The Breslin Bar & Dining Room
“The $21 lamb burger is not your everyday burger, price wise and health wise but it's a great treat.”
“We placed our simple order of two lamb burgers, which came with Thrice Fried Chips (fries, ya dummy) and cumin mayo.”
“April Bloomfield is an incredibly inventive and skilled chef that knows how to create a party in your mouth!”
The Breslin Bar & Dining Room
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
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Yes the lamb burger here is as good as everyone says it is! The fries with the cumin mayo was on pointe. We got the bone marrow appetizer which was good but it wasn't that much marrow to bone ratio at all so pretty expensive for what it was. Came here on a Saturday night and they were pretty busy but definitely had room for a few smaller tables upstairs. The decor was pretty fun and rustic. The service was also great and we didn't have to wait too long for our food to come out!
my vodka cranberry was so weak that after waiting a while for one of the two guys to look my direction on the ten seater bar, I asked, "Can i make this a double, i can't really taste any alcohol". The Dave Grohl looking dude, who I'd later found out was unfriendly and more a Dave Growl, put my drink aside and put the smallest of splashes atop my bright red drink. confused, i asked how much alcohol is in a drink, and he answered 1.5 (a shot), so i asked him "wouldn't a double be another shot?" and he was like "well you want me to charge to for two drinks? i was gonna give you thia for free"… adding something vodka cranberrys are supposed to be sweet. confused, i took it, which he put deliberately hard on the bar. i was so red in the face i looked like the drink
My friends and I came here for a late lunch.
We found out about this place as a recommendation from a bartender at a nearby restaurant. This was one of the few places that was open around 4p where some other restaurants are closed in between lunch and dinner.
We all tried the lamb burger. It is a bestseller there & is phenomenal. It is served medium rare. I ordered it medium well and really enjoyed it.
This is by far the best burger that I have tried. I considered missing my train on the way back to get this burger again.
Definitely try it! You will not be disappointed.
When I read "British gastropub," I wanted to run. The only food I associate with the Brits is bad fish and chips, plus I don't drink. It's also located next to the too-hip-for-school Ace Hotel, which makes me feel very self conscious.
The Breslin isn't bad, though. We went for brunch and had the pastry combo (croissant, donut, some other sweetbreads) and rashers for an appetizer, and I had the "full" english breakfast (fried egg, sausage, bacon). Dessert was a smore sundae.
Why only 3? Rasher was way too salty — you know me and my STS (stop the salt!, stop the salt!) initiative — and it's just kind of boring cuisine when you compare it to other options in the area. Was food another casualty of dying British colonial empire?
Breslin Bar is a restaurant located in the Ace Hotel. Walk past the Ace Hotel entrance and Stumptown Coffee Roasters. Use the N/R train that drops you off at 28 st.
I came for brunch on Saturday morning and the restaurant was not busy. Breslin is decorated similarly to the hotel next door- dark wood and small eclectic knick knacks. It has a cozy feel.
The food is British-inspired and the menu includes a full English breakfast, black pudding and the like. I wanted the oatmeal with non dairy milk, but the oatmeal pre-made in cow milk. I ordered an English breakfast tea that came in its own tea kettle and a banana muffin. The muffin is small (a little too small as a meal) and very sweet- too sweet for breakfast.
Breslin is a good spot for brunch if you're looking for a hearty meal. The dark decor and wood brings very little natural light to the dining room so you won't be able to enjoy the summer sun. I'd rather come for dinner or during the fall/winter.
With a good friend in town and not looking for anywhere too expensive that would have good food, I finally made my way to the Breslin. It's not all that far from where I live, but given that it is dwarfed by the Ace Hotel entrance next door – and there's only a small neon sign saying 'Breslin' on the outside – I should be forgiven for having walked by here many times before and never seeing it. The front on a Friday late afternoon very much had the feel of the happy hour crowd taking a load off at the end of the week, while the dining area in the back felt a tad more secluded and did not have too much noise leaking back. It has a bit of a rustic elegance to it, and even though the seating isn't exactly the most private (like most spots in NYC), it definitely didn't feel like other conversations were intruding. Our waitress was great at getting our food out quickly, as well as making sure our drinks stayed refilled. The beer list was only okay (for a gastropub, I thought it was a bit on the average side), while I very much enjoyed my Life on Mars, which was definitely a bit potent but still very flavorful.
I ended up being a bit aggressive and started with a 'snack' and a small plate for an appetizer. The snack was the Scotch egg, but I didn't realize that a soft-boiled egg encased in fried pork would effectively triple the size of the egg – so it was to my great surprise when I saw how large it was. That said, it was quite tasty, especially the outside, which was quite crunchy and paired very well against the pork and the creaminess of the egg yolk. The small plate was the burrata; while the cheese itself was quite good – perhaps a tad on the watery side – I really enjoyed the veggies it was served with, particularly the fava beans. The dish overall had a very farm-fresh feel and taste and was quite refreshing. For the entree, I went with the vaunted lamb burger, and it was just as good as I expected. The cumin mayo got a little lost, IMO, but the flavor of the meat is just so good that you honestly need very little else. The feta was a nice pick to cut through with a tart flavor and dry texture, and overall, it worked together quite well. The bun was a bit on the big side, though, and contributed to me being thoroughly stuffed at the end. The fries are also excellent – larger cuts but quite moist and juicy, with a good crisp on the outside. The ketchup that was brought over was one of the artisanal kinds, though, that lacks the punch of good 'ole Heinz – sometimes the original stuff is the best.
I definitely enjoyed the food here, and I'd love to come back again and sample some of the other menu items sometime! Great atmosphere, not too loud, and excellent foodstuffs and cocktails.
Came here to sample one of the "best burgers in NYC" – their famous lamb burger. It was pretty good.
The burger gets a 10/10 for impression and presentation. The massive burger comes on a cutting board, with a perfectly toasted ciabatta bun,and a nice portion of golden triple fried french fries and juicy red medium/rare meat.
I have never seen a burger that LOOKED better in my life.
However, the lamb meat was just OK.
It was perfectly cooked, but the taste just wasn't there. Maybe it was under seasoned.
This is coming from somebody who eats lamb over rice from halal carts all the time.
It just didn't do the burger justice. I'm confident if they used beef it would be #1.
Price wise, the burger comes in at $25, which is just a few bucks shy of the famous 3-meat Minetta Tavern burger, which is both better taste wise, and definitely a better deal (better burger and famous fries)
We also tried a few apps, and they were alright.
The meat pie seemed like a tapas portion and gives two people about two bites each.
The scotch egg was decent. Great presentation but kinda tasted like a Italian sausage pinwheel at the pizza place. Both seem a bit overpriced at $10.
For dessert, I loved the peanut butter pudding with a tart berry gelato on the side, aka deconstructed PB&J.
So overall, decent place, not the best burger
Walked in for brunch. I'd been here many years ago for the suckling pig.
Despite it only being 10:30, we got the lamb burger and skirt steak. Both cooked medium rare. Lamb burger – not bad but not amazing. 8/10. The bun went well with the meat. Skirt steak was pretty salty and some of it spread to the fried eggs. If the entire thing was consistently salted (and no over salted parts) it would've been a slam dunk.
We weren't super hungry so didn't get any other sides or apps.