Battery Gardens

07/31/09

My most amazing best birthday dinner EVER

by kalogiannis at Citysearch

this restaurant has all the right ingredients for a perfect dinner. For my birthday every year we always have some sort of a big party and this year battery gardens was our venue of choice. we all indulged in delicious margarita pizzas and crab cakes among other items. i had their signature dish the chilean sea bass which was awesome. i hear they do wedding here and i could only imagine how beautiful they turn out at this hidden gem.

• Pros: atmosphere, amazing food, sunset, awesome staff
• Cons: absolutely nothing

06/23/09

Rip-Off

by NYC2121 at Citysearch

I recently attended an event catered by this company. I knew the hosts and found out what they had paid for their affair to be catered by Battery Gardens. When I saw what had been provided for thousands of dollars—cheap, 2nd-rate cheese squares and sour, unripe fruit, cheap wine along with abysmal presentation and service—I decided I would try to let others know. This place should be sued. They are ripping people off, and I'm sure they know it, but they had a "contract" with the venue so the hosts were basically held hostage. This should not happen. They are no better than criminals.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Everything

12/01/07

As of 9/16/07, for my wedding, Battery Gardens provided very good service and top quality food.

by ed1234567890 at Citysearch

I am writting this review because I saw many others that said the food and service was low quality. Well, I have had no problems at all with reservations being honored and the the food and service were as expected: top notch!

09/16/07

Ruined my Birthday! Would give no star if I could.

by tmicheals at Citysearch

Management (if there IS any), is inept! They lost our reservations! We showed up 15 minutes early, only to be informed that they didn't have our reservation, no record of our party, and snootilly informed us that it was OUR problem!. We were to have over 20 people coming, and they made no attempt to seat us even with a great many tables obviously open. We stood by the bar for over an hour, while they still refused to seat us (and actually asked US to move out of THEIR way!) before we decided to leave and take our business elsewhere. Basically, we were ignored...hmmm....fun.

08/23/07

Our July 2007 Wedding

by tlcw at Citysearch

We were so satisfied with the service of the restaurant. Especially, the coordinator who helped me with the scheduling of my wedding. She was AWESOME! She was always there to answer all my questions via e-mail. When I e-mailed her, she would immediately respond. She was very flexible with my wedding arrangements and never objected to anything! The staff was fantastic and always there to assist the guests. The food was delicious and perfect for the occasion, too. So anybody who is looking for a wedding destination for both their ceremony and reception----THIS IS THE PLACE!!! The view, the service, the food, the decor,...is all there for you to enjoy! You won't regret it!

• Pros: The view, the service, the food, the decor,...was all excellent!
• Cons: NOne

08/13/07

Stay away or waste your money

by jbsky at Citysearch

If I listened to my mother and said nothing if there was nothing nice to say this review would be blank. There was not one single redeeming aspect of this place.

On a Thursday evening it was EMPTY but we were told we could not sit outside for a drink before dinner. When we decided to sit at our table we ordered drinks from the bartender and instead of them being brought to us we were told to come and pick them up!

Food wasn't even up to chain restaurant standards, the pasta primevera had this red (?) sauce that tasted like uncut tomato paste.

The restaurant itself seemed a bit worn out.

I would not be surprized if there had been a recent change to management or chefs or something but this could not be the same establishment people reviewed highly.

• Pros: Absolutely NOTHING
• Cons: Absolutely EVERYTHING

08/04/07

They seated us outside on the SIDEWALK on a 90 degree day. We made our reservation for inside well ahead of time.

by nicpalumbo at Citysearch

We showed up for dinner at Battery Gardens thinking that we had reservations inside, it was over 90 degrees that day. No one informed us that we would have to eat outside, due to a private event they were having that evening. My parents were in from out of town and we were dressed for a nice dinner. The restaurant made NO ATTEMPT to rectify the situation. I spoke to the hostess earlier in the day when confirming the reservation. There was no mention of the fact that we would have to eat outside. Please understand that we were not offered seating in their outside patio area, they were actually planning to seat us on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. They lied to us and did not care when we left for another restaurant. Battery Gardens cares more about making money than they do about their patrons.

• Pros: Beautiful Setting
• Cons: Unreliable, LIARS

07/07/07

Battery Gardens

by funnygirl5877 at Citysearch

We went there tonight for our friend?s birthday celebration after reading the much hyped reviews. All I can say is what a disappointment. We are all in the service industry and took the night off for the most inattentive service I have ever seen. Depending on the dish the food was either ok or horrible . While the gazpacho, tuna tartar, watermelon salad, and fillet mignon were good, the sea bass was salty and too fishy, the corn and crab chowder was like eating a bowl of congealed gravy, and the gumbo was the same. The tuna and salmon sashimi was anything but sashimi - dowsed in an incredibly spicy sauce (when the menu called for citrus vinaigrette) and way too large for a started portion. The only thing this place has going for it is the view.

• Pros: Atmosphere
• Cons: Service, Food

Editorial Review

by Contributor at Citysearch

05/29/07

They cancelled my reservations.

by srybalov at Citysearch

I was so impressed by great reviews that decided to book our anniversary dinner there 4 weeks in advance. Three days prior to the date, they called me to cancel stating that a large party booked all the seats available. Needless to say, it's impossible to reserve seats in a nice restaurant in your desired location in New York on a Saturday in June with only three days left. Granted, reservations are not guaranteed, but that's not the way to do business. Especially, when this ruins your plans for the anniversary celebration. If your dinner plans are important, think before booking it at Battery Gardens.