The Writing Room - New York

This was not the dining experience for which I hoped. Apparently a decent meal with decent service was too high of a bar for dad 's birthday this year. We had no less than four people working our table. It was more awkward, uniformed and overlapping than efficient, seamless and attentive. I never got water on an oppressively hot day. Drinks were cleared away without asking if we 'd like something else. Our starters did show up in a timely manner. However, I wound up sending mine back something I simply never do unless it 's a health concern. But in this case, the Yellowtail Jalapeno was crudely hacked fish, too thick to be called sashimi, so cold that the texture was mid thaw such that all taste had dissipated, and it didn 't appear 100% raw perhaps it had been cooking in citrus, at least partially or maybe it was freezer burn? Our mains we all had the Dayboat Scallops were decent. The English peas weren 't cooked enough so more mealy than bright and verdant, and the onions were yellow, not spring. Menu issue or kitchen issue? We 'll never know, but my mother doesn 't like the yellow so there was that. They were edible nonetheless. The three sides didn 't show up with their mains. I was on my third of four scallops when I finally was able to bring it to the attention of one of our servers. She apologized, investigated, came back to explain that it was the manager 's fault (interesting approach), and then advised that they 'd be right out. My spinach arrived, though my scallops were done so it was more of a third course as it wasn 't served on the side of anything. The mushrooms and fries followed quickly. To round out the meal, mom and dad opted for ice cream and the team was lovely enough to plop dad 's ice cream in front of him with a candle and a quick get away. Then the Yellowtail of course made its way to the check. Ouch. The net: We ate a meal, it wasn 't awful but it also wasn 't without more issues than we can overlook for a repeat visit.

Think it’s really popular place in NY, a lot of people, a little bit noisy, but I was alone, so, didn’t suffer from not hearing my partner) Food is good, just a little bit dissatisfied that during the booking I asked the table with soft chair but got a different one)

I ordered the vegetable mezze and was in heaven!! The dish was simple but really healthy and delicious. I will definitely be going back. I liked the space but I think it could use more themed decor.

Delicious food, and excellent service! I had veal piccata, and it was superb! I definitely recommend this place!!!

Lovely place. The rotisserie chicken and carrots were amazing.