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Café Select

212 Lafayette St., New York, NY, 10012
nr. Kenmare St.
212-925-9322

4.8 "Mixed Reviews"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
50% Would you go back?
50% Would you take a date?
0% Would you take kids?
50% Would you go on business?
25% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 4.5
Service: 2.8
Décor: 6.8
Value: 4.0
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not altogether bad

got_one_more from 10012 | Posted on 10/17/09

Overall Rating: 8 (Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 7
Service: 3
Décor: 6
Value: 5

This place is plain cool. Despite of all the flak that it got from being associated with Serge Becker, it's a completely different beast from his other projects. Food is good, with swiss classics like roesti and schnitzel among the more adventuresome items like burrata with heirloom tomatoes and my favorite, mushrooms on grilled bread with a poached duck egg and asparagus, talk about decadent. Service can be off-putting, with a grouchy looking manager, and inattentive staff. Can be a pretty cheap place to eat if you're careful with what you're ordering. Lunches are definetely a bargain, most of the menu is under $15 and the sandwiches are killer

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5 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

I enjoyed it

totally_over_it from 11211 | Posted on 8/2/09

Overall Rating: 8 (Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 8
Service: 6
Décor: 9
Value: 8

I don't know why the other reviews here are so negative, but I really like cafe select. It's a bit sceney, but unpretentious about it (crowd is often very mixed, old and young, etc). The service could be improved, but the food is solid and reasonably priced. The schnitzel and the cauliflower salad are personal favorites.

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5 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

Swiss Service

Atlantic_jeta1 from 10014 | Posted on 7/24/09

Overall Rating: 2 (Not Recommended)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 2
Service: 1
Décor: 2
Value: 1

They seem to have imported everything except for the food quality. While Swiss restaurants tend to serve good quality food, service is almost always slow and unfriendly, unless you hit a top shelf place. Cafe Select seems to have imported all these bad qualities and paired with it with sub-standard food. Go to Switzerland if you want to wait 45 minutes for disappointing food in a half empty restaurant.

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6 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

skip it

sergebecker from 10012 | Posted on 10/12/08

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 1
Service: 1
Décor: 10
Value: 2

rude staff, overpriced food, utterly silly. don't believe the hype.

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5 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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