Flatbush Farm

Okay, so the food is perfectly respectable. Delicious comfort food. I wish that they still had deviled eggs. The owner is super cool. The waiters are eh, okay. The garden is the best! The smokey side is rare and phenomenal. The wine list and the dumb little glasses blow. It is seriously one of the worst wine lists anywhere. The music is great. I love how the place looks- well styled. The food travels very well and may even be better when delivered. I'm a fan. Oh and prices are fair.

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This used to be one of my favorite places, but after a few misses with the service, I'm sort of afraid to bring new people here.

That said, the garden out back IS really spectacular. And the food has always been good.

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I went there once for brunch. The waiters were hungover, so the vibe put a real damper on my Sunday. Food was fine.

I used to go this place under its previous incarnation (can't remember the name), and it's true that the garden rocks! Went once since it became Flatbush Farm, and my only comment is that the menu is heavy on the meat, so not great for vegetarians or pescatarians. We experienced some service issues, too.

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So funny that the service has not changed from the previous joint, maybe they kept the same wait staff. The restaurant that was here before Had the most obnoxious waitress I had ever encountered. She rolled her eyes and was a little pissy at the fact that my 80 year old father in law hestiated for about 30 seconds on what he wanted for brunch. And she was french to top it off, I wanted to kill her. Sorry Flatbush Farm I have never been back even though it was a different restaurant, but I guess from the other posts the service is about the same.

The deviled eggs were amazing- Have to second that comment. Wish they still had that. We take people there for the gulash, the spaetzle and the garden. Some of the servers are spectacular, but when it's crowded, the kitchen and service can really suffer, and the time to get a drink refill can be forever. This place is great though- and we miss it dearly since we moved away from the neighborhood.

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Park Sloper: I think it was St. Mark's Cafe before this, no? I LOVED that place for brunch.

I like Flatbush Farm (my neighbor was RAVING about it last night and said it was her favorite restaurant in Brooklyn). I don't feel the same, but I still think it's a worthy place on anyone's "top 10"

I don't think the food is spectacular, but it's in a good location, it's got a nice vibe and the garden is indeed amazing. I prefer Barn to Farm, but I do to both rather frequently.

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Billyboomer...real french or "brooklyn french?"

This place is totally over-hyped. The service is spotty, the food - just okay. I have a problem with high prices for "farm-style" food when they serve the food alongside with paper napkins and the wine is served (no matter what the price or how fine a wine)in thick juice glasses. I don't mind paying the price for farm friendly food if it is good, but clearly here the food is just okay so the question arises...why the absurd attitude?

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I was out in the garden on a lovely Saturday evening but the waiters didn't take orders for drinks at the tables. So we had to walk in and order drinks from the bar, which was really annoying. Why on earth would anyone invent a system like that?

I like their French Dip sandwich. Service will keep you waiting a bit.

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11217: Yes, it was St. Mark's Cafe, and they had a spinach salad to die for. They also had a fledgling operation next door selling pre-packaged gourmet dinners to go, which I thought was a great idea, but I guess they were a bit ahead of the curve. That was before Blue Apron and Union Market had opened, so maybe Park Slope wasn't yet ready for the next step in gourmet food readiness. Or maybe it was just the location -- it's a bit out of the way for picking up dinner on the way home unless you're getting off at the Bergen Street stop of the 2 or 3 train.

Worst brunch ever. Started with bad service... they never came around to give menus or attend to us. Then, they brought out my dish before my guests dish. We waited 7 min or so to see what was us. They then bring out the wrong dish for them. When they bring out the right dish, it has a huge hair in it. At that point, I finished my lousy meal and we went somewhere else for a bagel and coffee.

On a side note, I heard the dinner is great!

Worst brunch ever. Started with bad service... they never came around to give menus or attend to us. Then, they brought out my dish before my guests dish. We waited 7 min or so to see what was us. They then bring out the wrong dish for them. When they bring out the right dish, it has a huge hair in it. At that point, I finished my lousy meal and we went somewhere else for a bagel and coffee.

On a side note, I heard the dinner is great!

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weird, they've always taken orders for drinks in the garden when i was there. that said, FF is a place that i so want to like better than i actually do. the food is always just shy of really good and the portions are almost always generous. but each time i'm there, i get some kind of attitude or bad vibe from the servers. once, at a very early dinner, when i was very pregnant, they served me fish with worms in it. we were so polite in asking for something else, knowing what an aberration that was for them and keeping our voices low so as not to embarrass them. but the server couldn't have been more rude about it and very condescendingly tried to explain to me how worms in fish were very normal. ultimately, they replaced my meal with a $12 vegetarian pasta with peas instead of the promised fiddleheads...initially didn't even comp us that but finally did (after we asked the server to please consult with his manager about it). we've been back once or twice since then, for brunch (and no fish!), but not excited about it.

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Daveinbedstuy: Real brooklyn french. The worst combination.

bar menu is good and they have decent selection of good beer and 3 dollar high lifes. The mac and cheese was awesome but not on the menu as of yesterday. Fries are nice too. I can spit on this place from my apartment so it makes an obvious place to go when wanting to enjoy the weather.

brunch is average but never eaten dinner.

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I love the look of this place, and the times I've eaten there the service has been spacey but endearing. Other than the tofu scramble though, the veg options are few and far between (especially at dinner) so it's never going to be one of my top choices.

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Good spot. 2 out of 3 of my meals here have been very good. I made the mistake of ordering a boring veggie dish once. I agree, there is something not quite right about the service/staff although we had a waitress once who was great. The bar staff on the other side was downright nasty to us and is officially boycotted but the restaurant is pretty good and the garden is great. The bill always seems a slight bit higher than it should there.

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I have a couple friends who are in the service industry and they say it's a well kept secret (or maybe not) that Park Slope as a neighborhood is known to be cheap on the tipping. Perhaps it's part of the reason why the service sucks here and a few other PS establishments I can think of...

Not sure why that is.

Two words: not good

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Worms in the fish is NORMAL? I'm still nauseous from thinking about it. You gotta be kidding, a server actually said that?

Not that I'd like to see it on my plate.

Parasitic round worms are frequently found in the guts and in the flesh of fish. Although only a small proportion of fish sold to the public is affected in this way, the worms are unsightly and consumers naturally object to their presence. This note gives a brief account of the nature and occurrence of round worms in fish, and describes means of reducing infestation in fish used as food. The note should also help fish traders and environmental health officers to dispel some of the misunderstanding of the problem when answering complaints from concerned members of the public.

http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/tan/x5951e/x5951e01.htm

Enjoy,

Cliff Clavin