Gabriele Grassia Review of Gîte/Buvette L'Ermitage
Buvette is the perfect place if you are looking fo...
Buvette is the perfect place if you are looking for a romantic/chill/speakeasy spot. You will definitely spend some good quality time here with another person or a small party of 4. Excellent (French) wine list and selection of (French) cheeses and (French) charcuterie. Plus cocktails of course. I would say that this wine bar is the right choice after or before a show, movie theater or for a late date night.
The atmosphere of Buvette is great, and I'm referring to lighting, music, staff look ( servers bartenders and runners)
We had 2 cocktails. My old fashioned was good/OK ( 7.5 out of 10) and my girlfriend's daiquiri was very good ( 8.5 out 10). We shared a cheese board and they served it with very good crostini. You can ask for more if you want to but is just gonna be regular bread, I would have liked more crostini, the bread they served was not a good fit for its purpose. Let's not be cheap here guys, come on, 3 crostini for all that cheese won't never be enough :)
Overall I think that Buvette is SLIGHTLY pricey but what do you expect: you are in Manhattan, you want quality, you pay. Pretty straight and there's nothing wrong with that.
Atmosphere 10
Food 7.5 ( 9 if you are less cheap)
Cocktails: 8
Will def come back
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