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Le Souk
(+1) New York NY 70118
REVIEWS review pending approval - posted Friday, February 20, 2009 review pending approval - posted Thursday, October 25, 2007 review pending approval - posted Monday, September 17, 2007 "The first review it correct. I spend several saturday and friday nigths in Le Souk. The bartenders, guards, and the manager had realllyyy bad behaviors. I paid $500 for the bottle service. They gave us one 2 vodka and 2 cranberyy juice. Thats it!!! they charged us over 50 tip!!! for what service !!! they were alll too rude!!!! I know why everyone has to go there, and people are still going. Because you can smoke there!!! that's why people is going!!!! Police should take action on this. Thank for listening to me!!!!" - ics posted Tuesday, June 21, 2005 "If you are celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or just some special occasion for a person WHOM YOU HATE, I recommend going to “Le Souk.” The restaurant managers cannot even extend the service of making a reservation without informing when your party will have to leave the table. In our case, our party of eight was allowed to occupy space in the souk from 8 pm to 10:30 pm on a Saturday night. Don’t worry, you will have no trouble finishing the meal in the time allotted. For one, at Le Souk “meze” means “miserable” in terms of portion size. Looking at the plate, one would think that hummus and dips are priced like caviar, so stingy are the servings. Everyone in our party opted for the $32 price fix course, whose only benefit is humoring the restaurant owners as they review the weekend takings. The table was provided with two serving bowls of starch, a rice and hummus. It was tasty enough, but this is not complicated food. Nor would one think so, as it is slammed to your table, spilling about. The main dishes were a plain stew served in tureens. Again, the only thing special is the feeling that you are overpaying for thin broth with a mix of potatoes, chicken, vegetables, or, if you choose the seafood, one cell-phoned size piece of fish. Speaking of cell phones, don’t forget to check out the shellacked-hair FCUKs yelling into their phones at the bar. If you are sitting to eat (why??), their behinds will be in your face thanks to the narrow space. Do not expect the belly dancer to make an appearance once these clowns are at the bar, either, as there simply is no space. I suspect that the belly dancer is fired every night, without pay, and a new one rehired in the morning. The bar receipts are obviously the point, not some gratis floor show that is promised as part of the evening reservation. The dancer made one brief appearance at our table in 2.5 hours. The price fix menu does not include drinks ($10 for small, poor tasting cocktails). If you want a hookah pipe, be warned that this $20 luxury (comical) can be enjoyed only before or during the meal, not after, as we were told. Do not linger. On the other hand, there is very friendly treatment once the meal is done, outside (below). The music from the in-house DJ is witless club tracks with Moroccan/Arab accents. Probably you would be charged for talking at Le Souk, so it’s just as well that the music is loud. Don’t forget to check out the clientele dancing, while seated, eating, drinking, and barking over the music, simultaneously. There are many imponderables in NYC nightlife, but one of them must be the ability of restaurant/bar owners to sell Alphabet City as edgy destination. The clientele at “Le Souk” has bought this image completely, and you can see their thrill at having crossed some urban border. The only border that has been crossed, however, is the red velvet rope that materialized outside, while we were “dining.” This manufactured exclusivity is pathetic, and its tenuousness no doubt explains the speed with which the puny door attendant berated one of our group for pausing by the rope, midway to the street, to open an umbrella against the pouring rain. “Can’t stand there” he shouted, looking over his shoulder to the large bouncer nearby; “Can’t stand it” is the polite summary of this whole experience. If this sounds like a good way to spend $75 ($600 for eight people ordering the $32 price fix, with about 2 cocktails each, and $20 shared hookah, plus gratuity), then you have found your new favorite bar/restaurant. Do not mistake this negative review for merely buyer’s remorse – the amount of money is not the issue. Rather, “Le Souk” is a really bad bar and restaurant. " - BV posted Tuesday, April 26, 2005
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