The Thorn Restaurant and Bar

The Thorn Restaurant and Bar reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   OpenTable Diner VIP

   New York City10 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 8, 2025

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

   I’m a foodie. The dips, falafel, branzino and lamb burger were excellent. Unfortunately, the desserts were awful. Not fresh. The baklava and cheesecake were dried out and stale. Such a shame. Literally, we left with a bad taste in our mouths.
   

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2. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   New York City1 review

   5.0

   Dined on February 21, 2025

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

   Beautiful place with amazing food and friendly staff!
   

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   Jeff

   Chicago4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 14, 2025

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

   Enjoyed our Valentine’s Day date. We ordered 5 total dishes to share and were completely full after—good value.
   

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   Tiago

   New York City2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on January 17, 2025

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

   The food, ambiance, and service were fantastic. I brought my team for lunch and we were pleasantly surprised at how good the food was and we loved how attentive the staff was. Definitely great for lunch, can’t wait to go back for dinner in the future.
   

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   Jaclyn VIP

   New York City29 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on January 12, 2025

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

   Great brunch, excited to go back with a large group- it seems like the perfect place for a get together.
   

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   mari VIP

   New York City3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on December 31, 2024

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

   The staff was not friendly. The food was good. Even at 630pm the fishes were slow to come out, and delivered out of order.
   

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   Craig VIP

   New York City27 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on December 31, 2024

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

   We booked the reservation a week ahead (12/25/24 at 2:15 pm for 12/31/24 at 6:30 pm), and subsequently confirmed. We arrived on time assisted in finding our name as the host struggled to find it. We were seated, handed too few menus, waited at least 15 minutes to place an order (after asking several staff for an additional menu). We quickly reviewed the menu and then waited another 20 minutes to order appetizers, drinks and entrees (at same time at the request of the waiter), and explained that we did not want everything served at once. Our cocktails and appetizers arrived, and when finished our entrees followed in a staggered manner (burger unbelievably came last). As our guests were finishing eating, my wife approached the waiter for a dessert menu, and was told “my manager instructed me not to offer anyone a dessert menu” because they were setting up for an 8:30 pm reservation. He said he would have to ask permission. Within minutes, we were approached by the manager, who claimed we arrived late. We quickly corrected him that we were not late, to which he responded, “maybe it was our fault, maybe it was your fault but we have an 8:30 large reservation and cannot offer you dessert”. We immediately requested our check, and left. Several of the male members of our party were so upset with the manager that they wanted to handle this differently given the disrespectful, obnoxious and blatant lie about our alleged late arrival. Outside, my wife spoke with a couple who had also exited the restaurant and shared that they had a 6:45 pm reservation and were treated equally as badly. Although the food was enjoyable, the lack of honesty, courtesy and respect should not be tolerated by anyone. We have dined at the very best Michelin star restaurants and at street vendors worldwide but have never been treated or spoken to in such an utterly disgraceful and disrespectful manner.
   

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   Rita

   New York City12 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on November 30, 2024

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

   A great experience from the food to the service. It's such a lovely, cozy place! Will be back again
   

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   Leslie VIP

   New York City85 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on November 23, 2024

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

   The branzino was the best we ever had! The pear salad was good but I find arugula stringy so wouldn’t get again but thats not a negative. Service great. Was not packed the night we were there so it was quiet which we liked
   

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    Carmel

    New York City2 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on October 27, 2024

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

    Great Brunch! Group of 5 and we tried 5 different offerings . All good.
    

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