Forty Four

Reviews about Forty Four

• 2 / 5

  By Raoul-Sam Daruwala
  How the mighty have fallen. A menu that looks closer to a bar menu than a fine dining experience. This is not the Forty Four of days gone by, this is just mediocre. There were two other tables when we ate there that had customers on it. When we left at 10:45 we were the only ones. Somehow service took ages. Without any exaggeration, we had to get up and find the waitress four times to get service. It was shockingly slow. They gave us two menus for five people, when we asked for more they made a big joke about finding five menus. Really? You they couldn't print enough menus to have one with every place setting? One waitress followed the other around but really didn't do anything.
  
  Food: The burger tasted like the patty had been defrosted. For $20 I expect a burger to taste good. The fries were soggy. Everything on the menu was over fried or over grilled. Seriously, there are better burgers all over the city. The branzino was over cooked. I could go on... But why? You get the point. This isn't fine dining. It used to be. Oh the Forty Four used to be the place once upon a time. Now it's just hackneyed. Take a look at the menu online and then
  
  Really, if you eat in midtown find a good place. There are tonnes. To say this was disappointing is an understatement.
  
  The cocktails were excellent and the bartender was the only good part of the experience. She was really good at her job and her cocktails were excellent.
  
  The place avoids a one star rating because I have memories of days past when they really were a fine place to entertain.
  December 05, 2016
• 4 / 5

  By Nancy Ogden
  The restaurant has a good menu and delicious execution. TOO BAD that they do not handle carry outs at lunchtime. They could do a whole lot more business.
  November 01, 2016