Connie Kuhn

Review of Rue 57

Good proximity to where I was staying. Unfortunat...

Good proximity to where I was staying. Unfortunately everything else was not really good. Given the 4 star rating, I was surprised. Hopefully an off night. It was not busy but that is partly why I am disappointed. Service and quality should have been spot on. The waiter was slow and inattentive, choosing to allow secondary staff to serve pretty much the whole time. I was one of three tables in the waiters section so really no excuse. I ordered a fresh beet salad, which was excellent. Then I ordered the grilled salmon which was terribly overcooked. I ended up just eating it because the staff never came back to find out how the food was. I actually think the plate was put under a warming light because I'm pretty sure I saw the secondary staff come out with the plate while I was eating my salmon and then turned around with the plate and disappeared. Poor timing on their part. I come from the northwest and expect salmon to be cooked properly. I would have thought the east coast and a fine dining establishment to do well in that area. Pretty much the only thing that was deserving of a better than average rating was the beet salad and the rest of the food and service was average at best. Hope others have a better experience.