Niche Niche

Save your money. There are plenty of good tasting menu options in NYC with better service. They had some good wine selections with very stingy pours. I'm glad they gave me another glass when I asked. But overall the service was pretty bad. The servers were like helicopters rushing you to finish your food and in general had weird/unwelcoming attitudes. Very obviously trying to get people in and out quickly. Out of the 3, only 1 server was actually friendly. Also, at one point the entire restaurant filled up with heavy smoke from the kitchen because of pour ventilation, making it hard to breath for a few minutes. Lastly, the part that is the most upsetting, they added an extra $10 to the tip when I looked at my bank statement. Not something I'll call to make a fuss about, but it shows you the character of the servers.

Second time here. I am Baffled and slightly angry that i spent $200 for 2 people to have a 4 course food and wine pairing dinner and we were served 4 small plates between the 2 of us. Food and wine were good but we literally went next door immediately after to 12 chairs for a dinner. IF we had actually gotten 4 courses each (what we paid for) this would’ve been considered a typical (relatively small plate) restaurant in NYC. I will never come back.

I like the idea of this place but the wine pours are so small you feel like you’re rationing yourself with your meal. The food was good enough, I just think overall was a bit overpriced for what it was.