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I dined at Butter for Restaurant Week and found the food to be very good. The appetizer (shrip and summer pea ravioli) was better than the main course (veal), which was a bit salty for my taste. The food was quite good for the price. The service was friendly and helpful too. But what's all this about needing to see celebrities? Me, I wouldnt know a 'gossip girl' from a garbage man. You want great food, head to Butter, You need to see Paris Hilton, turn on the E network and heat up a TV dinner.

went to Butter for restaurant week last night and it was mediocre as far as restaurant week goes. had the squid salad for an appetizer (good), braised beef short ribs as a main dish (ok) and the chocolate cake as a dessert (awful). the atmosphere of the restaurant is quiet and airy, the wait staff is friendly, but the food was just not what i would expect from a restaurant in that price range - rather on the bland side. maybe they shaft you on restaurant week, but that's not very smart b/c if it was really good i would come back and pay full price.

it appeared that the tasting menu was in effect last night, but waiting over 35 minutes between salad and entree is still a bit extreme. one of our party appeared invisible to the server--the server first poured wine for four of our group of five, ignoring the fifth. then left dessert menus for only four, again ignoring the fifth. we tried two different desserts, waiting 20 minutes to receive them, and found them both to be substandard. overall the food was reasonable, but the experience was not. i had high hopes, but don't expect to return.

i came here with my friends for my bachelorette party recently and all i could say was the servers were rude and unfriendly! we were a table of 16 girls, all polite and willing to spend money, but the servers couldn't have been any less friendly, and the food was blah! would not recomend for big parties

Ummm everyone in New York must taste the Pork Tenderloins that I had here the other night. I only went to Butter because it was Restaurant Week; otherwise I'm not much of an expensive-pretentious-restaurant-goer. But this dish MUST be rated somewhere. Like, seriously, I never wanted it to end. These pork tenderloins melted in my mouth and were so flavorful, they were practically orgasmic. Anyway, the waitress was really cocky, like, "ugh, restaurant week people - oh please, don't bother me, I'm better than you because I am a waitress and I normally serve Gossip Girls, not normal citizens like you" Yeah also the busboys/food runners were cursing every time they brought over another wrong food to our table... at least 3 times. Actually that's more like the type of restaurants I go to. Snobby waitress, not so much. Anyway the dish was incredible. I would go back just for that. Other dishes were OK also. Pork tenderloins were delectable. I don't even eat pork ever!

A girlfriend and i went for restaurant week and the experience was fabulous. The food was great and they had a very good wine for restaurant week on the menu ($30 a bottle). The waitress was very friendly and attentive. I probably couldn't afford the regular menu but it was a great restaurant week experience

I must say after reading the previous review I am unsure of the reviewer's intentions. After all - the summary was that the experience was "chill" and "no celebs were needed" and yet, "I'd go back". Well! I find this faint praise! Darlin' I insist on something memorable if I am going back - this IS NY! And as well, if the food is just OK, and I like seeing celebs, and that is why I go, get over your superior attitude! The food here is delicious, but even so I will NOT apologize for going to see a celeb. You can go to many neighborhood spots for "chill" - I want stilettos and square jaws along with my food. And I won't say I am sorry for that!! Give em all a little pat o' Butter!!!