The Little Owl - Brunch Review

Intro
The Little Owl - Recommended
90 Bedford St, New York 10014
At Grove St
Phone: 212-741-4695

I’ve been dying to check out The Little Owl since everyone has been raving about it. I was reluctant to go for Brunch though, since I wasn’t feeling the brunch menu. Good thing that I acquiesced to the fiancée and stopped by – this place serves a killer brunch. Overall, I give the restaurant an 80/100.

My Menu
1) Poached Eggs – Highly Recommended
2) Mushroom Omelette – Recommended

Dish Comments
1) Perfectly poached eggs, braised greens, hollandaise sauce, and a sausage bun concoction. This dish was wonderful and the richness of the eggs and sauce were cut by the greens. The sausage buns were a little odd, but still good. Even better with the crispy slices of baguette.
2) A perfectly cooked mushroom omelette (reoccurring theme) filled with parmesan cheese and topped with either truffle oil or truffle butter. Such a fluffy omelette and inside are tasty crimini mushrooms. The only thing that I had against this was I wanted a more eggy and creamy taste – which were probably drowned out by the truffles and parmesan. Also, the fact that it came out insanely hot probably didn’t help either.

Overall Restaurant Experience (80/100)

• Food 8.5/10 – Perfectly cooked eggs. A great brunch.
• Service 7.5/10 – Food came out very quickly. For some reason though, I didn’t like the attitude of the waitress. She came off as a little bitchy. Also, noticed there were some black bits in the milk for the coffee – not cool…
• Atmosphere 7.5/10 – Super tiny place – seats maybe around 20 tops – and it definitely felt a little cramped. We sat at the bar which was nice since you could see the cooks with the open kitchen. Place was filled with a mix of groups of girls, solo eaters, and young and old couples. We got there at 1pm on a Saturday and ate immediately.
• Price 8.5/10 – Place was reasonable for brunch – dishes were around $12. For the quality of the food (and quantity), it was definitely worth the price.

Closing Comments
The dishes were cooked very well, so I’m very curious to see what they can do for dinner – although it’s much pricier for dinner – around $25-30 per entrée.