- 整體 1
- 食物 2
- 服務 1
- 氛圍 4
I’d like to preface this by saying I have never felt inclined to write a restaurant review before. However, my recent disappointment at Duck Soup compelled me to try something new… silver linings.
Last night I booked Duck Soup for dinner as a treat for my best friend’s birthday. I chose the restaurant as I’d been before years ago and found the food and wine delicious and loved the downtown NY vibe of the place. However, whereas in NY you would expect impeccable service with a server who is knowledgeable and attentive, Duck Soup on Friday was more akin to the British NHS with zero consistency of care. It felt like we kept getting passed around from person to person - no one explained the menu, they failed to bring us wine (which by the glass is served in the tiniest of portions and costs a fortune). I’d requested a table, but they gave us a seat at the bar even though a table sat empty behind us for the duration of our meal. As for the food, let’s call it decent. There was one salad of celeriac and pomegranate that we moorishly devoured, but the majority of our bland small plates sat unfinished and unmemorable. These included a KFC-esque fried chicken dish accompanied by an inexplicably and grotesquely supersized dollop of flavorless yogurt and a shockingly unseasoned and dull combination of chewy mozzarella decorated with a measly fig and anchovy or two. To call the experience underwhelming would be an understatement.
In short I shall not be returning to DUCK SOUP, and I suggest you don’t either unless you are craving terrible service, tasteless food and a whopping huge bill at the end of it.