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Country

90 Madison
New York, NY 10016

Country is a European American style restaurant that features cuisine that caters to every palate. The restaurant serves an a la carte menu combining an upscale dining experience with a casual atmosphere. There are 10 banquet rooms and event spaces for private parties and three bars including our famous Champagne Lounge.

Dining Style: Casual Elegant
Price: $31 to $50
Parking: Street Parking
Cross Street: 29th Street

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Average Diner Rating
Overall Rating		3.4 out of 5 (33 Reviews)

Food		(Very Good)
Ambiance		(Very Good)
Service		(Good)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Moderate)

Summary of Special Features

Diners classify this restaurant as:

fit for foodies (11)
romantic (11)
special occasion (9)
neighborhood gem (6)
notable wine list (4)
good for groups (3)
great for lunch (3)
great for brunch (2)
hot spot (2)
late-night find (2)
scenic view (1)

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Country Reviews List

Overall Rating

(Good)

"Country did not have a handle on their wine cellar.
Wine out of stock. 15min search. Waiter left us, without taking a new order until after food arrived.

A simple sorry sir, but here's what I'd recommend, would have been the correct approach."

Special Features: romantic

Food		(Outstanding)
Ambiance		(Outstanding)
Service		(Fair)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Moderate)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 02/20/2010

(review submitted 02/22/2010)

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Review 2 for Country

Overall Rating

(Good)

"Food was fabulous but a mandatory 20% service charge was added to check, for service that was merely adequate."

Food		(Outstanding)
Ambiance		(Very Good)
Service		(Fair)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Moderate)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 02/13/2010

(review submitted 02/17/2010)

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Review 3 for Country

Overall Rating

(Poor)

"I love Town, so figured same chef, should be great. Wow, was I wrong. The only option was a tasting menu, but we probably would have ordered it anyway. Service was slow and they didn't collect/replace utensils between courses. The 1st course, sashimi came out with an overabundance of salt and raw red pepper on it. The 2nd course, lobster, was inedible and had a strange briney taste to it. The ravioli were supposed to be foie gras and black truffle (sounds delightful) but tasted like the ravioli had been made a day in advance and re-heated. The veal was overcooked and served with the same sauce from the ravioli, but the braised cheek piece was excellent. We didn't even stay for dessert. Such a disappointment and not worth the $$."

Food		(Poor)
Ambiance		(Poor)
Service		(Poor)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Moderate)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 02/13/2010

(review submitted 02/14/2010)

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Review 4 for Country

Overall Rating

(Fair)

"Four women had dinner on Friday night. Conscious with eating small portion + expected snow storm within 4-5 hrs, we told our waiter that we would skip appetizers and have entrees & dessert (we were celebrating a birthday of 1 of us). She told us that the entree would take about 20 minutes and was somewhat forcible that we would have to try their app. So we did. It turned out that the cheese plate came about 40 min later and the entrees 1 1/2hr later. Having seen only 2 couples other than us during our entire dining, it made no sense. Food was good and ambiance was excellent. Recommend for a couple who want to spend hours in a quiet place with decent food."

Special Features: romantic

Food		(Good)
Ambiance		(Outstanding)
Service		(Poor)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 02/05/2010

(review submitted 02/09/2010)

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Review 5 for Country

Overall Rating

(Good)

"Though I hadn't realized that they had ostensibly converted the ritzier upstairs dining room to an events space, it was (and still is) the downstairs "club-like" restaurant that gave the restaurant its unique character as a place to go for a quiet and relaxing dinner with very good food and wine.

Unfortunately, it seems to have slipped a bit both in terms of food selection (and quality?) and service. Though still a place I will go to on occasion, my latest dinner there (Feb '10) didn't live up the (albeit higher) expectations I had had based on my previous visits."

Special Features: late-night find, neighborhood gem, romantic, special occasion

Food		(Good)
Ambiance		(Very Good)
Service		(Good)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 02/04/2010

(review submitted 02/06/2010)

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Review 6 for Country

Overall Rating

(Fair)

"The waiter spilled one of Country's julep cocktails on my client. The waiter said, "It's good luck." No apology. The waiter took the half-spilled drink and returned it to the bar. The drink came back to the table with blackberry brandy poured into it. We returned the drink saying it wasn't what my client had ordered (blackberry brandy wasn't in the menu description of the julep, and wasn't in the other two juleps--three of us had ordered the same thing.) At this point the bartender walked over with a bottle of blackberry brandy and poured it into the other two drinks so that all 3 looked the same. They didn't want to waste the drink that had spilled so they masked it by adding brandy to the original and other two. UNBELIEVABLE!"

Special Features: late-night find, romantic

Food		(Good)
Ambiance		(Very Good)
Service		(Poor)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 02/04/2010

(review submitted 02/06/2010)

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Review 7 for Country

Overall Rating

(Good)

"I've been here before and it was much better. Not what it used to be"

Food		(Good)
Ambiance		(Good)
Service		(Good)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Moderate)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 02/02/2010

(review submitted 02/04/2010)

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Review 8 for Country

Overall Rating

(Good)

"Good for small, business, breakfast meeting. Staff was pleasant, but the kitchen was rather slow (2nd time). The Carlton Hotel is a great place to stay for a quick in and out of NYC if one is in the Madison & 28th area. Small rooms, but inexpensive, clean, & comfortable. The Country Restaurant is attached & convenient, as is the bar. Expect hotel restaurant quality food, not fine dining, but ok."

Food		(Good)
Ambiance		(Good)
Service		(Good)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 01/29/2010

(review submitted 01/31/2010)

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Review 9 for Country

Overall Rating

(Very Good)

"Any mean at Country is a great meal!

We'd love for you to include a brunch menu over lunch."

Special Features: fit for foodies, good for groups, great for brunch, neighborhood gem, notable wine list, romantic, special occasion, great for lunch, hot spot

Food		(Very Good)
Ambiance		(Very Good)
Service		(Good)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Moderate)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 12/31/2009

(review submitted 01/22/2010)

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Review 10 for Country

Overall Rating

(Very Good)

"The restaurant was almost empty on a Saturday evening, which we found worrying, but the food was excellent and so was the service. The restaurant has changed since the formal dining room upstairs was closed and perhaps that is the reason for the desolation, but we did not mind the quiet meal at all."

Food		(Very Good)
Ambiance		(Very Good)
Service		(Very Good)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 01/09/2010

(review submitted 01/11/2010)

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Review 11 for Country

Overall Rating

(Fair)

"Since moving the restaurant down from the upstairs section of the hotel into the former "bistro" area, the restaurant has lost some of its ambiance and is now just "good" instead of "excellent.""

Food		(Good)
Ambiance		(Fair)
Service		(Fair)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 11/27/2009

(review submitted 12/29/2009)

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Review 12 for Country

Overall Rating

(Outstanding)

"I was pleasantly surprised at how good this place was. Amazing french toast and great service. I think a bit overpriced for a side of sausage at $6 though. Recommended."

Special Features: fit for foodies

Food		(Outstanding)
Ambiance		(Outstanding)
Service		(Outstanding)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Moderate)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 12/23/2009

(review submitted 12/25/2009)

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Review 13 for Country

Overall Rating

(Fair)

"The restaurant was weirdly empty at 8pm on a Saturday which isn't usually a good sign. The service was not great - our waitress was not knowledgeable about the menu or wine list and was extremely casual. The food was pretty good. We had heard good things about Country a few years ago but clearly it's not a hot spot anymore."

Food		(Very Good)
Ambiance		(Fair)
Service		(Fair)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 11/21/2009

(review submitted 12/05/2009)

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Review 14 for Country

Overall Rating

(Very Good)

"Had the fixed-price Thanksgiving Dinner...very good food. I would come back."

Special Features: fit for foodies

Food		(Very Good)
Ambiance		(Good)
Service		(Outstanding)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 11/26/2009

(review submitted 12/05/2009)

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Review 15 for Country

Overall Rating

(Fair)

"The food was good, but I had a real problem with the service being too rushed. As soon as we even paused for a second, they swooped in to take our plates and bring in the next course immediately. I had to ask them not to take my plate once because I wasn't done, and then again, my son was actually still clearly eating from his plate and they tried to take his plate away. And then the next course was brought in immediately with no pause. There was no reason for it either. There were plenty of empty tables. And a 20% gratuity was added to our party of 4. I'm not sure why."

Special Features: fit for foodies, special occasion

Food		(Good)
Ambiance		(Good)
Service		(Fair)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 11/26/2009

(review submitted 12/04/2009)

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Review 16 for Country

Overall Rating

(Fair)

"Food was fine but restaurant was totally empty on a saturday night at 8pm"

Food		(Good)
Ambiance		(Fair)
Service		(Fair)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Quiet)

By an OpenTable.com user

who dined on 11/21/2009

(review submitted 12/03/2009)

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Ratings-Only Reviews for Country

Based on the average of (17) ratings-only reviews

Overall Rating

(Very Good)

Food		(Very Good)
Ambiance		(Very Good)
Service		(Good)
Restaurant Experience:
Noise Level		(Moderate)

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