American Bounty at The Culinary Institute of America

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   elsje

   New York City

   9 reviews

   4.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Love going to the CIA. It's a student affair so mistakes happen. The lunch special at the American Bounty seemed a great deal. However if food is not what is expected, can be disappointing. The meals post Covid are smaller portions. Not a big deal when food is wonderful. The lamb luncheon was very disappointing. Ordered medium for shoulder & leg. The shoulder was a small portion of soft lamb well done. The leg pieces were overcooked and tough. I did nor send it back as my partner was eating and this would take a long time to resolve. He had the trout with soba noodles. It was served skin up. I suggest it be turned for a better presentation. The trout was well cooked and the miso sauce was needed. The ink infused noodles were okay but not my favorite. The desserts, as always, were fabulous. Service was extremely slow . Soup spoon was requested for the chickpea chowder soup. Bread needed to be replenshed after asking. The Bounty was packed . Reserved 12:15pm and left 2:45pm.
   

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2. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   San Diego

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   I was disappointed in my entree. Service was also spotty.
   

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   Robert

   New York City

   8 reviews

   4.0

   8 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   For the restaurant being run by students it was better than expected. The food was prepared properly and was very tasty.
   

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   Robin

   VIP

   New York City

   22 reviews

   4.0

   22 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 5

   It's always pleasant at American Bounty but today, for the first time, we had poor, extremely slow service.
   

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   Deborah

   New York City

   7 reviews

   4.0

   7 reviews

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 5

   The Culinary experience in cooking and presentation is unparalleled, and it's also a beautiful location. Considering that it is a teaching restaurant, with students at the culinary performing both back-of-the-house and front-of-the-house duties during a semester of learning, the experience may not be consistent. In our case, the front-of-the-house server was very inexperienced and failed to follow up with us as we were dining, refill drinks, provide the correct utensils for the courses we ordered, and generally keep the flow of service. This is not so much a negative as a teachable moment, and we were not upset. Be prepared, however, that this could happen.
   

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   Ania

   VIP

   New York City

   14 reviews

   4.0

   14 reviews

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   It was a very interesting experience. The food was delicious but our server student was not great. He was very confused with our allergy customers and the meal took hours.
   

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   Julie

   New York City

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent meal. Students were very attentive and sooo nice!
   

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   Laura

   New York State

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was our first time here and it was my boyfriend 65th birthday. Our waiter Zachary was wonderful. This was his last semester and he was hoping to get a job in Boston and we wish him well. We had two tables by us and we got to chatting to both of them before we left. They had both been to CIA numerous times and made nice suggestions of a restaurant to try next I cannot say enough about this facility and next time I go we plan to stop by the egg yes we know what it is now thank you very much. The food was marvelous. The service spectacular, and everyone from the maître D to our waiter was fabulous.
   

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   Winston

   Greater Boston

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   The overall experience was good, just the last mile as to detail, can be improved.
   

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    Gina

    New York State

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    The staff is very attentive and the food is outstanding.
    

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