NINJA New York

[heidi]

Gacked from musesfool: how does this sound for after the JKR reading in NYC in August?

ETA Ah, ok, I've been told it's dinner-or-nothing. No insane ten dollar cocktails so you can enjoy the atmosphere without having a full meal, at 10 pm, like I was presuming. There's some sort of 40$ menu, but even that seems like overkill at that time of night.

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[ziasudra-fic.livejournal.com]

I love downtown NYC. The place sounds good, and if all else fails, there are places in Chinatown or a bit uptown in the East Village for large wandering crowds.

If something materialises, there might be a group of about 15 from nyc_hpslashers joining up after the reading. We're talking about August 2, right?

[rookie131.livejournal.com]

I think that would be a little too expensive for me. Cool idea though.

[(Anonymous)]

It's so expensive that it's out of the price range for most normal people, dude. And the food is famously incredibly awful.

http://events.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/dining/26rest.html?ex=1149134400&en=93ac10e1f28c5662&ei=5070

[ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com]

Actually, the food really isn't bad at all. It's not incredible, but really...no one in their right mind goes there for the food.

However, I totally agree that it's too pricy for most folk.

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[cassandraclare.livejournal.com]

It's so expensive that it's out of the price range for most normal people, dude. And the food is famously incredibly awful.

http://events.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/dining/26rest.html?ex=1149134400&en=93ac10e1f28c5662&ei=5070

Meep!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I wasn;t thinking for dinner, not at 10pm - there's no bar element to it? It's all dinner or nothing?

Sounds like cake or death to me!

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[cassandraclare.livejournal.com]

I don't know if there's a bar, honestly. All I've heard is that it's expensive and the food's bad, and if I want to blow that kind of cash on what is essentially a theme park experience, I'll go to Magic Mountain, get drunk, and go on the Tilt-A-Whirl. But hey, I live with a food snob who would probably have me killed -by- ninjas if i suggested going to Ninja. Where's the event thingie anyway? Maybe I can suggest places around there.

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[ginsu.livejournal.com]

$100/person... for ninjas?

For that kind of scratch, I think I'd need to be shot in the face by Cheney.

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[cassandraclare.livejournal.com]

By all accounts, it's awful, too. For that much money, I don't want [bad] food brought to me by ninjas, I want ninja assassins to kill my enemies.

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[ginsu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I actually expect bad food, or even no food, at high prices. Here in Austin we have a restaurant named Zoot where, for $80, you will be served a warm and empty plate which smells pleasantly of lobster.

What bothers me with this Ninjas place, I have to say, is the failure of imagination.

Ninjas were cliched in the eighties, and these days I demand some more sophisticated form of tawdry restaurant gimmick. Surely the time has come for a restaurant that gives you a tracheotomy and feeds you through a tube?

[ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com]

Ninja is quite awesome, and involves both sneaking around and setting things on fire....but it isn't cheap. If I were you, I'd pick a place that averages out to around $20 a person instead of $60. :/

[story645.livejournal.com]

Uh, are you gonna pick a place with over 21 reqs.?

If you just want a theme resturant, I think that Mars2112 is in the neighborhood and I've heard it's not that much of a rip.