David Copperfield's

03/06/09

Seriously Rocking Place

by Jackass at Citysearch

Did I mention a huge beer selection? I was reading the last review and it says small selection. OK, 30 taps of craft beer, a hand drawn cask conditioned offering, and 100 plus bottles and this is a small selection? OK, enough of that.

I've been twice. The bartender, Fran, when I was there the first time knew her stuff and definitely could recommend good beers. Also, the atmosphere, with local folks and professors from Cornell and Rockefeller University hanging out was definitely different, but definitely cool and intellectual, without being at all pretentious.

Food here is solid. I had baby back ribs twice, and they are among the best I have had anywhere. If you are lucky enough to live on the upper east side, make this your 2nd home.

• Pros: Great Food, Great Music, Great service
• Cons: none

05/09/07

cask not always on

by britbeer at Citysearch

I have been serveral times in the hope of trying one of their cask ales. Sadly, on each occasion, no cask. THis is a shame. Overall, the bar is a typical NY bar - open plan with the usual food selections.

It is okay, but there is nothing to make one travel to go there ,if you are in the area, do give it a try.

• Pros: they claim to sell cask ale
• Cons: never had it on when I have been.

07/06/06

Never Again

by koma1380 at Citysearch

Well we started the night off with the idea of having a couple beers and some burgers at DC's. Since when we walked by they had a sign advertising a 4th of July party with $3 beers. So we go in and seat our selfs and order two beers, some patato skins and two burgers. We get our beers and then are told from a confuzed waitress that she realized that she can't give us the "happy hour" drink prices if we are not sitting at the bar. No mind you there was no room to is at the bar because of the world cup quater finals. Since we already have our drinks there is no choice, so we are forced to pay full price. Then our burgers had the smallest serving of fries I have seen. Yet, no patato skins. So we just start eating, now mind you we are also being ignored by this waitress. Half way through eating the server notices finaly that we don't have the patato skinds and goes to find out what happened.

She comes to tell us that they did make them. Although they were so burnt and small that they cant serve them to us. She asked if you wanted anything else instead. We desided to get some nachos instead. Well after alot more of being ignored. I even at one point had my credit card out in plain sight on the table and she just walked right past us.

It was so bad my date had to walk home, across the street were we live mind you. To rest people we were forced to wait there for so long. Once I did get a bill after half a hour of waiting for it. I noticed that I was charged $11.99 for the plate of nachos. That we only ordered because she was offering nice they ruined our order. I expected it to be comped or at least half off. No full price, when the patato skinks I wanted was $5.99. Now the $12 plate of nachoes was the most pathetic serving I have ever saw. It was so small I was hoping it was free, because that was all it was worth.

This is just one horrible experience after another.

• Pros: Great Overpriced Beer Selection
• Cons: Wait Staff Has No Clue, Horible Food, Happy Hours That Are No Real

01/12/06

Half rack of ribs has shrunk!

by negary at Citysearch

My firend and I decided to eat here after being here on a Friday night and enjoying the bar atmosphere that night. The BBQ smelled great and we were looking forward to it. We both ordered the same thing, 1/2 rack of ribs and 1/4 chicken. It comes with corn on the cob, slaw and pickles. We were very disappointed. The corn was cold..cold as in barely cooked. The 1/2 rack of ribs were defined by the owners as 3 ribs only... and they forgot the slaw...we had to ask for it. The only thing that made the meal palatable was the very kind waitress who by now, should be looking for another place to work if she wants to make any tips. The meal cost us with 2 diet cokes, $40 plus a generous tip...total $48 for crap. My advice, go there to drink...don't waste the time on food.

• Pros: waitress
• Cons: food

08/03/05

This is a regular on our restaurant rotation

by slcpsych at Citysearch

We live a few blocks from Copperfield's and go there all the time. It's a very laid-back place and the wait staff has always been very nice to us, if not always the quickest. We love their DC blackened burger and their pulled pork. It's an easy place to go where you know you'll get reliable food and almost always a table immediately.

• Pros: Food, Availability, Price
• Cons: Wait staff can be slo

06/09/05

A Over Priced Place

by lcnewyork at Citysearch

The place is terrible. I live less than one block away from Copperfield's and use to go there all the time. They have recently fired their staff and brought in new people who dont even know how to serve a beer, I might add you are on average paying $6.50 to dink on the upper east side.

The place is always empty and attracks no one. The food is terrible and also over priced with the menu never changing.

Also, the biggest thing is the owners, they are extremly rude. I would never step foot in that place again.

Save your money or go to the bars on second avenue, much nicer scene....

• Cons: price of beer, service, attitude of owners

06/02/05

Friendly Retort

by biffffer at Citysearch

I am not a big user of Citysearch. I admit it. However, I visited a restaurant recently, enjoyed my experience, and was doing some web surfing when I noticed these reviews. First off, these "one-review wonders" are no doubt enemies of the restaurant for whatever reason. Copperfield's is great. Great food, good service and an incredibly nice ambiance with wonderful beers, perhaps the biggest selection I have ever seen in one place at one time. The manager who greeted me was friendly and seemed busy all night with assisting the servers and bartenders. Don't believe the negativity, and they don't even serve a cheese plate of any kind.

• Pros: Great Food, Beautiful Ambiance, Solid Service

Editorial Review

by Contributor at Citysearch

Pub popular for its extensive craft-beer selection, happy hours, American grub and atmosphere featuring lively groups watching sports.

04/21/05

$17 for a cheese plate at a bar!?

by pvoorgirl at Citysearch

Too much overprice "pub grub." The waitstaff is nice, but I totally agree with the other reviews that say the manager is horrible. I have been there twice, and both times he humiliated a waitress in front of my table and then proceeded to be overly nice (read: annoying) to our party. I will not be going back here again.

• Pros: Beer
• Cons: Manager, Food, Stench

04/14/05

Nice surprise

by bissie at Citysearch

Wow. My boyfriend wants to go to this place with a lot of beer. So I go, thinking it was going to be just another swill hall. So we get there, and its like, just beautiful. Nice and clean, attentive service and they make cosmopolitans the best. There was a lot of beer on tap, and my boyfriend had to try them all, like 30 of them, but the food was excellent too. I had a really great shrimp salad and we shared the best burger. Everything was pretty good. A great restaurant I highly recommend.

• Pros: service, food, prices, muisic, fun, friendly