Red Hat - Irvington

Good food. lots of vegetarian and vegan options yelp should let me post short reviews

YES! What's not to like? Keep up the great work Red Hat. The ambiance felt like a party you want to be invited to. The food was flawless, and the service sublime. We ordered the ricotta cake for desert and were raving about it the next day. Thank you. See you again soon.

My wife and i came here for linch about 6 months ago and it was ok, last night they were the only restaurant in the area that had a table available without a reservation. We were sat quickly and the waiter came and got drink orders quickly, delivered drinks and took app and main orders. Apps came out, along with our son's chicken fingers and fries. I got french onion soup and my wife got nonas meatballs. My soup was gross, the onions were sliced, diced and minced almost like it was a hodgepodge on left over onions made i to a soup. There was an over bearing smell and flavor of red wine, but it was like the wine wasn't reduced. The cheese was slice of Swiss that was placed on the hot soup so it wasn't really melted, it was oily and half solid. My wife's meatballs, it was 2 small, aprox 1 size meatballs with a dollop of regatta cheese on top. They completely fell apart, were extremely bland, the sauce tasted like chef-boy-ar de sauce, and the regatta was as bland as could be. Overall gross. Our son's chicken fingers and fries were very good! Well seasoned and cooked perfectly! For our mains my wife and i ordered steak frites, i ordered the hanger medium with chimichurri and my wife ordered the ribeye with peppercorn sauce rare. Or mains came, hers was drenched with a foul smelling sauce and i could tell mine was raw, almost blue. When my wife cut into hers it was well done. I notified the waiter and he said he would get the manager, after a 15 minuet wait the manager came to say he would get us another order that there was a mixup in the kitchen. I explained that we didnt want them that i didnt want to wait another 20 minuets that overall the food we got was not good. He saidhe would comp the whole bill, at that point we had 2 glasses of wine, chicken fingers and fries and our apps, i said cancel the mains and ill pay for the rest. 10 minuets laters i got a bill for $120 and when i added what we ordered it should have been $80. I questioned it and he said it was his mistake, at that point i was quite annoyed with the while situation and felt i should not pay for the meatballs as she didn't eat em they were gross and it was $21. We settled the bill, he comped the chicken fingers for our trouble, he then commented he dosent make anything on the chicken fingers, nice comment. Overall i would stay away. A glass of house cab wine was $18 a glass. In my opinion, their rent must be astronomical, they don't have a main chef or executive chef and they're cutting corners to make ends meet. The decor and environment is very nice, staff is nice and attentive but the food is gross and lacking especially at that price point. Theres a reason the place was empty on a Friday night at 7pm when every restaurant in the area was packed.

Sat at the bar! It was small but good ambiance. Those sitting in the restaurant had a nice view of the review. Food was excellent.

A nice place along the Hudson River. I'm not a huge fan of industrial ambiance, but I liked it here, perhaps because of the view of the river and the attempt to make the interior look like a French bistro. Irvington has a lot of former factories and warehouses along the river that have been converted into restaurants, offices, even the public library, so Red Hat is among those. The smoked salmon sandwich was good, as was the side salad, but $24 was a bit steep for a lunch I could have easily made at home. I thought it would be served a little more elegantly, and perhaps on a multigrain baguette rather than toast. Service was attentive and courteous.