New York Yacht Club

Thursday June 4^th 2015 around 8pm. I didn’t make it past the front lobby. My friend who was spending the night there forgot to tell me that I couldn’t wear jeans. I should have known better. However, while informing the staff at the front desk that I was meeting a friend who is spending the night at NYYC, he proceeded to reply with «you actually have a friend who can afford to stay here?». After I gave him my friend’s name, he found my friend’s reservation and then told me about the «no jeans policy». I was wearing a dressy top with a cardigan and navy blue jeans topped with heels. Meanwhile he was letting in those who wore leggings and combat boots. I didn’t realize that leggings are considered more dressy nowadays. Needless to say I’ll never go back. I’d rather spend more money at Cornell Club who will accept me regardless of what I wear and won’t be a jerk about it.

I attended a formal catered event in the Model Room and had a great experience. They served quality food that had nice presentation. It is elegantly decorated throughout and has interesting artifacts that would please any Marine lover.

What an awesome club and part of history.

Food was decent but the service was awful!!! My dining partner didn’t get any dressing with his salad and when we were finally able to flag a waiter, the waiter responded with, «I’m not your waiter» and then proceeded not to help us. 10 minutes later we found our guy. Worst waitstaff on the island.

Came here for an FCS Luncheon and while the food wasn’t very impressive, the room was absolutely gorgeous! We dined in the Model Room, which contains a magnificent collection of «full and half hull models including a scale model history of all New York Yacht Club America’s Cup challenges. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.»
The food and service was a solid four but I took off one star for the stuffy atmosphere. What can you expect from an invitation only Yacht Club?

Love this place. What a gorgeous venue! Will upload photos of the Model Room soon! We had dinner upstairs and the waiters/​servers were quite nice except the head waiter. The food was not very good for dinner but the hors d’oeuvres were great (mushroom pastries, tuna tartare w/​cucumber, pistacchio-​encrusted lamb chops – delicious! but hard to eat standing up, crab cakes). The chocolate cake was too thick, the salad had too much dressing on it, and the fish was tasteless and tough. But still a lovely place to wine and dine!

We had a private dinner here for an organization I’m in. What a great choice of venue!
The service was flawless, the food was amazing, the drinks were stiff but not overly so, and the décor/​atmosphere was incredible.
I had never been to a place like this before. It was pretty cool to be in a «high society» setting.

Because I am not a member of the NYYC I feel a little naughty writing a review, but hey I have been there, twice now — so here goes. And out of interest, both visits were during weekday lunch in the Grill Room.
It is very cool down there, probably one of the coolest restaurants I have been to in NY. It’s beautiful and couldn’t be any more properly nautical without actually being on a yacht! My favorite part of the room was for sure the chiming clock on the half hours. The service was impeccable and the food (in this case a med-​well cheeseburger) was perfect. Upstairs the Model Room steals the show of course, but that is not where we ate. Four stars only, because well it is *slightly* stuffy, just a bit buttoned up for my comfort, I wouldn’t want to have a few too many cocktails and let my hair down if you know what I mean — but perhaps that is not what it is meant to be about anyway. If you’re ever lucky enough to be invited, definitely go!

Einer der bekanntesten Yachtclubs der Welt. Ewig verbunden mit dem Americas Cup und natürlich den grossen Regatten an der Ostküste.
Der NYYC hat mehrere Häuser, dieses ist der Stadt-​Club und somit unter der Woche auch kräftig besucht. Er beinhaltet mehrer Bars und Restaurants, eine Sammlung alter Schiffsmodelle, darunter alle Americas Cup Yachten, einen Ballsaal, eine grossartige Bibliothek, mehrere Schlafräume und die Räume des Kommodores (Club-​Vorsitzender). Die Bibliothek hat mich am meisten beeindruckt, man findet Karten zu allen Meeren der Welt, auf neustem Stand und inklusive aller Hafenhandbücher, Leuchtzeichen und sonstiger Informationen. Man kann in Ruhe seine Weltreise planen oder sich auch nur ein wenig in die Südsee träumen. Bücher über Bootstechnik, Regattastrategien, Segelzeitschriften und historische Segelbücher vervollkommnen die Sammlung.
Das Restaurant liegt im unteren Bereich und ist dem Inneren eines alten Segelschiffs nachempfunden. Der Hausdrink ist ein Dark & Stormy und man sollte nicht zuviele davon probieren, der Rückweg wäre dem Namen des Drinks angepasst. Wie zu erwarten ist dich Küche hervorragend, mein Steak war auf den Punkt gebraten, die Jacobsmuscheln meiner Freundin schmeckten grossartig und der Service ist tadellos. Zum Nachtisch sollte man sich die Makronen gönnen, sie sind so bekannt (und gut), dass man sie sich in hübschen kleinen Holzkästen per FedEx über Nacht schicken lassen kann.
Wer dann noch Zet und Lust hat, kann sich die Schiffsmodelle und alten Schiffsbilder an der Wand erklären, sie sind nur hier zu sehen und durchaus beeindruckend.
Obwohl das Clubhaus nur Mitgliedern und ihren Gästen offensteht, kann es unter der Woche durchaus eng werden, so dass sich eine Reservierung empfiehlt.
Ich freue mich immer wieder, im NYYC zu sein.