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New York, United States, Restaurants
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Detailed Food analysis for New York, United States, Restaurants.
This view focuses on Food signals in New York, United States, Restaurants to help you understand what guests mention most.
This topic view focuses on Restaurants in New York, United States. Compare with country-level data to decide if this is subdivision variation or a wider trend.
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Current scope
New York, United States, Restaurants
Largest gap
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Confidence
27,267 reviews analyzed across 2 platforms.
Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.
This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.
Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.
Complaint signal
8.2%
Praise signal
40.5%
Complaint signal
11.9%
Praise signal
57.5%
Coverage
354 insight pages mention Food in this scope.
Signal strength
Complaint signal is 10.1% across available platforms.
Praise signal is 49.0% across available platforms.
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Compare New York, United States against national Restaurants patterns to identify where local execution diverges.
Food patterns usually point to operational choices that directly affect conversion and repeat visits for Restaurants.
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These are the strongest recurring drivers behind this topic in the current scope.
"Not worth $1,000 for two people. The food was underwhelming—overly salty, sour, and too sweet. The staff was unprofessional, which was surprising for a Michelin-starred restaurant. This was the first time I’ve experienced such poor service at this level. I don’t drink alcohol or enjoy mocktails, so I simply asked if they had a mocktail list (not a pairing menu). The server said no and didn’t offer a beverage menu. Only later did I discover they had a tea selection, but I had to ask for the menu myself. It felt like she didn’t know how to properly handle guests. The chefs were serving dishes, and one of them seemed visibly angry. While I don’t expect excessive friendliness, his demeanor was unsettling. Overall, I didn’t enjoy the meal and am genuinely surprised this restaurant holds two Michelin stars.
$12 for a Tito's and soda. Insulting is an understatement. Heard lots of great things about this place, but I have no idea what they were talking about. The place is small, with uncomfortable chairs and way overpriced drinks. The menu is pathetically small and overpriced. Additionally they had a "security guard" at the door, which was very off putting. Never ever going to spend another penny here. Move on to places that actually care
$21 on 8 small, quarter size sushi pieces. The fish is bloody, tough, and low quality. Leaves look yellowed and inedible, plating inevitably looked empty. Taste was bland and uninspired. Service was not great, felt as if I was being rushed out despite being the only customer in the whole restaurant. Pretty restaurant though.
Great food
Amazing food
Amazing food!
$ 9.99 for 5 cheese sticks tasted like they were frozen. We went with a groupon and were treated second class. Was told the Groupon would only cover dinner items ( Groupon said anything on the menu ) Would not give us the salads that came with the dinner items. And the sauces were not as good a Olive Garden and I don't consider Olive Garden a good example of Italian food. The back room was much better looking than the garish front. So, I thought the value was poor, the service somewhat hostile and the food mediocre. Would never go back
$71 for a dry meager piece of Dover sole without any side dish is over the top ridiculous even for Manhattan. This was a special so the price wasn’t noted anywhere. I might have asked the waitress for the price but we were entertaining a friend from Europe & didn’t want to appear tacky. If the fish was extraordinary I would have overlooked the expense but unfortunately this wasn’t the case. The bill for four people for 2 cocktails, 1 glass of wine,1 coke & 3 fish and 1 chicken dish with no appetizers or desert was with tip over $400- there are many, many other great restaurants in New York -skip this one
- Had very good reviews online so decided to come here before a concert at the waiting room (in walking distance) - I don't know if it was just what we ordered but it was not good at all..both of us got chicken in our meal and it was disgusting...rubbery and had ZERO flavour. - My boyfriend got the wings and he couldn't even eat them he said it tasted gross..the blue cheese wasn't even real blue cheese..it was so fake. - I had the greek salad with chicken and it had ZERO flavour which I can't understand with greek food. The dressing had no much vinegar in it and the chicken was lukewarm which wilted the salad. - Was so hungry when we left and it was expensive to top it off. - Would try again based on the great reviews but would NOT get chicken again.
Had a dinner in Delmonicos for New Year's Eve with my wife. I'd heard great things and the food did not disappoint. One of the best steaks I've had. It was expensive, which I expected and was happy to pay. The only thing is that the waiters seemed to be very amateur. They mixed up my dessert and our wine orders, spilled half a glass of champagne all over our table when trying to refill a glass, and routinely yanked away our plates as soon as they thought we had finished (even if we were still chewing!). None of this was a deal breaker but I was a bit peeved when they automatically added 20% service to our bill, given the sup par service we received.
Last minute dinner idea. Always come here when I don't feel like cooking. Homemade dinners and friendly service. Many great choices on the menu. A South Buffalo Icon
Great food, wine and service!
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Food made me sick the next day like the worst food poisoning ever had in my life please look into food& kitchen environment
Review rating: 1.0
Very good food, top notch service.
Review rating: 4.0
We love this place. Unfortunately brunch with out of town family was not successful. Bacon was not crispy, steak bite skillet was too salty. I asked for French fries instead of home fries, did not happen. Brother asked for hot sauce when placing order, had to ask again. Server brought coffee, etc. Then did not return to the table until after food was delivered, one of our party tracked her down so we could order drinks.
Review rating: 3.0
We sat upstairs, which we preferred as it’s quieter. Daniel, or server, was warm, engaging, helpful and efficient. The food quality was excellent. This visit exceeded our expectations.
Review rating: 5.0
These snippets come from aggregated analysis text and highlight recurring language tied to this topic.
"Not worth $1,000 for two people. The food was underwhelming—overly salty, sour, and too sweet. The staff was unprofessional, which was surprising for a Michelin-starred restaurant. This was the first time I’ve experienced such poor service at this level. I don’t drink alcohol or enjoy mocktails, so I simply asked if they had a mocktail list (not a pairing menu). The server said no and didn’t offer a beverage menu. Only later did I discover they had a tea selection, but I had to ask for the menu myself. It felt like she didn’t know how to properly handle guests. The chefs were serving dishes, and one of them seemed visibly angry. While I don’t expect excessive friendliness, his demeanor was unsettling. Overall, I didn’t enjoy the meal and am genuinely surprised this restaurant holds two Michelin stars.
Signal: 0.0%
$12 for a Tito's and soda. Insulting is an understatement. Heard lots of great things about this place, but I have no idea what they were talking about. The place is small, with uncomfortable chairs and way overpriced drinks. The menu is pathetically small and overpriced. Additionally they had a "security guard" at the door, which was very off putting. Never ever going to spend another penny here. Move on to places that actually care
Signal: 0.0%
$21 on 8 small, quarter size sushi pieces. The fish is bloody, tough, and low quality. Leaves look yellowed and inedible, plating inevitably looked empty. Taste was bland and uninspired. Service was not great, felt as if I was being rushed out despite being the only customer in the whole restaurant. Pretty restaurant though.
Signal: 0.0%
Great food
Signal: 0.1%
Amazing food
Signal: 0.1%
Amazing food!
Signal: 0.0%
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Reviews analyzed
27,267
Collected reviews: 390,958 · Analysis coverage: 7.0%
Platforms covered
2
Last update
May 26, 2026
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