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| Redeye Grill | ||
| Address:
890 7th Ave. Phone: 212/541-9000 |
Neighborhood:
Midtown West Website: redeyegrill.com |
Cuisine: Seafood |
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Redeye Grill has the
great honor of being the so-called "Home of the Dancing Shrimp."
They pay homage to these creatures with a couple giant bronze statues
and the general stink of bottom-feeding crustacean throughout the
space. We assume there isn't a big spillover from the Hooter's right
up the street, but the place basically draws a midtown work and tourist
crowd. The space itself is very large and rather loud, decorated with
the aforementioned dancing shrimp statues and some sort of half-assed
vintage airplane theme. It seems almost impossible for large, non-neighborhood
eateries to avoid that theme restaurant feel, and Redeye is no exception.
We're just not quite sure what they're going for here. It's also hard
for these joints to avoid that conveyor belt quality when it comes
to their food. Again, Redeye falls into this rut. The fish is decent,
but unremarkable. The flavor of everything seems a little muted, and
the whole experience a little sterile. And then the bill comes. Eeek,
this is some expensive grub, and I didn't even get a table dance from
one of those shrimp. [MF] |
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