So against my better judgement my husband and I went to City Tavern again for dinner last night. We had another Groupon that was expiring and didn't want to lose it.
We sat at the bar because there were no tables available in the restaurant. It took 8 minutes for someone to acknowledge that we were there. Then another 10 minutes to get our drinks. We did get menus right away when we asked but sat there for another 15 minutes after we got our drinks to place an order.
After we ordered, I was watching the Giants play on the TVs above the bar and I noticed SWARMS of fruit flies. SO disgusting. If you have a clean bar, you don't have an issue with fruit flies. I ended up swatting them away all night.
It took 45 minutes from the time we sat down until we received our barely warm appetizer and then nearly another 20 minutes after that to receive our steaks. I didn't get a steak knife and had to ask for it twice. I had to ask for a glass of ice water FOUR times. My husband's steak was fine but mine was so raw in the middle I'm surprised it wasn't still mooing (I ordered it med rare). The asparagus looked like it was several days old and the french fries tasted weird (I'm guessing the oil in the fryer needs to be changed). Service was terrible all the way around. We will never be back.