Norma's

08/17/09

Amazing Breakfast!!!

by belladiamondz

They start off by giving you a sample of their fresh fruit smoothie of the day...which was mango peach and it was so refreshing! Their freshly squeezed OJ is amazing. The french-pressed coffee is the perfect thing you need to jump-start your morning.

Portions are huge! We all shared a few things, the light and healthy veggie egg white omlett must of been made with a dozen eggs, it was massive! You taste all the freshness of the ingredients.

The macadamia nut pancakes were sooooooo sinfully delicious. and even better were the Chocolate Peanut Butter Waffles....omg...amazing...get a side order of vanilla icecream on the side and that will make it even better!

Forget about your diet for the day, come here to indulde and its well worth it!

• Pros: Delicious food, great service, great tasting beverages!
• Cons: Nothing!

06/19/09

Love the brunch

by NewYorking

I had brunch here last weekend and loved it. There are so many options for vegetarians. I had the egg quesadilla and my husband had chicken. Both were excellent. The pancakes on our neighbor's plate looked yummy too. I highly recommend this place for brunch. The only drawbacks are: the place is too expensive, too full of people hence a long waiting time, and open only till 3pm. Fresh juice is served in tall glasses and costs $9 each which is very expensive. You don't order the juice, the waiter comes and asks to pour it in your glass. For a moment I thought that it comes with the brunch, but there is no free lunch so... $18 for two it was.

• Pros: Excellent brunch options
• Cons: Expensive, hard to get seating

05/19/09

Worst Brunch Place Ever

by moorzic10

I am a big foodie person and love to go out to eat...This past Sunday, I made to Norma's for Brunch. I was very excited as I read all this wonderful things about the place. How dissapointed was I....First of all, they had no alcohol.. which is fine but kind of weird at the same time..Brunch and no Bloody Mary??? Second, I asked for Lobster mac cheese, well apparently, they dont serve it on Sundays..Hmmmmmm..ok. we ordered french toast with fresh fruits and eggs benedict...Eggs were overdone and were not even runny.. the french toast had fruits but not the fresh ones.. it felt like, someone took a huge serving of jam and I mean huge and poured over the toast.. and then the bill comes.. they served us for coffee that was already on the table...as well as for oj which looked to be compemtary as we did not order it.. Anyways, for 100 bucks plus tip, you can enjoy bruch as Sarabeth with cocktails and much better food...Skip this place.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Everything

02/09/09

Shamefully poor service

by 754597287

I am a big fan of the Burger Joint, and I have been to Norma's a number of times for business breakfasts. The service is always slow to non-existent, but my experience on Saturday topped it all. After being seated at 2pm (not exactly the height of the brunch rush), no one even came to our table for 10 minutes. After the parade of 10 minute waits between the water server, the orange juice server, and the coffee server, I finally flagged down the host and asked that someone come to our table to take our order (we'd been in our seats for a total of about 40 minutes by this point). We ordered the extremely complicated eggs benedict and mushroom omelet. 45 minutes and 5 glasses of orange juice later, we realized that it was 3:30 and we had neither received our food nor seen our waiter since he took our order. Annoyed that our plans for the afternoon were almost completely ruined, we stood to leave. Low and behold, the second we stood with our things, the waiter appeared! He begged us to stay and told us that he had spoken to the manager, who would "take care of everything." I told him that we had afternoon plans and had not intended to spend so long waiting. Another gentlemen then showed up with our food, put it on the table, and practically pushed us to sit down and eat. Against my better judgment, I did. I asked for the check immediately, explaining our rush. Another 30 minutes (and disappearing waiter, manager, or anyone inclined to acknowledge our presence), the bill came. Not one item had been comped by management, and when I asked to speak to the manager, I was told that he was unavailable. I don't mind splurging on a $65 brunch, but this one was insulting. There are too many fantastic restaurants in the city to waste your time and patience on an establishment that does not realize that the economy is not its friend right now. I could get more attentive service at Burger Heaven - the next time, I'll suffer their over-priced meals instead.

• Pros: Good location
• Cons: Horrible service, poorly managed

02/08/09

Disappointed midtown resident

by philnyc

Being residents of midtown, we're always on the look out for a good brunch in the neighborhood. So we were looking forward to experiencing Norma's after having a very solid burger at Burger Joint. When we were seated, our table was unclean... my girlfriend's seat had food on it. The decor was bright and loud, and the elbow-to-elbow seating reminded me of a school cafeteria -- which could be okay, but not when you're paying those prices. The service was poor. The food took over half an hour to arrive. Our server didn't check in on us once during the wait. The food was good and competently prepared, but not worth the price. And being seated to a chair with food on it is unacceptable.

• Pros: Creative dishes -- "Good," not, "Great."
• Cons: Table and chairs weren't clean; Poor service; Overpriced

01/29/09

Worth it

by JackWelch

Coffee was great.. if you want a great breakfast that wont let you down and dont want to risk it this is the place...

• Pros: Great all around
• Cons: a little spendy but nothing crazy

10/29/08

IHOP is better! Service was TERRIBLE!!!!

by Kiernan7

(NOTE: I'm usually a pretty easy going customer, but this one frosted my butt)....

Ordered a REALLY TOUGH breakfast: Bacon and Eggs. Asked for over easy eggs, but when they arrived (ater about 20 minutes) I could SEE that were hard as a rock (so could the waitress).

She took the plate back and was gone FOR ANOTHER 20 minutes. I finally got so irate I went up to the manager and he took care of things because the waitress was developing a 'tude. When the breakfast arrived, the eggs were fine, but the bacon (which I had asked for crisp) was anything BUT crisp.

JEEZ! Was this really so hard? The manager made some comment about "the politics of the kitchen". Christ! Politics? At the prices they charge!?!?!? (Bring a loan officer, by the way).

You're better off at IHOP -- unless you're a masochist.

• Pros: None, unless you need a thinner wallet
• Cons: I can't say what I want to say, because it keeps stopping on my 'bad words'

10/28/08

Perfect for Brunch

by mmicki

Came here with a group of girlfriends for brunch on a Saturday, and it was fantastic. We shared eggs florentine, crapes, french toast, pancakes and crispy belgian waffle. Every single bite of all of the dishes were amazing. We polished off every crumb. If you are looking for a great brunch, this is definitely a place to check out.

• Pros: food service

10/06/08

tasty & pricey

by duthat

trvl gd rec'd norma's. gd infrmd this to be a moderately pric'd rest. surpirse! surpirse! this was $$$$ experience. upon our arrival, our waiter quickly poured 4 glasses oj. unbeknownst to us ea glass: $9! i make frsh sqzd oj...& this oj wasn't frsh sqzd, but was told it was. instantly, i racked up a bill of $36 - all we had on our table was oj! yikes! pancakes (flour, banana & nuts) shouldn't cost nearly what we paid ($22) - hwvr, they were mouth-watering D-LICIOUS!! the bakery basket was also yummy. all-in-all, we had a nice experience, but i don't think we'll return

• Pros: delicious food
• Cons: pricey!!!!

09/07/08

Delicious!

by ginainnyc

I went here with a few friends for some brunch. I saw the online menu and was intrigued. We were seated quickly (reservations a must on a Saturday). Our waiter brought us some samples of the smoothie of the day which had bananas and mangos in it. Then he brought out some fresh squeezed orange juice for us, yum. I ended up choosing the banana-macadamia flapjacks and had no regrets. It was a huge portion (I only ended up eating half of it) and it was very sweet and very tasty. I didn't even have to use the syrup they provided because the the flapjacks itself was delicious. Our waiter was very kind and had a sense of humor. I was very satisfied with the food and the service. I will come here again and will recommend this place to all my friends.