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Given the lovely ambiance, my friends and I were excited to sit down to a good meal. The appetizers were decent--friends said the chicken liver was excellent; the salad for the price was touted as a 'summer squash' salad, but came with two very short, very thin pieces of yellow squash, four half-cherries and a few leaves of lettuce. The dressing was creamy, and decent. The main meals were extremely disappointing--friends had the chicken, which they said was bland/flavorless (how can you mess up chicken?) and I had the spaghetti alla vongole. Big mistake. While they served it with ample clams - which I ate - I am not kidding when I say it came with two forkfuls of extremely undercooked and very oversalted pasta. While it could very well be the clams, then the ratio of flavors on the plate were signficantly off. We asked for more pasta and they did bring it--however it didn't really dillute the salty taste. And for the price--hugely disappointing. One of the worst meals I've had in NYC. Bright spot: the wait staff were fine, but I would not recommend this to anyone.

We had a reservation for 6pm on a Wednesday. My wife had called earlier that day to make sure that they could accommodate our party of 5 with child, asking specifically if they had a high chair for our infant son. We received a call back from VHH saying, they have a high chair for us and would be able to take care of our party, no problem. When we got to the restaurant, there was no high chair, the hostess brought out a lame attempt at a booster seat (without any straps to hold a kid in or to secure it to a chair). Our night just took a bad turn. We were going to have to either hold our child all meal long or try to keep him sitting in his stroller at the table--both options quite challenging to deal with while trying to enjoy a meal. The hostess then positioned the stroller directly in the egress, where for the remainder of the night, every passerby knocked into and dangled plates over our son's head. Nerve racking to say the least. As for the food: chicken liver mouse was very good, but served with too little bread. The beet salad had a nice dressing. Fennel salad was the lesser of the two, with an almost creamy dressing. The clam pie sounded more interesting that it delivered. We tried all three pastas and all three were extremely al dente. I wasn't able to enjoy them hot, since I chose to walk our child outside to try to get him to sleep in his stroller once he got tired of being handed around the table. For the mains: we tried the much hyped chicken in cask iron skillet. For the record, it's only half a chicken and while the au jus was very flavorful, at $17 for a leg and breast, it didn't seem worth it. The beef cheek is exactly what you'd expect from a braised piece of meat in 2011. Sides: we tried both. Smashed Potatoes-good flavor, very creamy, almost whipped. I think it's a misnomer since I don't think I saw a single piece of skin in the smallish ramekin. The Brussel sprouts were tasty, but again at $8 a side you'd think you'd get more--esp. in Brooklyn. We tried two desserts: Salted Caramel Custard--came very salty it was almost comical. And the pached pear in red wine--excellent. If VHH was our neighborhood restaurant we would probably return (bringing our own means for our child to sit) but since it's a destination eatery for us, we probably won't be returning. I wouldn't say that we were lied to but they certainly weren't accurate with the information. And that is a deal breaker for new parents.

The best of the best.

Upon a friend's recommendation we tried this place. We figured the consistent hour plus wait was probably for good reason. We couldn't have been more wrong. The portions were minuscule, the food was average at best, and the service was subpar.

My husband and I had heard about this restaurant and thought we'd give it a try on a Saturday night. We arrived shortly after 6:30 as they do not take reservations. We ordered an appetizer (crostini) and an entree each. We received our appetizer 30 minutes after sitting down and were famished by that point. It consisted of 2 slices of bread with olive oil and some Parmesan type of cheese for $6. My husband ordered bone marrow ravioli, which turned out to be a toddler sized portion (5 mini ravioli's) and bland. There is not enough wait staff to accommodate the amount of customers in the restaurant on a busy night. The decor was eclectic and interesting but the food (or lack there of) is not worth the wait.

Simply lovely from beginning to end. You feel the love of the owners in every part of the restaurant, from the wine list and the changing cocktail list to the perfectly judged food. Everyone was charming, even the folks sitting next to us, which was lucky as the tables are tucked up close. The food was really superb, cooked rather than 'prepared', both the pasta with oxtail and octopus and the salted caramel custard were dishes that I'd travel a long way for again. I normally find no booking policies and queuing ruin even the best places but if you get there early it's absolutely with the wait.

Went last Friday around 8:30 pm and we only had to wait around 5-10 minutes for a table. All of the food was delicious! The best things we ate were the octopus appetizer, the chop entree and the guinness chocolate cake. I highly recommend Vinegar Hill House.