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Ruby’s Café

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219 Mulberry St., New York, NY 10012
nr. Spring St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-925-5755 Send to Phone

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    2 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Australian, Coffeehouse, Eclectic/Global, Soup & Sandwich
Photo by Gavin Thomas

Official Website

rubyscafe.us

Hours

Sun-Thu, 9am-11pm; Fri-Sat, 9am-midnight

Nearby Subway Stops

6 at Spring St.

Prices

$8-$13

Payment Methods

Cash Only

Special Features

  • Breakfast
  • Delivery
  • Hot Spot
  • Lunch
  • Take-Out

Alcohol

  • Beer and Wine Only

Reservations

Not Accepted

Delivery Area

Canal St. to Houston St., Bowery to Broadway

Profile

This Australian space is tiny. But the lunch-and-dinner menu is fairly expansive, with plenty of choices that, if not strictly Australian, excite enthusiasm from the substantially Down Under clientele sitting at the five picnic tables. There are panini with Italian cold cuts; a decent pasta Bolognese; and a salad of roast pumpkin, baby spinach, and chevre in a balsamic dressing. For homesick expats, Ruby’s is also one of the few places in town to get a true-blue Aussie burger—ground beef mixed with finely chopped peppers and onions, then topped with a fried egg, beet slices, and roasted pineapple. In the morning, for "brekky," have a “flat white”—their none-too-foamy variation of a café latte.

Recommended Dishes

Whaley’s burger, $12.50; pumpkin salad, $10.50

1.0 "Not Recommended"
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0% Would you go back?
0% Would you take a date?
0% Would you take kids?
0% Would you go on business?
0% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 3.0
Service: 1.0
Décor: 4.0
Value: 1.0

Worst Staff Ever!!

antonybcn from 11201 | Posted on 10/3/09

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Food: 1
Service: 1
Décor: 1
Value: 1

Friday evening, very hungry after all day at work, so what better than to try out another delicious burger from Grubstreets Top 82 list... We enter Ruby's and the waitress is complaining to her colleague about people only having tipped 10%, but 'they were French so they didn't know better'... It is very quiet in the place and I joke to my friend if there is a chef at all. After 15 minutes of sitting with our beers we actually finally hear clutter in the kitchen. I ask the waitress if the cook only arrived now? She rudely shrugs her shoulders. I tell her she could at least have advised us. She answers: "That is your opinion". We let her know we are leaving, and she says "I don't care". I answer her that that is exactly the problem. Whoever the owner is of this place should urgently dismiss this waiting staff. I am definitely never going back. The Australian burger will have to wait... and oh... I think the French people knew perfectly what they were doing, and were even too generous!

Very Rude Staff

flixbix from 11211 | Posted on 5/8/09

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Food: 5
Service: 1
Décor: 7
Value: 1

Absolutely awful manners. The waitperson would simply glare at us, or simply had an awful tone overall. She got the order completely wrong so that one of us had our food 1/2 an hour before the other and did not apologize. In fact, she raised her, voice and was, like, "WELL, I HAVE...ON MY ORDER..." Totally rude. Will never eat there again. I can't believe we tipped her.

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