canada and Europe. Other…

ambiance
90.71000099182129% positive
  1. but if you want to have a fun time and great parties you should head to H2O Bar and Grill located just before it
  2. Professional waiters, coat check, great tasting gourmet food, and valet parking.
  3. Terrific wind blowing through your hair kind of view, decent [although not mouthwatering] cuisine
  4. Great service, Great meal, Great view
  5. the best lobster and ambiance.
  6. The dining room was huge and spread out with floor to ceiling glass windows, gorgeous views of East River.
  7. the view over the water was great.
  8. The decor is beautiful, but it isn't worth being treated like a second class citizen
  9. can get better food, service and a nicer view from a great place in NJ.
  10. The view is nice but not worth the trouble to be treated so poorly.
  11. great views of the river traffic from both the dining room and the deck.
  12. great view
  13. Very romantic, food not that great
  14. The view is spectacular, the food never disappointing, and the prix fixe lunch prices are fantastic.
  15. If you need to see the water stroll on the promenade and enjoy the fleeting views.
  16. The views are nice, but from Brooklyn, Queens and NJ are much better.
  17. They stated that there is a water view from every table, but since I am only 5 feet tall, I needed to strain my neck to enjoy the view.
  18. The bar is quite comfortable and the piano music at night adds to the delightful ambience.
  19. Are New Yorkers so deprived of water that anything on the water is considered a great view?
  20. wanted to take my father to a really great restaurant with awesome NYC views; however, what was supposed to be a fantastic experience turned out to be an absolute nightmare b/c of the inexcusably rude staff.
  21. It is difficult to get to the location and the food is terrible.
  22. beautiful location at the water and a great menu with high class service.
  23. Although you have to make reservations this place is lovely and the view is spectacular and the food is good if you like small portions.
  24. Newyork's most romantic restaurant going down to hill , Answer is easy a few people names Chauncy who is a Captain and His partner Hussein these two guys are running the place with no manners, they have no idea what is hospitality business is.
  25. Great Lobster, nice atmosphere but pricey
  26. We were given a nice table by the window with a great view on the east river and 59 st. bridge.
  27. Fantastic view rivals the wonderful food
  28. big plus for us is the free valet parking.
  29. The ambience is beautiful.
  30. The great atmosphere combined with the reasonable prices and tasty food makes it the perfect place to go in the city, the ambiance is great and the bathrooms are clean.
  31. We thought the price was a bargain for excellent food at a prime location.
  32. The food was incredible, the service was kind and the ambiance was breathtaking!
  33. wonderful river view
  34. The view from the restaurant beside the east River is very nice.
  35. The decor and view was romantic and even though I wasn't on a date I will be sure to bring one here in the future.
dessert
83.33000183105469% positive
  1. However, when it came to dessert I forgot about my diet because of the huge amount of delicious desserts.
  2. 8/6. For $35, the Sunday brunch offering is quite good - fresh oysters on the half shell, the best whitefish salad I've ever had, moist filet mignon and leg of lamb and excellent chocolate croissants, just to name a few of the many offerings.
  3. The chicken breast was a hearty, flavorful proportion and the layered chocolate cake was a symphony of rich nutty flavor.
  4. No room for desserts, but what went by us looked great.
  5. The dessert table was fantastic, hard to choose from so many delectable desserts.
  6. To make matters worst, one individual at our table order sorbet for dessert, the waiter was quick with his rude respond ?
drinks
70.0% positive
  1. When they finally came to the table to take our drink order, the server dutifully informed us that there are two types of champagne by the glass, good ($16.00 per glass) and "bad" ($8.00 per glass).
  2. The service is always excellent, the girls remember you by name, drinks are served quickly and the menu has a variety of appetizers, hamburgers, hotdogs etc.
  3. The bar is quite comfortable and the piano music at night adds to the delightful ambience.
  4. had some great gourmet coffee and a glass of white wine.
  5. No one cme by to clear my table or ask if I needed another drink until I took my dirty plate and placed it on the unoccupied table next to us.
food quality
71.0099983215332% positive
  1. The bartender and staff was awesome but the food was not up to par.
  2. The restaurant is very lovely and the food was fine, but who needs to go to a place (and spend a lot of money) to be treated in such a bad manner.
  3. And the food is consistently good, every visit.
  4. We had the reisling which was quite refreshing and went well with the meal.
  5. The great atmosphere combined with the reasonable prices and tasty food makes it the perfect place to go in the city, the ambiance is great and the bathrooms are clean.
  6. Food is simple,clean, tasty but the service is HORRIBLE at water club , went down hill long time ago place needs a new managment,waiters,bartenders and more.
  7. The service is horrible and food is expensive and poor tasting!
  8. For your main meal, try the glazed sea scallops with roasted citrus and mesclun greens, the Filet Mignon (with one of the most scrumptious treatment of potatoes we've had in New York), or the broiled Salmon.
  9. can get better food, service and a nicer view from a great place in NJ.
  10. The lamb was bland & overcooked, the olive sauce was just horrible.
  11. Food was reasonably priced for great seafood.
  12. The menu does not speak to how great the food is.
  13. However, when it came to dessert I forgot about my diet because of the huge amount of delicious desserts.
  14. Our service was horrible; our chicken was dry and fish was horribly prepared!
  15. The view is spectacular, the food never disappointing, and the prix fixe lunch prices are fantastic.
  16. The food was amazing.
  17. had the tuna app which was very fresh and unique.
  18. We thought the price was a bargain for excellent food at a prime location.
  19. It's no where near as fancy as the haught taughty "Water Club," but the service and the food are amazing!
  20. barely remember the food, but the brunch menu was a great sele.
  21. Fantastic view rivals the wonderful food
  22. 8/6. For $35, the Sunday brunch offering is quite good - fresh oysters on the half shell, the best whitefish salad I've ever had, moist filet mignon and leg of lamb and excellent chocolate croissants, just to name a few of the many offerings.
  23. Very romantic, food not that great
  24. It is difficult to get to the location and the food is terrible.
  25. Great service, Great meal, Great view
  26. The food was quite awful - bland and overcooked.
  27. take my word for it folks,its expensive but good, great steaks.
  28. Terrific wind blowing through your hair kind of view, decent [although not mouthwatering] cuisine
  29. place like rolfs is packed and should be closed and this place which has very good food gets rated badly.
  30. The inside of the restaurant is art deco, prices are not cheap, but food was great and the presentation of the food was like being in a royal palace.
  31. The service was very slow and the food was not worth the wait.
  32. The chicken breast was a hearty, flavorful proportion and the layered chocolate cake was a symphony of rich nutty flavor.
  33. The Maryland shecrab (sp) soup was also delicious.
  34. We had a 40th Birthday celebration for a friend of mine and the service, food were excellent.
  35. My partner's meal was equally poor - the rest week menu was bad, tasteless, dry, and the service was rude beyond belief.
  36. The food was great.
  37. I'm obsessed with good food and win and always want to eat in a special place.
  38. Although you have to make reservations this place is lovely and the view is spectacular and the food is good if you like small portions.
  39. the food was good (only a handful of the dishes were great) but there is one thing i don't get.
  40. Staff was great, food wasn't
  41. The food is mediocre.
  42. Professional waiters, coat check, great tasting gourmet food, and valet parking.
  43. The food was incredible, the service was kind and the ambiance was breathtaking!
  44. The focal point of dinner was my husband's delicious fish meuniere, which was
  45. The food was delightful - I had the lobster and the famous potatoes O'Keefe, and my two friends had the steak - which was cooked to perfection.
  46. Gosh awful food and service
menu variety
80.0% positive
  1. beautiful location at the water and a great menu with high class service.
  2. My partner's meal was equally poor - the rest week menu was bad, tasteless, dry, and the service was rude beyond belief.
  3. The menu does not speak to how great the food is.
  4. The service is always excellent, the girls remember you by name, drinks are served quickly and the menu has a variety of appetizers, hamburgers, hotdogs etc.
  5. barely remember the food, but the brunch menu was a great sele.
overall
95.83000183105469% positive
  1. Honestly, probably my favorite restaurant of all time.
  2. All in all, a great place =)
  3. wanted to take my father to a really great restaurant with awesome NYC views; however, what was supposed to be a fantastic experience turned out to be an absolute nightmare b/c of the inexcusably rude staff.
  4. The great atmosphere combined with the reasonable prices and tasty food makes it the perfect place to go in the city, the ambiance is great and the bathrooms are clean.
  5. I'm obsessed with good food and win and always want to eat in a special place.
  6. can get better food, service and a nicer view from a great place in NJ.
service
53.80000114440918% positive
  1. The service is always excellent, the girls remember you by name, drinks are served quickly and the menu has a variety of appetizers, hamburgers, hotdogs etc.
  2. Gosh awful food and service
  3. The few inside improvements are just a cover for the rude, sarcastic attitude of the wait staff.
  4. First off the maitre-de was extremely rude and would not let us sit outside or by a window.
  5. have to agree with the person before me who said the Maitre'D was rude.
  6. Newyork's most romantic restaurant going down to hill , Answer is easy a few people names Chauncy who is a Captain and His partner Hussein these two guys are running the place with no manners, they have no idea what is hospitality business is.
  7. Worst customer service in all of NYC!
  8. My partner's meal was equally poor - the rest week menu was bad, tasteless, dry, and the service was rude beyond belief.
  9. This is truly one of those restaurants where it's better to let it go out of business and wait for someone new to take over the space and provide great service.
  10. Also I noticed the staff was less professional from when I previously have been there.
  11. Save your money, and to an option with reasonable and courteous service
  12. Why do so many of my fellow city searchers rate this place as having bad service.
  13. don't bother/ rude host
  14. The bartender and staff was awesome but the food was not up to par.
  15. Our waiters were great!
  16. When they finally came to the table to take our drink order, the server dutifully informed us that there are two types of champagne by the glass, good ($16.00 per glass) and "bad" ($8.00 per glass).
  17. Our dinner was very disappointing, we were surrounded by several large and loud groups (many were also complaining about slow service).
  18. the only way to I got reasonably good service was by causing a scene.
  19. The service was very friendly and attentive.
  20. can get better food, service and a nicer view from a great place in NJ.
  21. The entire staff was friendly and attentive to our needs and all of our dinners arrived on time and cooked exactly as ordered.
  22. Great service, Great meal, Great view
  23. The food was incredible, the service was kind and the ambiance was breathtaking!
  24. Our server was friendly and more than accommodating to my friends very specific dietary needs.
  25. To make matters worst, one individual at our table order sorbet for dessert, the waiter was quick with his rude respond ?
  26. Buzzy O" Keefe needs to find more professional people who they can run his place with a CLASS Bruno Saint Andre is a great manager but he is powerless against these people, I know all these names because i used be a regular customer
  27. lousy service
  28. They were polite, funny and attentive without being in our faces; the service was very nice and fast.
  29. It was so bad I wanted to leave, my husband told the Maitre'D we wanted to change our seat and by this time more people came in so we had to sit at a table right by the waitstaff which was uncomfortable.
  30. Our service was horrible; our chicken was dry and fish was horribly prepared!
  31. This is the worst restaurant service I ever received!
  32. Professional waiters, coat check, great tasting gourmet food, and valet parking.
  33. The service was very slow and the food was not worth the wait.
  34. don't go to expensive restaurants to be belittled by a server.
  35. Upon arriving, we encountered a rude host, which could have been forgiven had our experience changed.
  36. The service was attentive and polite.
  37. It's no where near as fancy as the haught taughty "Water Club," but the service and the food are amazing!
  38. We had a 40th Birthday celebration for a friend of mine and the service, food were excellent.
  39. The service is horrible and food is expensive and poor tasting!
  40. The rude maitre'd told her in a very rude and gruff voice - "You must remove that stroller now!
  41. beautiful location at the water and a great menu with high class service.
  42. wanted to take my father to a really great restaurant with awesome NYC views; however, what was supposed to be a fantastic experience turned out to be an absolute nightmare b/c of the inexcusably rude staff.
  43. friendly staff.
  44. eat out all the time, and have never experienced such bad service and such rude waiters anywhere.
  45. At the front doors a hostess with her big charming smile.
  46. Food is simple,clean, tasty but the service is HORRIBLE at water club , went down hill long time ago place needs a new managment,waiters,bartenders and more.
value
62.750000953674316% positive
  1. don't go to expensive restaurants to be belittled by a server.
  2. The view is spectacular, the food never disappointing, and the prix fixe lunch prices are fantastic.
  3. The great atmosphere combined with the reasonable prices and tasty food makes it the perfect place to go in the city, the ambiance is great and the bathrooms are clean.
  4. The restaurant is very lovely and the food was fine, but who needs to go to a place (and spend a lot of money) to be treated in such a bad manner.
  5. Save your money, and to an option with reasonable and courteous service
  6. Although you have to make reservations this place is lovely and the view is spectacular and the food is good if you like small portions.
  7. The service is horrible and food is expensive and poor tasting!
  8. The view is nice but not worth the trouble to be treated so poorly.
  9. Great Lobster, nice atmosphere but pricey
  10. take my word for it folks,its expensive but good, great steaks.
  11. The decor is beautiful, but it isn't worth being treated like a second class citizen
  12. The inside of the restaurant is art deco, prices are not cheap, but food was great and the presentation of the food was like being in a royal palace.
  13. Yes, this place is pricey, but for sure it is one of those places for special occassions.
  14. We thought the price was a bargain for excellent food at a prime location.
  15. However, when it came to dessert I forgot about my diet because of the huge amount of delicious desserts.
  16. The service was very slow and the food was not worth the wait.
  17. The dining room was huge and spread out with floor to ceiling glass windows, gorgeous views of East River.
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. The service was very slow and the food was not worth the wait.
  2. To make matters worst, one individual at our table order sorbet for dessert, the waiter was quick with his rude respond ?
  3. Our dinner was very disappointing, we were surrounded by several large and loud groups (many were also complaining about slow service).
  4. Food is simple,clean, tasty but the service is HORRIBLE at water club , went down hill long time ago place needs a new managment,waiters,bartenders and more.
1 Star Rating: Poor

07/18/11

Abhorrent

by alexbean

First, let's start with the service. After my girlfriend and I were seated, we were ignored and had to ask our waiter to come by. Our waiter was rude and inattentive. He would snap his fingers at the hard working bus boys while failing to refill our glasses. I couldn't figure out whether the waiter was inexplicably pretentious or just plain old ignorant. At the end, we had three other waiters servicing our table while our original waiter sat nearby and ate his food. He didn't even have the decency to deliver the check or thank us for coming. The service was bad enough to never come back here again.

Second, we ordered an assortment of appetizers and one big dish of seafood, called the Grand Plateau. The appetizers were pretty good until the grand plateau arrived - was completely inedible. It was abhorrently fishy and smelled like the bottom of a toilet. I should have sent it back and not paid a penny but I decided to let it go.

In sum, the service was more detestable than the $70 grand plateau. Suffice to say, I will never eat at the Water Club again.

3 Star Rating: Average

05/31/11

Very nice family oriented restaurant

by Curru

Had a lovely sunday brunch with great views of the river.

Friendly service. Buffet food!! Some is good and some is not as good. Great desserts!!! Defenitively paying for the view. Could use some improvement on the quality of food for what you pay.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

05/01/11

Awesome Sunday Brunch

by 12345go

The sunday brunch hear rocks. I came here a while back with some friends to try their sunday brunch, I was not disappointed. They're brunch buffet has everything from seafood to eggs benedict. I definitely will be back for their sunday brunch

3 Star Rating: Average

07/19/10

fab wedding location fab food and fab service couldnt ask

Contributor

superb food and so much of it wine flowed all night and music choice was perfect

4 Star Rating: Recommended

07/19/10

Good food started with the basket of warm bread

by TardyKat

The menu had pretty good options for Restaurant Week. The dressing on the avocado salad was a bit salty. The cream used to top the dessert had a weird oily feel. These would be the only complaints. The good food started with the warm breads on the table. The lobster bisque and cocktail appetizers were good. The steamed lobster, hanger steak and codfish entrees were very nicely prepared. The chocolate layer cake and key lime pie were delicious. I didn't care too much for the strawberry shortcake.

All the window seats were taken by the time we arrived for our reservation at 6:15pm so we had a banquette by the wall. The place filled up rather quickly and with more people, the sound level rose, though not to an unpleasant level.

  • Pros: Good Restaurant week menu options, fast service
  • Cons: Limited seating area with a view, salad dressing too salty

The Details on Water Club Banquets

Place Categories:

  • great tasting gourmet food
  • great service
  • great river view
  • horrible restaurant service
  • mediocre food
  • friendly entire staff
  • perfect place
  • really great water club restaurant
  • beautiful decor
  • worst fancy restaurant
  • recommend lobster
  • rude waiters
  • great steaks
  • beautiful ambience
  • great dining room
  • great anniversary dinner
  • delectable desserts
  • great meal
  • fantastic lunch prices
  • very fresh tuna app
  • nice atmosphere
  • great calamari
  • bad types
  • great glass
  • great experience
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