Art Cafe Of Nyack

The Art Cafe is such a gem for our town in Rockland. Food is delicious and authentic, not to mention the fresh mediterranean vegan/vegetarian food options! They even have a gluten free options available as well. Definitely try the in house made hummus, it’s one of my absolute favorites! My whole party was satisfied with their meals. The cafe itself is small, but very cozy with an "artsy" ambience. The outdoor seating area is perfect to spend time along the Hudson River. Service was phenomenal and staff didn’t disappoint! We were given recommendations and greetings upon ordering. If you’re in the area, definitely stop by and try it yourself!

Everything I had here was so good! My friend and I shared everything so I could try a little bit of everything. I got the Eggplant Malawich (which I forgot to take a picture of) but it was so flavorful and the eggplant was well cooked!! The pita bread is to so perfect, probably the best I’ve ever had!! I also had some of the salad we ordered, it came with a date honey dressing that was nice with the arugula in the salad!!

They have a good selection at this Mediterranean restaurant. Though my ricotta pancakes could of been a bit hotter, they were good. My sister enjoyed her breakfast as well and the staff was very friendly. Update: I will definitely be returning as it had been awhile since by last visit before this past Sunday 😋

The food in this place is awesome, and decently priced. This would’ve been a 5-star review it it wasn’t for the poorly trained waiting staff who won’t bother to take your order (forget about being checked-on) until you flag them to get their attention. It took them 25 minutes to take our order, and other 35 to serve it. The place wasn’t even half capacity (we got a table right away at an empty corner of the restaurant by the kitchen). We found that our food was waiting at the kitchen counter for at least 10 minutes before being served, and sadly, it wasn’t as warm as we would’ve liked. This is the 3rd time we visit this place in 2 years, and although the food is delicious, the service could improve a lot. We most likely won’t go back, which is sad because we’ve loved the food every time.

I love this place! The food is unique and delicious, normally something you need to go into New York City to find. I went on an evening when they had a live jazz band playing outside and it was fun to see the dancers swing dancing to live music. There was even a lesson at the beginning of the evening with a professional dancer from NYC. Highly recommended it even when there isn’t live music, the food is great!

The two stars is strictly due to the poor service/awful waitress we had. If the waitress hadn’t been terrible I would give them 5 stars for the food and ambiance. We cut the waitress some slack in the beginning thinking the restaurant was probably short staffed and super busy. Even when tables cleared out she barely paid any attention to us. Later in the evening we asked for a 2nd glass of wine which she didn’t bring. We asked another server as well and still didn’t get it so we gave up and just asked for the check. The waitress brought the check along with the glass of wine (after at least 20 min). I asked her if she had charged us for it already since we were ready to go and she very rudely replied that she had and we could take our time finishing it or she could refund it if we wanted. We just paid and didn’t bother getting a refund. She was clearly annoyed that we even asked anything and definitely didn’t see any issue bringing us a drink so late when we had finished eating. At that point it was obvious the issue was the waitress. She avoided our table completely after that exchange and I had to ask the person at the take out window for a box for my food. The food was good but the waitress was so horrible she ruined the entire experience. To the owner, I highly recommend you offer this woman (name starts with an A per the receipt) training or have her in another role. She never once apologized for her attitude or poor service. I had been looking forward to going to your restaurant and now I do not think I would return despite the food being good.