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| Rating | Avg. Dinner Entrée |
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| $$$$$ | Greater than $25 |
| $$$$ | $18.01 - $25 |
| $$$ | $12.01 - $18 |
| $$ | $7.01 - $12 |
| $ | Less than $7 |
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Posted by Steven S. Danetz on 04/10/2011
Expensive yet worth it (if you have the bling)
Took my girlfriend here for her birthday. Everything was amazing. We live in NY and are accustomed to the NYC brunch scene. Food is definitely over priced, but go for a special occasion in place of dinner and its worth every penny. Defintely recommend the eggs and Crispy French Toast for a delicious dessert. Apparently the chocolate french toast is good (next time I guess). Beware of the coffee and juice though!
Posted by OLM on 02/05/2011
Poor service
I was extremely disappointed with my overall experience. Below is a list of reasons as to why Norma's was not quite that five star restaurant I thought that it was: 1). The hostess dropped the menu so decided she would KICK it underneath something 2). We were informed that they do not take substitutions (ie. steak temperature or how eggs were cooked). 3). Took a long time to get our 1st course. 2nd course came right after, and 3rd course was never served until we asked for and paid the check and informed the waiter - who initially looked annoyed then mumbled an excuse that made no sense. Not once did he apologize or inform us that the food was coming. And he had the audacity to look annoyed when we stopped him to tell him that we never got our third course. 4). The waiter served water to the table behind us, didn't have enough glasses and grabbed a glass off of OUR table in the middle of our 2nd course. For a four or five star restaurant, this was truly unacceptable. We spent more time waiting for service than eating. Never again. If I based this review soley on food (which is what I would have done in the past), it would have three stars. It was good - but not great. And definitely not worth the amount that they charge. For a lot less, I have eaten much better food. We did go during restaurant week so it was definitely worth it to eat there, but if I had to go again and experience the horrible and bizarre service, I do not think I would - even to eat there during restaurant week.
Posted by acurtis on 12/30/2010
Skip, Overrated
The food brought me back time after time despite the absolutely horrific service I received at this brunch spot. My most recent trip broke the camel's back and I'll never come back to Norma's. Waited an extra 15 minutes for my reservation, excessive waits for cold food, and my waiter was a ghost for the meal. For the extreme prices, I can name tons of better brunch spots with far better service. SKIP... Wouldn't go even if they gave me the 1K omelete for free
Posted by anonymous on 02/18/2010
freshly squeezed orange juice
i went with several friends to have breakfast, when we just sat down, immediately a waiter came over to our table to ask us if we want orange juice, sure why not, and then some coffee, when i started looking at the menu, i discovered that this "freshly squeezed" orange juice costs 9 dollars, and the orange juice was in a big jug waiting to pour to any customer's glass, how fresh could that be, and almost every table has someone drinking the juice, i just don't think this is a good practice for the waiter to kind of force customers to order the juice, well not really force, but they didn't have time to think what else they want, and later found out that this costs 9 dollars, i just don't think this is a good practice for a restaurant. the food was only ok and the coffee tastes like water with bitter taste, and no service at all.
Posted by anonymous on 09/01/2009
Overpriced
took a client here and will never be back. coffee has grounds in it, waiter disappeared for 30 minutes at a time, toast was cold...all that and $23 omelets and $9 OJ...dont these folks know the recession isnt over yet? stay away, New Yorkers!
Posted by anonymous on 08/04/2009
good food but way overpriced
$100 for breakfast -- madness! We ordered 2 entrees, juice and coffee. Everything was delicious but the atmosphere is nothing special. I can thing of 10,000 better places to spend that kind of money in the city.
Posted by Burger Hound on 08/25/2008
Heaven on Earth
Burgers are magical and consistent every time.