The 40/40 Club - New York

Let me preface this by saying I literally attended the grand opening of this sports bar ages ago so this isn't a review comparing the two time periods....

The 40/40 club is the closest thing NYC still has to ESPN Zone (RIP). Great service (shoutout to Tiana), tons of TVs, above average food, and surprisingly...

Wowww what a wonderful throwback! I hadn't heard 40/40 Club mentioned in so long that I didn't think it was still in business. I made it here this past...

Low quality food. Rude staff (some, not all, but some is all it takes to ruin an evening).

I 've been here before for happy hour and liked the crowd and music as well as the drinks and appetizers so I thought I 'd try out dinner this time. Even though we made a reservation, there was no host to check in with so as soon as we came in we had to ask two different bus boys and a waiter where we should go to be seated and everyone seemed confused and we were ultimately sent upstairs by someone and found an empty table and sat down. Not a fan of the layout of the space. All of the booths with real seating for dinners are reserved for VIP seating only so regular diners like my party have to eat dinner at the upstairs bar on stools. Not very comfortable. On top of that, the service was extremely slow. There seemed to be just one waitress working the entire upper level section. It took forever to just to put in our drink order. The food was okay, but not spectacular. I 'd never go back there for dinner. The bar scene looked decent downstairs and we initially planned to check it out after dinner but it took so long to order/receive/pay for dinner, that we just left afterwards, frustrated. If I go back, it 'd just be for happy hour.