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Great Food & Drinks while people watching and great views. well priced for the neighborhood and great specialty drinks. Friendly Staff.

While one doesn’t expect gourmet dining under these circumstances, one at least expects availability, i.e., that the restaurant would be open beyond 8:00 PM, to coincide with when many Lincoln Center events have yet to begin or are just letting out. The food is barely acceptable and annoyingly overpriced. A recent pre-tax tab of $34 brought two small dishes (one had to be returned for further microwaving) and a glass of wine, but no bread was allowed ($1 surcharge). People are chased from tables, even when unoccupied, if they have only ordered a drink. Others are admonished to order quickly or vacate the table even if, as in the case I observed, a woman was organizing $500 in ticket purchases she had just made at the hall’s box office, even though plenty of other tables were empty and she had assured the waiter that she was intending to order. The restaurant seems to be run for the convenience of its management, not for the public. Lincoln Center painfully needs an affordable, welcoming, convenient dining locale. This is not it, and it’s distressing to see a huge opportunity to fill this need being missed.

A nice new addition to the Lincoln Square area - especially the bar. BUT. This cafe needs to do something about the lighting. Like sitting on the set of a TV show - bright and blazing. If you can stand the theater crowd and sunburn-inducing lighting - then make the trip to this new place. The drinks are great!