The Ten Bells - New York

Good value, lovely food, great natural wine and attentive service.

A variety of interesting and tasty dishes, nice ambiance.

We were put in the back room. Long waits between very small dishes. This wasn’t a great dinner yet we walked away with close to $100 per person.

Cute quiet birthday dinner. Food and wine was amazing. Obsessed with the crab and avocado plate and the mac cheese!

The wine we had was wonderful, a suggestion from the server. The food was quite good. Our first and last interactions with the staff were disappointing. Checking in for the reservation was confusing no clear person to speak with, servers and bartenders all rushing by, no one asking us if we needed help for several minutes. When I got the attention of the bartender he seemed slightly annoyed and curt. Our server during the meal was fine, not particularly warm or inviting, but not rude. Leaving at the end of the meal, less than 90 minutes after we arrived, a different server asked us to leave as she needed to seat a large party where we were located. Granted she may have been seeing if she could move us elsewhere. I had been looking forward to Tell Bells for a while, as I work in restaurants and with natural wine but the service won't have me rushing back.