| ambiance |
90.60000419616699% positive |
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Nice view - NO Flavor - NO SOUL ! ”
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Great food; better view. ”
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The view is still great, and I've always found the service to be pleasant, but the food isn't what it was. ”
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I'm willing to eat bad food here just for the view, which is saying something really nice about the view. ”
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No doubt the view is wonderful from the rooftop patio. ”
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The view was great and the atmosphere was romantic. ”
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It's located on a roofdeck, with beautiful views of the manhattan skyline, and it can be very romantic. ”
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great mexican food, great atmosphere ”
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We were taken to the rooftop which is arguably the best view in the city and were immediately served delicious sangria (the best I've ever had) and chips and dip. ”
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Rooftop view of city is amazing. ”
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Even on an unseasonably cold day, the rooftop patio was comfortable. ”
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If you want a nice view, take the ferry. ”
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Even the gorgeous view of lower manhattan could not make up for the bad service, bland entrees, and wanna-be margheritas. ”
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The atmosphere at Alma is wonderful - beautiful space with fantastic views of lower Manhattan. ”
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Great view-OK food ”
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The roof top view is amazing. ”
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Ate on the deck, which was truly great, worth the wait for the view, considering it's summer. ”
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The service was not the greatest the night I was there--it seemed as if the 2 waitstaff members were googly-eyed and newly in love, and therefore we did not exist, but aside from that, it is a great, cozy, appealing place. ”
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All in all, a great place to eat with an amazing view. ”
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The views are equally good, as the large windows in the dining room are open with nice views of lower Manhattan through the cranes on the docks. ”
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would have had a more romantic evening buying TACO BELL and going for a walk over the brooklyn bridge. ”
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The bar has a completely different feel, the great woodworking gives it a wonderful dark feel, which is brightened by the great views of the city through the numerous windows. ”
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If you're looking for an incredible view of Manhattan, look no farther than Alma. ”
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And, of course, the views are amazing. ”
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Amazing view/worth the wait ”
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An elegant yet relaxing front bar with views of the Manhatten sky line as the back drop. ”
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Great food and a great view! ”
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Lively place,great food,great service,great mixed drinks and a view that kills to with it. ”
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Regulars were playing cards and the bartender was fun without being cutesy. ”
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The view is amazing whether you're on the rooftop or on the second level where it's cool and air-conditioned. ”
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The views of the port and lower Manhattan are great, both from the deck and from the large picture windows of the dining room. ”
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cute decor, lovely view, nice service, however the food is subpar here. ”
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Fortunately there is a nice bar with good ambience, otherwise the hour-long wait to eat would have been unbearable. ”
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was taken out for dinner at Alma's Mexican restaurant,very excited to be there loved the view and the food was wonderful. ”
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Overall, Alma is a good choice for a fun evening with great drinks and good food. ”
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We sat upstairs on the outdoor patio with a nice view of Manhattan. ”
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Below average food, very rude service, very uncomfortable ambiente, nice view. ”
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For the humans, the beer selection, juke box, and friendly staff make for an afternoon or evening of surefire fun. ”
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good food great atmosphere ”
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| dessert |
50.0% positive |
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You would think we would have had the good sense to stop there but my friend insisted on dessert. ”
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We stated we never order desert, his response was the manager sent him over with the bill,because they need the tabel for there were people waiting. ”
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| drinks |
100.0% positive |
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Overall, Alma is a good choice for a fun evening with great drinks and good food. ”
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The drinks are great too. ”
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Alma is great for drinks and chips and salsa in an outdoor setting. ”
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An elegant yet relaxing front bar with views of the Manhatten sky line as the back drop. ”
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Fortunately there is a nice bar with good ambience, otherwise the hour-long wait to eat would have been unbearable. ”
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Downstairs there is a good bar with a fast, friendly bartender who mashes healthy quantities of sugar into freshly cut lemons or sprigs of mint before putting in the vodka and rum. ”
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Especially if the weather is good, plan to spend some time at the bar with the friendly and knowledgeable bartenders. ”
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The drinks are fantastic, and the staff are so polite and friendly. ”
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For the humans, the beer selection, juke box, and friendly staff make for an afternoon or evening of surefire fun. ”
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Great drinks, friendly service. ”
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The drinks were very reasonable in the bar while we waited for our entire party to arrive. ”
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Friendly and talented bartenders whip up whatever you need from this well-stocked bar. ”
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Yes, on weekend nights be prepared to wait about an hour for a table, but with the great bar downstairs, it's not a big deal. ”
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Wonderful classy bar with great service chilled out people and drinks. ”
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The bar has a completely different feel, the great woodworking gives it a wonderful dark feel, which is brightened by the great views of the city through the numerous windows. ”
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Lively place,great food,great service,great mixed drinks and a view that kills to with it. ”
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| food quality |
75.39999961853027% positive |
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Below average food, very rude service, very uncomfortable ambiente, nice view. ”
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. . . The salsas and guacamole were great; the food was fine, just not at all what it tried to be (my mind goes to back to California longingly - why can't it happen here?) ”
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Good food but nothing special overall and with Manhattan prices. ”
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The food here can occasionaly be good but is most often very disappointing. ”
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The food is cold, the staff is harried, the front of house people are not house-trained. ”
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The mole is not as deep and rich as an authentic mole. ”
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The view is still great, and I've always found the service to be pleasant, but the food isn't what it was. ”
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The food, for the most part, is very decent: crispy and flavourful duck, savory poblano relleno, and classic enchiladas. ”
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Bland food and bad service. ”
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The food is very good - gourmet mexican, I would say. ”
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The food is still pretty good, but it used to be really delicious and interesting, and now is just above average. ”
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Overall, Alma is a good choice for a fun evening with great drinks and good food. ”
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The chips and salsa was good. ”
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cute decor, lovely view, nice service, however the food is subpar here. ”
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The food was excellent. ”
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Alma is great for drinks and chips and salsa in an outdoor setting. ”
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Everything tasted extremely fresh, and the exotic mix of flavors left my pallet swooning in amazement. ”
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The food was DELICIOUS. ”
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Although the terrace is in fact really nice, the food is fair to middling. ”
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Oh, and the food is great. ”
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Lively place,great food,great service,great mixed drinks and a view that kills to with it. ”
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Margaritas are delicious! ”
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cannot fathom what some of the other reviewers have experienced since I have always received good service, and have enjoyed every meal I've ever eaten there. ”
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good food great atmosphere ”
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I've been going here for a few years and used to find the food really quite good. ”
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Shall I continue, we waited an hour for a table on their rooftop to have probably the worst meal of my life. ”
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The chips and salsa are tasty. ”
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We were taken to the rooftop which is arguably the best view in the city and were immediately served delicious sangria (the best I've ever had) and chips and dip. ”
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Great food and a great view! ”
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do have a great deal of experience with Mexican food) But even if you liked the food here, and found it good, the prices at Alma are not worth it. ”
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After the Seitan tacos, the mediocre steak fajitas was not much better. ”
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The Mexican inspired food is very tasty, fresh, and innovative (check out the trout). ”
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The food was fantastic and the prices were reasonable. ”
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the food is very good, the service is average. ”
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Great food; better view. ”
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Great view-OK food ”
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was taken out for dinner at Alma's Mexican restaurant,very excited to be there loved the view and the food was wonderful. ”
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great mexican food, great atmosphere ”
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The salsa is almost inedible. ”
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The food here is great and best of all, it's not ridiculously overpriced like so many other places back on Court or Smith St. I've been here twice, and both times it's been fabulous. ”
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Regardless of that, we tried to enjoy our meal. ”
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I'm willing to eat bad food here just for the view, which is saying something really nice about the view. ”
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The food is only mediocre. ”
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Looking for a nice meal at a reasonable price? ”
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It has the potential to be an amazing restaurant, except for the actual food. ”
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Overall, a tasteless dish that doesn't even match the fajitas at chain Mexican restaurants. ”
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Everything they do with pork is extremely tasty: the pork taco is pleasantly spicy and the pork stew (pozole) was amazing this past winter. ”
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food was totally great just what i expected bold and delicious. ”
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The service was slow and stand-offish, as other reviews stated, and I actually did see an insect at the end of our meal, like one of the other reviews mentioned, but I'd still go back here any day. ”
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is fantastic, but in my experience, the food is so good, ”
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BEST mexican food in all of nyc. ”
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This was quite possibly the worst meal I have ever been served at a restaurant. ”
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This place drives me insane, because the food is FANTASTIC, but the service is the worst in Brooklyn. ”
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Food truly was below average at best - tasteless chicken tacquito appetizer, ok guacamole, fajitas were flavorless. ”
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The neuvo Mexican food is great, but it's the spectacular, ro. ”
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On top of all that, what food we were able to eat was mediocre. ”
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The steak fajitas were overcooked and underseasoned and the chicken enchiladas tasted frozen (the red sauce was good though) did I mention the weak margaritas ? ”
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creative mexican cuisine not to miss ”
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The tortillas are fairly good, the beans a bit soupy. ”
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Great food, TERRIBLE SERVICE ”
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The huge, beautiful poor red snapper filet tasted like it was deep fried and cooked in spicy orange juice, and the spinach (also saturated in OJ) was inedible. ”
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On one night, the filling was an exceptional stewed chicken. ”
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Although the quality of the steak was good, the marinating spices were non-existent. ”
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| menu variety |
100.0% positive |
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In addition to the classic Margarita -- from scratch, no mix -- Alma has several interesting varieties like Cucumber. ”
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For the humans, the beer selection, juke box, and friendly staff make for an afternoon or evening of surefire fun. ”
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| overall |
100.0% positive |
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Overall, a great place! ”
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The service was not the greatest the night I was there--it seemed as if the 2 waitstaff members were googly-eyed and newly in love, and therefore we did not exist, but aside from that, it is a great, cozy, appealing place. ”
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great place to bring visitors of NYC and a great place to hang for the local residents. ”
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All in all, a great place to eat with an amazing view. ”
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Alma is a great place, anything with mole is mad awesome. ”
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| return potential |
0.0% positive |
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The service was slow and stand-offish, as other reviews stated, and I actually did see an insect at the end of our meal, like one of the other reviews mentioned, but I'd still go back here any day. ”
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| service |
66.66999816894531% positive |
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The view is still great, and I've always found the service to be pleasant, but the food isn't what it was. ”
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cannot fathom what some of the other reviewers have experienced since I have always received good service, and have enjoyed every meal I've ever eaten there. ”
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Friendly and talented bartenders whip up whatever you need from this well-stocked bar. ”
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The service was friendly, but slow and a little forgetful. ”
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Regulars were playing cards and the bartender was fun without being cutesy. ”
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Especially if the weather is good, plan to spend some time at the bar with the friendly and knowledgeable bartenders. ”
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The waiter Daniel was the best. ”
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Downstairs there is a good bar with a fast, friendly bartender who mashes healthy quantities of sugar into freshly cut lemons or sprigs of mint before putting in the vodka and rum. ”
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The wait staff are super nice, really attentive, and makes you feel welcome, which is such a change from other places. ”
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This place drives me insane, because the food is FANTASTIC, but the service is the worst in Brooklyn. ”
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cute decor, lovely view, nice service, however the food is subpar here. ”
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The "manager" thinks she knows how to run the place, but her attitude towards potential diners was appaling (apparently it is customary for a good manager to seat people not according to who came first, but rather to whom she felt like seating). ”
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and that it was a reasonable price for two people. ”
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Below average food, very rude service, very uncomfortable ambiente, nice view. ”
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Great drinks, friendly service. ”
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Lively place,great food,great service,great mixed drinks and a view that kills to with it. ”
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Even the gorgeous view of lower manhattan could not make up for the bad service, bland entrees, and wanna-be margheritas. ”
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We stated we never order desert, his response was the manager sent him over with the bill,because they need the tabel for there were people waiting. ”
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Wonderful classy bar with great service chilled out people and drinks. ”
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The food is cold, the staff is harried, the front of house people are not house-trained. ”
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Bland food and bad service. ”
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The service was slow and stand-offish, as other reviews stated, and I actually did see an insect at the end of our meal, like one of the other reviews mentioned, but I'd still go back here any day. ”
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the food is very good, the service is average. ”
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Bland with bad service ”
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The drinks are fantastic, and the staff are so polite and friendly. ”
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The service was average, but the waitress looked at my full plate, and didn't ask me if I was satisfied (i.e. why I had only taken two bites of my entree). ”
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though it was difficult with the "manager" walking around the dinning room talking loudly on her cell phone while people are still trying to enjoy their overpriced meals. ”
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We found the service quite good and attentive, the meals did take a while to come after the appetizer, but we weren't exactly in a hurry, and afterwards the waiter went out of his way to apologize for the delay. ”
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The service was not the greatest the night I was there--it seemed as if the 2 waitstaff members were googly-eyed and newly in love, and therefore we did not exist, but aside from that, it is a great, cozy, appealing place. ”
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For the humans, the beer selection, juke box, and friendly staff make for an afternoon or evening of surefire fun. ”
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| value |
83.33000183105469% positive |
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Looking for a nice meal at a reasonable price? ”
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do have a great deal of experience with Mexican food) But even if you liked the food here, and found it good, the prices at Alma are not worth it. ”
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Ate on the deck, which was truly great, worth the wait for the view, considering it's summer. ”
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though it was difficult with the "manager" walking around the dinning room talking loudly on her cell phone while people are still trying to enjoy their overpriced meals. ”
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The food was fantastic and the prices were reasonable. ”
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Amazing view/worth the wait ”
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The huge, beautiful poor red snapper filet tasted like it was deep fried and cooked in spicy orange juice, and the spinach (also saturated in OJ) was inedible. ”
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and that it was a reasonable price for two people. ”
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The food here is great and best of all, it's not ridiculously overpriced like so many other places back on Court or Smith St. I've been here twice, and both times it's been fabulous. ”
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I'd heard raves about Alma for years, so I was decidedly unprepared for mediocre upscale (and overpriced) Mexican. ”
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Good food but nothing special overall and with Manhattan prices. ”
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| wait time |
55.56000232696533% positive |
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The service was friendly, but slow and a little forgetful. ”
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The service was slow and stand-offish, as other reviews stated, and I actually did see an insect at the end of our meal, like one of the other reviews mentioned, but I'd still go back here any day. ”
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Fortunately there is a nice bar with good ambience, otherwise the hour-long wait to eat would have been unbearable. ”
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