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Imminently forgettable. Bland, boring, and tasteless. I tried the fried alligator appetizer and the jambalaya for the main course. The best part of the jambalaya is the andouille sausage, and that's not saying much. The shrimp were as tasteless as the chicken and the rice was worse than tasteless. And it's not spicy. A jambalaya that isn't spicy? That makes as much sense as calling white chocolate chocolate.

They get an extra star for putting in the effort to have frogs legs and alligator on the menu, though the alligator was so drowned in aioli that all you can tell is you're eating fried...something...in aioli. I got the distinct impression they only have these things on the menu to seem edgy, which is a huge disappointment.

All this with New York prices make for a fairly lame experience. Granted, this is right in tourist central, but for some reason I was hoping to get more than the usual tourist razzle dazzle and sky-high prices. I was very wrong.
2 stars

Of all the Vigs, I like this one best :-) The others are solid 4s so I guess that'd make this one a 5. Daily flatbreads are great. Hot Habby is a great habanero margarita. Chris behind the bar is quite amiable. We came hear for dinner with friends and had a great time. I visited more recently during happy hour, nice food specials.
5 stars

Love the dim sum concept - almost wish they'd just go with that and skip the whole menu entirely.

We ordered two dim sum options from the tray, two salads, and two small plates. The dim sum options were by far the best things we tried. They were actually pretty amazing. The smoked tofu & soba noodle salad was tangy and delicious - a perfect compliment to the pork belly bites, which were rich and buttery.

Then on to the salads. The iceberg was described as "inspired" by the ginger dressing salad you get at Japanese restaurants. It was actually almost identical to that, which ended up seeming a little uninspired after the two very special dim sum treats. My salad was the miso braised eggplant, which was delicious and flavorful, albeit a little small for $9.

Finally, we tried some small plates. The confit chicken wings were great. Tender and saucy, with a kick of spice from some red jalapenos. The crispy pig face roulade, though, was a disappointment. I'm not sure where the "roulade" was actually - it was presented as an open faced sandwich with meat, etc. and a fried egg on top. I was given a steak knife to cut it with, but it was insufficient to tackle the task. In the end, I had very unevenly balanced bites and I worked really hard to keep it all on the plate as I was butchering it. Way too much work for something that paled in comparison with everything else we ordered.

Bottom line - stick to the dim sum. Everything on that tray looked amazing!
4 stars