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I've been going to this place for a while and have never been disappointed. Try it you'll like it!

My wife & I walked in on a Friday evening at 7pm without a reservation. We were seated quickly at a great table. The place was wonderful, our waitress was knoledgeable and made us feel great. The food was amazing every step of the way including presentation. We had the steak for two. They bring it out for you to see after its been cooked before they cut it. We will be back as often as possible!

I drank the kool-aid and wanted to believe the hype. No more. A shockingly poor meal, made even more shocking given the average price of $80 to $100 a person. The putative "revelatory" burger was no revelation. The much lauded strip steak was surprisingly tough. The frites were limp. It's sad--and unacceptable, especially at these prices and with the great hype about the restaurant--that the only items that everyone at my table were satisfied with were the desserts and one side item.

My primary issue is with seating. After what can only be described as a challenging reservation environment, you might find yourself there waiting for hours until they bless you with a table. On the plus side, after I informed the hostess we were leaving, they opened up the champagne spigots to make it up to us. While it certainly isn't bad, it does not live up to the hype. Don't take someone there for a special occasion unless you want it ruined by their long wait crowded bar situation. I would avoid, there are a lot of trendy places in town that are more accessible.

We decided to try Minetta after it reopened and rave reviews. I informed the server twice that I am allergic to dairy. She confirmed that the kitchen was aware of my restricted diet. All of us ordered the Prime Burger. After one bite, I tasted lots of butter. The server then informs me the bun is brioche. Is the kitchen clueless? So many better places to try!

We went there finally. OK but for me it was definitely not the best steak in the city or brooklyn for that matter (ie, Peter Lugers) and others. I had the NY strip grillade. Just OK, nothing special, wife had the bass special, also just OK. Frites and spinach are better with my steak au poivre at Balthazar. Service was not the best either. The maitre "d is always the best though. Its way too crowded with low ceilings, a bit claustrophobic. Maybe I will be another NY sucker and go to the bar one night just for the haute "burger". NYers, we are a pathetic bunch when it comes to following the latest place and cuisine. I have to give Keith M. all the credit here,,,,,,the place does look great, he retained what once was. My advise: try it but dont expect the earth to move!!

I wanted to enjoy my boyfriend's birthday dinner at Minetta Tavern this weekend, but the ignorant, arrogant, and condescending staff ruined it for me. Without even addressing the preposterous reservation process, and the threats that were made to my fashionably late friends at the door, I'd like to highlight MT's greatest error. At the end of a two-hour, three-course dinner--and a $500 check--the maître d' came over to our table. After some brief small talk about birthday celebrations, he stooped to casually ask us to leave. "Well, you see, I've got to turn the table, so would you guys mind continuing the party elsewhere?" I'm sorry, but I didn't realize I had stepped into a diner. Don't be fooled by Minetta's vintage-classy veneer. It's just that -- a veneer. And beneath it is all the worst 21st-century pretentiousness that has come to infect New York restaurants with overblown egos. Okay, so they have excellent food. Maybe the best burger I've had, but let's face it, there will always be another famous steakhouse. And this one won't last past its brief flicker in the trendy sky. Why not? Because the Minetta staff treat people like commodities, as if it were the diners' privilege to enter their faux-festooned salon, and not the other way around. What happened to service? And the pleasure and joy of dining? In what world do you gain return-customers by kicking them out? I'll also congratulate Minetta on stupidly alienating the precise demographic of their future clientele: young New York investment bankers. So, Minetta, if you want to attract the tourists who don't know the difference between a Chile's and Le Bernardin, be my guest.