The Jekyll and Hyde Club

Pros: We had a good time with the characters there.
Cons: May not be suitable for very young children.

New York has its fair share of themed restaurants. This one was to be the end of a fine day, and it was. My wife and I spent a grand parent day with our two oldest grand daughters three and six years old this week. We drove into the city, parked in a lot ...

Pros: Fun, good food, personable wait staff and entertainers
Cons: Extra fees, slightly expensive for the hamburger meal I had

While visiting New York City I wanted to try a different type of dining experience than the chain restaurants offered back home. Well, hopefully, it doesn't get much "different" than The Jekyll and Hyde Club. The Menu The Jekyll and ...

Pros: Innovative decor and entertainment idea
Cons: so-so food, terrible service

I had been to this restaurant shortly after the review that labeled it the BEST in NYC for kids....My memory was of a good meal at a fair price for NYC and an interesting decor. On a return trip in February 2004, I must say it was a very disappointing ...

Pros: fun house atmosphere, zany creatures, great animations, lots of surprises, entertainment
Cons: Long waits, dim interior, no reservations taken for groups less than 8

The Jekyll & Hyde Club (1409 Sixth Ave at W. 57 St.) is a trendy Gothic theme NYC restaurant that attracts hordes of tourists. It is especially popular with teens and young adults. It was rated Best NYC Restaurant for Kids in 2000. The hot restaurant...

Pros: atmosphere is AMAZING!
Cons: food is NOT AMAZING!

My experience at the Jekyll and Hyde Club was one worth forgetting. Let's start with the fact that the experience, from time getting on the line outside the place to time I paid the bill, it was somewhere in the neighborhood of three and a half hours....

Pros: Eccentric atmosphere, cheap prices for the city
Cons: Limited menu, food not that great, wait can be long outside

Jekyll and Hyde Club bills itself as "a restaurant and social club for eccentric explorers and mad scientists." This establishment lives up to it! It is an odd but great experience.

The best thing about this establishment is its...

Pros: Fun atmosphere
Cons: THEY SHOCKED ME.

I heard such great things about this restaurant. "It's an amazing show" said one friend. "The food is great" said another. All I got out of this place is a hole in my wallet, a unsatisfied feeling, and an ELECTRO SHOCK.

I...

Pros: Atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere.
Cons: Service could have been better.

While on our first ever visit to the city (on business)I surprised my wife with a visit to the Jekyll & Hyde Club. She loves Halloween, so I thought she'd like it. We went on a Sunday evening in June, when the city was fairly crowded, but we had ...

Pros: Cool theme, nice people, cheesy fun.
Cons: You can only sit in the show area if you're dinning.

My theater club went to NYC this past easter. We saw a show, got a tour, typical stuff. But we did get many hours on our own. A friend of mine really wanted to go to this place and had researched it before we even went to NYC. So the four of us went, ...

Pros: Met a famous person, and mixed drinks are good
Cons: Food stunk, limited space to move, slow to wait outside and to get seated at a table, and poor service overall

Seeing as I live in New Jersey, I had heard so much hype about Jekyll and Hyde's. So, one night a bunch of us decided to check out the place. First of all, we had to wait on line for nearly an hour (they are not known for speed). Then once we were...

Pros: Fun decor
Cons: Entertainment surcharge; awful food

Dining at Jekyll and Hyde's has been one of our family's traditions when visiting New York City--our kids insist on it. However, after our experience there on December 31, 2002, I don't think we'll return.
Our first clue to the changes in the...

Pros: The entertainment and characters and special effects.
Cons: None.

This place was so much fun.  We really enjoyed the entertainment and the food.  The shows were really fun and we really liked exploring all the floors.

Pros: Good  for families with older children as long as they bring along their own food!
Cons: Food should be thoroughly cooked

15 teaching staff took a party of 130 teenage students from the U.K. to the Jekyll and Hyde club a couple of nights ago. I can't actually recollect a meal I've had as bad as this one. It was too dark to see properly, but a couple of mouthfuls were enough to confirm that the pizza wasn't cooked through at the base. We were charged over $50 a head for undercooked burgers and chicken (many were actually frozen inside!!)  and pizza, which simply defied description. We came in three equal sized groups; out of the first 70 meals, which came out, about 58 were returned. These meals later came out of the kitchen still undercooked. Our students aren't particularly fussy, but there wasn't a single positive comment about it. No refunds were offered; just a lame, insincere apology. How can an establishment put the health of our students at risk on this massive scale during a holiday for which the children had saved for two years? Avoid this place!!! We certainly will. Absolutely appalled. A poor reflection on this great city!