Alyce

Reviews

• PH

  Project Hu148

  Nov 3, 2025
  1.0
  Came here a few times, the food was ok. The sandwich i ordered was very cold and tasted like it was done in a hurry. The place was packed, so that might explain the rushing of preparing the food, but for a $22 dollar sandwich, you should expect better. The service however wasn't so great. The main seating venue was very crowded so we need to go to the nearby venue, the person taking us there was very unprofessional and treated me and my friend like a nuisance, we were just asking about our seating options, but he was very agitated and looked very frustrated. Overall this place is very expensive and doesnt offer great value in terms of food or quality of service for the money.
• ZL

  Zoltan Lucas

  Oct 28, 2025
  5.0
  Great quality food and reasonable prices for what you are getting which is: farm to table style quality food that feels homey. I also love the homemade hot sauce mainly because it’s HOMEMADE and free! and did I say HOMEMADE?. Friendly staff, cozy seating. Can be slightly loud depending on where your sitting due to the open kitchen style setup so depending on how busy it is may not be great for someone sensitive to loud noises but still a great family restaurants, date spot, brunch spot.
• JS

  Jamal Sekou

  Oct 28, 2025
  1.0
  Rarely do I feel compelled to leave bad reviews but based on my experience eating at The Alyce this Sunday (October 26, 2025) I feel I don't have a choice. I came with my wife, son, and sister from out of town for a 1:30 pm seating for their brunch service and was greeted by our waitress for what was probably the first and last time. She didn't give us silverware, bring our drink orders, or provide any type of service for the remainder of our visit. We were primarily attended to by the host, Raphael (who was the highlight of the visit), while our waitress lingered by the bar chatting with colleagues or seemingly wandering around aimlessly throughout the remainder of our visit. In fact, we were comped by who I assume was the Manager with a free Biscuit before our meal came out because of how little service we received within the first 30 minutes of our visit. When we closed the bill at about 3pm, we made a point to tip the Host separately because he alone was helpful during our visit even serving drinks for us at one point. Then comes the food, and spoiler alert, its not much better. It started well with the Kale Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad we ordered but sadly that was the highlight of the visit. Everything else was bland to a point I wondered if there was a salt shortage due to Tariffs. I ordered the Shrimp and Grits, it was served cold, watery, with the consistency of the porridge you see in prison movies. It was inedible to a point I sent it back, which I have done only twice in my entire life. It was replaced with an uninspired Cheeseburger and Yuca fries, which were mid at best. My wife's Corned Beef Hash was also bland, flavorless, and lukewarm. The biscuits that came with the Shrimp and Grits and we got comped for were flavorless, though fluffy; KFC does them better. It took them forever to bring Ketchup to try and help add some taste to our meals, but as our waitress was MIA, it took the host to bring it to us. I'm not even sure it was the waitress who came to collect the check. I'm not sure how a restaurant can bungle a breakfast menu so badly but kudos to the Alyce staff for pulling it off. I called to let the Management know earlier today about our experience and was told only "Sorry, we were short staffed", which I found odd as the restaurant wasn't full most of our time there and its small. Also our waitress didn't seem busy as she was often lingering by the bar area chatting with colleagues. I have no idea how the Alyce has gotten such a high review score, probably bots, but the reviews are the reason we tried the Alyce over many other options. Hopefully, this review will save others time and money as I 100% do not recommend at all. Terrible service, terrible food. ADDITIONAL EDIT: I felt bad leaving this review so I called the owner Tory, who is active on Reddit, to let him know about our experience thinking maybe I was an outlier considering the positive reviews, and that was a mistake. Tory called me back to defend his team, as seen in the reply below, by literally calling me a LIAR regarding my experience. Typically when a customer has a BAD EXPERIENCE the approach is not to be combative, defensive, and insulting but this is the Cafe Alyce experience. He stated we had a table touches 30 times during our two hour visit which is not true unless he's counting clearing plates and bringing items we had to request. He also tried to defend the food as intentionally "lacking salt" and "we have now started putting salt on the table" I guess for guests who prefer flavor with their meals. He asked, "what can be done?" and I suggested a refund, he declined. After which, he called me a liar and the call devolved into a heated conversation before I ended it. Consider all of this before deciding to dine here: the owner calls his customers liars, argues with them, and admits to the food being unflavored slop. Make of that what you will but the real truth of the Alyce experience lies in the bad reviews and not the 5 star bots he is clearly using.
• BJ

  bryan johnson

  Oct 27, 2025
  5.0
  I’ve been meaning to come here for months, just for the biscuits and gravy….impossible to find in JC. Finally got a friend to go with, and the ‘blue plate special’ was …chicken fried steak and mash! Quite literally, what I grew up on! Everything was perfect, the veggies, esp the mashed; the steak wasn’t as good as in Wyoming, but dang good. I had already eaten, and couldn’t do another dinner, and the staff were concerned I didn’t like it—even reheated at 3 am, it was delish! The host/waitress/&owner were amazing! Growing up in the east village, the vibe was fire, as they say. Reminded me of Flea Market, but with a more international slant. We shared a bao taco trio [beef, pork, lamb] and my friend had the salmon, because he only eats ‘healthy’ when I’m around. Anyway, this place is amazing, I’ll be back, many many times! Thanks for the experience!
• SS

  S Sen

  Oct 26, 2025
  5.0
  Very enjoyable experience. Eclectic menu, with great little tips from the servers. Excellent service (probably the best we’ve received anywhere). No overbooking, no long wait times. Very well, managed with plenty of staff and attention to detail. Everything on the menu was clearly homemade. From the sauces to the marination of the meats to the dishes, items are prepared in-house. It shows in terms of taste. Nothing was standard and everything was worthy of repeating. Would definitely come back to again. The owner personally came out to speak with us and explained a bit more about his philosophies. Very authentic and personal experience.

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