Rue 57

My girlfriend and I went to Rue on a Saturday night at 8:00p.m. It's a peak time and they were churning out subpar food with low quality service. First we were served cold sour bread. Then a waitor decided to not ask but demand very rudely that my girlfriend move her purse to help increase "waitor walk flow." He could of asked politely. But then comes the food. I was charged $15 for four, yes 4 small dry and very old shrimp. They literally were no where even close to the size of tiger shrimp. It tasted like they just threw it in a microwave and it was the most unfresh fish i've had since I was 5 years old eating fish sticks, but at least they weren't $15 back then. They were dry and old and when I asked our waitress why there were only 4 tiny shrimp on this huge platter she just pretended they were "Jumbo" even though she never saw the shrimp. Then It gets worse. I ordered a burger and fries. How can you mess that up? A 16 yr old kid at McDonalds gets it right but these guys give me a well done burger when I asked for medium rare and they serve with it some of the worst Frites I've ever had. After that my girlfriend gets a nice dish of undercooked rigatoni. The waitress never looked/cared/bothered to ask how everything was. She just didn't care. Which is why even though we have been there before, we will never return and try to dissuade anyone from going there ever again.

Had an absolutely magical spring night at Rue 57. Great music, beautiful flowers and our waiter Steven was the funniest and most competent waiter I have ever had. I highly recommend the seared tuna and my wife loved the filet mignon. Thank you Steven for such a good time.

Recently I had a friend visiting from the Chicago. After attending a performance at Carnegie Hall we were hungry. After walking a short distance we saw a busy restaurant called Rue 57 and decided to try it. I hate trying new places, but what a surprise. I had seared tuna and my friend had the steak au poivre. Both entrees were absolutely delicious and the service was great not to mention the beautiful decor. My friend was so impressed. Thank you Rue 57 now I know a gem on 57th street.

We visited this restaurant on Saturday, May 17 - we were able to get a seat very quickly but we landed with the snootiest waiter who clearly did not want to wait on us. We had to beg him to bring us water, and the straw and we had to pass on the lemons after we saw him moving them around the plate with his bare hands. We had to beg for the bread which was only warm in middle and . The waiter kept up a conversation with the 2 gentlemen at the next table, telling them the best place to stay when they returned and things to do in the town etc. as we were ignored. He found his way to their table every free moment he d!! When we finally got the waiter's/New York tour guide's attention in order to place our dinner request he wanted (with a snarl in his voice) to know where we were from and what we were doing in town - we explained that we were from DC and came to the opera. He said, "Oh good, I though you were part of the street fair crowd!!" I guess the money from the street fair crowd is less valuable and must be in a different currency. The apple dessert was supposed to be warm to hot - it was warm only in the middle. It seems that someone is using a candle to heat the food in this restaurant and by the time it heats they are still in the middle. The service is bad and the food is not that specatular that I would go again or recommend.

I was there for Sunday brunch and i had the most unpleasant experience in my life. Listening advise from waiter i had Lobster, Corn and Hash Potatoes. Apparently, i couldn't even taste the lobster...i found only one little piece of it. Hash potatoes was overcooked and had a nasty smell of used oil... Terrible food!

Was just there for brunch on Sunday, I guess I would say the quality is not reflected in the price.... I have no problem paying for great service and good food but this wasn't either. The waiter had an over powering body order issue, the omletes were just okay and the muffin basket had 3 for a table of 4... Overall not a recommend experience !

I came here for dinner with a few friends. First, they burnt our bread that comes in our bread-basket and tried to pass it off as some fancy, "country-style" bread...not good! I ended up getting the mini kobe burgers as my entree. The fries are alright and burger is ok....nothing really stood out or popped out @ me on this menu...If I came back, I wouldn't expect some amazing and unusual/outstanding meal....