Vynl

Just ate here with some friends. I never did like the place so I was pleasantly surprised that the food was pretty good, but by no means remarkable. It is not cheap, and coffee is overpriced. The place is loud, but every restaurant in NYC is loud so that comes with the territory. I have to say the service was exceptional--friendly, competent, attentive. For New York City, a city with a ton of awful restaurants, this place isn't bad.

I came here to enjoy Happy Hour drinks. I knew Vynl has a history, but was unaware this is a reopening. The Frozen Sangria was great for $5. I ordered the deviled eggs to go with. They brought me three deviled eggs on a small plate for $5. Three deviled eggs! Five dollars! For around $3, I could've bought a dozen of medium eggs, boiled them, sliced them in half, mixed the hardened yolks with mustard, mayo, paprika, and relish, and had 24 deviled eggs that tasted equal or better! So they cannot justify the cost with some "artistic" description. It's deviled eggs, for goodness sake. Now I see where they recoup the money for Happy Hour. If you go, save your money.... don't eat, just drink!

I went there late night on a Monday and ordered the shrimp tacos. They were GREAT. They were spicy and tangy while the peanuts were sweet. You only get two tacos but they were loaded with shrimp. Can't wait to go back and get it again! I can't attest to anything else on the menu though!

We were very disappointed with this restaurant. The food was just OK, service OK, but the noise level was so high that we couldn't talk at all! We ate quickly so we could get out of there... Beware!

Vynl is not the place anymore that I have been going to for many years. The menu has c hanged for the worst. It used to be difficult to decide and now I almost can't find anything I really want. The menus are jot records anymore either. Why is it called Vynl?

My husband and I have been eating here for years. What is up with the new menu? We ordered delivery for the first time since it reeopened. The calamari entree was undercooked. Not like the yummy crispy stuff before. The thai noodle soup, I actually flushed it down the toilet. It had enormous pieces of ground and crunched up bone in it. I hope to G*d it was chicken. We also ordered pad thai with tofu and sesame chicken. The pad thai used to have fluffy tofu, now it had oversalted bean curd, oversalted mushrooms, itty bitty carrots, and huge chunks of scallions. Seriously, all you could taste was scallions and salt. Nasty. My husband's sesame chicken was FLOATING in an island of sauce. We have been bummed ever since, this used to be our favorite go-to restaurant. What happened? Not eating here again.

Have been going here for years as a somewhat dependable spot in HK close to home. Stopped in Sunday night after they re-opened. Asked if it was new ownership, was told new "executive" chef (tired of that term). Attention *New Chefs*, stop ruining what 9th ave in HK is. keep that nonsense below 14th. My gf and i went with our standard Pad Thai and Fried Chicken. She was told there is no longer Tofu available, i was told the smashed potatoes and greens were replaced with a waffle. No sides. After ordering french fries on the side so i wouldn't be starving (haha), my meal of apparently 2 Chicken Selects and half an Eggo waffle cost me $22. Are you kidding me? Besides the fact that we placed our order at 8:06PM (per the receipt) and the food was dumped on the bar at 8:41PM, i wish i had walked out had i not already paid. Bottom line, this place had been going down hill and don't expect much now that it is reopened unless you want to get ripped off at a sub-par diner. Too many options on 9th still holding true. If i wasn't starving i would've brought the food back when i got home. Definitely lost a customer and someone in the hood that likes to recommend restaurants. I expect a lot more for $17 "a la carte" fried chicken. No value for an 85% profit margin.