Sarabeth’s
“My favorites are lemon and ricotta pancakes, apple cinnamon french toast, and the jalapeno cheddar omelette.”
“The muffin and preserve was great too, only wish I had room to eat everything.”
“We enjoyed the $20 brunch beverage package, which includes a choice of mimosa, bellini, bloody mary, sparkling wine or beer.”
Sarabeth’s
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Sarabeth's is a great spot for New Yorkers or families staying in the area to go to brunch. Sarabeth's is not flashy by any means, but a beautiful classic restaurant scaled much higher than a place like Penelope's. The bloody mary's are enormous and a work of art. Although Sarabeth's has a bottomless brunch option, I wouldn't consider this the place to get your Sunday buzz on. There were lots of strollers, but not any kids running around. The menu options were pretty standard. I ordered the lemon ricotta filled pancakes which were pretty good. I would recommend this place for people 30+ who are seeking a brunch atmosphere that has great service, child friendly, standard menu options, no wait time and nothing over the top.
( I now see I checked in to the wrong location) Brunch in NYC is serious business. I don't mean getting dressed up, I mean people "brunch" as a term on the weekends and it's important to have a place to go and have good eats waiting at the other end. With that being said, when we head into town we do have some favorite spots to hang with my cousin. But we are always open to try a new brunch location, especially if the word on the street is good food or coffee….or dare I say alcohol.
So my cousin said she had recently brunched at Sarabeth's and thought we'd like it, being our last day in the city we wanted good food and a casual vibe.
We did make sure to get an earlier start than most New Yorker's probably do on a Saturday morning since we did have an early afternoon flight home. And Sarabeth's was open earlier than some other spots on a weekend. We showed up at 10 am on Saturday and there were plenty of open tables in this fairly large restaurant located Park and 28th. Service was great, we were served drinks and food very quickly at this earlier time. I ordered scrambled eggs in a popover with arugula on the side. I think they used 4-5 eggs so have a big appetite! But who doesn't love a popover!!! Simple and delicious and I always love a eggs on toast kind of breakfast, so I did enjoy this variation. This place opens early and is walking distance from where we stay so it gets the extra star.
Had Avocado toast on MealPass two days in a row. Sarabeth's is much better than Wayside's. But for some reason my pickup box emanated a very unpleasant smell. When I was on my way back to the office I kept looking around to see where the smell came from, and after I sat down at my desk and unwrapped the box I realized it was from my food. But it's only a smell, as I couldn't taste it. Overall nice toasts, but I'd much prefer a different kind of bread. I know Sarabeth's bakes its own, but Balthazar multigrain is still the one. It's also annoying that they make all the MealPass orders at once, so if you have a late pickup time your food will be cold, and cold sunny side up eggs are no good. The avocado paste combined with water from the burrata also soaked the bread underneath.
This place is a little overrated. This was my second brunch here. The 1st time we had the stuffed popover and it was quite good. The 2nd time we had the pancakes, stuffed popover and kale & eggs. The popover wasn't as good as the 1st time, it actually wasn't good at all. While the pancakes and kale & eggs were both good, they weren't anything to write home about. The price just didn't seem worth it for what we were getting. I also had the four flowers mimosa. I didn't particularly like the taste. The flavors just didn't mix well for me.
I have also ordered dinner here a few times through seamless. Again, while most items aren't bad, they're not great and just don't justify the prices.
Overall overpriced and underwhelming.
Was not impressed with Sarabeths for a Sunday brunch
Farmers omelet which include gruyere, ham, and leeks– were low quality ingredients. Leeks were chopped so finely you couldn't taste them and the ham was the cheap diced ham pieces.
The muffins were dry and low quality. Coffee was burnt.
Overpriced for low quality
Good lunch place if you want breakfast.
Goldie lox omelette + sourdough toast at $17.50. A bit pricey but has a nice atmosphere to it.
I've always heard good things about Sarabeth's brunch and although I found the food to be adequate, it was just A-OK for me. I think what hindered the experience for me slightly was the price of the entrees, a little bit more on the expensive side compared to other brunch places that offer similar plates.
I started off with the Bloody Mary ($13). The amount they give you is huge. It was like an endless amount of Bloody Mary. The drink itself was good. I was just meh on the pickled garnishes on top. Too sweet for my liking.
For my entrée, I got the scrambled eggs stuffed popover. Overall, it was good. The scrambled eggs were cooked nicely, full of that scallion flavor with bits of creamy soft cream cheese in between. The popover was a little dry and overcooked but it was adequate with the meal. The side salad was nice and refreshing with the eggs. I also tried some of my friend's ricotta and lemon pancakes and found the portion to be plentiful and the pancakes to be nice and fluffy with a nice hint of lemon.
Overall, it was a good meal. Reservations are definitely necessary for this place. The pricing was just a tad higher than I would like pay for what they were offering.
Ambience : This is a nice place. Elegant, but not overly fancy. High ceilings and great natural lighting. Also pretty large actually. This is not a place to come if you anticipate getting loud though. The noise travels VERY easily. The crowd also seems to be pretty business oriented.
Service : Oh, what wonderful service though. All of the servers and food/drink runners were so so sweet. While I would've understood if they did tell my table to quiet down, they never gave us any trouble. Food and drinks came out in adequate timing.
Food and Drink : Tbh, I didn't really eat much from here. The party I was with seemed to enjoy the food for the most part. I only tried the (and I'm not sure of what they were called on the menu) fried goat cheese sticks and a berry sangria. Not a fan of goat cheese, so that was a slightly unpleasant surprise, but if you like goat cheese then it's probably perfect as a starter. I loved the sangria. Very very sweet, and light on the wine taste. The pitcher served served maybe 8? I will say though that others weren't huge fans of it because it was so sweet. Some declined, commented that it tasted like juice, or threw some of their left over red wine in. So, if you like your drinks on the sweet side, I definitely recommend it.
I'd like to try this place again, but under a different context. Perhaps date night is better suited..