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Chestnut

271 Smith St., Brooklyn, NY, 11231
nr. Degraw St.
718-243-0049

3.0 "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: 2.0
Décor: 6.5
Value: 3.5
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Bad service, bad food.

Trotsky from 11209 | Posted on 6/28/09

Overall Rating: 3 (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: 3
Décor: 6
Value: 4

Brunched today at Chestnut after reading wonderful things about the restaurant. Food took a long time and my group was quite disappointed. One person ordered poached eggs and was surprised to see that one of her egg yolks was hard-boiled. Another thought her chicken was so-so. Me? My burger, ordered medium rare w/bleu cheese, turned up well done. I was so hungry, I still ate it. What happened to my burger? Oh, it went to the guy who ordered a well-done burger with cheddar cheese. I will not go back.

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A disappointing morning...

brooklynreviews from 11231 | Posted on 2/23/09

Overall Rating: 3 (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: 5
Service: 1
Décor: 7
Value: 3

We've been to Chestnut for brunch before and loved it, but had a lousy experience this past weekend. Maybe they are having trouble keeping up with the expansion, but the food was pretty blah this time, and the service was terrible. They totally forgot about us -- no check-in to see if our food was ok (once it finally came), no coffee refills, no pastries (which come with brunch), and at the end we had to chase down our server to get the check and then (after an extraordinary wait) to get change. On a side note, the drinks were great -- I'm sure we would have had a second round if we could have tracked someone down to order it from!

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