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I moved recentely in the LES, and I walk in front of Little Giant everyday.. I see all the tables full everynight, I thought that mean good food... wrong! the entrées were good, but the main courses absolutely mediocre. The hostess was very cold, and one of the two waitress rude. The general idea of service was surprisingly bad. I won't go back, and I won't suggest the place to my friends (only to people I don't like!)

Way overpriced for (very) sub par food. Was really looking forward to eating here for a while and wound up super disappointed at everything from the bland atmosphere and service to the dry steak and tasteless deviled aggs. At $75 per person (we were 6) I feel robbed. Not going back.

I wanted to like Little Giant. Really, I did. Every time my husband and I walked by, it was packed to the rafters. So when date night rolled around I suggested we go. Boy, was I sorry. First they tried to put us at a table a deux where the front door hit one of the seats in the back every time the door opened. After we said we'd wait for another table, we went to the bar. The bartender was rude. First he told us "Hang on." After asking us if we wanted a drink we asked for the drinks menu which we could see the other bar patrons had. He tossed it on the bar, and was very sullen about the whole affair. We were finally seated at a chilly table under the air conditioner and next to the bartender's pounding of the espresso machine equipment. My husband wasn't wild about it, but with the babysitter meter running we couldn't wait for a third table. We ordered 2 apps, 2 mains and a side. Mussels and dandelion salad to start. Mussels arrived, no sign of the salad and we had to ask for it. It arrived a while later, with no sign of the preserved lemon or pine nuts as promised on the menu. Next came the mains--my scallops and the pollock. Too bad my husband had ordered the pork, not the pollock. Wait person apologized for the "misunderstanding" and the pork was to be delivered. Meanwhile, everything about the scallops was cold. While cooked and prepared in an attractive fashion, it was all ice cold. There are no heat lamps and the lag time between the apps and the mains was considerable. While I'm sure the scallops were probably delicious when first prepared, I had to wait to so long for them they were not good when they arrived. I was 75% finished with my meal by the time the pork arrived. While the pork was hot, the grains and olives underneath were cold. Check, please. No offer of dessert or drinks taken off the bill. Terrible service, and while the food was nice in theory and ingredients it was ill prepared and delivered too late. For $120+ we could have gone somewhere fancier and had a great meal with great service. Especially right now, there are far too many restaurants in Manhattan where the food and service would be more on par. I got the sense that the kitchen was playing at being a restaurant and the waitstaff couldn't care less. A visit both first time and last. Don't waste your money here.

We went here very briefly before going to the L.E.S Tenement museum. The Mac and Cheese was so amazing!! I can't remember what kind of cheese they use, but it was outstanding - the bacon in it really made it too! Can't wait to go back and try the rest of the menu.

Evillian you fail to really say anything about the food. You seem to hate everone so I assume you have a complex. I live in the neighborhood and eat here there all the time. The food is tasty,fairly priced and the owners are super friendly. You are a bitter person and deserve the misery you reflect so clearly.

YUM!!! I'd def come back! Everything we had was amazing! Really good chive biscuits w/ the honey butter (something they are known for) and their mac & cheese is really good esp. w/ the breadcrumbs on top. Delicious french toast but I wouldn't get unless you have a sweet tooth in the morning. Grilled cheese w/ truffle is so yummy, I could eat again, but split w/ two people as it is quite heavy. Trucker's breakfast has a lot of variety but heavy as well. Duck & Kobe beef hash yummy too! I DEF want to come back to check out their truffle salad...sounds AMAZING and heard it was really good!

The posting two down is so far off base, it's sad. There's obviously some pent up "too cool for school" attitude that has more to do with gentrification of the neighborhood and less to do with restaurant/food critiqueing. Does Il Labatorio's gelato and their "corporate wank" clientele not belong on Orchard either? Should we move Milk & Honey up to 86th and Lex? Little Giant isn't the best restaurant in the city - the service can have off nights. It's a small place so when packed, the kitchen can get slammed and courses can take longer than expected. But the menu is creative and inventive and demonstrates true talent and creativity. The ingedients are top notch. The wine list shows someone with a) a pallet and b) some wine imagination (coming from someone who works in the wine business, I know a decent list from a shoddy one). I'm not related or friends with the owners, but I'm offended by an innocent restaurant getting slammed by someone with a chip on their shoulder. eVillian - you shouldn't go back to Little Giant. You don't deserve the food/experience. Take the pissy attitude and stay home because it's the only place you'll find anyone cool enough for you.