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“... Service was great; we never had . The food was delicious; the waiter recommended the puffed rice crusted shrimp roll, which sounds weird but was great...
“...I had heard good things, and I've been to Marcus's Aquavit, so we were expecting greatness. If you go, be sure to avoid the table we had: in the hallwa...
“...Total waste of time and money. The food couldn't have had less flavor! Major disappointment...
“...Why are they still using the name Riingo when it's no longer Marcus Samuelsson's Japanese/American restaurant?
Just another overpriced hotel restaurant with so so Italian dishes...
“...I had been to this restaurant several times before, and had usually found the food to be decent if not great, and the ambience to be calm and restful. ...
“...Terrible brunch - food and service. How do they get grill lines on bread and not toast it? Amazing!...
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ambiance
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“...I ate here last week; what a great meal. Food was delicious--try the shortribs, it looks like a brownie! but the taste is rich and meaty...
“...I really liked this place! It's a beautiful space, elegant and warm-friendly service, I had a great asian pear sidecar to start, then short rib app, great starter, entree was a tasty red snapper, sauteed, with some yummy seaweedy-type item...
“...If no place else has a table, I guess you could go here, but I wouldn't know what to tell you to order because the best thing I ate was the free bread and hummus they bring to your table...
“...Very nice atmosphere and excellent pre fixe menu....
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“...We ate here last week and really enjoyed every. service was great; we never had to ask for anything, as the waiter and busboy were on top of evertyhing...
“...We find the somewhat hidden door to Riingo next to the main entrance to Hotel Alex (discovering later we could have come in directly from the hotel lobby)...
“... When I went back recently, it had definitely changed for the worse, in every aspect; the food was not as good (cheaper ingredients?), the restaurant was noisy (though that's really due to the loud patrons)there seemed to be less waitstaff, and the service was less than acceptable (unfriendly hostess, inattentive waiter)...
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“...I work in the area.mMy collegues and I came here just for drinks, but stayed for a wonderful dinner...
“...Came with low expectations - the neighborhood is so iffy....
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restaurant
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“...Hey, if you ever find yourself in midtown or have a couple hours before your train back to CT, you should walk over to the restaurant next to the alex hotel, Riingo...
“... Being at many New York top restaurants - this is definitely one of. Obviously this restaurant survived much longer than one of the reviewers predicted...
“...The food is consistently very good, and the restaurant is quiet enough for lunch meetings....
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“... He also recommended short ribs, which came already boned, so it was a cube of rich, dense meat which had been pan seared; and the chicken dumplings, which was pulled chicken meat in a wonton wrapper, steamed, with a sour soy sauce called Ponzu...
“... The woman at the next . The braised short rib dish was unique: the meat was seared into a block about the size of a deck of cards (but twice as thick)...
“...Went for a business lunch today and was extremely disappointed. Not only was the waiter less than attentive but after asking for brown rice (none) and ...
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donuts
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“... The entrees were outstanding: a grilled red snapper with curry sauce and string beans,. For dessert, we shared the signature dessert, green tea donuts...
“...I really liked this place! It's a beautiful space, elegant and warm-friendly service, I had a.donuts! for dessert, and worth a trip back for! Loved it!...
“... For dessert, I had the donuts with green tea ice cream - which I thought was fab (anything with "donuts" and "green tea ice cream" is a win in my book)...
“... The chicken had absolutely no taste to it, and neither did the mushrooms and spinach that came with i. And the donuts with ice cream had no wow factor...
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