Negril Village

It was my birthday last night and my friends made reservations and planned a suprise dinner at Negril. My friends were there on time but I was late. Because of the restaurant's policy of not seating guests until the entire party arrives, we were waiting for over one hour- which made me late for my birthday party at a club where over 20 pple were waiting. The service is poor! There were two empty tables which took the staff 20-25 minutes to clear before calling us to be seated. The hostess ignored me and walked by me several times when I got up to ask her how much time remained to be seated. I asked for the manager and he was equally unhelpful. Comparing the cost and taste of the food to the service - I would not do it again.

I attended Negril Village for a friend's birthday celebration, and the service was very poor. Negril has a policy that does allow half of a party to be seated, even though a reservation was made. The wait for a table was terribly long and i can see why. When my friends and i finally finshed our meal the waiters took a long time bringing over the check, picking up the check was another fifteen min wait. And then the host would tell you if your waiting to be seated, that " the people who are getting ready to leave arent getting up". It's beacuse service is super slow! The host was very overwhlemed by the bustling atmosphere. The food was good except for anything that had curry. I guess being a Trini, i know what good curry should taste like. Overall I dont think i would be attending this resturant again.

While visiting our daughter at NYU we took her and a roommate to Negril Village. We thoroughly enjoyed the food, but found the service subpar. After we ordered, we waited over 45 minutes for our food. We asked where our order was and the waitress said "Oh, you haven't gotten it yet?" We had our food within minutes of inquiring. When our food came, one order was incorrect, and she seemed quite put out that she had to fix it. If Negril Village could solve their service problems, this would be a great restaurant.

I dined at Negril Village yesterday afternoon w/ my girlfriend. We were greeted by a pleasant gentleman as we ascended the stairs. He escorted us to our table and engaged us in small conversation. After he left us to greet other guests entering the restaurant, we absorbed the lovely decor of Negril Village. The music was great. Not too loud. There was a hum of satisfied diners. Our waiter came by shortly after we were seated and introduced himself and discussed specialty foods/drinks. After he left us to discuss the menu, it took him a long while to come back for drink/appetizer orders (that is my only complaint, but it wasn't enough to keep me away....lol). We ordered the coconut shrimp as an appetizer. It was great, but I've been spoiled by Red Lobster's pineapple dipping sauce. Unfortunately, I had to enjoy the shrimp w/out a dipping sauce, but they were great anyway. My girlfriend ordered curry goat. I ordered the special, stewed chicken breast. I could feel the seasoning dancing in my mouth.....I LOVED THE CHICKEN SOOO MUCH! We both left there w/ a "doggy bag". I can't wait to go back. I enjoyed myself so so much. I implore you to visit this restaurant. I've read the other reviews, some were good some were bad. Fortunately, I had a great experience and I hope you will too. P.S. I've visited Negril Chelsea (W. 23rd) also, back in November '04. It was great, but I liked the ambiance of Negril Village better. It could've been simply the location, but .....GO FOR IT!

Negril definitely has to be one of my favorite places to eat whenever I am in New York. The decor and the tasty cuisine is to die for. It's great for getting together with friends or having a cozy dinner with a loved one. If you haven't checked this place out you should definitely try to.

I had a previous experience at the lounge section that was very impressionable. The food was good and the atmosphere was cool. This influenced my decision to come and eat at the restaurant section for my birthday. However I was very disappointed with the service. They stuck me and my boyfriend at a table in the corner of nowhere, where there was no light save the light coming from the streetlight through the window. They took our order, but brought the wrong thing, twice. So we told them to take it off the check. Then it took them more than 20 min to bring the food and it was luke warm. It was good but the waiting and the temperature of it took away from the experience. Knowing that she messed up our order, we did not see our waitress till it was time to pay the check (from the minute we ordered the food till the end).

I was pleasantly surprised by the service and the food at this restaurant. I went on a Saturday night - it was absolutely packed, but that didn't matter. Not one, but two waiters were checking up on us every couple minutes, someone constantly filling up empty glasses, checking to see how we liked the food... The food portions were a little small, but it really didn't matter because the food was absolutely AWESOME! Try the bacon wrapped pork tenderloin... if you could get passed the price for the amount of food you get, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised. I never had a dish quite like it! Their mojitos, however, left much to be desired with me... that's the only problem that I had with this restaurant.