Comments on: Nectar, Berwyn

By: robert

robert — Tue, 10 May 2011 20:40:33 +0000

Good restaurants overcome typical holiday pitfalls by bringing in more staff and anticipating crouds and not overbooking to the point of pissing guests off. Nectar is a bad immatation of a serious fine dining restaurant that cares only about money and nothing about the customer.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 07 May 2011 05:12:57 +0000

To start off you have to realize that every restaurant on valentine’s day weekend (or week) yet every every holiday weekend at any nice restaurant will be absurd and unreasonably packed. Anyone who dines out frequently knows NOT to dine out on these holidays because of everything that comes along with it ,plain and simple.

By: Art

Art — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:00:08 +0000

Please just do yourself a favor and do not even bother making this place an option.

By: UnHappy Valentine

UnHappy Valentine — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:01:13 +0000

My husband proposed to me on Feb 12 many years ago and each year we celebrate with a meal at a nice restaurant. We decided to try Nectar this year…. what a mistake. Ugh! We walked in and there was a mild line. The music was so loud you could not hear each other (so much for a romantic evening). Well, we had reservations at 6:30 and it was after 7:30 when we were seated. My rack of lamb was ordered medium rare and served beyond well done. The pad thai was great, but give me a break, I can get as good or better elsewhere. The staff was rushed because it was so crowded, and when it came time to leave we had to crawl through the crowded foyer only to open the door to another crowd. We were 15th in line for our car! OMG! One of the people I was waiting with was told by their wait staff that they added a bunch more tables and totally messed up the wait staff because they couldn’t even find all the tables. What a bunch of greedy shysters. I will never go back. Not only that, I am boycotting their other place, Yang Ming, because I’m so mad. WHAT A RIP OFF.

By: d day

d day — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:59:43 +0000

I ate at Nectar a couple weeks ago and had a great food experience but there is a glaring issue at this place that really needs correction. Let me start by saying I am a bar mgr for a philly gastro pub that has a very good cocktail and wine list, so I do know this part of the biz very well.
My friend who know I’m into wine, asked me to order a bottle for the table, no too expensive they said. What I saw was truely an awful list that cleary takes adavantage of the consumer here. Everything was marked up 3 to 4 times, and the wine selection was really lousy and not creative like the food. To prove the point, they had BV Pinot Noir by the glass, and charged around 8.50 per glass and 41 per bottle. Not terrible unless you know from dealing with vendors that this wine cost $6.99 per bottle. Worse was Redwood creek Chardonnay, same price as above but this wine is sold in 1.5 liter jugs at the plcb store, and is not a wine of quality. The worst offense came in the bottle selection however. They had William Hill Cab 05 Napa Valley for $79 per bottle. The company that sells this is Cpital Wine and Spirits, and was closing out this wine for 9.99 per bottle. Thats almost an 8 time markup!!! I know this, because I bought some in February, and sold it for 7 per glass and 30 per bottle. While the food was really good here, whoever is in charge of the wines is a criminal who has no palate, and no snense of fairness. Do youself a favor when eating here, eat well and drink cocktails or beer…or just elsewhere.

By: Sandie

Sandie — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:15:47 +0000

I love Nectar, but the lack of bar space while waiting to be seated is so annoying. It’s too bad they can’t turn a portion of the upstairs dining tables that overlook the bar/dining area into an upstairs bar. That would be perfect!

By: Mary Murray

Mary Murray — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:06:13 +0000

I took my mother for her birthday lunch at Nectar, because I thought it would be a special place for her. Thelobster fried rice (a $6.00 surcharge over the fixed price lunch)–was very dry and disappointing. The nice mushroom soup had a goat cheese “crouton” –which was about the size of a large pea. Service was spotty, although the place was only moderately full…initially we got our water and ordered, but after that, it was a parade of different servers, one who never picked up the appetizer dishes before the main course was brought, and after delivering the check,no one even picked it up after quite a wait. I would never spend the money to go here for dinner, although I give it points for atmosphere. Pretty place with innovative menu, but over-rated for quality of food and service and over-priced.

By: suzanne

suzanne — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:50:44 +0000

So LT, as put out as you are by Beverly’s review…are you an employee of Nectar?? I like a review that is no holds barred
(how do you know shots were involved anyway???)

By: LT

LT — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:38:40 +0000

Wow it sounds like someone needs to chill. Ok, you had a bad experience at Nectar and I get that but relax. By the way, maybe a couple less shots after dinner and you would not have been sick. p.s. “no one puts baby in the corner”

By: LT

LT — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:36:52 +0000

Wow it sounds like someone needs to chill. Ok you had a bad experience at Nectar and I get that but relax. By the way maybe a couple less shots after dinner and you would have not been sick. Please Chill.