Blaue Gans
139 Duane St
(between Church St & Broadway)
New York, NY 10013
Neighborhood: TriBeCa
(212) 571-8880
(between Church St & Broadway)
New York, NY 10013
Neighborhood: TriBeCa
(212) 571-8880
- Nearest Transit Station:
- Chambers St (1, 2, 3)Chambers St (A, C)Franklin St (1, 2)
- Hours:
- Mon-Sun 11 am - 12 am
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
- $$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
168 reviews for Blaue Gans
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Review from Raffi M.
- Elite '13
- 20 friends
6/6/2013
I'm breaking my usual rule against reviewing business dinners for Blaue Gans, which I enjoyed very much. Particularly excellent was my river trout - perfectly crispy skin, the white flesh right on point, and a deeply flavored demi-glace type sauce. Just excellent.
The only disappointment was the sort of dry and doughy sachertorte. Not what I was hoping for at all. Service excellent. Beer more so. Highly recommended. -
Review from Jannis W.
- 1 friend
5/20/2013
Great Austro-German food. I take friends here to show them the cuisine of my homeland. The Wiener Schnitzel is decent (though, as always in the US, pork), the Spätzle are great and the Kaiserschmarrn ist just as it should be. That the beer is good goes without saying.
A great trick to have a cheap yet very deliciously (Southern) German meal: Order some of the sausages (I recommend the Bratwurst) with dumplings on the side and ask them for some brown sauce with the dumplings. When I was last there I got this for $17, and it was filling and great! -
Review from Bob R.
- 0 friends
4/22/2013
We ate here for the first time on Saturday evening, and the only thing that really bothers me is that after walking by Blaue Gans countless times in the three years we've been living a few blocks away, I waited so long to try it out! This is an absolutely delightful little place. The food was fresh, well prepared and delicious.
We were a little concerned with my wife not eating meat, but she had the Quennelles, which she said were outstanding. The beet salad was also great. My 8 year old son and I are definite carnivores, so we dug into some bratwurst and the chicken wings to begin -- both were great. My son opted for the traditional Wiener Schnitzel, which he gave a big thumbs up. I had the special Schnitzel -- prepared sauteed in a nice sauce, was quite good also. Needless to say, the German beer selection looked outstanding, and just to be able to verify that they tasted good, I fell on my sword and tried a few.
The service was very attentive and very professional. I wish I had gotten the name of our waitress so I could recognize her here.
All in all a very comfortable, pleasant and delicious meal. -
Review from Jessica V.
- 5 friends
7/9/2013
This is a review of just my meal and my experience.
In fairness, I probably should not have ordered fish at an Austrian place. HOWEVER, I had faith in haute Austrian cuisine. I should not have.
If you are going to serve fish that is perhaps a bit beyond its prime, Blaue Gans, then please don't take a page from Nordic journeymen and salt it beyond recognition in an attempt to preserve or mask the rotting aroma. Just say it's not available.
I ordered the skate wings that were meant to be in a spicy "marinate" with crispy sunchoke and watercress salad. When I got my order it was swimming in a sea of dark soy sauce. Not spicy, just outright salty. I had to send it back, which I NEVER ever do. But it was inedible. A smaller portion was returned to me, with the salty sauce on the side. Honestly, so salty was this sauce (it's fun to say!), that I couldn't even pick up the hints of orange that were floating around and languishing. The fish was still oversalted, but I persevered because I was with my husband's family and didn't want to seem like a diva.
The sunchokes were really just Terra Chips scattered about. No spice, no real salad, just salt. blech.
I am sure everyone else had a fine meal. Though, I must say $12 for the nearly naked Bibb Salad with toasted pumpkin seeds is plain ole dumb. As is $14 for 4 spears of asparagus.
Having our waitron ask a diner what temperature she wanted her chicken was amusing, but not enough to take away the salt lick experience.
Lastly, I would like someone to explain this Happy Hour only at the bar or outside. I know for a fact that if a drink is half off, chances are extremely high that the person will order two. Alternatively, if there is no discount at the table, they will stick to one and just nurse it for the duration of the meal. This stupid "rule" is discraminatory, and is clearly a thought to benefit the waitron. Guess what? I only got one drink, when really I could have used about 4 to wash down the sick skate wings. So there. -
Review from N N.
- 5 friends
4/11/2013
Great place for those who likes simplicity altogether with good tasty food.
Fits for all sorts of reasons and evens. -
Review from Allison B.
- 5 friends
5/19/2013
I was delighted by the name of this place. Blaue Gans literally means "Blue Goose" and colloquially means "Drunk Goose". A fun little double entendre that both evokes everybody's favorite Austrian stereotype and makes me feel all smug for knowing that without having to be told.
How much you like the decor will largely depend on how much you like wooden geese and weird German art film posters, but if that's not your thing the table settings are lovely.
The food is AWESOME. The spatzle was excellent, the jagerschnitzle was perfectly cooked (it wasn't breaded but I'll let that slide because it was that good), and it was all smothered in a delicious, creamy cheese and mushroom sauce. You get nice sized portions for the price and the food is very rich and filling. The beer is very good and generously sized. Our server was also very nice. It's just a really cool place all around.
Oh, and the schnapps is NOT the sweet, light stuff you get at liquor stores, it's actual schnapps. Meaning it burns like a thousand suns going down and will knock you on your ass. Just be aware.
Fun fact: "beer" is "Bier" in German, which is pronounced "beer". So technically, every time you order a beer here (or in any German/Austrian restaurant) you're flexing second language skills without making the waiter hate you.Listed in: This is why I'm fat -
Review from Phil G.
- 3 friends
3/10/2013
They do a good job with atmosphere and food. I usually order the bratwurst but have tried the schnitzel. The spaetzle is amazing, the beet salad nice, but we need to make special mention of sauerkraut. It's fresh and prepared in a way that my close companions, who do not like sauerkraut, loved it.
Obviously they have a good selection of beer and they do some fancy cocktails as well. My only wish is Spaten lager.
It has a nice high ceiling. The decor is large scale posters with Euro theme and the like.
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