Taboga

I can't really say much about Taboga yet...
That is because we came for a Private event, which happened to be during Happy Hourssss and was full house.

Our waitress was very patient and friendly towards/with us, I kinda gave her some attitude because there was a misunderstanding and five minutes later, she came with a beautiful smile on her face and corrected the misunderstanding.

Everything took time that night, drinks, food, bills, due to the fact that, again, there was a private event and they were full house.

I wish to come back for brunch or a regular night to see what the ambiance is like. We had a good time, music wasn't great but I can't say whether it was their Dj playing music or the Event owners brought their own Dj.

Food was delicious, drinks were good.
Looking forward to come back and try out Taboga again.

Taboga is such a nice little spot... the bar area has a nice set up... the big screen, the seatings and the pool tables are placed in a way that make the space look bigger than it is!!!

However, they have to work on their team. The waitress had no idea what she was doing or how the business works; everytime my coworkers or I asked a question, she would tell us to give that she was going to find out... the girl did not even know what color sangria they had! She did not know at what time happy hour ended, what items (drinks/food) were included, what beers they had... like come on-- that should be like WAITRESS 101.

The food was delicious! I got the chimi combo, which came with fries. The fries were to die for!!!! I would actually go back and order fries alone, HAHAHAHAHA; I sound so fat! The beers were nice and cold and the RED sangria was good too!

This spot is basically whatever you make it... go with some friends and have a good time.

My friends and I went after work, and it was nice!!!! This was the final spot we hit, after two others, and this is the one I liked the most.

Got invited to this place by a friend on a Saturday night the day after Halloween. Before we enter this place we came across another spot on the corner it was about 1:45 am the person at the other spot told us they are closing soon, so we proceed to this place.

We enter pass the security guard, and go straight to the bar. We sit and the bartender ask us what we want to drink?

I asked for a old fashion, they don't make those, then I ask for a moguito they don't make em since they had ran out of mint. So last I ask for something simple I asked her for a Incredible Hulk, that's a mix of Hennessy with hipnotiq. My friend ask for Hennessy and cranberry.

My drink was great there is really no science on making a incredible hunk but my friends drink tasted more like cranberry.

I never asked the bartender to bring my bill witch I find that extremely rude!

When I look at my bill I was over charged, first of your serving me in small plastic cups, with half iced to the top.

What a way to serve I would of at least expected glass cups. What a rip off!!!

Then she comes over and tells me they are closing in 10 minutes. I'm like is she serious on a Saturday night ?

I had to rush my drink and so did my friend. Security guards yelling every one gotta get out!!! Let's go let's go every one out!!!

I payed my bill with no problem since we were rushed out but when I look at my bill I actually got over charge!!! How your charging me 15% gratuity really on 2 drinks!! On top of that your charging me a sales tax!!!!!!!! And on top of that have the nerve to charge me $17 for a small plastic cup filled with ice ?

What a waste of time and money.

I thought I would have a better experience in this place but guess not.

Will not be returning.

Came here for a Sunday brunch with a reservation for 25 people at 1pm. The brunch buffet wasn't ready until 2pm for all guests, despite people arriving between 1-1:30. Drinks were decently strong, music was so fun and a good mix (latin & hip hop). The hookah was $30 per hookah with $20 refills (a little pricey in my opinion). Definitely would come back again for brunch!

A group of 3 of us arrived on a Sunday afternoon for brunch. Upon arrival we were immediately seated ( our waiter gave us a cup of mimosas as we were waiting for a friend to arrive once she arrived he started our 2 hour unlimited drinks). Surprisingly enough the drinks were good towards the end we switched to just champagne & they gave us the entire bottle). They also had sangria & rum punch. The food was a buffet style & they had a lot of variety. The music was also good. My only concern is that it's BRUNCH why is there a metal detector during brunch along with two security guards? There was a group of about 30 plus bikers that were coming inside & something occurred I think someone in the crew was "carrying", a mini augment occurred and they went to the spot next door.
In general this is a cool spot for brunch.

My friend made a reservation here for her birthday brunch and basically, it wasn't needed. Nobody was there yet we were there almost 4 hours because of the service. They were out of the champagne within 30 minutes and the new drinks were TERRIBLE. The mimosa was clearly made with cheap champagne and the sangria tasted like cough medicine. The waitress said she would go find more rose and disappeared for nearly an hour. Our food portions were all different from one another, some ppl got more servings than others. The mangu was nothing special nor was the salad. The waitress continued to disappear several times, having us get up to go to the bar to ask for even water. Did I mention the place was empty??

Once it was time to pay, we all put our credit cards in...you know...how almost everyone pays in this day and age and she THEN informs us they can't take cards and to use the ATM. Ah Who's going to pay the ATM fee? After telling us we can wait one hour for her manager who could do credit cards, it all the sudden worked out of the blue. Owner either owns the ATM and/or this is a shady business. After giving her 4 cards which I tell her to split she said she didn't understand and asked for me to do the math for her. What????

To say the least, 15% tip was included on each tap and nobody at the table tipped additionally. There is WAY better brunch spots in NYC and this one you can simply avoid.

So I came here because of a recommendation of this being a cool spot. Wow what a regret. I came here for a brunch bday celebration andddd you would think the fact it's a bday they would provide SOME service. No. Not the case. Our "unlimited drinks" or water or food was scarce. The mimosas tastes weird af and sangria taste like cough medicine. The food took 30 mins plus to get here, 30 mins to get your appetizer, 1 hour to get the entree. And through it all no drinks. Not even water.

MIND YOU, WE ARE THE ONLY PPL HERE!

Not done. When we go to pay they don't accept cards. What the actually fuck. They say their system was down and they can't do math so we did the math and they literally got confused that there were 4 cards. What? We just did the math for you! I am dying inside writing this.

Taboga is known for its brunches and that's exactly what we went for. The space is huge with flat screen TVs for the game and they have pool tables after 5pm. We were celebrating my friend's birthday. A buffet brunch and 2 hrs unlimited mimosas, sangrias or punch is what you get. We were waiting for friends to arrive and got some drinks at the bar ..$20 for a Hennessy and coke...okay moving along our waiter came to the table, greeted us and brought us water. We decided on the tasted all three and decided the punch was the best!!! They have hookah as well. The variety of food for brunch was great! They had so many things to choose from French toast, rice, beans, pernil, mangu, soup etc. The food was mouthwatering!
They brought out a tres leche cake with a sparkler for the birthday person and the Dj gave her a shout out.
The Dj plays an array of music to cater to all crowds. The ambiance is great I will definitely return !!

This was my second time at this spot, first time I had some complaints but I figured, whatever I was celebrating a friend's of mine birthday and did want to make a big deal. Couple of weeks back I also went for another friend's birthday. The brunch was decent, it was buffet style, wasn't too thrilled about that but whatever. So we decided to order our friend a bottle, we ask the waitress to bring the bill for the bottle separately because we didn't want to burden that on top of the brunch bill. She took very long doing so saying that the price of the bottle changed. I thought well I'm not paying more than what the menu says anyway. She finally brought it out about 20mins after, it was about $23 more but that was for tax and gratuity, fine.

We get the check for our brunch bill and she charged us for 13 ppl, however there were only 12 ppl total in our party. Someone out of party did leave early but she settled her part of the bill prior. Yet, the waitress insisted that it was still 13, we got the manager involved and it was still chaos then the waitress recounted came back and then apologized. And "settled" the bill however the gratuity increased, okay. However, I noticed at the top of the bill it said "Morenas" meaning black girls in Spanish. Lol I thought that was super unprofessional and discriminatory to say the least. After we bring this to their attention the manager said the waitress was new. Little did they know two of us were Latinas, not that it makes a difference but that goes to show you, you never know so treat everyone with the same respect they deserve. Alright, so that makes it okay? We get the adjusted bill with "girls" at the top instead lol. And to add insult to injury they were supposed to bring the birthday girls cupcakes out with candles etc yet they bring it out in a bag exactly how she gave it to them. It was horrible experience and I wouldn't recommend this place to a soul.

I went to a brunch party on a Saturday around 1pm.

My party and I were greeted so kindly and warm. We were seated right away. The ambiance was amazing, a mixture of every type of music. The waitresses were really nice.

BUT THE FOOD! Amazing!!!! There was such a big portion and it was buffet style. Everything was so good! We had pitchers of mimosas that were pretty and strong.

After eating we were able to dance and chill. Didn't leave till 8pm!