Mother's Ruin

I love this bar!! One of my favorites. The drinks and food are amazing!! I’ve been here a lot and I love the atmosphere and have had great service every time. They have outdoor seating now which is awesome there’s plenty of space to social distance and they also have a limit to the number of people inside. I highly recommend this place and definitely will be back soon!!

Great neighborhood bar. They make solid cocktails and rotate the menu sometimes. Can get very crowded on the weekends but also sometimes quiet during the week. They’re open during the day and it’s a nice spot to relax and grab a drink and food. Good vibe, music and pretty generic crowd. Can always rely on a having an enjoyable time here.

Rude employees, awful service, we walked out on the rude waitress with short hair and a bandana working on Monday September 7, who really needs an attitude check. I found Mother’s Ruin via Google Search of “All Day Brunch in NYC”. We had already tried Jack’s Wife Freida and Clinton St. Baking Co, so I figured we could try out this place per online recommendations. I absolutely wish I hadn’t wasted me or my friend’s time. My friend arrived first at around 2pm, and she was seated immediately, the place wasn’t full, so I’m still trying to understand the fussy attitude from the waitress. My friend asked about the menu, and the waitress disgustingly told her to get up and see because she wasn’t going to find anything, and she wasn’t sure why she was checking online. There are ways to inform someone about this, condescendingly speaking to someone is not it. Well, my friend went over and took a picture of the menu and noticed the menu on display didn’t really match anything we had seen from their usual menu (per my google, yelp and online research.) Also, since we were there for their brunch/breakfast items, and their outside sign said “brunch until 4pm”, we wanted to confirm if they were serving any brunch items. Well, she tried to ask the waitress about this, she smiled to get the waitress’ attention and the waitress got her attitude and rolled her eyes. I arrived as this happened. Now, my friend is an overly kind person who always says excuse me and apologizing for other people’s faults. I not so much... She saw me and said let’s just go and pulled me away. We ended up going to Ruby’s which is a block or two down. They had amazing breakfast options, and service was 10x better than here. At least they noticed us right away and weren’t rolling and sucking their teeth. Skip this place, absolutely not worth it. To the owners/managers, if your employees are not up to answer questions for potential but most importantly ALREADY SEATED patrons, I’m not sure why they are there. This is unacceptable and seems like an ongoing issue now, this isn’t the first review within the past week that I am now reading of horrible service and nasty attitude from the employees. Do better, because who wants to go to a place where the employees treat you like you’re a pest or bother?