by Chris M. on This is a somewhat cool place to grab a drink on the waterfront, certainly not the best. Very pricey and the views are not so great unless you like looking at New Jersey, which I certainly don't. I was here on Friday night and it was packed with plenty of other young people, generally having a good time. The place is a bit dark, there are stairs, and lots of other things you can trip on if you're not paying much attention (or buzzed). Overall the concept is interesting though. Around 11pm some employees opened up a big metal thing on the middle of the pier and started building a bonfire in it. This was super strange, made the surrounding area unbearably hot. While bonfires are quite beautiful to look at, building one in the middle of a crowd in Manhattan feels strange and somewhat dangerous to me. The area near the fire cleared out quickly. Also, although this place is supposedly smoke-free I smelled cigarette smoke everywhere. It even overwhelmed the smell of the garbage in some places.
by Elise Lemmings on Our company has held two annual parties here, and i've been here for dinner. I don't usually write reviews on Chinese themed restaurants in New York, because in general I believe the chinese food seen here is terrible compared to other north american cities - LAX, SFO, VCR, YYZ.. This is basically a restaurant that offers americanized chinese/pan asian cuisine in the vain of PF Changs and Ruby Foos. Service was attentive but lacking. Tables are too small to manage the huge plates the food is served on. The ambiance is club turned restaurant turned club - there's the odd hottie mixed in with the BT and tourist contingent, but doesn't make up for the food. Peking duck - crepes were stuck together and chewy, the meat was dry and stiff without the aromas of the BBQ process - $38 bucks 20 more than anyother in Chinatown. Chinese Broccoli - stir fried without sugar and in this weird ass sauce not soy or oyster flavored ???!!! The Kobe beef was also over cooked and dry. Pad Thai was comparably good - iguess coz everything else was so bad. In general overpriced dishes that are staple offering's which have flavours that were totally unfamiliar to my cantonese palette. Sorry never again.
