Boqueria West 40th Street

Boqueria West 40th Street reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Tia VIP

   Toronto2 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on April 18, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   They forgot about us when we were seated outside. Our food took at least 45 minutes to come and came at random times. Everything was an incorrect temperature and they also brought us the wrong drinks initially. Highly doubt I’ll be back.
   

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   D VIP

   New York City8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 17, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Loved our brunch!
   

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   Rebecca

   Toronto8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 12, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Really great food. Nice vibe. I made a mistake with my reservation but Carol took care of it a saved my night. She is wonderful.
   

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   Susan VIP

   New York City73 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 9, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   It was a pre matinee lunch and we had plenty of time to enjoy our meal including dessert! We had tapas (shrimps, octopus, pimientos and pan con tomates) sandwich (jambon and manchego with side salad) and olive oil cake to share and we were properly stuffed. Our server Carla was friendly, helpful and engaging raising the whole experience. I was happy to know that Boqueria was still a reliable standby.
   

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   Amanda VIP

   New York City6 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on April 8, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Our reservation for the evening of April 8th was made weeks in advance. I received a text message the day before our reservation to confirm we were attending to which I replied and confirmed. However, when we arrived for dinner we were told we did not have a reservation and there was no table for us. After sharing my OpenTable confirmation number we were given a table and told we had 45-minutes to eat before we had to leave. This was an anniversary dinner and very disappointing. I have booked this restaurant for business lunches/dinners previously and now have doubts about doing so in the future. The food is great and the wait staff is attentive but none of that matters if your reservation isn't honored.
   

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   Denise

   New York City4 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on April 5, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   We won't go back. Food is plain to mediocre, the Happy Hour menu is extremely limited, one of the front of the house crew moved the table next to us so close to us that we couldn't get out on that side and two of the three of us had to move down the bench and shimmy out the other side. Service was slow. Frittata served stone cold. No wonder it came out so fast! They clearly had already made it and it had been sitting out God knows how long, got stone cold and they brought it out like that. When I asked them about that, they said, "It's supposed to be served room temperature." WHY? Since when is a food item with eggs as main ingredient served room temp? And I told them mine was NOT room temp, it was cold! It took them forever for them to bring out a new one. Worst of all, despite slow service, they rushed us out immediately AFTER giving my husband a beer. The front of the house staff and servers apparently do not communicate at all. You don't serve a beer and then tell people they have to leave because there are reservations. We said fine, take the cost of the one beer off the bill and we'll leave right after that. Took forever for that staff person to finally stop talking (waste of time) go up front, adjust bill and bring it to us. If it was so important for us to leave quickly, why did he waste so much time continuing to stand at our table and blab?
   

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   Mary Ann VIP

   New York City34 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 30, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Never a bad meal!!! Love it always!! Made the birthday memorable!!
   

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   Anaïs

   Montreal7 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 29, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   great food, great ambiance, will definitely be back
   

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   PATRICIA

   New York City2 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on March 22, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   We were a party of 3 at 430 on a Saturday afternoon. Ordered drinks with limes, they brought lemons. Asked again for limes - brought us a plate of lemons. Ordered 2 appys, they brought one but charged us for two. Worst of all: they neglected to point out the AUTOMATIC 18% gratuity, we tipped 20% on top and they never said a word.
   

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    lisanne VIP

    New York City8 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on March 21, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    The service was exceptional. My husband has Parkinson's Disease and had difficulty getting into the high backed chair at our table. The manager immediately came over after being alerted by our waiter. The manager, Joe was his name I believe, immediately helped my husband and arranged quickly for us to move to another table, which was much easier to navigate for my husband. His kindness and assistance went above and beyond. The food was terrific. Flavorful, lovely choices, and exceptionally prepared. Our waitress was quite friendly and her recommendations for food were perfect. We will definitley be coming back and we have already recommeded to it several friends.
    

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