Green Kitchen Restaurant

In Short – Opened more than 75 years ago, this airy family-owned diner still attracts groups and solos on the Upper East Side. The green exterior paint makes it easy to spot, and the natural theme continues inside with light wood floors and potted plants. As a wall of old New York scenes hints at the history, waiters in the signature-color shirts focus on the present and scramble to serve egg dishes, sandwiches, burgers, pastas, and hearty entrees.

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The Extras:: Fill your belly before heading out to the bars. Be sure to check out the nearby nightlife.

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ambiance	100.0% positive	“also love the decor.” “Green Kitchen has recently been renovated and the new decor is rather pleasant.” “Great service, great food and decor A+”
dessert	0.0% positive	“The dessert offerings are surprisingly poor for a diner but there are plenty of bakeries nearby to pick up something on the way home.”
drinks	100.0% positive	“however, their service needs huge improvements, i asked for tea with lemon got it with milk.”
food quality	83.33000183105469% positive	“We miss the friendly faces of the staff and the diner like food that we used to get.” “Good food, good service, great place late at night.” “First of all has excellent food with a very interesting menu.” “What we got was very poor service from a terribly unfriendly waitress who didn't know the menu well and a very limiting selection of food.” “Green Kitchen was the best standard diner, for hangover breakfast/ burgers/ late night snacks etc.” “Usually you give up on good service and food once you pick a place that's affordable but not here.” “Now reopened, the new look is OK but if you can actually get beyond the abominable service (waited 10 minutes for a table 11 AM Sunday with at least 5 tables available, )the food is just lousy.” “Rude service, mediocre food” “Our food took forever to come out, and it tasted ok, but by then we were so miffed about the service, it was hard to enjoy the food.” “good french toast” “Good food, Clean” “Very good food!” “excellent food,great service” “May I say the food was great, waiter pleasant and accomodating.” “Not the best food - but it has all the diner stand-bys.” “love green kitchen's food.” “Great service, great food and decor A+” “Overall, this place offers a pleasant, tasty meal and a great value.”
menu variety	66.66999816894531% positive	“Their menu is extensive like any diner, but everything is actually good.” “What we got was very poor service from a terribly unfriendly waitress who didn't know the menu well and a very limiting selection of food.” “First of all has excellent food with a very interesting menu.”
overall	100.0% positive	“Usually you give up on good service and food once you pick a place that's affordable but not here.” “Good food, good service, great place late at night.”
service	68.75% positive	“excellent food,great service” “Great service, great food and decor A+” “Bad service!” “What we got was very poor service from a terribly unfriendly waitress who didn't know the menu well and a very limiting selection of food.” “May I say the food was great, waiter pleasant and accomodating.” “Good food, good service, great place late at night.” “however, their service needs huge improvements, i asked for tea with lemon got it with milk.” “We miss the friendly faces of the staff and the diner like food that we used to get.” “The service is very good and friendly.” “Rude service, mediocre food” “It was the worst service and the pancakes tasted like they were made from biscuit.” “Now reopened, the new look is OK but if you can actually get beyond the abominable service (waited 10 minutes for a table 11 AM Sunday with at least 5 tables available, )the food is just lousy.” “Usually you give up on good service and food once you pick a place that's affordable but not here.” “had a fabulous dinner and the service was up to par.” “Our food took forever to come out, and it tasted ok, but by then we were so miffed about the service, it was hard to enjoy the food.” “also like and I really appreciate as a new mom that the place is kids friendly”
value	75.0% positive	“I'm from Texas (used to big portions) and the portions at Green Kitchen are big and ridiculously cheap.” “however, their service needs huge improvements, i asked for tea with lemon got it with milk.” “By the way, the prices are about 40% more expensive.” “Usually you give up on good service and food once you pick a place that's affordable but not here.” “The prices are more than reasonable considering it's the Upper East Side.” “Overall, this place offers a pleasant, tasty meal and a great value.” “Thankfully my friend notices a huge shard of glass in there.” “don't understand the reviews about small portions or expensive prices.”
wait time	0.0% positive	“Now reopened, the new look is OK but if you can actually get beyond the abominable service (waited 10 minutes for a table 11 AM Sunday with at least 5 tables available, )the food is just lousy.”

07/25/09

Hot food

by stillyoung

I wanted to eat in but not cook so I ordered from the Green Kitchen. The food came fast and it was still hot.

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06/16/09

Overcharged Everytime

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Food not good, overcharged & rude delivery guy. Save your money and order somewhere else.

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03/03/09

A Cut Above a Diner

by hungrycouple

We wandered in one evening when we were too tired to cook and were pleasantly surprised. Both the service and food were a notch above typical diner offerings. Entrees are extremely generous and tasty, rival some of those at "nicer" restaurants and come with large salads and a bread basket. We went back the following week and were treated like regulars, with the waiter brining us complimentary appetizers while we perused the menu. The dessert offerings are surprisingly poor for a diner but there are plenty of bakeries nearby to pick up something on the way home. Overall, this place offers a pleasant, tasty meal and a great value.

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02/23/09

Good everything

by MikeyDisco

My father took me here with my family and we had a blast. Despite there being a line, we only waited a few minutes to be seated by a window :-) away from the crying baby on the other side of the restaurant. I kind of felt bad for the people behind us though who actually were seated next to crying baby. I do not think their review will be too bad though, the baby was removed after it regurgitated it's apple sauce just 5 minutes after they were seated. Anyway, our low priced breakfast came warm and just as ordered. We tipped very well and will certainly be back again. In fact, just that next week, my girlfriend and I enjoyed a quiet breakfast again by the window where the crying baby was the week before. Lucky for us, that family left the baby at home.

Pros: great food, service, and atmosphere
Cons: crying babies

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01/16/09

best diner around

by Charles70

I love green kitchen's food. There are a lot of healthy choices. My own qualm is they often mess up on my deliveries. Always forgetting something.

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07/25/09

Hot food

by stillyoung

06/16/09

Overcharged Everytime

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03/03/09

A Cut Above a Diner

by hungrycouple

02/23/09

Good everything

by MikeyDisco

01/16/09

best diner around

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