The Westmoreland (At The Frick Collection)

This restaurant in the Frick has stupendous quality food, attentive service, and stimulating atmosphere. The question is: are these the only qualities that drive a rating to 5 stars? No! Given the portion size and fair market value, this venue cannot achieve but only 3 stars. They are robbing their patrons with shrink-flation and extraordinarily high prices. For example, for a single expresso they charge $8.00 while in comparison the Nice Matin will charge $6.00 for a double expresso. Cocktails are $21.00. Two rolls with butter is $12.00. A small bowl of chicken soup is $24.00. One dessert is $22.00. The business model reflects Henry Clay Frick’s Barron Robber attitude. What a shameful sham at Westmoreland. It’s not worth your hard earned money. Definitely eat somewhere else but here.

Probably the best museum food in the city. We asked for a resy at the ticket counter, no problem. Walked around a bit and then went for lunch. The lunch space is beautiful, service was attentive and the food was surprisingly good. We started with the Caesar salad, they split it in 2 portions, so it was quite a big serving. I had the club sandwich, it was delicious and came with house made chips👍🏼👍🏼 The wife’s corn risotto looked good too. Prices are what you’d expect in a museum on the UES, so I cannot understand complaints.

To begin with the reservation process needs to be improved. After waiting weeks on Resy the main lunch hours from 12:00 till 2:30 were unavailable even though I tried the same day the reservations became available. On site one can still request a reservation for those hours that were unavailable on Resy, but the day we went the system was down so we had to make another line once we were indoors (after being on the outdoor line for ticket holders for more than 1/2 an hour). The whole process is unnecessary stressful. At the appointed hour we showed up and there was another long line just to get to the host in a crowded waiting area. Once we were seated there were several empty tables with the waiting area even more crowded than when we arrived. Anyway was all this tumult worth it? Not so sure. It took a good 15 minutes to see our dedicated waiter again after he brought us water. We had to ask other server to please take our order but he had to go find our waiter. We ordered two harvest salads, one with chicken and the other with chicken and avocado. Guess what? On the second one they forgot the chicken! The manager was gracious enough to bring the missing morsels. Presentation was on the bright side as well as the dressing…bread was warm and delicious; but efficiency in both reservations and service needs big improvements. Not a place I would go back.

Oozing hospitality, excellent culinary level, delicious cocktails, terrific service. We loved the high tea service selection, Caesar salad made to perfection, Chocolate tartlet and rose water had balanced floral profile.

This review is specifically for the afternoon tea: Service and ambiance were great and the noise level was very manageable - easy to have a conversation. Everything was presented beautifully. The 3 star food rating is not for quality, but for portion vs. price. Each $65 tea set ($83 all told!) came with: - 1 tiny scone (half-size in comparison to normal; came with spreads) - 5 very small finger sandwiches (~1x3" each) - 1 macaron & 1 tiny pastry This is a VERY scanty amount of food for afternoon tea. We've been to a lot of NYC teas and it is *very* rare that we leave hungry, but I left the Frick hungry. At the very least, I would expect another mini scone + double the tea sandwiches -- or, larger sandwiches and a regular-size scone. Other notes: - For 3 people they gave us two teapots (we chose 2 teas), but when they came out, each pot was only half-full. They did refill the pots mid-meal. Our party's tea snob was disappointed to see that they used teabags instead of loose-leaf tea. - Scone and bread were good but not great. No dry tea sandwiches here, but no warm scone, either. - Some of the flavors of the finger sandwiches were a little strong (dill) or oversalted (cucumber) or strange (citrus cream cheese on the smoked salmon??). But we did appreciate the creative touches on what would otherwise have been standard fare, and they were presented beautifully. Overall: It was nice, but for $83, I expect to enjoy myself AND leave satiated! We would not come here for tea again unless we hear that they have enlarged the portion sizes (or knocked the price down to ~$40). But if you have money to burn or a really small stomach, enjoy!