Fred's

First, I’m mad we haven’t been sooner. But so glad we finally did! I’m a transplant patient and have to be super careful with food. Salads are one main thing to be super careful about and also my favorite. I explained my situation to the sweetest hostess on Saturday and she happily said it wasn’t a problem and they take things like that very seriously when informed. The ENTIRE staff was super friendly and it was one of the BEST freaking salads I’ve had!!! All the produce under that first layer was like farm fresh! The chicken is super tender and everything just crazy delicious! We will be sharing this salad and trying Mac and Cheese next visit very soon ❤️

Our main reason for coming here? Our vet is around the corner, but we live in Hell's Kitchen. That said, we've come here for years in the evenings taking or picking our pups up and love the food and atmosphere. It is simple but always good. I've had several of the burgers and love their cheese steak, which I'm not often allowed to have anymore---so it's always a treat. My wife enjoyed the meatloaf the other day. Staff is always friendly and courteous and we have generally eaten outside (as we usu have one of our dogs w/us). I have to applaud the manager, who, during our last meal there, in as caring a manner as possible, had to move along an overly aggressive resident panhandler.

This place has gone way downhill. Been a regular here for over 20 years and the place isn't cared for at all from the dilapidated bar to the quality of the food. The penny bar needs a new coating (you can pick pennies out of it), and the menu needs to be completely overhauled. The quality of the food is abissmal, and lacks consistency generally. Nothing is seasoned, fries are overcooked, meatloaf is dry, chicken is always a weird consistency, steak is gross and overcooked. The price is ridiculous considering the quality and food portions. Frozen bagged fries, frozen desserts, stale bread, etc. Any other place on the block is the same price or cheaper and 10x better. Don't waste your money. The only thing saving this place is the staff, not because they're great (they're not - just underpaid kids), but their friendliness just stands in stark contrast to the quality of the rest of the establishment. They're now trying to launch a speakeasy directly next door that's beyond tacky, not to mention it doesn't jive with Fred's nor at all with the rest of the neighborhood. At this point I just hope they sell before the business is worthless and just closes. At the least get new management that knows what they're doing - look at the rest of the restaurants are doing on the block and take something out of their books; they're clearly doing something(s) better.

This place is adorable! The dog photos all over the walls are great and we loved that the cocktails are all named for famous dogs. The service was very slow but we think this was because the staff was turning over at this time, everyone was still very nice! The music didn’t fit the ambiance though, lots of pop, reggeatone, and hiphop music even though the vibe is more classic rock/holiday.

First, I’m mad we haven’t been sooner. But so glad we finally did! I’m a transplant patient and have to be super careful with food. Salads are one main thing to be super careful about and also my favorite. I explained my situation to the sweetest hostess on Saturday and she happily said it wasn’t a problem and they take things like that very seriously when informed. The ENTIRE staff was super friendly and it was one of the BEST freaking salads I’ve had!!! All the produce under that first layer was like farm fresh! The chicken is super tender and everything just crazy delicious! We will be sharing this salad and trying Mac and Cheese next visit very soon ❤️