Next Door

Just had brunch. Amazing freshly squeezed (right to order) juice. Fresh fruit served with plates. Eggs tasted fresher than your usual eggs. Dishes were very tasty, service quite good, prices reasonable. Great find.

Next Door used to be one of our favorite local restaurants. We hadn't been in a while and were excited to go back a couple of nights ago. In short, we were disappointed. It just wasn't the same as it used to be. It used to be a homey, cozy, little restaurant with a yummy (albeit odd) combination of healthy choices, comfort food, and sushi on the menu. I always had trouble deciding what to get because everything sounded so good. The tables were cute and had fun little recessed pockets of dried beans that you could see through the glass table tops. But now those tables are gone, the ambience is completely different, and the menu was far less enticing. Our food was actually very good - I can't say anything bad about my fried chicken or my husband's steak burrito - but everything else was just blah and disappointing. And the service was abysmal. So sad our little local dinner spot isn't what it used to be. :(

We either order or go here 4 times a week. It's good food from a clean restaurant in a great neighborhood with great people. Nuff said.

Another place in the area that survives purely cuz of small dining selection. My biggest problem with this place is their service. The service is always slow and often erroneous. Management is never around and no improvement in years. Its such a shame and waste that they merged with 107W.

Mark took me here for my birthday June 7 th 2012. We loved the place. Food was great. Waitress was very nice, helpful when questioned about food. We would return again.

I have been in this neighborhood for 8 years and seen this place change around a bit. The food hands down is great, tastes delicious, good value...the service is the opposite. I have been a server and bartender for almost 10 years so it takes a lot for me to complain. Even on the busiest nights or brunches they have only one to two servers. For something that's close to 20 tables? Unheard of! Often the meal comes before the drinks, or you wait for 30-40 minutes for an entree! Its always a great meal (I think I've complained once or twice in the last 5 years-and we go twice a month, so that's not bad!) I keep coming back for the food, but really they need to add more servers during busy times. As far as the atmosphere, it's cute, but lacking a lot of character in the main dining area. The bar area, which was recently converted in the last year or so, so great!! Over all it really is a great place...not just for the neighborhood, but for the city. As long as you know what you're getting into service wise, then you'll love this place!

The good: sauteed bok choy in a light soy sauce was tender/crisp, perfect and seasoned nicely. the potato tart was outstanding; a touch of onion, nicely seasoned, rich but not fatty. I loved it. The bad: for the bread, the waiter handed us a single meager thin half slice of dark bread that was dry and bland, with a scoop of odd tasteless orange puree instead of butter. UGH. The crab cakes looked great, browned nicely, a good size. But they were dry, bland, and tasted like canned salmon or tuna. My husband's bento was varied and interesting, of uneven quality.