But I have never known much about it...I was amused to find, YES, there ARE Yelp reviews ( as for just about everything else)
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- John A.
- New York, NY
- 0 friends
- 12 reviews
If you are a fan of the American's Cub, it's absolutely a must do on your short list of activities while you are in New York City. The Model Room is like no other. The hotel rooms are a little dated, but the history and location make it exceptional. -
We had a private dinner here for an organization I'm in. What a great choice of venue!
The service was flawless, the food was amazing, the drinks were stiff but not overly so, and the decor/atmosphere was incredible.
I had never been to a place like this before. It was pretty cool to be in a "high society" setting. -
Came here for an FCS Luncheon and while the food wasn't very impressive, the room was absolutely gorgeous! We dined in the Model Room, which contains a magnificent collection of "full and half hull models including a scale model history of all New York Yacht Club America's Cup challenges. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987."
The food and service was a solid four but I took off one star for the stuffy atmosphere. What can you expect from an invitation only Yacht Club? -
- J S.
- Washington, DC
- 0 friends
- 14 reviews
Food was decent but the service was awful!!! My dining partner didn't get any dressing with his salad and when we were finally able to flag a waiter, the waiter responded with, "I'm not your waiter" and then proceeded not to help us. 10 minutes later we found our guy. Worst waitstaff on the island. -
- Melissa S.
- Fairfax, VA
- 20 friends
- 38 reviews
Because I am not a member of the NYYC I feel a little naughty writing a review, but hey I have been there, twice now - so here goes. And out of interest, both visits were during weekday lunch in the Grill Room.
It is very cool down there, probably one of the coolest restaurants I have been to in NY. It's beautiful and couldn't be any more properly nautical without actually being on a yacht! My favorite part of the room was for sure the chiming clock on the half hours. The service was impeccable and the food (in this case a med-well cheeseburger) was perfect. Upstairs the Model Room steals the show of course, but that is not where we ate. Four stars only, because well it is *slightly* stuffy, just a bit buttoned up for my comfort, I wouldn't want to have a few too many cocktails and let my hair down if you know what I mean - but perhaps that is not what it is meant to be about anyway. If you're ever lucky enough to be invited, definitely go! -
Love this place. What a gorgeous venue! Will upload photos of the Model Room soon! We had dinner upstairs and the waiters/servers were quite nice except the head waiter. The food was not very good for dinner but the hors d'oeuvres were great (mushroom pastries, tuna tartare w/ cucumber, pistacchio-encrusted lamb chops--delicious! but hard to eat standing up, crab cakes). The chocolate cake was too thick, the salad had too much dressing on it, and the fish was tasteless and tough. But still a lovely place to wine and dine!
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