Barbounia

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   Frederick

   Unspecified1 review

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our favorite Mediterranean restaurant in NYC. Great and ample selections of wines fron different regions and plates.
   

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   John

   New York City2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The duck portion was a bit small but very delicious. The staff was very attentive, but not annoyingly so. The atmosphere is loud on a Thursday night at 6:45 PM however, a table for two is small enough that you can hear surprisingly quite well. The dessert was unlike annything I’ve ever tasted: The Silas was almost like a slight Nutella taste, but with an airy, cotton-candy-like mouthfeel. The Lebanese Osmalieh was also interesting but less tasty. Eggplant appetizer was so good, just needed 2x more bread, which was also great. I’d go back.
   

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   Stacey VIP

   New York City73 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 1 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We have never been disappointed by this restaurant.
   

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   Mikey VIP

   Washington DC5 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 1 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Overall, it was a great restaurant. Nice atmosphere and many different options
   

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   Nathan VIP

   Phoenix87 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 1 March 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Overall the restaurant is great. The food is very good and has a very lively experience. Couple things keep it from Five Stars. First off dumb things - the platter they bring for the Mezze plate is too big to fit on the two tops and we had to slide our plates into the corners drinks into another corner. It was like playing Tetris with our table settings all night. The music is just a touch too loud making impossible to talk without yelling. Tables are on top of each other. Feel like you are in your neighbors lap. The positives the mezze was fantastic. The brazino was excellent and so was the Hamachi. Octopus was a little dry.
   

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   Patricia VIP

   New York City105 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 26 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   My second visit to this restaurant, very nice looking dining room, bar it has a nice charm to it. Decide to have some of the Mediterranean dips, delicious, delicious, delicious, freshly made. Had the Lamb Kofta that came in casserole fluffed up that had to be cut around it, delicious, delicious. My friend had Chicken in a pita she said it was very good, her cocktail was a mezcal mix citrusy drink, very nice suggestion from server. Bytheway service was very good, the room was pretty full for lunch time. We will definitely come back & friend some friends along. Great job chef!
   

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   Raju VIP

   New York City21 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 25 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Crowded and noisy. The service tries to keep up. Food is good.
   

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   Daria VIP

   New York City3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 22 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was excellent but the dining experience wasn’t. This place has gorgeous high ceilings which deliver terrible acoustics for the amount of people they have seated to eat. Our table of 7 was yelling to hear each other the whole evening. We arrived on time and were told to wait at the bar because our table wasn’t ready. But the bar does not have standing room space and everyone there is uncomfortably crammed in and trying to let people pass to the bathroom. 20 minutes to wait for our reservation. Tables are cramped and there’s no room to navigate the dining room and guests and servers kept bumping into us at our seats. I don’t know if we’ll come back but if we do it will be a quieter day of the week as Friday night was not fun for us.
   

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   Patrick

   Greater Boston1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 19 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Gonzalez was great! Fantastic pre fix menu for lunch. The salmon was the go to.
   

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    Eric VIP

    New York City1 review

    1.0

    Dined on 17 February 2025

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2

    Poor service, ok food. Ambiance is ok. Would prefer other of the many places around.
    

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