121 Bar North Salem

Fried Chicken Sandwich was fantastic. Mashed potatoes instead of fries was a great choice. If you don’t like a lot of butter in your mashed potatoes on your chicken breading, this place is for you. Bloody Mary solid. I will be back.

Chef doesn't know what medium for a steak is. Was served sliced and black and blue, then rare the second time around. Covered the steak with some kind of sauce that was so salty that my blood pressure probably went up 10 points. 121 used to be consistent. I don't know if they change Chef recently or not. I highly suggest that they put someone in charge in the kitchen that knows what he is doing. May give it a shot in a few months or years. Definitely no longer in my regular list. On the positive side, server was attentive and show concern to my remarks.

Mediocrity at its finest. My party of 6 arrived and was promptly escorted to the basement, which looked and felt exactly as you think a basement would. It is built for high school kids to drink beer in – that’s it (the basement emergency exit also sticks, for those fire safety enthusiasts among us). The menu is blah with nothing jumping out, which is why I ordered a simple burger cooked medium. It came out scorched. Dishes arrived haphazardly, so that warm salmon become cold waiting for other dishes to arrive. Wine list prices are reasonable and the desserts were good – so there’s that.

This was the first time we went to this restaurant and we were disappointed. The waiter was initially attentive but this soon diminished. The food was very slow to arrive, was not cooked as ordered, and was luke warm. One desert in particular, which the waiter was told was going to be shared by two people, turned out to be more of a toddler size. For the price of about $70 per person, the experience was mediocre at best and if you’re eating outdoors, the furniture is more like cheap lawn furniture.

I highly recommend this restaurant. The atmosphere was amazing and the interior is so beautiful and cozy. Our waitress, July, was so attentive and quick. Probably the best service I have ever received at a restaurant. Even the manager (i’m sorry i forgot to ask your name) was bringing drinks and to go boxes to tables. It was refreshing to see and you can tell this is a spot loved by locals The food was also delicious, I got the burrata with prosciutto, with the most beautiful heirloom tomatoes. And for dinner a steak with mashed potatoes and demi, 1000/10. Thank you again for a wonderful evening.