by Bee Zanella on For someone who went to Lavo in Las Vegas, don't expect to see the same type of restaurant in New York. Setting- Midtown financiers and lawyers afterwork hours. it's a classy tavern type of ambiance. I was very disappointed with the Tuna dish! First of all- raw tuna should never be warm. Appetizers- the meatball!! But if you seem to not make reservations at Lavo and the wait is too long, there's always Tao across the street!
by Caroyln Dicharry on HAD to get out of this place. I was really looking forward to it too.. my fellow Rateclubers prepared me and maybe my expectations were set high, but, boy was I pretty let down. I'm starting to think the hiring process to be a bartender should be a little more intense these days, perhaps a HEARING test should be involved. Bartender lady couldn't hear any of us and gave up by making a rude face and sticking her index finger up at me.. I guess this meant "1 minute" so she could help another customer who could maybe yell louder than me. Of course 1 minute turns into "I'm going to ignore you for 10 minutes and help a few more customers" We order and they were pretty much out of everything we wanted, including cranberry juice... what bar runs out of cran juice? No patron, no ketel. Why god, why? When I asked her how much the total was, she tells me "Like, 40". So I collected money and came up with "like 40" and a tip. We should have taken our drinks and made a run for it because she clearly added wrong, came back a good 7 minutes after we paid and tried to ask for the remaining balance. Really? You blew me off when I tried to order, ran out of everything I wanted, gave me my total and I paid and NOW you are going to come back and ask for more? It's not about the money people, trust me, it's about the service. I gotta say the bouncer who let us in was nice. I always get so happy when bouncers are nice. The place was packed front to back, I could barely breathe or get down my cocktail. Due to over crowding, people were shoving the heck out of each other too... I should check to see if I have any bruises today. I heard a DJ, but couldn't find any dancing going on... It's pretty inside and well, that's about it. Ended up at Roe for a quick minute before calling it a night. Ugh.
by Kristy C. on the drink i had was delicious. but very expensive and it took me almost 20 minutes to get it. it wasn't my first choice of cocktails but the bartender was out of the obscure tequila for my first choice and refused to make it with anything else, saying that he created it especially for that drink. give me a break. service was ridiculously slow and i was even sitting right in front of the bartender. they crush the ice individually for each cocktail. while different, not very efficient. the atmosphere is fun and i wanted to like it but the whole experience just left a bad taste in my mouth. maybe you have to be sitting at a table to get good service, i don't know. i will give it another chance if someone else wants to go there, but it won't be on my list of suggestions.
