The Butcher's Daughter

A cute little spot downtown. I came here for something small to much on. The zucchini bread blew my mind. You would never be able to tell it's made out of zucchini and tasted like a regular moist cake. The pear and frangipane tart is a great dessert too for tarty fruit lovers.

My husband and I came in for breakfast expecting a simple meal and we were totally blown away.

I ordered what's called on the menu the best breakfast sandwich ever and it did not disappoint. It is a fresh and buttery croissant topped with avocado, kale and egg. It is absolutely to die for. In fact, I love it so much, but I came in again the next day to order the same thing for breakfast!

The cauliflower cacio e pepe was also divine and so original.

The interior is simple, but with lots of plants that keep it fresh and bright looking. The service was excellent. What a great find!

Customer service is subpar. The restaurant is half full, I arrived before my girl friend & was told I still have to wait to be seated. Wait for what? Outside? When you're half full? Barely?

Pfff, if it wasn't for my friend wanting to come here, I would have left.

Great vegetarian place with indoor and outdoor seating. I enjoyed the pineapple juice! Quick service.

Food: Waffle had a really rich fruity sauce. It was crunch and delicious. The sandwich was average.

After shooting at an undisclosed New York location for an undisclosed non-New York brand, the Art and Image Director chose the Butcher's Daughter for a celebration meal. Let's just say the location rhymes with "Batz"......... hehehehehe. I can't say anymore or Shiva would have my head on a platter.

On the walk over, all 5 of us were so hangry that we weren't really talking much, just one of those awkward walks where everyone is in a daze and staying quiet to kind of keep the peace. We pulled up to the Butcher's Daughter around noon, hungrier than a 2008 Kobe Bryant post Celtics loss. We left our all in "Batz."

Upon arrival, we were met with a beautiful exterior and outdoor patio engulfed by yellow and white striped umbrellas. The chairs were also the same yellow, and the wooden tables outside weren't from Ikea if you know what I'm saying. This attention to detail continued to the interior. Fairplay, Butcher's Daughter.

We get inside and scan the menu, now hungrier than a 2006 Kobe Bryant. The Art and Image Director and I both get the Healing Harvest Bowl, as we need a good portion size of clean food to refuel. For full transparency, I would have gotten whatever he got to try and build some rapport with him hehe (shy monkey emoji).

When the bowl came, our disappointment was immeasurable for a few reasons:
1) This portion size is TINY. I would have had no issue if it was a $10 bowl, but for $18?!?!?!?! Well I added an impossible patty so it came out to $21, but thank god I did. I blew right through this thing and felt like I had just eaten a pack of almonds and some dried seaweed.

2) This bowl was ALL Quinoa, with a small handful of sweet potatoes and arugula. "They should call this the Quinoa bowl" the Art & Image Director said. "The Quinoa bowl for ants..." I respond with, hoping to get a laugh. It worked. WE UP!

3) The avocado was HARD af, just so uncomfortable to bite through. When the Art and Image Director asked if that was normal, the server said "they are just not ripe." Honestly I never would have mentioned this in a review because I understand some food is just seasonal, BUT he literally had a shirt on that said "Eat All the Avocados." I just thought that was way too ironic to not mention here ahahahahaha.

All in all, I acknowledge that the food quality here is fantastic, but the portion size for the price is criminal.

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We stopped in for a pre dinner drink and they were all average. The espresso martini was a bit grainy from the coffee grounds and watered down. Service was slow even though we were one of two tables in the place at the time.

My friend and I had a reservation for The Butcher's Daughter on a Saturday at 10:45am. I would highly recommend getting a reservation because the space is small and poppin' at this time. When we left around noon, it had slowed down. We also sat outdoors, so thankfully it was not scorching hot.

I got the country breakfast ($18), and my friend got the loaded banana bread ($13) and a mango lassi ($12). The food here is significantly overpriced and leaves much to be desired. I have no problem paying $18 for bougie breakfast, but it better be insta-worthy and tasty. For a place that seems to market as healthy, my breakfast entrée looked very bland and lacked any pops of color. Potatoes lacked seasoning, toast lacked flavor, the egg lacked seasoning, and the impossible sausage had a nice flavor but was dry. My friend said the mango lassi was okay, but $12 is wayyyy overpriced to me. My friend enjoyed the banana bread but the caramelization on the banana was not good. My friend remarked that it tasted funny, so I tried it. The ashy burnt aftertaste was AWFUL.

Service here was a bit slow, but there was a check-back. Overall, if you are in a pinch and want to have bougie brunch, this place is fine, but in no way should you go out of your way for it.

Loved going to Butcher's Daughter for dinner! We got the Glass Noodles and Gochugaru Tofu and Eggplant Curry. The Eggplant Curry was amazing and one of the best curries I've tried! It was the right portion size too. The Glass Noodles were good but could've been more flavorful. It has a very cozy vibe and I can see this place being great for brunch as well! I would love to try the other dishes at this place and love to know that I don't have to worry about whether a dish is vegan.

Love the amount of vegan option available, but the food was mediocre and price was high!

Came here with a friend for late brunch and was seated in their outdoor dining area. Super nice area, perfectly shaded at that time of day, but I'd you're seated closer to the street it gets quite hot with sun beating down on you. The service was fast and efficient, while also being hospitable.

I ordered the carrot lox and the specialty coffee, both were underwhelming. The coffee barely tasted like rose or cardamom and the carrot lox was boring, it was just shredded carrot on a, not so good, bagel and vegan cream cheese and the total of the both was nearly $25! I've had similar carrot lox at other brunch spot who've done amazing, they'll season the carrot and give a more hearty NY style bagel. My friend order one of their smoothies and the banana bread. The banana bread looked delicious (would recommend that over the lox).

Overall, this is a mediocre brunch spot. Love the vegan and vegetarian friendly options, but the price is ridiculous and the food just isn't up to par with other NYC brunch options.

Skip: the carrot lox
Must get: the Banana bread

The damage: for 1 smoothie, 1 iced coffee, carrot lox, and the banana bread, or total was $48.50

My husband and I were looking for vegan options and decided to try Butcher's Daughter. They had a vegan country breakfast option that we were eager to sample - although it was expensive at about $20 each ($23 each with the tofu scramble instead of eggs). It came with the scramble, potatoes, toast, a half tomato, and a vegan sausage round. And it tasted fine, but nothing special to justify the price. But they brought nothing to put on the toast - so I asked for some margarine or jam. They gave me some vegan butter and actually charged us $2 for it (see receipt)!

Service was okay, but could be more attentive. At one point all three servers were gathered at the bar talking to the cook while we were trying to get someone's attention. They were also pushing their expensive juices (this place is a juice bar) - thanks but I'll skip the $11 plain orange juice.

The inside seating is mostly little bar stools that I found awkward to sit on. Luckily there us one table that had regular chairs.

It was fine for a single meal but we won't go back - there are plenty of other options for vegan food, and these prices seemed too high even for NYC.

Everything was great. It's a really cute and airy spot. We had good service and the food was good. Loved the juice flights the most though.