Le Jardin Restaurant

Love this restaurant! The new chef is great and has lots of great specials. You are just south of the George Washington Bridge, so the views are spot on. The staff is always friendly and the bartender makes great drinks.

Food. Was. Horrendous. Everything was dry and tasteless. If you want good French cuisine there are many good options but this place does it no justice.

Bad food and pitiful service. I ordered a ravioli which was served to me cold after 90 minutes. A few ravioli were cut into halves (never seen that before) and looked like they were half eaten. We ordered for a second round of mojitos and some condiments which never found its way to the table. I'd never recommend this place.

Oh my...where to begin?

We were in for dinner on Fri night. Menu is pretty standard old school stuff...nothing exciting and absurdly expensive. I guess you pay for the view of the GW?

Cocktail not made properly and zero alcohol.

Anyway, $17 shrimp cocktail with watery cocktail sauce. Guys, next time drain the horseradish prior to mixing with ketchup.

Ordered the $35 NY Strip, med rare. Arrived at the table, cut into it and it was almost well. There was a drip of red that came out, but the steak itself was grey on the inside.

I had to call the waiter over as he never came back to check how everything was. He did apologize. He asked me what I wanted to do. I said that I would like the steak cooked properly. He took the steak.

The "manager" comes over and apologizes. He says the steak will be right out. His breath was so awful. I have never come across another Host/Server/Bartender/Manager/Owner in my entire life with such horrible breath. He must be one of the guys that is completely unaware and his poor staff can't even say anything to him.

Steak comes back waaaaayyyyyy to fast to cook properly and rest, etc... "Manager" asks me to cut it and look. Well, surprise to nobody, it was raw. "Manager" says perfect!

I proceed to ask him, shocked as I was...I said, "this is perfect?" and he says yes, it's perfect. I only wish that I had taken a picture for anyone who would see this review. I asked if he knew what med rare should look like. He says yeah, like the first one that came out.

So, I said than this is not perfect, correct? This is where all crazy begins. He mutters something I don't understand, then asks what I want. I tell him to take the steak, bring me my check and we will leave. He starts yelling and says fine, but you are paying for the steak.

The waiter comes over and sheepishly drops the check and before he could walk away, I told him to take the check back to the "Manager", take the steak off or the police are going to become involved.

At this point, I get up from the table to avoid any other issues...my 11 year old son was with us. I walk toward the waiter, toward the bar and the "Manager" walks up to me and starts shouting obscenities at me.

I asked to speak with the owner...ta da...HE IS THE OWNER!

I just laughed. I paid the check and we walked out never to return again.

If you are looking for a place to have a great meal...this is not the place. If you are looking for a place to pay super high prices for exceptionally mediocre food and horrifyingly bad service....THIS IS THE PLACE!!

BTW, if you are under 50...you will be the youngest people in the place.

Wow, this has to be the worst dinning experience ever. I went to this restaurant for Valentines Day 2015 with my wife and friends. We went there because when I called up and asked if there was dancing for Valentines Day, they said sure....they have live music and people dance all the time. So we decided to go instead of the other places we were interested in. First thing we noticed is that the valet parking was such a mess we couldn't even pull up to the front door, We had to leave our vehicle out in the busy street blocking traffic for the valet to come and get our cars (1st red flag). Secondly, as we entered we noticed a piano player with his very small electric piano playing music by the entrance to the restaurant.......it turns out that was the live music which you can't hear anywhere in the restaurant.......by means no dancing!!!! (2nd red flag) The service was terrible.....some of our party had to wait a long time for their food to come out while the rest of us ate. The portions were extremely small........and not that good plus they added an 18% gratuity for the bad experience!!!!( 3rd & 4th & 5th red flags). PEOPLE.......THIS PLACE IS OVERPRICED, WITH TERRIBLE PARKING AND TERRIBLE SERVICE. YOU ARE PAYING FOR THE VIEW OF NEW YORK AND A BAD VIEW AT THAT!!!!!!!!