Carnegie Diner & Café – 828 8th Ave, New York, NY

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   Angie

   VIP

   Cincinnati

   2 reviews

   2.0

   2 reviews

   Dined today

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

   Unfortunately 3 of the 4 didn’t like their food. Chicken was extremely dry, chicken salad had so much mayo is was liquidy…nice atmosphere though and fast service.
   

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   Patti

   Atlanta Metro

   11 reviews

   5.0

   11 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

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

   Highly recommend this restaurant! We were a party of five and had reservations; we arrived early but they sat us immediately. Extensive menu selection so we needed extra time to decide what to order. All the food arrived quickly, hot and served at the same time… most importantly, everything was DELICIOUS! One warning: huge portions of food so we couldn’t finish and didn’t order dessert. Our server Lena was on point, friendly, attentive and patient with us. We came on a rainy mid-December night… the place was busy and loud but Lena and other staff were helpful and didn’t miss a beat. We will definitely come back when we return to NYC.
   

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   Sara

   New York City

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   One thing customers should have in mind is that we had a reservation for 2 people at 6pm, and we weren’t seated until 6:17pm. They were so busy and they were doing their best to seat everyone. But like many other diners that evening we were headed to a show. Unfortunately we felt in a rush because we were seated later than our reservation time. Nonetheless, the food was great! Our waitress was attentive and was very knowledgeable about the menu. We had a couple mocktails- both lovely! Our party ordered the avocado toast and kale chicken Caesar salad. The avocado toast had eggs that were served Benedict style, although the eggs came out hard boiled. The waitress was kind enough to bring us new runny eggs ASAP. The kale chicken Caesar salad was great- the chicken was so moist and the greens were fresh. Plus the dressing was delicious! We also ordered the 24 layer chocolate cake which was so good! We were impressed with the size and the price. We took most of it to go! TLDR: I would recommend this place, but make your reservation for earlier because they may not seat you at your reservation time.
   

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   Holley

   New York City

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   We absolutely loved this place. Great for breakfast lunch or dinner. Make sure you make a reservation !
   

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   bill

   Nashville

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   Biggest piece of chocolate cake I have ever had! Would go back.
   

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   Alisha

   VIP

   New York City

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   My friend and I really enjoyed our dining experience. Our waitress Victoria was friendly and serviced us with a smile and our food was delicious made by Chef Andre we even had ample amount of food to carry home for the next day, which is always great in my opinion. All in all I do recommend and we will return .
   

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   Carlos

   Atlanta Metro

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   Nice place, good food (but not fantastic) - reservation means not a lo since we had to wait 20 mins for a table.
   

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   Abby

   VIP

   Washington DC

   13 reviews

   2.0

   13 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   We made a reservation for 6:15 so that we could get to an 8:00 show that was a 5-7 minute walk from the restaurant. We waited just under an hour for our table. By the time we sat, we had to put in our order immediately, we had to rush eating, and didn’t have time for dessert. The food was good and the server was amazing, but it was ruined by the folks that were seating people. Especially when they kept telling me that we were almost about to be sat, said we were next, and sat another table before us. When I pointed this out, the employee got rude. I personally would not go back after my experience, I would suggest that others that want to visit, don’t do it if you have to be somewhere.
   

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   Melissa

   VIP

   New York City

   16 reviews

   3.0

   16 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   We had a reservation on a Friday evening. Unfortunately, we were not seated until about 25 mins past are our time. They don’t seat people in order, but only by table size. We had a reservation for 3, which could not be seated at a table for 4. There are barely a handful of tables for 2 with a chair pulled up. The place was packed with people waiting inside I front of the door. There is no microphone used to call table names. So if you don’t hear you name you miss your place. Twice I saw someone at the desk that was also waiting say they would take the table and they were seated. The table checks got mixed up and we were incorrectly charged for the check to top the night off. The food was good. I would like twice about going around me show time. They don’t honor reservation times, it depends on size of table available. Waitstaff clearly overworked.
   

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    Patrick

    Grand Rapids

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 4 days ago

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

    Crazy busy. Even though we had a reservation we had to wait 45 mins past our reservation time.
    

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