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Healthy & vegetarian menu choices - cheese comes with whole grain breads & they have good salad choices. Decent wine selection, reasonably priced. Chocolate was yum. Food was good. Small portions. We were sitting outside - was nice under a tent.Ambiance was nice & staff was friendly. Will go back again.

They had a great prix fixe menu for lunch. perfect for a light lunch and a glass of sangria outside.

The food was fantastic and the pricing was very reasonable.The chicken lollipops were delicious as were the salads and pulled pork panini. The service for lunch was very attentive; loved the dark chocolate with red wine!"

Great place for post-work drinks, especially now that the sidewalk is open. It’s fun to sit out there.

I had attempted a lunch here during my lunch hour and had arrived when the place was full (semi-full). There was a large table outside and a small table inside that were left as reserved. Instead of offering how long the wait would be, the hostess simply said "we have no tables" and blankly looked at us. We suggested to sit at the bar to wait for a table for 2. After only 5 minutes a table became free so we decided to ask another waitress to let us know when we can be seated- she seemed even less thrilled that we needed a table (if that was possible). We were trying to occupy ourselves at the bar and after another 7 minutes noticed the table that opened inside was still not cleared off, 2 tables sat with reserved signs and 2 new customers were being seated outside. First impressions are everything. We understand they had tables to attend to, but no one seemed to acknowledge we were waiting for a table and if anything all responses were unwelcoming. I would not suggest this place to anyone for fear of the poor customer service, I will look for a better lunch spot.

My girlfriend took me to Ayza for what she thought would be a romantic night cap for my birthday after the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Everything was a disaster once we got there. We go out to eat a lot in the city but never have I felt the stereotypical small portions, rushed service, and high prices in NYC until we went to Ayza. The waitress asked me THREE times which wine I wanted to drink BEFORE I had a chance to even look at the wine menu. I'm no genius but I feel like a wine bar would want you to look over their complete wine list and have you choose from their many selections before rushing your order. Even more shocking was the unexpected laugh we had when our deserts came to the table. We thought we would be daring and have the "choose four" option from the menu and have all the different chocolate filled and topped options for a total of $15. Each of the 4 chocolate pieces was no bigger than a Hershey Kiss. I split the chocolates with a knife so we could share but all we ended up eating was the crumbs we picked up with our finger tips. Keep in mind that the whole time we are eating this tiny desert, the waitress kept bothering us to see if we were finished and if she could give us our bill so we could leave. Once the bill came, they asked us TWICE if we already put the credit card in the bill slip so they could get us out of there. Let's just say our reservation was at 10:45 and we caught the 11:15 train home with time to spare.

Ayza is trendy and chic and is a great place to get a great glass of wine. I have tried several things on the menu and the food is pretty good. Last night I had the baby calamari with mixed greens, fresh dill, plum tomatoes in a lemon walnut dressing. The calamari was grilled to perfection and the dressing on the salad was perfect - light with a good balance of herbs and acidity.