Industry Kitchen
“South Street Seaport's newest waterfront restaurant and bar had it's grand opening last week and you're all in for a treat.”
“Even though we weren't lucky enough to snag some outdoor seating, we felt just as if were outside just because of how open this place is.”
“While in the financial district finding a place open on a holiday, was beginning to be a challenge.”
Industry Kitchen
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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The stars are all for the view and today's weather!
Great spot under FDR overlooking East River and Brooklyn Heights, on a breezy summer day, make a reservation for outdoor tables with a nice beach umbrella, you will not be disappointed.
Four of us were on a business walk-about downtown and decided to have our lunch here, I ordered the "Knife & Fork" Grilled Caesar with steak, never had a salad that I needed to put so much effort into eating, it's not difficult but quite strange and interesting. To my surprise, the romaine was very crisp and the dressing was perfect with the croutons. I had my steak medium well but they seemed medium, which was fine, the bites were tender and tasted very good. My lemonade was a tad too sweet, the server was nice but she only came to our table as soon as all plates were presented, and asked how everything was, lady, I hadn't had a chance to take a bite yet.
FInally when we asked for the check, we received it after 10 minutes and the server never came to pick up the credit card, so we ended up paying cash and just walked out.
By around 1pm the place was filled with white collar employees from the financial district, they use two hostesses which was wise to accommodate the tables and parties, but apparently they were too busy to serve us, the buzz boys were very nice about keeping our water filled though.
Great spot for drinks right in on the river. Had a martini done right and that's enough to keep me happy pretty much anywhere.
The host easily accommodated our table of 7 during happy hour with no qualms about reserving a table until the entire party arrived. Staff was very friendly and the owner shared shots with our table. I did get a taste of pizza and was underwhelmed but most everyone else enjoyed it.
Can't beat the view and felt like home visiting from Miami seeing as how it's on the water.
Terrible food, had a taste of my friend's pepperoni pizza and there was just one slice of pepperoni on each piece and it was the most bland pizza I've ever had in my life. My eggs benedict was served on top of rock hard and chewy potato hash, which was greasy and inedible. The greens were doused in dressing. Incredibly overpriced, huge ripoff. Not even worth the view.
Terrible and slow as molasses service. If you sit in the lounge area, forget it, you will not be served. You'll have to go get your food at the bar. Do NOT eat here, do not even get a drink here, there are far better restaurants on the east side by Brookfield place, go there instead.
Came here for a lunch tasting this week with my friend. Super convenient in that it is literally 1 block away from my job. But then I would normally never come here because it is outrageously priced and I economically and health consciously choose to eat stuff from home at my desk. Moving on – this place has EPIC views of the Seaport. The building is a clear, glass-like structure and is completely open to the pier and ships floating by on the river.
Things I sampled: Drinks: Most of them were pretty decent. Refreshing is a good word. Not sure if they are worth $13 apiece. There are other options in the financial district that are significantly cheaper. But then there are places that are just as freaking expensive. This isn't a beer bar. It's a girly cocktail/rose/wino type of place. My favorite was personally my friend's drink 'The Wall Street Revival': Tequila, Lemon, Cointreau, Lillet Rose, Pineapple Juice, and Angostura Bitters. A proper drink with many different levels of taste. The Rose House was a little too fruity for me. I don't understand Rose cocktails and this being a new hip thing in New York. But I imagine the girls will love this. Burling Slip and Beekman Slip both very similar. Only difference is one uses gin and is more lemonade tasting and one uses vodka as its base and has a light soda fruit taste. It's the rhubarb I suppose added in on the Burling that made it more unique. The Tin Building Sangria was nothing out of the ordinary. It tasted like basic chilled wine. Some tasty refreshing drinks. But I would make it a one and done to say you did it and admired the view.
Of the food menu we tried a variety of pizzas. The crust is more of a flatbread style than a woodbrick oven style pizza. There's little char on the crust and its kind of on the soggy side but it wasn't the worst I've ever had. There were some pretty negative reviews on Yelp I noticed but honestly I think they've probably improved since they first opened. Margherita was pretty standard but not enough Mozzarella cheese on that sucker. Bianca pizza was pretty drool worthy. Good assortment of cheeses and a nice liberal amount of fancy olive oil on top. Best thing I tried was the salmon pizza. Nice huge chunks of salmon, onion, huge chunks of dill (still tasted it in my mouth for hours after the fact), and capers. I tasted mozzarella on this oddly rather than the cream cheese creme fraiche. Or maybe I am crazy. Decent food but it could still up it's game. The fresher the better. Also, more cheese never upset anyone when it comes to pizza.
Industry Kitchen gets 4 stars BUT it's primarily for the VIEW, LOCATION, and PRICES. The food is passable
Quick tips:
-there's no AC
-cocktails are meh
-lamb merguez is a great starter
-the kitchen errs on the side of underseasoning
First off, the view is gorgeous but be sure the weather is good when you come. The entire restaurant is open air and if you can't handle the weather outside today, IK is not a good choice.
Second, super convenient for anyone working in Fidi
Third, for its location, the view, the portion sizes and prices are quite good IMO.
Now let's talk about some of the actual food:
Drinks:
-Wall St Revival (tequila, citrus liquors, pineapple juice, bitters), which wasn't as sweet as it sounds, fairly weak, and pretty watered down by the massive amount of ice. At $13, not really worth it
-My coworkers said the cab sauv (by glass) and sauv blanc (half bottle) were not bad
Starters:
-Blistered Shishitos: not as flavorful as shishitos are chalked up to be, but perhaps my expectations were too high. Light on the char too, but that may have just been the kitchen rushing
-Avocado toast: hard to screw up, the avocados were sufficiently ripe, didn't go overboard either on the feta which is a pet peeve of mine
-Lamb Merguez: DEFINITELY RECOMMEND. I don't usually like lamb but the texture, juiciness, and spices were quite good in this.
Mains:
-Grilled Skirt Steak: the asparagus was steamed and then very lightly grilled but it wasn't trimmed well (still some woody stalks) and it had clearly been cooked a while ago. The chimichurri was neither fresh nor zingy – very wilted, oxidized, olive green color and looked like it had been sitting under the pass for a while. The steak, perhaps simply by nature of being skirt, was pretty irony and had some offal-like flavors. The grilling wasn't able to overcome these flavors and it had also clearly been sitting on the plate for a while. The IK potatoes are supposed to be roasted with garlic and rosemary but tasted more of pepper and cumin. Also, there was guacamole on the plate which was not expected, but fairly good
*seems like there's a trend to under season in this kitchen (which is not necessarily a bad thing). My steak was very lightly salted and my coworker who ordered the lamb shank said it tasted completely unflavored
Not impressed by the food – lamb merguez was the top item.
The concept and the location is great. But the kitchen need either a new chef or menu overhaul.
Once i went for of drinks and ordered the Wall Street cocktail…it was sour, bitter and i had to get it remade. The second time around it was still awful. I figured, it they couldn't get the drinks right, don't bother trying the meal. I should have held fast to this rule.
A year l returned and ordered a white sangria that taste like spike glass cleaner
I ordered the corn squash soup which was served extremely luke warm to cool. The spoon handle was also dirty. I returned it to receive the bowl and soup in the same temperature.
We ordered a margherita pizza. The tomato sauce was extremely watery and tasteless resulting in a super soggy pizza. They put only 3 basil leaves on an 14in wide pizza and maybe 6 slices of cheese. I was just disappointed to no end.
The waiter was kind a charming and for this i must leave 2 stars but the food is a complete apology. I will never return except to use the wireless.
Came here for brunch with friends. Service was quick and you can't beat the water views. Nothing was amazing but for fresh food and decent service I would come back. I had the kale and mushroom omelette – everything on the plate was prepared well. I wish the restaurant was easier to move around in – the table are VERY close together.
*This Review is for Drinks at the Bar Only.*
My co-workers and I come here whenever it's nice outside to grab after-work drinks.
I've seen the food pass by us many times, but it doesn't look that great to be honest. And I've heard from several people that the food is mediocre.
But for drinks at the Bar, with the huge 'garage' doors open, and with a view of the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge, it can't be beat.
I'm still reluctant to give it a high rating though, cause the drinks are pricey and well, it's not like they play great music, you can't dance, and the crowd is mainly an after-work business crowd.
So, I'd recommend to just come for a few drinks after work through sunset, then head somewhere else for more fun, as it dies out come nighttime, like most places in the Financial District.