MY experience with Corky and Lenny's was good really because of the service. When I walked in, people were happy to greet me and I got seated promptly. My server was cool and she made the environment fun for me. We ordered promptly and was offered their signature pickles to snack on. I enjoyed the buzz in the resetaurant from the families to the grandpa taking his grandaughter out for a chocolate phosphate for the first time.
I got a half soup (Matzo Ball) and half sandwich (Corned Beef). The Matzo Ball soup was flimsy, a giant brick of matzo ball in the middle of clear broth with not very many vegetables. Eating the matzo ball was like eating a dense sponge, i've had better. My corned beef sandwich was good but no frills, literally corned beef between two slices of bread. I think I would come back just to try something else on the menu but for me the environment made the meal, not the food.