Ocean Prime Reviews Summary

Category: Seafood restaurant New York

Address: 123 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019, USA

Phone: +12129561404

Rating: 4.6
based on 291 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The absolute best service I've ever had at a dining establishment."
  • "Our server was absolutely fantastic, the recommendations were wonderful."
  • "Our waiter was very attentive and even gave us his opinion with drinks choices."
  • "ALYSSA is a five start server from personality, knowledge & speed SHE is who you want to sit with for a perfect experience!"
  • "We had the best server, Kerri who went above and beyond my expectations serving us."
  • "Tai's service was exemplary, and her genuine warmth and thoughtfulness made our dining experience truly special."
  • "Service was superb."

Cons:

  • "He came with the card reader to take my payment and continued to hover over me as I am paying."
  • "Service was ok, the waiter kept asking us if we wanted more, I’m assuming to upsell but it was annoying because he kept doing it."
  • "The service by our server felt rushed and uninviting."
  • "Our waiter was short with us. As soon as he heard what he needed, he promptly walked away while we were still talking."
  • "But the service pulled the whole experience down and made for a very disappointing evening."
  • "Service needs help."
  • "We were seated and waited 20min for a server."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The sea bass was amazing and the signature drink with dry ice was nicely balanced and not too sweet."
  • "The lobster tails were tender and flavorful, while the seabass was a culinary masterpiece."
  • "The food was delicious."
  • "From the caviar deviled eggs to the warm butter cake. Superb."
  • "Food is extremely tasty."
  • "The food is well prepared, timely and tasty."
  • "The food was amazing and the dessert was to die for."

Cons:

  • "The sides are a decent size to share but not worth $18 - $20."
  • "The food was good, but definitely could get same level of food at a cheaper place. Food is definitely over priced."
  • "The desert was the only let down of the evening turning out to be more frosting than cake."
  • "The crab cake... still too salty and the bite was made more tolerable when eating it with the salad on the side."
  • "The crust of the scallop was.. so salty that i ended up spitting it out."
  • "The Lobster Bisque was too heavily rouxed and the Sherry was not cooked out."
  • "The spicy tuna roll was wholly tasteless except for a bizarre sweetness pervading the whole roll."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Classy, upscale with relaxed atmosphere 2 floor steak/seafood restaurant."
  • "But, overall it was a great place to mingle eat and drink!"
  • "The ambiance is a bit dark but intimate."
  • "The decor is beautiful."
  • "The atmosphere was mellow and upscale."
  • "The environment was upscale."
  • "Great atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Despite us asking 5 times to check on the A/C, nothing changed."
  • "The ambience is a bit cold and the table spacing is tight in the main dining room."
  • "It felt very condescending, embarrassing & rude maybe targeted, and I saw others taking photos and not once did he do that."
  • "Genuinely the world's worst fried calamari."
  • "The noise level was excessive, making it difficult to have a conversation without shouting."
  • "Very pretty and very busy and loud."
  • "Oh atmosphere was very low lit."

Value

Pros:

  • "Not cheap but definitely worth every dollar spent."
  • "It's pricey but worth the money. Treat yourself!"
  • "These desserts were out of this world! 5 Stars for sure and certainly reasonable priced!"
  • "The prices are enormous but the food was just unbelievable."
  • "Certainly reasonable priced! Can’t go wrong@ Ocean Prime!"
  • "The price of the food was more expensive than we would of liked, HOWEVER, it was WORTH IT."
  • "Food was delicious and though pricey the portions are generous."

Cons:

  • "If you are willing to pay $150+ for a full course meal, go for it!"
  • "our only problem was that the entree portions were a little small."
  • "Don’t get it with truffle butter though, it’s underwhelming for $11."
  • "Real value is 50% of the price paid. I am not going back"
  • "Food was great, but way overpriced."
  • "Drink prices were absurd. 33 bucks for a mixed cocktail. Bonkers."
  • "A little too pricey."

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