BKB - Permanently Closed

4.1

69 Reviews

$31 to $50

Seafood

Located on the south side of Gardiner’s Bay, adjacent to the marina is BKB (Bay Kitchen Bar). The location of this restaurant provides an amazing view during your meal, especially if you get there in time for a sunset. You can also rest assured that BKB is able to provide “sea-to-table” ingredients for many of its dishes. Classic East Coast cuisine reigns at BKB. The menu includes poached shrimp, crab cakes, octopus, scallops, mussles and a two-pound lobster. The Hampton clambake will satisfy any appetite with a pound of lobster, mussels, hew potatoes, corn on the cob and much more.

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Dining style
Casual Elegant
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Seafood, Contemporary American
Hours of operation
Dinner: Monday - Sunday: 5PM-10PM Brunch: Sunday 11:30am-2:30pm
Phone number
(212) 861-1038
Website
http://www.bkbrestaurant.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Smart Casual
Executive chef
Eric Miller

Location
321 E 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021
Neighborhood
Upper East Side
Cross street
between 1st and 2nd Avenue
Parking details
Street Parking
Public transit
68th Street and Lexington
Additional
Banquet, Bar Dining, Beer, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Wild Pei Mussels$14.00
with green herbs, garlic & cannellini vegetable stew
Fisherman's Soup$14.00
with fennel, garlic sourdough & saffron
Field Greens$10.00
baby lettuce, kale & herb salad with sherry & honey vinaigrette
Baby Beets$15.00
roasted north fork baby beets with sheep's milk feta, toasted pine nuts & fall vegetable salad
Crab Cake$18.00
with carolina gold rice salad, corn, tomato, avocado & chili crème
Short Rib$18.00
with a knedlik dumpling in moravian cabernet with fall vegetables
Octopus$21.00
braised and seared with white beans, fall greens, kalamata olives & aged balsamic

Pasta

Tagliatelle$19.00
with duck confit, medjool dates & chanterelle mushrooms
Spaghetti$21.00
with shrimp, scallops, octopus, squid, mussels & fresh tomato
Orecchiette$20.00
with baby clams, cured pork belly, broccoli rabe, garlic & pepperoncino

Larger

Fish - Shellfish

Lobster Roll$29.00
hand-shucked lobster with lemon & celery on toasted potato bun
Scallops$32.00
coriander crusted day boat sea scallops, couscous, cauliflower & yellow raisins
Fluke$29.00
with sicilian capers, herbs, orzo, fall vegetables
Salmon$32.00
wiith golden chanterelle risotto & lobster glaze

Meat - Poultry

Bkb Burger$19.00
angus sirloin with caramelized onions, spiced mayonnaise, wisconson cheddar & crisp fries
Organic Chicken$26.00
spit-roasted with lemon, thyme, spaghetti squash & yukon gold potato purée
Duck$34.00
slow-turned long island duck crusted in caraway with cherries, cabbage, & smoked bacon
Sirloin$39.00
snake river prime with caramel rutabaga & roasted yukon gold potatoes

What 69 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.1

4.1 based on all time ratings

4.2Food
4.1Service
4.1Ambience
0.8Value

Noise • Moderate

69 Reviews

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PhilipC
New York City
6 reviews
3.0
6 reviews
Dined on March 6, 2016
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 4
I rarely write negative reviews, but I felt that I had to after my recent dinner at BKB. I just dined there for the fourth time. Each time the service has been worse and they really seem not to care. This past Saturday night the restaurant was almost full and the kitchen appeared to be unable to handle it. After we were seated, no one approached our table for about ten minutes. The server finally appeared, seemed exasperated, apologized and said that they "being slammed." We ordered a bottle of wine which took at least twenty minutes to arrive. We ordered and our appetizers took thirty minutes, although they were pretty simple. We had to ask for bread because it still hadn't arrived. The main courses took another thirty minutes and we finally had to ask he gentlemen at the check-in desk if he could inquire. Our server had been MIA for awhile. That gentleman then brought the mains to us. Neither our server nor the manager (Eric?) ever inquired as to whether the food or anything else was satisfactory. The manager, however, had plenty of time to dote on two attractive women at a nearby table, frequently kneeling on the floor by their table to talk to them and personally prepare and bring them several rounds of drinks. He also appeared to rudely respond to another diner who confronted him about the poor service he was receiving. All in all, the food is pretty good once they get it to you and the ambiance is quite nice, although both of the desserts we ordered were not good and we had to request a knife to cut the extremely hard crust on both the key lime and the strudel . But of course no one ever asked how the desserts were. Don't think we will return, Just not a good overall experience.
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AAMMKK
New York City
19 reviews
2.0
19 reviews
Dined on March 2, 2016
1. Overall 2
2. Food 3
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 4
Plus: plenty of room between tables and the restaurant isn't noisy. Minus: food is fine, a little overpriced, but the service is slow, sporadic and generally indifferent. Don't go for a special occasion or if you are in a hurry.
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Blanch
New York City
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on February 18, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Incredible experience! Was catching up with an old friend it this was the perfect spot. The owner was working that evening and made our visit absolutely spectacular! The lobster roll was to die for and I cannot wait to visit their main location in East Hampton.
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OpenTable Diner
Tampa
3 reviews
1.0
3 reviews
Dined on February 14, 2016
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
I received two reservation confirmations plus a notice how many minutes to allow to get there on time....arrived 15 minutes early...in record breaking sub zero temps...and the restaurant WAS NOT OPEN !!! Dark inside...chairs stacked on the tables...no signs of life. I never received an email, phone call or text that they could not honor my reservation. I hope everyone was OK....BUT...off my future list. No follow to date either. . 😁 Forced to give a rating above in order to submit...but they get a big fat ZERO !!!
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ChristopherT
New York City
7 reviews
3.0
7 reviews
Dined on February 13, 2016
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 2
We ordered the sliders (lobster, crab and fluke) and crab cakes for apps. The sliders are the best thing on the menu but at $30 bucks they are really overpriced. We both the Montauk yellowfin. Very average - only side was a couple pretty bland mushrooms. I was still very hungry.
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liptowi
New York City
14 reviews
2.0
14 reviews
Dined on February 7, 2016
1. Overall 2
2. Food 3
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
The service was about as bad as could be. We were ignored for 20 minutes after being seated. The waiter just was not the least bit attentive. Finally, the menus arrived, but then no waiter again for quite a long period of time. The food, when we got it, was OK, only, and the prices were no less than what one pays at Atlantic Grill, a short walk from BKB. BKB in the Hamptons is very good. This was a complete surprise. I won't return.
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jessicaleigh312
Pittsburgh
49 reviews
3.0
49 reviews
Dined on January 16, 2016
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 4
Every summer, my family and I go to Bay Kitchen Bar in East Hampton. So you can imagine we were excited to see they had opened a place in the city. BKB however, may still be working out some of the kinks of opening a new place. It took us nearly a half hour to get our cocktails (and mind you, the place was not yet full). It also took a while for us to get our main courses. To end the night, nearly two hours after we first sat down, my family ordered a dessert for my birthday. Only, the restaurant had no candles. On a positive note, the staff was very friendly and working as hard as they could. We love Bay Kitchen Bar and hope they're successful in the city.
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OpenTable Diner
New York City
9 reviews
5.0
9 reviews
Dined on January 14, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
First time to BKB, went late on a Wednesday night, not many other diners at that time. Waiter was friendly and efficient. Food was delicious, had the duck and fluke. Will definitely be back
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VIP
New York City
23 reviews
4.0
23 reviews
Dined on December 24, 2015
1. Overall 4
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
The restaurant has a Cape Cod menu (e.g., seafood, lobster rolls, etc...) and a modern NYC industrial fusion décor. Hard to pin down the vibe of the place because it was all over the place. Food was good, service was nice, but we left not necessarily jumping for joy that we found a new favorite place to eat and that we will go back. It was clear that the décor and menu was done by "committee" (essentially satisfying everyone's requests) and not committed to any type of style or direction. So, there it is....
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OpenTable Diner
New York City
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on December 18, 2015
1. Overall 2
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 3
BKB.. Food was okay, decent size portion but instead of getting a crispy Czech style 1/2 duck as was explained to me by the server (and since the restaurant is in the Czech National Hall building) I thought I was safe ordering it! The duck was fair and it came just like that! Just the half duck on the plate. No side dish, no dumplings ,no potato, just the duck. a $34.00 rip off. My partner had the fluke. Again for a $32.00 price tag do you think you could add a half an ounce of rice or something? The bar and the wonderful glass floor in front of it are still the same however, the Kegs and working taps and hoses of the wonderful draft beer you used to see while looking down into the refrigerated tap room on the lower level has been replace with a storage room. ?? Go figure? The Decor of the place has changed and all the beautiful hand carved wood of the former Hospoda restaurant is unfortunately gone, replaced by what looks like cheap, white shower curtains through out the room. Very expensive and not waling away feeling good about it!
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321 E 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021

Additional information

Cross street
between 1st and 2nd Avenue
Neighborhood
Upper East Side
Hours of operation
Dinner: Monday - Sunday: 5PM-10PM Brunch: Sunday 11:30am-2:30pm
Price
$31 to $50
Cuisines
Seafood, Contemporary American
Dining style
Casual Elegant
Dress code
Smart Casual
Parking details
Street Parking
Public transit
68th Street and Lexington
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Eric Miller
Additional
Banquet, Bar Dining, Beer, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
http://www.bkbrestaurant.com/
Phone number
(212) 861-1038

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Shuck

Oysters$16.00

Clams$12.00

Shrimp$14.00

Lobster$22.00

Grand Shuck Platter$72.00

Slide

Crab Cake$9.00

Lobster Roll$10.00

Fish + Chips$8.00

Short Rib$9.00

Slide Tasting$29.00

Marinated

Fluke$14.00

Scallop$14.00

Tuna$16.00

Tasting$29.00

Smaller

Wild Pei Mussels$14.00

Fisherman's Soup$14.00

Field Greens$10.00

Baby Beets$15.00

Crab Cake$18.00

Short Rib$18.00

Octopus$21.00

Pasta

Tagliatelle$19.00

Spaghetti$21.00

Orecchiette$20.00

Larger

Fish - Shellfish

Lobster Roll$29.00

Scallops$32.00

Fluke$29.00

Salmon$32.00

Meat - Poultry

Bkb Burger$19.00

Organic Chicken$26.00

Duck$34.00

Sirloin$39.00

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