Barney Greengrass - Highly Recommended
541 Amsterdam Ave, New York NY 10024
At 86th St
Phone: (212) 724-4707
Our friend Paulina was visiting from Taiwan, so we wanted to show her a truly great New York brunch experience. Only one thing came to mind and Barney Greengrass definitely delivered, although it wasn't as great as our first experience many moons ago. Overall, I give the restaurant an 88/100.
Our Menu
Potato Latke (special) ***
Crispy on the outside, creamy and fluffy on the inside, intense potato flavor, and perfect with the sweet, creamy sour cream. Definitely a WTF latke. I could have had 4 more plates of these.
Chopped Chicken Liver ***
Probably my favorite chicken liver in the city. Rich liver flavor that has a nice sweetness to it and wonderful texture. Great on top of a bagel.
Lox Scrambled with Eggs, and Onions *
Scrambled eggs, caramelized onions, and salty rich lox. This used to be really awesome, but not sure what happened - lost that magic for some reason. Still really fun to eat though.
Sturgeon Platter **
Barney Greengrass is dubbed the Sturgeon King and rightfully so. Sturgeon here is heavenly and very subtle. Lightly smoked, not too salty, and great delicate sturgeon flavor. Key is to add a little lemon, and a tiny bit of cream cheese on the bagel. Too much cream cheese and it'll overpower the sturgeon.
Crispy on the outside, creamy and fluffy on the inside, intense potato flavor, and perfect with the sweet, creamy sour cream. Definitely a WTF latke. I could have had 4 more plates of these.
Chopped Chicken Liver ***
Probably my favorite chicken liver in the city. Rich liver flavor that has a nice sweetness to it and wonderful texture. Great on top of a bagel.
Lox Scrambled with Eggs, and Onions *
Scrambled eggs, caramelized onions, and salty rich lox. This used to be really awesome, but not sure what happened - lost that magic for some reason. Still really fun to eat though.
Sturgeon Platter **
Barney Greengrass is dubbed the Sturgeon King and rightfully so. Sturgeon here is heavenly and very subtle. Lightly smoked, not too salty, and great delicate sturgeon flavor. Key is to add a little lemon, and a tiny bit of cream cheese on the bagel. Too much cream cheese and it'll overpower the sturgeon.
Rating System
--- What the F - in a bad way * Good ** Great *** What the F – in a good way
Overall Restaurant Experience (88/100)
- Food (9.0/10) – Classic NYC brunch joint and the only place to bring out of towners for breakfast/brunch. Everything was solid and some of the stuff will blow you away. There were 4 of us there and all of us had one favorite that was different than the others.
- Service (9.0/10) – Servers were attentive, hilarious, and recommended some great stuff. Plus, free refills on coffee where your cup will never be empty - those guys are like ninjas refilling your coffee often.
- Atmosphere (9.0/10) – Old school NYC joint with the fish counter in the front and seats in the back. Definitely dug the old school vibe. Crowds were a mixed bag - large families, older couples, younger couples, groups of guys, groups of girls and everything in between. Got there at 11am on Saturday and were seated immediately. There were huge lines when we finished around 12pm...get there early.
- Price (8.0) – Place was on the pricey side, but we still had a great time and the food did rock. Sturgeon platter was $35 and the eggs were around $14.
If I lived in the UWS, I would definitely go once a month...
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