Pil Pil Reviews Summary

Category: Spanish restaurant New York

Address: 265 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Phone: +12129883788

Rating: 4.4
based on 237 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The Galica was super great. Food was hot and great flavor."
  • "Really good Sangria and Spanish Tapas! Dates wrapped in bacon and stuffed with cheese are to die for!!"
  • "The Spanish cuisine is phenomenal. You literally can't go wrong with anything on the menu."
  • "Food is always excellent and a great option when you want to impress visitors with great ambiance, reasonable prices and great taste."
  • "The food was exceptional."
  • "The food is so delicious, portions are perfectly enough to fill you up."
  • "Food was great, came out quickly (no matter it was super busy)."

Cons:

  • "But this food was not good at all and definitely not worth the price."
  • "The food itself is not great and I wouldn’t call this Spanish food for that matter."
  • "The food was over salted and I used the extra bread to drown out the flavor."
  • "The food and drinks were also comically bad."
  • "This is by far the worst interpretation of Spanish food I’ve ever tasted in my life absolute rubbish."
  • "None of them had flavour. Most of the dishes on our table had the same sauce."
  • "The food was bland and everything tasted a weird kind of burnt."

Service

Pros:

  • "It was a lovely place with amazing service."
  • "The service was great, and the atmosphere cozy."
  • "The staff was very friendly and attentive, refilling empty water glasses when they cleared the table."
  • "The staff makes you feel so welcome just my second time there they already remembered me and what I had ordered so sweet!!"
  • "The manager Andrew was super accommodating and kind when we had a bill issue and easily resolved it for us."
  • "Staff couldn’t be any friendlier and more accommodating."
  • "Our waiter was Jerry, who seemed young but was well versed in the menu and extremely attentive to our eating and drinking needs."

Cons:

  • "It appeared as though the staff couldn't wait to get us out the door, NOT sure when they close but being a tapas type of establishment and it being well before midnight the service was sub par."
  • "Our waiter service was poor and we waited half an hr for our food."
  • "There was confusion within our food order and instead of correcting it we were left to pay for their mistakes, instead of the staff helping us."
  • "At times some of the staff have been very pushy sort of pressuring you to order."
  • "The worst thing I've could experience was the management."
  • "The service was the worst I had in town."
  • "The service is mediocre and I’m totally disappointed to paid more than 50 bucks for that poor service."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "SUCH a cozy atmosphere too, feels like you’re dining in a vineyard."
  • "The environment and vibe of the place is young and pub like."
  • "The space is VERY dark, but cozy and once your eyes adjust, the decor is actually really cool!"
  • "Its cozy atmosphere, music, and great attention make this restaurant unique."
  • "First off, they have done an incredible job at making the place really feel welcoming and safe at the same time."
  • "The atmosphere is beautiful and the music is great."
  • "You feel like you are in one of the NYC movies as you sit in their lovely garden."

Cons:

  • "It was really quite loud even at 1pm."
  • "It can be a little noisy, especially up front and with shared tables having a conversation across the table can be difficult."
  • "Only complaint is that it’s pretty loud indoors, had to basically yell in conversation to hear each other."
  • "There are definitely sometimes incredibly loud folks and you’ll certainly notice."
  • "It was so loud in the front, we couldn't hear anything."
  • "The place is just very small so it’s a little overwhelming."
  • "The space is VERY dark."

Value

Pros:

  • "They have a really nice wine list with affordable prices."
  • "Each regional set will be enough for each person for an AMAZING price!"
  • "Unlimited brunch was such a deal."
  • "They offer great deals for weekdays lunch and weekend brunch that cannot be beaten."
  • "Generous tapas plates and a solid + reasonable wine list."
  • "The prices were okay. Not too expensive in my opinion."
  • "Price is hard to beat in UES area."

Cons:

  • "This was the $28 skirt stake. The photo doesn’t do justice to how tiny it was."
  • "The sangria was a bit weak."
  • "The sangria tastes watered down. You won’t be able to taste any alcohol."
  • "The portions are a tad small."
  • "Very expensive and the quantity is really small, not to mention the poor imitation of sangria."
  • "We spent about $80 on food we didn’t even like."
  • "A bit pricey given the size."

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