Inside Hotel Le Bleu's Restaurant
A few weeks ago Vue, the restaurant on the 8th floor of 4th Avenue’s Hotel Le Bleu, opened for biz. That there above is what it looks like, and the second shot is of the al fresco terrace area with its view stretching from the Gowanus Canal to Downtown Brooklyn and beyond. The restaurant’s operators…
A few weeks ago Vue, the restaurant on the 8th floor of 4th Avenue’s Hotel Le Bleu, opened for biz. That there above is what it looks like, and the second shot is of the al fresco terrace area with its view stretching from the Gowanus Canal to Downtown Brooklyn and beyond. The restaurant’s operators are also going to open a rooftop lounge in about a week and a half. Vue’s menu is here; apps run from $7-$12 and include stuff like samurai spiked crab cake, while entrees go from $17 to $28. There have been a few writeups about the Vue, with the Times, for example, talking about the executive chef’s background (he “worked at the Monkey Bar and is the chef at China 1 in the East Village”). The most scathing commentary thus far comes from FIPS who says, in part, “The place was decorated in a budget/wannabe hipster/chic style.”
Off the Menu [NY Times] GMAP
Da View: Hotel Le Bleu Was Le Ridiculous [FIPS]
ENY- agreed. FIPS thinks that swearing makes humor. It’s like they have turrets over there.
Ok, checked it out. The food is respectable. The prices are fair for the food. Everything I had was fresh and well prepared. the kitchen basically had it together. I’ve read other reviews and these things are true. The room is BAD, like a space age cafeteria. There are TV’s with psychedelic graphics on the walls. Not good. The view is of nothing. There’s no point in looking out the big windows at the big ugly apartment building. Pointless. It’s an unpleasant room. The waitress, while nice and well intentioned, was bad. She introduced herself as my ‘server’ like she worked at Crapplebees. I had read, the ‘servers’ did not know the menu and that the menu was vague. One item was short rib on ‘gold coins’. How could you ever know what gold coins were without asking? And then the ‘seafood roast’. . . My server, previously employed at PepBoys, went to the kitchen for the details. I ordered an appetizer and an entrée and she asked in what order I wanted them served. Hmmm. She came to the table twice to let me know that the apps would be two minutes and later that the entrées would be 7 minutes. I waited for a knife replacement when the entrée came. She gave both dessert menus to me before the entrée plates had been cleared and asked if she should bring cream and sugar for the coffee . . . In short (or long) she was untrained. I felt like I had to walk her through the meal. It was clear that she’s never been on the receiving end of good service. I blame the management.
Conclusion: There is no reason to go to this restaurant.
Yes we will – one of the reasons I love living in this city.
FSRQ – I guess we’ll see!!
“I’m hoping this place turns into a low key spot where one can just hang out and look at the skyline — there is a huge market for this”
Obviously there isnt – because again – when your looking for a low key place to hang out – you’re generally not going to go in and up an elevator in an otherwise non inviting building just to see what the vibe is…..rooftop bars/restaurants are DESTINATIONS, not a place you just go to hang…
If you want a low key roof to drink on – most people in Brooklyn go ontop of their own building with a 6-pack.
Pete dont be an a$$ – I didnt say anything about ‘hip and cool’ PATRONS and besides you know exactly what I am talking about….
No doubt Pete –
I’m hoping this place turns into a low key spot where one can just hang out and look at the skyline — there is a huge market for this because it seems every place in Manhattan with outdoor/rooftop space has turned into a douchey bottle service club.
But more then likely they’ll try to create some fake buzz to be the Brooklyn Gansevoort – because money is god.
Totally off topic, but this never ceases to blow my mind – it’s insanely RETARDED how much money the Ganz pulls in during the summer. A friend tends bar there and they walk out with 700-1000 a NIGHT during the summer.
“just to see if the place is cool and if its not – then what – a couple of non hip places on 5th , hardly compareable” —-maybe there are enough of us close to nowhere who enjoy being as far as we can away from those who patronize Gansevoort and the like…and wretch at the thought of people who patronize places because they think
the other patrons are’ hip and cool’.
I’m going there tonight and drinking until Novo starts to look pretty. Then I’ll know it’s time to go home.