Dressler

Dressler is one of my favorite favorite restaurants in New York - it has a gorgeous bar and dining room, consistently excellent food and the staff is warm and friendly. Not a bad thing to say about it ...

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These restaurants being reviewed are all the same kind...mix it up!

I have had some great meals at Dressler. I have also had some so-so meals. the interior is really great and the service is always informed and efficient. Often the food is aggressively salted. I often just pop in for a well-prepared cocktail and an appetizer at the bar. Brunch is one of the best deals around. Always superb and a great value. Don't pass on the baked goods because they are always a tasty treat.

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Much ado... The food is simply OK -- and for the cost, there are plenty of better places. I think the hype must be about it being in the burg. And what is with the bartenders precisely measuring every shot??? Odd....

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This is one of Brooklyn's best. They can turn the blah of butternut squash soup into a heavenly nectar. Their brunch isn't great, but dinner is awesome.

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I had a really good meal there a year ago, but I can't remember what I ate! Left happy though.

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A great looking place, too bad the food wasn't great. I agree with BH76, a lot of hype about nothing. How did this place manage to get a Michelin star?

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Dressler received a Michelin star and a rave NYT review because the food is superb.

I remember eating at Dressler fairly soon after eating at Bouley, and while I would say Bouley certainly has better food and offers a finer experience, if I'm not in the mood (not able?) to pay $300+ for 2 people but want Michelin-level food I would head to Dressler.

As generally with B'Stoner restaurants Dressler tends to be loud and crowded and probably does not appeal to many sour 40+ers. The Marcy J-stop and Bus Depot area, despite Dressler and Peter Luger's, is certainly not the top destination of most gourmants. However, price-point is tailored for higher salaries which could explain some reviews.

In my view, some people are Saul people and some people are Dressler people.

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Miquelpakalns,
Second review that supports the theory you're an ageist. What happens when you grow up?

I become sour and unable to enjoy life. Like you ;-)

dressler is attracting all sorts of people i think. there are now several great places on broadway. everyone knows lugers, diner and marlow and sons, but if you haven't been to Moto yet - go there too. it's terrific.

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Pierre, I hope you don't pin me as merely 'age-ist:' I have two things specifically in mind -- I remember Dressler being quite crowded and loud when we ate there, it was around 10:00pm at night (!) to boot, and I remember the looks on people's faces. The younger you are, the less you seem to care about loudness & crowding (is Pequena not entirely aimed at under-30? I've felt old in there sometimes!!). However, most 20-yos don't buy many $30+ entrees. I think Dressler has, from a marketing perspective, put itself in an odd box and I hope the Michelin star endures. If it goes away...

Second, I know some - wiser? - Individuals who had an impression of Dressler closer to yours than ours. And exactly opposite on Saul, which we found very good but price-point and experience-wise unremarkable.

I'm 27 and married, no six-figure-salary, live on Spencer street. I admit all freely.

Pierre, I must also add that I absolutely had not read your collected restaurant comments when writing the Saul vs. Dressler people comparison. However, I am quite pleased to note that your restaurant ratings in no way disconfirmed my impression, entirely based on other sources, that there are Saul people and there are Dressler people.

It takes all kinds, and we all love living and eating in Brooklyn, right?

I cannot say enough about the deliciousness at Dressler. My mouth waters thinking about the artichoke salad, smoked trout starter, and tortellini in parmesan broth. I think the Dressler is perfect for date night, all ages. Skip dessert and have another cocktail....

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Only ate their once, but we really liked it. Beautiful atmosphere, good service, creative and skilled cooking using quality ingredients. Would return without question.

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this is hands down one of the best restaurants in bk. certainly not cheap, but the food is delicious. plus, its right by peter lugars if youre hungry after for some dessert (jk)

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I've been waiting for this review for a while!!

It's very hard for me to think of any restaurants in Brooklyn that are better than Dressler - everything is done very well. as stated above, the critics agree as it has received rave reviews and a Michellen Star.

It's nice to see some more fine dining foodie places coming to the boro. There's just too many ordinary, pedestrian places in other neighborhoods (carroll gardens, park slope i'm looking at you!!)

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Doubtless a beautiful restaurant, but .... the halibut special I ordered there about 6 months ago was uninspired and somewhat tasteless - despite costing a small fortune, AND the waitress somehow couldn't get me my bloody cocktail until well after I had finished my appetizer, without so much as an apology. Perhaps I would have felt in a more charitable frame of mind if I could have gotten my hands on my drink earlier, but I was a little disappointed in view of the stellar reviews I had read before going.

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I'm not rating it since all I've ever done there is eat brunch with a screaming baby, (which I'm sure made us popular), but all I can really say is, it's better than the Lodge. Which isn't saying all that much. But brunch isn't dinner, and eggs benedict aren't that complicated.

Call me a philistine, but Teddy's > Dressler.

My lovebug and I ate at dressler because we got 1000 opentable points for doing so. We were able to walk to it from our abode in Hill-Billy-Stuy-Ville, and enjoyed it from minute one. Sure, we weren't as hip as most of the folks there on a date, but I didn't feel uncomfortable. Service was what I want, which is friendly and helpful. There are definitely a few spots where the prices are about this high(saul, fleur de sel, are my most recent excursions) and the wait staff makes me feel terribly uncomfortable with their seemingly fake pretensions. Let it be noted that maybe I feel awkward being treated like I'm someone of inflated importance when, in fact, i'm just blowing some money on fancy food. The appetizers, as at most places, were pretty amazing, and the meat was extraordinarily yummer. I'm a chocolate maniac, so the fact that the souffle tasted like absolute filth nearly lost me. But honestly, the rest was so good it didn't matter. I liked the decor. It was a little loud, but sometimes I can handle that. I suspect it might be a little less rowdy earlier in the evening.

I suspect I wouldn't like the same place were it located in Manhattan.

It was pricy but great.

Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours may be.

*Chortle*

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I just tried Dressler this weekend and our food was excellent...service, eh but who cares really. It was a nice spot to linger. I disagree that you are either a Saul or Dressler person. These are both good but totally different experiences. Dressler is more casual and less expensive and the food is delicious but less complicated and less 'precious' so to speak. I am not sure why people are ocmparing other than the fact they both have a star.
I would go back in a heartbeat. Nice ingredients, nice environs, and pleasant enough but slightly aloof staff...The staff at Diner is more professional while keeping it casual so maybe they could take some notes (not on the table though).

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This 40 something enjoyed it. A lovely design and the food was tasty. The short rib and hanger steak came out quite nice. Though the bartenders seemed over-whelmed by the crowd, the table service was attentive.

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Love the decor, food is overrated. It's the Brooklyn restaurant Manhattan-centric reviewers claim is important enough for them. The food is not better than Dumont but is twice as expensive. (Though Dumont has since gone downhill, so....?) The spinach was so oversalted I could not eat it. Also, the restaurant was too quiet and boring. I am 43.

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The atmosphere of this place is excellent, beautiful decor! We got there around 7pm on Saturday, just before it got crowded.

I started my dinner with an elegant cocktail of sparkling wine, pear and ginger. The sweetness and spice was well balanced. They also have a wide selection of wine.

I ordered several appetizer plates at the bar with a glass of wine. The roasted quail over cheese grits was one of my favorite plates I had. They also have daily specials made with seasonal ingredients - I had scallops cooked in citrus fruits, basically a ceviche which was a winner.

great place to find modern upscale cuisine in williamsburg! Expect slightly better than Manhattan prices but the quality and service is top notch!

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