"Another restaurant named Casa?! Nah!" That was me on a Saturday evening as my friends were on the phone at the other end, plotting dinner plans as only they can. Five minutes later, I was getting ready to leave my little pad for Casa--my friends had convinced me against my wishes, as only they can. Their selling pitch -- "It is Brazilian, and you love Brasil. It is in a really quiet corner of the village. And we were just there last week--the veggie food is deadly delish!" I was sold, and my expectations were running high. The setting at Casa is intimate. The service--very Brazilian cool. We had to endure a twenty minute wait, despite having reservations. After debating the choice of Guarana versus caipirinha, I judiciously asked for both. Next in line was black bean soup, with cachaca! I chose the Prato Vegetariano for my main course, even as my friends were digging their forks into large chunks of beef and pork, blood dripping (j/k). The yucca sticks were yum-yum--I conjured up images of relaxing on the beaches of Buzios a couple of years ago, bowl of yucca in hand. The batata fritas didn't disappoint either. Excellent Brazilian fare without having to put up with the craziness of 46th street. Even as I ate humble pie and graciously acknowledged the fine choice of my friends, the check arrived. Well, the quaint setting, the authentic fare and the high-end service come at a price. But I am worth it, no? Maybe not. read more

There are a lot of restauranteurs that try to create a unique brand but fail because they use the same tired recipe: small, cute location and throw in a specialty cuisine. That's how I felt when I first stepped foot in Casa. I came here to celebrate a birthday dinner and some of our party was late to the reservation (seeking parking). Our reservation at 6 PM was becoming something like 6:30 so the hostess warned us that she was kicking us out at 8. I thought this was amusing but we ordered our food quickly. Caipairinha drinks were so delicious; as a Brazilian restaurant, they use real Cuchaca. I ordered entree #21. The pork and beans were mouth watering (see photos). The impressive green hot sauce that initially looks like guacamole is excellent. Although the food is savory, I can't say the same about their desserts. The only bad thing was that their flan dessert was not for me. It was more cake like - not gelatinous - in terms of texture. By the Brazilian food alone, this restaurant is a smashing success. IFHTP 1 read more

Boom. Best meal I've had in New York to date. There I've said it. Totally new to Brazilian food (chain stuff aside) so decided to skip appetisers and fire straight in to the mains - having Cinxim de Galinha (chicken and shrimp stew) with Yucca sticks and fried banana as sides Ok, I knew the flavours, simple hearty flavours, but my, oh my, done so, so well. Dessert was coconut pudding with THE most Devine plum sauce ever....not too sweet, not too sickly - just.spot.on. Service was brisk but courteous, place seemed unpretentious and I'm sitting here with a full belly wondering if my wife will agree to go there for brunch tomorrow, that good..... (Oh and the soft drink - Guarana Antartica...where have you been all my non alcohol drinking life! - if anyone knows where I can buy this in NY, please please let me know) Top notch. read more

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Great little restaurant on quiet side street with delicious Brazilian dishes - especially the seafood stew and the shrimp served inside a hallowed our acorn squash. Empanadas and fried calamari apps were great start. The service was excellent. Fresh fruit drinks - limeade, lemonade. read more

I have been a fan of this spot for around 10 years. The owner is fantastic!! The waiters are fantastic!! The food is amazing, the drinks are amazing!! They treat you with free brigadeiros and cachaça shots (that might be only for the vip ;) ) and I'm happy to support them!I read more

Casa Restaurant - Brazilian Near Me - New York, New York

Dinner with colleagues on a rainy summer evening. One word of praise: fulfilling One word of caution: heavy - Drinks: Caipirinhas for sure! I loved the passion fruit color, but went for a lime one instead, on the sweeter side. - Appetizers: PORÇÃO DE PASTEIZINHOS (empanadas) and the croquettes. Both came in 3 flavors each so the table can choose their own favorites. - Main dish: MOQUECA DE FRUTOS DO MAR (Bahia's seafood stew) served with farofa (corn flour) and rice. The coconut sauce is memorable, rich and sweet, just the right amount to stand out itself yet not to cover up the original texture and flavor of the seafood mix. Portion of the seafood is a bit less than expected though. - Desserts: Our waiter recommended the coconut pudding, way too sweet for my taste but the texture is consistent and portion is exactly right. Absolutely recommend making reservations in advance. Ambience and service impeccable. read more

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This place is great and we love all the options and top quality of EVERYTHING they prepare. Service is great and the place is very cozy. If there's one thing they could improve, is to have maybe on or two less tables so the place it's less "crowded". The area is very small and tables are inches from each other, killing the privacy if you're on a date and trying or trying to have a more personal level conversation. This is my personal opinion and by any means takes anything from the place. It's highly recommended and a must try if you're in the area. read more

Casa Restaurant - Brazilian Near Me - New York, New York

Great spot. Romantic candle lighting at night. Great service. Waiter recommended delicious dishes. Try: - Porção de pasteizinhos (Brazilian street market fried empanandas) - Camarão ao alho óleo (shrimp sautéed with garlic & extra virgin olive oil) - Filé mignon do Morais (Filet mignon with whole garlic cloves, fresh watercress, white rice & friend yucca sticks) - Strogonoff de alcatra (Little strips of beef, fresh cream, mushrooms, tomatoes, white rice & match stick potatoes) read more

Casa Restaurant - Strogonoff de Alcatra: little strips of beef, fresh cream, mushrooms, tomatoes, white rice & match stick potatoes. - Brazilian Near Me - New York, New York

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I came here for a friend's birthday brunch on a Saturday at noon. When we got there, we were the only people, but the service was ridiculously slow. They rarely came by, and took forever to take our orders (even though the space was tiny, they were able to avoid us). Furthermore, they managed to mix up everyone's orders and forgot my friend's drink. I got the pita steak sandwich, which was pretty good. But it was tiny, literally a medium sized pita with a 7inch diameter, and a thin layer of steak and a even thinner layer of cheese, with 2 leaves of lettuce. Definitely not worth the $15. read more

Casa Restaurant - Brazilian Near Me - New York, New York

The restaurant is very cute & quaint. I went with a group for brunch. Nothing was spectacular, nothing was bad either. Unfortunately a piece of metal was found in an açaí bowl we ordered. I had eggs with sausage. The sausage was yummy but not groundbreaking. The service is a little ...slow. I wouldn't really find myself returning. read more

A wonderful mom & pop restaurant in the West Village. A great, small cafe. Food is excellent (Brazilian) and service is very friendly. The filet mignon with garlic is a tasty dish, well prepared. From appetizer to entree, all choices are delicious! Make a reservation (the place is popular and small). Recommend highly without hesitation. read more

Pumpkin soup with gambas are hands down the best entree! Imagine a carved out pumpkin with the most amazing soup & shrimp!

Visited for Brunch yesterday. At 12:30 only 3 tables were full. Limited brunch cocktails offered... No mimosas, no champagne, just tasty Cachaca rum cocktails. We split Eggs Florentine and French Toast (a tasty sweet Version!!!). By the time we left it was filling up for lunch (likely the second wave of diners), but the staff allowed us to sit and visit and even chatted with other patrons. I'd love to go back for dinner sometime! read more

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1 word: feijoada. I've come a couple times and ordered different things and it's probably my favorite pork chop I've ever had in a restaurant but the feijoada is the true gem. Oh 1 more thing - the coconut mojito is VERY milky and even if you're a coconut lover it wasn't my favorite. Everything else I've ever experienced here: food, service, ambiance is just spectacular. Oh and you will absolutely 100% leave full. read more

Casa Restaurant - the dining room looking in towards the entrance/bar area. - Brazilian Near Me - New York, New York

Fantastic upscale Brazilian, delicious and piquant. The coconut and lime flavored fish and seafood stew was phenomenal. The lovely foil of moist white rice and toasted breadcrumbs (both served on the side) made for a rainbow feast of textures and flavors. The vegetarian platter was good too - Nothing overcooked or underseasoned. All the servers were friendly and made good recommendations. And it's a beautiful atmosphere. The kicker is it's not all that expensive! read more

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Best Brazilian restaurant in nyc. Amazing passion fruit caipirinhas, great cheese bread and fantastic and extensive menu with options of Brazilian food from all over the country. Again the passion fruit caipirinha is a must! read more

Delicious and homey food. Noisy but cozy environment. This is a quintessential west village restaurant, with just a few tables and down-to-earth decor. We arrived at 7.30pm for dinner on a Wednesday, it was still quiet at that time. But the restaurant filled up quickly and by 8.30pm, it was totally packed. There were only 3 waiters when we were there, servicing the entire restaurant of about 30 people (??). They were really quick and efficient in their service. The bread roll that they served at the beginning was really crusty, chewy and warm, it was one of my favorite parts of my meal. The food was delicious. We tried the cheese bread and the little pastries. The cheese bread had a really nice, mochi-like texture and a really cheesy flavor, it was very addictive. The little pastries had lots of flavor too, they looked like croquettes but packed in alot more taste than usual - cheese, shrimp and chicken, there was no mistaking what they were stuffed with. I was really impressed because I find that pastries or croquettes are often too mild in flavor and I usually find it difficult to really taste what they're made of. For entrees, we tried the pumpkin and shrimp stew and the seafood and fish stew. The pumpkin stew was served in a carved-out pumpkin and the seafood stew was served in an earthen pot. Both were really tasty and packed in plenty of home-made aromas, fresh seafood and hearty textures. These stews were served with white rice, which were the perfect complement to the luscious stews. I really liked this place, even though it got really noisy at the end of our meal due to the room accoustics, but I would totally come back again and bring friends/visitors. read more

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Small but very quaint place. We ended up being a group of about 12 and this place accommodated the group as we kept coming in. The food in one word DELICIOUS. The staff INCREDIBLE and the good times had for NYC PRIDE was AMAZING. I would recommend this place for a nice intimate party anytime. read more

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We stopped by this restaurant for a soft drink and desserts but were absolutely in love with its location and service. Located on a quiet, residential street, the restaurant is perfect for a day out. We will definitely return! read more

This is one of my favorite places in NYC. Its cozy, comfy, and my order has never come out wrong. Its always delicious, their portions are generous, and I always enjoy myself. I have only been to dinner, and I generally get the moqueca. It's to die for and generally speaking two humans could easily share this, hungry ones at that. I always take a big container home with me. I have sampled other things on the menu, the fried yucca is good, as well as the caldo verde without the meat. Everytime I hear the word Casa, I start to drool a little now. Its just that good. When we went in a group this last time, we even got a free small plate of the chocolate bonbons. like a fudgey dream read more

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Came here for dinner with a group of friends during a milestone birthday party weekend. We had a total party of 9 and made reservations weeks before. Reservations are definitely recommended as the place is pretty small. The owner called my cousin to make sure we'd be there and actually warned us that if we didnt show there would be a charge on her credit card. Huh, really ? We were a little put off by that, but were in a good mood and the reviews of the restaurant were good so we blew that off... Small space, but very quaint with nice decor. We went on a weekend night and didn't have the problems other reviewers had with making reservations and then having to still wait. We were seated promptly within 10 minutes(perhaps the key was going during the week). We ordered drinks from the small cute bar while meanwhile. Food was great. We all had small bites from each other's plates. I ordered the "seafood stew" (the actual name is too long and complicated for me to type). Excellent ! My friends ordered a variety of dishes, the chicken with okra, the feijoada, sauteed collard greens with garlic and more. All fantastic. I love greens and had never had these before and have been making them this way ever since. I'd definitley go back next time I'm in NY. We didn't feel rushed. We even had time to take pictures at our table during and after dinner, but as I said we went during the week (Thursday night I think). read more

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Got delivery garlic shrimps, steak, and the potato soup. Everything was OK. The steak was somewhat plain- it was just a cooked steak and some ground stuff on the side to sprinkle over it. other brazilian places i've had steak at would do some kind of sauce over it as well. read more

One of my favorite places to eat and bring friends/dates - the staff is generally very friendly and the food is simply delicious! Highly recommend! read more

Calamari awful I order here all the time. When called for for new dish just to say it's off they told me it was nice when they taste and it's my opinion. Wow is all I can say read more

Amazing, tasty and authentic dishes. Met the owner and she advised the chef "came from heaven"! I agree, as did our entire party. Simply delicious, nothing else to say. Absolutely recommend reservations as this is a cozy space. read more

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This is one of the best restaurants I have been to. It boasts about being home style cooking, and that's precisely what it was like. The service was personal and thoughtful and the food exquisite. Before I left I already looked forward to returning. Highly recommend. read more

Nice atmosphere but definitely a ripoff. $210 for 2 people for a Valentine's Day pre fixe menu. Extremely small portions. The restaurant probably paid $10-15 max for the cost of the food items total. read more

I have celebrated my birthday in several Brazilian restaurants in the last 17 years I've lived in New York: Some in Astoria, Queens, and most of them in Manhattan, such as Brazil Grill, Brazil Brazil, Ipanema...But none of them has as good Brazilian food as Casa. "They take their food to a different level," as was the comment by a friend who went there to lunch with me. The feijoada, probably my favorite dish, was excellent. (In reality, I have been perfecting my feijoada in the last 10 years and never thought somebody could beat my recipe: Well, Casa does!) For those unfamiliar with Brazilian culinary, feijoada is a black bean stew with pork considered that nation's national dish. It's served with orange slices, sauteed collards, farofa, Brazilian vinaigrette, and white rice. Even their collards were better then my own! If there is one complaint, here it goes: Their caipirinhas aren't muddled long enough. Still, their cachaça from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil, is a very good choice. (For those who don't know much about Brazilian drinks, cachaça is a sugar-cane based rum, used for making a mojito-like drink called caipirinha. Leblon is an excellent choice, but there are other sipping brands to die for!) The beef stroganoff was impeccable! So is the fried yucca! Their assorted empanadas (called "coxinhas") are also delicious. Casa Restaurant has been located at 72 Bedford Street in the Village since 1998. The meaning of the word "casa" is house, or home, and it's pronounced as in Italian "s" sounds like "z." Their intention is to show off that their homemade-style Brazilian food is delicious, and I'm personally upset (in a good way!) that their chef does actually better than mine! Just for now, because I look forward to changing that soon! read more

I ordered a typical Brazilian plate with rice with broccoli, picanha (steak), and farofa, even knowing the price was expensive. On the other hand, I was expecting more for the price, well the steak (picanha) was very good, but the rice and farofa didn't taste fresh. read more

Casa Restaurant - Picanha!!!! - Brazilian Near Me - New York, New York

Amazing Brazilian food on a cute and quiet corner in the West Village. The service was timely, tables were nicely spaced out, and overall a great experience! My fiancé and I were able to split the main course (for an additional fee) but found the split portion to be enough for us. The jalapeño hot sauce was delicious. We also ordered the corn ice cream for dessert which was a perfect ending to our meal. Definitely coming back! read more

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This place was the real ripoff. I just order 4 items, paid 100$ and all I got was a bad moqueca with 6 shrimps that cost me 30$, a bad caldo verde with only mashed potatos and water, and 3 dry bolos de bacalhau. I want to support restaurants during covid but this place makes it difficult. read more

Having been to Brazil a number of times I can say that the both the food and drinks were very good and very authentic. I will definitely be back to try more dishes soon! read more

Love this place, I have been several times and food is always so good. The restaurant is tiny and very cozy, personnel super nice.

The food and atmosphere is good but definitely WAY overpriced for what you get. Everything should be half the price it currently is.

Had one of the most annoying experiences ever at this restaurant. I think we were interrupted about 12-15 times during our dinner by 3 different servers who kept rushing us to order drinks and our meals. We couldn't even get through a few sentences before we were interrupted again. At one point about an hour or so on, we ordered another round of drinks, and I kid you not, less than 5 mins later, they asked to put our food (that we weren't done eating) in to-go containers. We said no. Then, they asked us to leave for another reservation. We had been there for 1.5 hours. I've worked in a restaurant for years-- I've never seen this done to customers. ESP during a pandemic when people are just starting to go out again. There was no one even waiting when we left!! The correct thing to do is if your new patrons arrive and their table isn't ready, you apologize and offer them a free appetizer, instead of pissing off the paying customers already seated in your restaurant. But good luck to you. read more

I met with a friend here for dinner. This place was packed and I could barely hear my friend whom I had not seen in months! (Sad face.) Further the food made me so sick that I had to end our evening early and go home. (Angry face.) Eat here at your own risk... read more

TL; DR: As B.B. King sang, "...the thrill is gone..." I can no longer recommend folks going here, as there are far superior area options for the same - if not fewer - ducats. It just doesn't feel like it's namesake "Home" any more (servers donning jeans, t-shirts, and accents alone do not a home-like Brazilian experience make). Earned rant: My theater companion and I dined here, yet again, last Friday evening, after yet another performance at Cherry Lane. Since discovering Casa nearly four years ago, we have both made a tradition of always dining here after a CL show (or one of my readings/rehearsals), whether it's with each other, someone else, or a group. I've personally given extensive word of mouth business. We're both quite sad to say that we won't be giving our business or recommendations again after this last meal. Service used to be perfect, if a bit overly attentive. Friday's service was on that level for select tables; not ours. Our orders were taken (very brusquely), drinks/food were delivered, and that's it until our server went on break, and another server took over (she was excellent, but we were already done by the time she arrived. Had she been our server for the entire meal, I may not be posting this update. But does it really matter; why give so much money and business to a restaurant not offering her level of service across the board?). We never had our waters refilled (though we watched tables next to us and throughout the place never hit bottom), my empty diner plate sat in front of me for a solid 15 minutes, and our server never asked about a second round of cocktails or how our food was. He did not clue in that one side dish sat untouched, while everything else was being eaten. By the time the lovely female server got to us and asked about the dish - which was served to us cold - we had no interest in it, though found it interesting that the dish should have been served warm. Just abysmal stuff at this price point, especially considering how small this restaurant is, and doubly so when 1) we were sitting by the door (which the server went in and out of many times while checking on his friends at the bar who had stepped out to smoke...), and 2) when we're seeing the table next to us being taken care of perfectly. Had the food remained on point, we could have easily shrugged off one night of subpar service. But the quality and quantity of certain dishes has also diminished, while the prices have gone in the opposite direction. In years past, we have spent around $75-80 each for at least two cocktails, two apps, and two entrees. On Friday, we had one entree and one drink each....and both dropped around $55. I checked my area (we're talking Astoria near 30th avenue....so not cheap, by any means) Brazilian restaurant to make sure I wasn't being unreasonable. While one expects restaurants to be slightly more expensive in Manhattan, particularly in areas like the WV, we're talking $5 more per caipirinhas of the same size, $2 more and half the portion size for the small bite pastries I didn't order due to their price tag, and $7 more and half the portion size for the same entree, with which the other place would have included beans as an additional side). My dish was so slight in portion that I was still hungry by the time we left. Additionally, the flavor of the protein was completely off from when I've ordered it before (here and at other Brazilian restaurants), and quite salty. My dining companion has never - in a decade of knowing her - finished a full meal due to her petite appetite; she finished everything just fine, and was "comfortably full, though could have had dessert". On to our new CL "home" we shall go! read more

I hate losing the food game! You know what I'm talking about...you and whoever you're with all order something different and then the person whose order tastes the best wins! Okay maybe this is a game only my friends and I play. Whatever. So I lost TERRIBLY to my best friend when I brunched here this past Sunday. I ordered the Eggs Florentine and he ordered the Brazilian Steak and Eggs. The menu is really expansive so it was hard for me to choose exactly what I wanted. I figured, who can screw up eggs florentine? I'm stupid. OF COURSE eggs florentine can be screwed up. Why didn't I just order one of their brazilian dishes? ugh stupid stupid me. The spinach in my dish was cooked incorrectly therefore leading to the disgusting after taste that stayed in my mouth for the next hour. The yummy sauce was also not done correctly and therefore NOT yummy! read more

Ok, not to be snooty, but here I can speak with a bit of authority when I declare this to be a great, great, great Brazilian restaurant because I am, in fact, Brazilian. Went there for my bday after reading some great reviews about this place on Yelp. I have been to some pseudo Brazilian restaurants here in the city (most notably Bossa Nova and Esperanto--the former sucked, the latter was pretty good), but this is the place to go if you want authentic Brazilian dishes served by mostly Brazilian waiters and waitresses. While Esperanto serves a hodgepodge of some Brazilian and other Latin American dishes, and has live Brazilian music to make up for its un-Brazilianness (don't get me wrong, I love the atmosphere), the menu you see at this Casa restaurant is very on par with what you would see in a typical restaurant in Brazil (although it has some regional food that you would only see in a regional food restaurant). From the decor to the friendliness of the wait staff to the lace place mats and handcraft decorations, this place is a piece of Brazil in the middle of the Village. I went with the husband and parents, so we got to try all sorts of things. Start with the Brazilian national drink (and now Germany's second most popular drink, after beer!): caipirinha. The original (lime and sugar) is the best. If you're in a non-alcoholic mood, try "guaran," a soft drink made with "guarana" berries (a natural stimulant because it's got caffeine--in Brazil you can get guaran pills). It's a bit on the sweet side, but definitely worth trying...very different. Then follow it up with the salgadinhos sortidos. Small, but delish (the accompanying hot sauce is quite good, but beware of its power). Next we each ordered something different. My dad went for "feijoada," Brazil's national dish. It might appear a bit nasty to some Americans as this dish has its roots in Brazil's slave history, when the slaves learned to use the leftover bits and pieces of pork to make this delicious stew of pork and beans. Every Wed and Sun is feijoada day in Brazil where this dish appears as a special in several restaurants in the country. I think Casa turns this down a little, so you won't see any pieces of pig's ear or tail in your stew. The trimmings were really well-seasoned and tasty. I got the beef strogonoff, which was very good. My husband got the pork chops and my mom got the pan friend steak with onions. The 2 last dishes came with rice and beans, which you should really try. It really felt like I was in Brazil. The smell, the taste. We ended our great meal with the "manjar branco," a light, smooth, coconut flan with prune sauce. So good, so good! read more

My wife and I have eaten at Casa a few times but the last two times the service has been very below par. As other reviewers have noted, the tables are close together and the noise level is high - but this is what I expect from most restaurants in the West Village and I will not hold that against them. The restaurant is cute and well decorated. Concerning the service issues, the last few times we've been there we've felt very rushed though our meal - we were not allowed to relax. I understand that restaurants need to open tables for other customers, but the wait staff at Casa has made us feel like we were expected to vacate our table in just about sixty minutes or less. On our last visit, we ordered two cocktails to get started, and ordered our appetizers, main courses and our bottle of wine while enjoying our drinks. We also ordered some amuses bouches to go with the cocktails. Within 3 minutes of our order, our bottle of wine was brought out and I made it clear I did not want it served while we still had our cocktail. But they just opened the bottle anyway, jammed two glasses on the table and served. I did not even bother trying to suggest the concept of letting a nice bottle breath, I thought I'd be waisting my breath. Just after that, our appetizers came out. We had not yet finished our cocktails, we had wine and amuses bouches on the table and now the waiter was furiously re-arranging our table to make room for everything. My wife and I were just rolling our eyes at each other. We chugged our cocktails to be able to move onto the meal with wine. Already the rush was on. As soon as we were 80% done with the appetizers, the wait staff started buzzing our table in succession asking if they could take our plates. When you get that question 4 times in 5 minutes, it's profoundly aggravating. You can't even have a conversation with each other because you're interrupted all the time! The plates were taken within 15 seconds of us finishing our appetizer, and without even having time to sip some wine, our main courses came out. The cuisine is on the whole true to Brazil, but the ingredients are not up to par. The quality of my steak and of my wife's chicken was at best average. Let's remember: Brazil is supposedly known for the great quality of its steak, but not here - it's just a USDA cut, nothing more. Every time we took a sip out our wine a waiter would buzz over and re-fill the glass. Despite being so disappointed with the quality of the service since our arrival, we ventured to order a dessert. Yes, our plates were cleared while we were still chewing the last bites of our main course, and dessert came out 30 seconds later. At that time, the waiter also took it upon himself to pour the remainder of our wine into our glasses, filling each glass to the rim. Nice job. I am a big fan of after dinner drinks, and was thinking of having one after dessert. It was not meant to happen. As soon as we finished our dessert, the check was put on the table without even asking for it. I want to point out that one of the most grievous aspects of this was that there were other tables open in the restaurant - they were clearly not in need to open a table for incoming customers. So, let's recap. The bill came to just about $200, not including the tip (we did not short them, although I really wanted to). For that, we were force fed at a supersonic speed the following items: cocktail with little amuse bouche, appetizer, main course, dessert and nice bottle of wine. From the time were were seated until the time we left, just under an hour had gone by. I do not think we will be returning anytime soon, but I hope that they are able to correct this service issue. For that pace, I'd rather eat at a diner! read more