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the happy hour is a good deal if you know what you're getting. its one draft beer of their choosing that is $3. and a house red and a house white for $5. and the "bar snacks" are not pigs in blankets but instead a tiny bowl of peanuts that weren't even refilled. also go early. its packed early on and is a small space.

I am going to have to agree with the other review of 5 Ninth who have had disappointing service. There were four of us for Valentines day dinner (huge mistake to go out that night in itself) and while we had great company, we were sadly disappointed at our experience. We sat on the third floor, which, I will give 5 Ninth credit for decor-I love the layout and interior. But, the lack of service (ignoring empty glasses on the table for the entire meal, leaving half eaten salad dressing soaked salads, in front of us for 30+ minutes, to not refilling our wine (and in fact, they almost served us our neighbors wine bottle!)), to being called defective for having a shellfish allergy, our evening was saved only by our conversation. Oh yes, you did read that correctly, our waited (at a poor attempt to make a joke), said, "It's not your fault that you were born defective" when my friend simply asked him if I could try the garnish to the amuse bouche (which was shellfish) as it was one of the few bright spots of the food. Our "trout" salad, had two small pieces of fish, and our main's, had been brought out before our apps were cleared-to only then be sent back to the kitchen to sit under a heat lamp for 20 minutes, then returned to us with a sort of film on top when a sauce has been sitting too long. All of this could have been excused, ie too busy on v-tines, pre-fixe is rarely a good thing, their systems apparently went down, except having been called defective (for having a common allergy) and receiving no apology. . .or wishful thinking, a comp. Not only did we not receive an apology, he gave our table away to another server in the middle of our dinner, only to return to bring us our cold souffle desserts and the bill (which took FOREVER). I usually try to find the positive spin. . . but there just isn't one.

So my wife and I had an interesting night at 5Ninth. We were looking forward to enjoying a good meal on our Friday night Valentines Day dinner. They were offering a Prix-Fixe menu only, which was just fine for us although my wife couldn't get any oysters which she was really looking forward to. The night seemed to be starting out just fine, but when our appetizers came before the bottle of wine we ordered it was a good sign that we might be in for an interesting evening. After reminding the waiter that we had ordered wine he ran downstairs and came back up pretty quickly, so at least he listened to us. We drank our wine, appetizers and then our meal came...not to quick...not to slow. Enough time for us to enjoy each others company and the fine wine we got. Then this is where it turned. The waiter, who never checked in on us, until our plates were cleared, asked if we would like some coffee with our dessert, which obliged. Coffee came rather quickly, but then our dessert never came. After 15 minutes we finally decided that we had to drink the coffee before it got cold. Then finally after 30 minutes and two friendly reminders we got our dessert. As our 30 minutes of waiting for dessert occurred we had a conversation with a group of three girls who asked us if our waiter was even there. They were there for those same 30 minutes and never made a drink order. The waiter said it got busy, but he had about 6-8 tables to take care, which is nothing. I've never wrote a review before, but this was actually pretty funny, because the bus boys were helping us out more then our own waiter. If I am going to shell out a good amount of dough to enjoy a nice evening with my wife, I would hope that a place with this reputation and prices would actually provide good service. When the coat check girl spoke more words to us then the waiter we knew that this wasn't the best experience. Kudos to the chef and the restaurant was a very cool place to be, but to bad for the wait service as it really brought the place down.

Went here with my mom for restaurant week and it was great! The portions were small, but that was to be expected. The waiter explained the dishes to us, which lead me to order the skate, and it was excellent! The place really filled up quickly. The only odd thing was that you could barely tell from the street that it was a restaurant and that it was even open.

well deserved. Good food, very pretty place but the service really isn't very good. I'd read that in reviews over and over and I can now see why. We had 11am brunch reservations and they made us stand out in the rain til 11:07 as they weren't "quite ready" so, granted, we were wet and annoyed before we got inside. But they were out of a bunch of the items on the menu and weren't the least bit apologetic or contrite. Could it be that the under-30 set in the meatpacking district isn't yet old enough to expect to be treated well? They'll learn. But it does have a lovely ambience, I'll give it that. Best I can say: "eh".

After going to 5 Ninth for the past three years, I think that management is starting to impress upon the waiters the idea of SERVICE. The last several times I've had excellent service. The food is the same, I happen to like it, and has a variety of items on the menu to choose from. The price is still a little ridiculous for some items (I went once where they had a $48 steak on the menu!). The drink prices are also insane - $15 for a grey goose and soda?!? Like I said, the food is good, the service is getting better, the atmosphere is amazing with the garden and third floor lounge - if they could just get prices down a little so you're not walking out at $100+ per person.

I had dinner at 5ninth last night and had an exceptional meal with stellar service, even during Restaurant Week, which sometimes means less than enthusiastic service. The dishes were all better than they sounded on the menu and our waiter was really funny and genial. The backyard is lovely for dinner. I am a native NYer and tend to avoid the "new and improved" meatpacking district, but 5ninth is not like the rest of those warehouse size production lines. The chef here really cares what comes out of the kitchen.