Review #10: Jekyll & Hyde Club (Food/Entertainment)

3.0/10
 This may be worth going to if you have children that don't easily get nightmares and come with low expectations. Otherwise avoid it like the plague.

This review is for the Times Square Location on 44th street. A previous experience at the downtown location was much better.

The first thing that struck me about this location is that me and my companions were not informed of the theatrical entrance until we were leaving and had to request to go in even though there was not wait when we arrived. Additionally the food took forever to arrive. In a place with a nice atmosphere and many attractions this is normally explained by understanding that they want to give patrons time to fully experience the setting. However after ordering it took over an hour for our food to arrive and it could have been an issue if we hadn't arrived more than 2 hours before our evening show. Once the food did arrive it was surprisingly bland and boring. I ordered the Memphis burger which is a pulled pork burger and my girlfriend ordered the cheese tortellini. While my burger was decent enough the tortellini were incredibly bland. They were simply plain cheese tortellini in a plain tomato sauce with no garnishes, spices or flavors. While my expectations for the food weren't high to begin with the tortellini was bland and not flavorful. The best part of the dinner were the fries which were surprisingly good, and the house specialty drink the transformation which was very fruity but quite delicious.

The atmosphere was significantly better than the food and the actors wandering around in character were great. Most of the static features would have been a great entertainment if we could see them from the table, but because of our seats location by the top of a stairwell and surrounded by numerous pillars managed to block our view of everything. While this is likely an anomaly I would have expected that due to the low volume of customers and high number of open tables we would have been seated elsewhere.

If you are thinking of going to the Jekyll & Hyde Club in New York City I implore you not to go to this location. With small children who enjoy haunted houses it might be worthwhile, but more likely you will just be disappointed.

If you want to go to a fun chain with atmosphere both the Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood are within walking distance and are better options.