Verlaine Reviews Summary

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The ambiance is cozy and cute."
• "Ambiance was very vibey with good upbeat music."
• "Warm red glow like a tropical sunset."
• "Really like those tall ceilings and not too bright colourful light everywhere."
• "The ambiance is warm, cozy and the bartenders make it feel like you're having drinks at home."
• "The lounge setting makes it relatively easy to talk, and the candles on the tables give the room a glow."
• "The atmosphere and vibe is always right."

Cons:

• "The restrooms are not clean though :( and very somber!"
• "Would not recommend without earplugs and a desire to lose your voice."
• "music is so loud you have to yell at the person right next to you lol."
• "Very crowded, very loud (it's hard to be heard over the music)."
• "It's deceptively bigger than one assumes.....but it's quite narrow."
• "You are basically sitting shoulder to shoulder with strangers."
• "Place is LOUD, not a good place to have a dinner convo with friends."

Drinks

Pros:

• "Don't miss the chili lemon salmon and the spiked chocolate mousse is to die for."
• "The $5 Lychee martini deal can't be beat!"
• "Their $8 lychee martinis are delicious."
• "The lychee martini is strong ($6) and tasty."
• "Love the happy hour specials here: lychee martinis for $7 until 10pm every night."
• "They have a $5 Lychee Martini, Red/White Sangria, bloody mary, House cocktails, House red/white wine special happy hour until 10pm."
• "The lychee martinis are delicious and $8 for happy hour!"

Cons:

• "The leeecheee martinis are too sweet for my palette."
• "The food here is good and the place looks great but bring extra cash to make up for all the very weak drinks you'll be served."
• "The 'signature' lychee martini was offensively sweet."
• "The lychee drinks aren’t for everyone but they are cheap and get you buzzed."
• "The happy hours not really a happy hour the drinks a little bit over price for it and happy hour special."
• "The lychee martini tastes watered down."
• "Went for happy hour and had the heralded lychee martini and an order of the ginger chicken dumplings fried. Not impressed by either."

Service

Pros:

• "Their staff is probably the friendliest people in NYC."
• "The bouncer was friendly and chatty, making jokes with passersby and helping to give people directions."
• "The staff is very competent, nice and really caring."
• "Servers and bartenders are nice and always do their best to accommodate."
• "The service was amazing. The hostess was the best."
• "Overall great service and super quick."
• "The staff was friendly and prompt."

Cons:

• "The service can be slow at times, especially if you're not at the bar."
• "My only complaint was our server. She made us feel unwelcome."
• "The hostess was not nice with putting different tabs for us."
• "They made us feel uncomfortable and unwelcomed."
• "The service extremely rude."
• "Unfortunately, this weekend I experienced a mishap with a server, Shahyed A, who lacked transparency and clarity with his customers."
• "This used to be my favorite spot to chill on Friday nights till me and my colleagues were waited on by rude staff."