Walking past on a Sunday, heard the jazz and decided to try it. Great music. Really nice jazz, perfect for a lazy Sunday brunch. Tried the Eggs Benedict. Unfortunately the eggs were slightly under-cooked, and the hollandaise a little bland. My partner had the Corned-beef hash which was done well with onions in a juicy mash, not too salty either. The two eggs on top however suffered from the same malady as above.
Waitresses were darling: very nice while still authentic (they liked you but you got the feeling they wouldn't care if you didn't like 'em back). Drip coffee only which I think is to their loss: who wouldn't enjoy a nice Sunday morning cappuccino while listening to great live jazz?
Would certainly come back. Looking forward to visiting during an evening.
This is a review solely for the salsa and Latin nights on the weekend:
So. Much. Fun. Here's why I love Ryle's salsa and swing nights on the weekends: there is no judgement from anyone. There are very few places in the city where people are doing organized dances and don't mind the slightly off beat two left feet baffoon bopping around them ( yeah, that's me. I'm proud of it.) Loud music, a happy DJ, and a room full of people who are there just to dance. Bachata, meringue, salsa, swing, with so many different styles of music and instructors willing to jump in and dance with you if your partner-less or just show you a few moves, there really are few other ways to just dance.
While all the Latin nights are 18+ the crowd age ranges pretty much weekly from 20 - 50 year olds enjoying the music. The price at entry is between 10-15$ depending on the weekend night and while 15 seems a little pricey, most sessions include dance lessons before and a party till at least 1 am. Not a bad package deal.
Bring your friends, take a date, go by yourself, whatever your preference it's definitely worth checking out Ryles on a weekend night.
First of all. Ryles is a great place for music; however, the services need to be improved since there is only one waitress and one bartender. Let me tell you what! There is only one waitress for over 100 people. How can this be done? It was one of the most ridiculous thing that I have ever experienced and only one bartender for over hundreds of people. Seriously! They need to hire more people. I returned at this place for the second time. Same thing over again. They did not have hushpuppies. They did not prepared at all. The bartender had an attitude problem so I got my money back. I would not recommend this place. The only thing is the music is great that is all! Nothing else is good! Bad management!
Review Source:Sunday Jazz Brunch= super fun.
Went there for a date around Christmas, where they played traditional holiday songs as well as most of the Charlie Brown Christmas score. Â The food was ok, a decent but classy brunch menu, as it offers a little something for everyone, but a slightly higher price that I would like. Â But if I think that premium goes to keeping the band around, that is a premium I am happy to pay.
A bit of a hike to get to (I walked from the Harvard Square T stop in the winter), but a nice option for those who want to break up their Sunday brunch monotony. Â Fills in around 11, so I'd get there early to get a good seat (and avoid any waits).
It might be a great place for salsa dancing but def not for foodies. I went for brunch and ordered salmon hash, which was insanely fishy and heavy. My friend ordered french toast and it was not good either. (I don't know how you mess up the toasts)
The music was so loud, even us , a group of four sit in the back and still felt like yelling during conversation. I saw some birthday and family gathering parties taken place and it might be a good place for those who dislike engaging any conversation. The crowd was a bit "senior" during weekend brunch.
very stressful dining experience for me. It's like cheap diner with loud jazz music. It might have been better if I wasn't sober. (their Bloody Mary was too weird spicy or too much of Worcestershire sauce, I barely could have second sip )
I wanted to give 3.5 stars (I usually do). Â We had a lovely jazz brunch at Ryles, mostly lovely due to the company, but the food was good and the jazz was nice. Â I got the croissant French toast and ate it ALL. Â It comes with a side of fruit and your choice of meat (bacon, sausage, ham). Â My husband got the special omelet which he said was good, but wasn't too impressed with the sides (homefries, bagel/cream cheese). Â Our friends got blueberry pancakes (and ate them all) and eggs Florentine which looked yummy. Â Bloody Marys were decent, both virgin and non and it's so nice to eat brunch with live music in the background (it was a little loud, but we were right up in front). Â I'd go back for sure.
Review Source:Great place for spontaneous and last moment meetings with friends. Unless you want to double check and go to the website to check what kind of live music is going to be played that night.
Tickets are cheap, food is good and they serve beer (full bar ) + that live music that you might be listen while talking to your friends or even dancing.
Dancing like being in a club without feeling that crowed sweating people around you, you'll have enough space to shake the body without touching others. if you don't want to dance, you just can be drinking and eating great food while enjoying the panorama, in the other side of the room, of the live band playing great music and people having fun dancing. This lets the place not to be too loud. So, you won't be screaming at your friends.
What else you can ask for a great night!
i definitely recommend this place to adults who like to have fun dancing, but they feel too old to be dancing in a club. The local bands that played there are great, normally they have their own songs, but sometimes they sing some famous songs from famous singers.
Good on weekends for some partying night, weekdays it is more a classy night out.
I want to like this place. It's unique and a somewhat different evening activity. Â But I've been here twice, and both times were just ok. Â The food is pretty bad. Â I think it actually comes from the S&S restaurant next door (see my review for that or I'll just give you the highlights - BLAH). Â The music is hit or miss - the first time was very strange, but the second time was better. Â The atmosphere just isn't where it should be for a jazz club.
Review Source:Sunday night Salsa lessons were scheduled to begin at 6pm, but at 6pm there were just a few couples seated at the bar... and that's it. Â The DJ didn't arrive and begin setting up till a few minutes later. Â The lesson began at perhaps 6:20-6:30pm with a single gentleman instructor, who seemed nice and led with a firm hand.
Most of the dance floor was filled with couples, as was mentioned above. Â Other than our little group of single ladies, there were a few other ladies without a dance partner, so the teacher assured us he would make the rounds.
Three dances were taught - Merengue, Salsa, and I can't remember the name of the 2nd that had the tap after every third step. Â We learned the basic move for the leader, how to turn, how to travel, then paired off to learn to do it together. Â As the dance floor filled, the instructor had the lines rotate back so everyone had a chance to get a good view of the lesson from the front.
Lessons lasted till nearly 8pm with a brief break for water. Â It was basic, yet fun, and cost $10.
For an additional $5, you could have a single trip through their short buffet line. Â On our night there was a bowl of knotted rolls, a second bowl of a fresh basic tossed salad (a mix of greens, cucumber, shredded carrots, cherry tomatoes, croutons), and two hot trays (one half and half buffalo wings and rice pilaf, the second a vegetarian penne pasta dish with a red sauce). Â Fills your stomach, but nothing exciting. Â The pasta was overcooked.
The dance floor remained opened and some new people showed up who seemed to know what they were doing, including a couple that I spotted who arrived carrying their dance shoes, and an individual fella who went around the room asking the various ladies for a dance.
This place has great food and live music, but the service as awful! First, the food. Great Southern food. I had the BBQ chicken and collard greens, all delicious. The cornbread was great, too.
Now for the service. There seemed to be only one waitress on a busy Saturday night and she was very inattentive. She accidentally charged our credit cards for another table's bill. We got it reversed just fine, but I can't say we left her a big tip.
Do you want to sit right down for brunch? Do you want to linger over bloody's and mimosa's and not feel rushed out the door? Do you want to be serenaded by some cheesy, yet enjoyable, jazz while you're at it? Need a safe place to bring Mom?
If you say yes to any of these questions, Ryles is your place! It may not be the best brunch I've ever tasted, but it's comfortable, friendly, and the service is great. My bloody was so strong I nearly stumbled out the door, but hey, it's Sunday, so why not!
I started coming to Ryle's back in the '90s when it was the only place to go latin dancing. Â I keep coming because I can count on it to deliver. Â An ever-changing roster of DJs keeps the music lively and danceable. Â Some nights it seems like everybody is there and others it is empty, but you can count on some regulars to always be there ready to take you on the floor if you want to dance. Â
And this is a place to dance, eat, drink, and be merry with friends. Â It is not a good place if you're looking to meet people. Â If someone approaches you it is to dance, or to get you to sign up for dancing lessons, and, as long as you're good with that, you will have a good time. Â I love it. Â
They are open late which makes it a great place to go at the end of the night. Â Their food has a southern flare and if you've been dieting and dancing all day they have GREAT cajun fries. Â The drinks are not cheap but definitely not expensive. Â The atmosphere is fun and relaxed.
Downstairs they have a revolving set of bands usually playing a lively jazz but occasionally a mellow or cruisey jazz.
I come to Ryles to dance salsa. Â Ryles is one of Boston's oldest and most famous salsa venues. Â It caters to LA and New York-style salsa dancers.
I go out on Sunday nights. Â Sundays used to be a heavily New York-style crowd in the past, but over the last 2 years since I've been dancing, the crowd has been more mixed with other styles. Â The people will be of many different ages, ethnicities, and experience. Â For the most part, people are just here to dance, not to pick anyone up.
The DJ is usually Rob Suave, one of Boston's most celebrated salsa DJs. Â Rob plays a wide variety of salsa music, including some jazzy and romantica songs. Â He's also been known to play some very rare and funky tracks that will put a smile on your face :) Â The music will be mostly salsa, with a sprinkling of cha cha, bachata, and merengue.
The dance floor on Sundays is relatively small compared to a place like Havana Club on a Friday (the upstairs floor at Ryles is more comparable to Havana Club, but it's open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, not Sundays). Â Ryles gets crowded often on Sundays, so learn to take turns using the dance floor with other people. Â If it's too crowded to dance, wait for the next song.
Tuesday and Wednesday night salsa at Ryles are also supposed to be pretty good (especially Tuesdays), though I've only been out to Ryles on those nights once or twice. Â They're both on the second floor, which is a much larger dance floor.
We have been to Ryles twice now, in the hopes that our first visit was a fluke... but it seems that it is just consistently bad.
The Service: Atrocious. The actual waiter was not terrible, but we were there on a relatively slow night, and the entire staff was sitting around, eating, talking (make that yelling) about how much they hate their customers - with specific examples, and just generally being loud and obnoxious. They kept giving glares over their shoulders at the diners, and saying lewd things into the microphone, while we just tried to enjoy our meals. These were not teenage employees though, they were all adults -- just acting like children. It was an extremely uncomfortable dining experience.
The Food: The food is simply not that good. Ribs that are no where near "falling off the bone", hushpuppies so hard that you could use them as weapons, heavily over-salted seafood.... it's all just a little "blah".
Overall, I would not recommend Ryle's. There are plenty of other great barbeque joints in Cambridge.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Â The conversation was excellent, the food was good, but oh, the service. Â The service. Â A waiter who isn't aware that by the time brunch rolls around his patrons are under-caffeinated and possibly hung over, does not have the right to call himself a waiter. Â And a waiter who takes 10 minutes to bring coffee is, well, words fail. Â And afterwards, where is the check, prey tell? Â Oh look, it's our waiter, hanging out in the corner watching the game on TV. Â
It's really a pity, since this is a decent brunch, but given the fact that there are at least 3 other brunch options within 100 yards of Ryles, next time, I'll be going elsewhere.
I used to always come here on the weekends when they would play good music and serve up good food and it was a great place to hang out and show off any bit of Latin that you somehow aquired in your, well, at least in my case, Asian self.
They have great tasting buffalo wings and the DJs usually plays good music until I started going so often that I noticed that they were playing the exact same songs every single week with little variety. It didn't help that certain people would remember my face and start asking me to dance every week and I'd have to say yes to be nice, but secretly cry inside because I knew that deep down, they always danced off beat.
So I stopped going.
So I was basically thrilled to find a sunday jazz brunch in Cambridge that isn't mobbed with hipsters,cost a million dollars, or is hard to get to.
In a few words, this place was a BUST.
Our waiter, Werner, was completely ignorant to what it means to be a waiter. My friends and I get to the brunch when there was barely anyone else in the restaurant, yet we had to wait 10 minutes for anyone to notice us. Werner was not apologetic about taking his sweet time, and throughout the hour we were there, he proceeded to have a snotty attitude and did nothing to ensure that we were having a pleasant experience- checking on how the food was, bringing refills, etc.
The best part: we were waiting about 15 minutes after we were done for Werner to notice us and give us our check- he then proceeded to bring it over and tell us we had to leave as they were closing. How incredibly rude!
Also, the jazz was sub par. Take your money elsewhere!
Okay,
As I strolled into Ryles last Saturday night I was feeling pretty good. Â I had taken a nice nap in the afternoon, and was happy and ready to hear some good blues. Â
And as many people do who like live music, I walked in and moved towards the stage to get a good look at the band before picking a table. Â But after taking no more than two steps away from the bar, I see a waiter flying towards me, waving his hands frantically, and aggressively demanding that I get out of his way. Â Nice introduction...
There was absolutely no cause for this unprovoked incident. Â I was apparently detouring his path towards the register so he could ring in some "nachos for table 11". Â Now this kind of behavior might be tolerable if the place was bumping. Â But it was DEAD. Â There were two waiters on staff for 40 people at a joint that serves drinks and finger food. Â
Maybe the dude was having a bad night, but that's completely irrelevant. Â I have bad days, and I have had bad days as a server. Â But I never take it out on my customer. Â
So after having a few "cordial" words with this fellow, I asked to sit in the other waiter's section (a really nice and attentive fellow, by the way). Â
After that, all was copacetic. Â The music was good (Tokyo Tramps...blues trio w/ a really good guitarist), the Stella Artois was crisp and hoppy, and the nachos were solid.
I couldn't, though, shake the behavior of this jerk. Â Call me old fashioned, but customer service means a lot to me. Â
Never going back unless I know the band.
My best friend is a Puerto Rican stud. His girlfriend is an Irish/American white girl. Where could they possibly go to dance his native salsa and her beloved swing all at the same time, without stepping on any toes (literally)? Why, Ryles of course!
There are basically two venues in the same place. The ground floor is the jazz club, where a live jazz troupe entertains patrons seated at tables, sipping on all sorts of wines and cocktails; the upstairs dance hall is where the dancing takes place. The upstairs bar is smaller than the downstairs, and be forewarned - seating is tight and they won't let you bring your drink on the dance floor (and for good reason - one drink spill can lead to a 4-person pile-up).
We paid $15 at the entrance, but it's cool because there's a 30 - 45 minute swing AND salsa lesson that starts at around 8:30 or 9. (Call and check.) The guy who does the teaching is very energetic and has a sarcastic sense of humor, and is apparently a former bouncer. I mean, come on - if THIS guy can learn to swing and salsa, so can I. He gave us some easy moves to start off with, and within an hour we were dancing our little hearts out.
The dance floor is a bit awkward in that there are three or four pillars smack dab in the middle of the dance floor, so if you're not careful you might spin your partner and check her up against a pillar. I think it's pretty safe to assume she won't enjoy that. Trust me, I would know.
With the bouncer-turned-dancer/DJ at the helm, we danced to salsa tunes, swing numbers, and even a few polkas. Oh, and there was some tango as well for those who requested it.
I haven't tried the food here, so I can't say anything about that. However the bathroom is clean, the drinks are strong, and the vibe is awesome. I think this place is great.
A word of caution to those who tend to run late - if you arrive during or after the lesson, you still pay $15.
When I used to live in Boston, this was my favorite place to go. Now that was some time ago (1999-2001), but I'd be surprised if a place like Ryles ever changed. A place like Ryles is built on the archetypal fact it's immune from the changing tastes around it. It simply is in spite of...
I loved the atmosphere so much at Ryles. It's what I always wanted a jazz club to be. I loved it so much, I write a short story about it for a creative writing class back in 2007.
Here it goes:
Temptation is her name. And aptly, temptation is her game. She possesses the most beautiful of visages and the most divisive of scents. Her allure knows no bounds except the length of the thin black cocktail dress that hugs her like a dress should. Like I should...
Temptation, my obsession, is the hostess at my favorite jazz club and the object of my affections. She's my weekly adrenaline shot via scent and sight. She speeds my thoughts and turns me about until I'm completely disoriented.
Every Tuesday, somewhere from the cab to the door, I lose my ability to comprehend simple conversation. When I step in front of her, I lose all control of language as my senses are overwhelmed with Temptation. I stand mute waiting for her smile right before she asks, "How many this evening sir?" And appropriately I always say, "Just one tonight ma'am," as if it would ever be different. 95 percent of the reason I come to this place is to gaze at Temptation; how could I do so effectively with a guest?
The other 5 percent, of course, is the music. Ryles' Jazz Club hosts some of the best musicians in the world, yet they represent only 5 percent of the reason for my regular attendance. Aren't I a musician? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
But for those that appreciate both women and music, the two in concert is a devilish desert. To watch Temptation work to the whisk of the snare and the tap of the hat is a fully realized rhythm. Acid Jazz is a haphazard tune that seems completely out of focus, but for one bridge everything comes together and pushes a tingle down your spine. In the same way, the jazz at Ryles' seems to be out of sync with her until, unpredictably during the night, she moves exactly with the beat.
Life, beauty, music and Temptation mixing perfectly soothe my soul to the brink of calm. But while my soul seems fully sated, my heart wanes for sustenance. As I smile, thanking whomever for this vision of Temptation painted on a perfect aural canvas, my heart jumps from my chest stretching for her. The calm waters of my eyes plug the tempest behind them. The very vision that releases the days' tension, flexes my heart with longing.
Yet I do nothing. To be Temptation is not to satiate, it's only to carry to the brink of satisfaction. Past that lies a territory uncharted but hypothesized by my imagination. If I was to be with Temptation, what would I call her? For once attained she would cease to be Temptation...and become something else.
I can only review the Sunday jazz brunch, as I've never been to Ryles for anything else. You can check out the brunch menu here: <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryles.com%2Fbrunch.cfm&s=fcfa516c83ea72bf1c5c1574398a96118a9ef83d70c247c2309c65e261ad7b25" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ryles.com/bru…</a> and the lineup here: <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryles.com%2Fweek.cfm&s=007115d2fa8eec41ba2c8f2ec39a88697c0fbcecfecbab0f0cd98e7e8bc9b558" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ryles.com/wee…</a>
Brunch is from 10am to 3pm, and the music starts at 10. Here's the my strategy: make your reservations (online) for 10:30. The place will be empty, so even if you don't make a reservation, you should be fine. But I'd make one just in case. Because the bar opens at 11am, and then the line is out the door. But 10:30? You're in and seated and ready for some toe-tappin' while you brunch.
I love that the wait staff obviously work brunch because they love the music. And even if they're just in it for the money, they hide it well. It's a great atmosphere.
It's a great place to bring the parents when they're in town visiting!
And don't bother looking at the menu. Just order the croissant french toast and a bellini. You can thank me later.
This place is hard to review, because there are 3 categories: food, live music, and the small dance club upstairs.
I don't think the food there is that great. I've been there for dinner and brunch, and thought it was boring and overpriced.
The music is hit or miss, like most live music places. But overall, I like the live music atmosphere. They do get good bands, and when the music is dance-able, there's a space to do so.
The club upstairs is cool. They have latin night most nights, and the crowd & music give it a good atmosphere for when I have the urge to dance salsa but don't feel like going downtown to a big club. Often the music doesn't have enough variety for my taste, but that's ok. Many times, when I've gotten the urge, I just hopped in my car and went to Ryles for a couple of hours of dancing before going home to go to bed for work the next day. That's what city life is supposed to be about, right?
Just went to Ryles with my new roommate and awesome friend who drove 9 hours to help me move. Â The Bavarian french toast was delightful--perfectly eggy and filled with cream cheese and jam. Â I liked the tiny syrup glass that accompanied it. Â I'm not one for excessive syrup, so being able to control the amount in an environmentally friendly way made me happy. Â Accompanying the french toast were a cup of fruit and four strips of fairly decent bacon. Â I washed it down with a peach bellini, which was fair to middling. Â I would have preferred a bloody mary or a strawberry mimosa--neither of which would have been excessively sweet.
Roommate got Bavarian french toast with sausage (those sausage links looked pretty good and almost made me doubt my bacon). Â Friend got the English omelet (which also came with fruit, home fries, and a bagel--which she swapped out for toast). Â The jazz was a soothing accompaniment to the lovely brunch and people-watching. Â As others have said, the crowd is an interesting mix--much more diverse than that of a brunch place in a typical college town.
The Sunday Jazz Brunch at Ryles is an institution that everyone in Cambridge and Somerville should experience at least once.
The breakfast/brunch menu of the S&S Deli (which is quite tasty) is served accompanied by invariably excellent jazz. Â The patrons vary from hip couples to families to groups out for special occasions, and the place generally fills every week. Â Thankfully, you can make reservations online months in advance and even showing up the day of can yield a table with minimal wait time.
Despite the crowds, the service is good and the noise is never a problem (folks realize they're in the presence of some great music). Â It is a wonderful Sunday afternoon activity, and will make you feel cool the second you walk in.
Had the bavarian french toast which is very similar to french toast that my boyfriend makes, it's two pieces of bread with jam and cream cheese in the middle, then grilled to perfection. Also tried the pumpkin spice nut pancakes which were flavorful and moist. The hostess was not too friendly, but did her job and our waiter was fabulous. We also tried the strawberry bellini and strawberry mimosa, both were good sized drinks for 5.50 and really started my morning off well. The jazz band was nice background music and the older lady singer was so cute with her big white sparkly top, she even walked around the room and sang. Overall, a good experience and their brunch menu has so many good looking things on it, it will definitely take many more trips to try them all.
We made a reservation online but when we got there (1PM) it didn't seem like there would have been much of a wait anyway. But if you know you're going, you might as well make the reservation to be safe :)
I went to Ryles last night with friends to see my neighbor's cover band play. Â The space was nice for a small show, and it was a decent cover (10 bucks) for a show like that. Â I already had dinner, so I didn't eat much, but what I had was phenomenal. Â The hushpuppies were ridiculously flavorful, so much so that I didn't even need anything to dip them in. Â And the sweet potato fries were equally yummy.
The service, on the other hand, was atrocious! Â The waiter took forever to come to our table to take our orders, the food arrived before our beer/wine, and they would never have brought me my delicious hushpuppies if my friend didn't remind the waiter that I ordered them. Â
And I drank one beer and could have easily had another, but the waiter never came back to check on us/take additional orders. Â It makes me wonder how much money they are losing because of it. Â I imagine my friends would have had more wine too, if asked. Â But alas, we weren't.
So sad when really good food is overshadowed by poor service.
How awesome is jazz brunch? Pretty Awesome, I'd have to say. But I like brunch AND I like jazz independently, so it seems inevitable that I would be happy when the two are combined.
Brunch food is kind of hard to get wrong (who can't make omelets and pancakes?), but they really do it right. I approve. It's also a pretty large amount of food, for the ~$9 price tag--good for hangovers, which many of my friends had. The loud live jazz can get in the way of conversations, especially if your group is a little larger and spread out across several of the small round tables that Ryles offers, but it'll probably be perfect for filling in awkward silences on a first date. Endless coffee refills for 1.99 makes my caffeine-holic heart sing. Word of warning: the Irish coffee is a kick in the face. Much more Irish than coffee. Just so you know.
The non-brunch jazz here is pretty good too, and there's a good variety. I'm really curious about the bbq. I'll be sure to update this if I ever try it.
A group of us went to Ryles with the notion that we would class-it-up for the evening. Â I donned a very cool turtleneck tunic, leather belt and pumps, attempting to look every bit the unpretentious glamazon that I sometimes pretend I can feign. Â We paid the ten dollar cover (the underpaid young professional in me silently balked at this) and moseyed on up to the bar.
The bartender, a rather large sweaty man about two days from retirement, was decidedly unattentive and slow. Â He also had the worst etiquette I've seen in a long time (aka he would man-handle the drinks and put his palms-- please reference previous mention of sweatiness-- all over the tops of the glasses. Â Ick). Â But at the same time, I sympathized because it's pretty crummy to make one guy service an entire busy bar.
The music was incredible. Â The band was on fire! Â They even performed an encore, which made my night. Â I would rate this place five stars if it were based on the music alone. Â Unfortunately, the clientele knocks it down a bit...
Since I am an unsatiable people-watcher, this place definitely kept me entertained. Â Eccentric, older gentlemen mixed with puffy vest-clad sorostitutes. Â Red-lipped sirens hung on the arms of tattooed Eddie Veder look-alikes. Â However entertaining this was at first, as more booze was added to the mix, the sorostitues decided that their nether regions had not yet received enough "play." Â Thus, as the saxophone wailed, commenced an all out grope-and-grind fest. Â Really people? Â Really? Â Grinding to jazz? Â Seriously? Â
It was about that time that we decided to finish up our mound of (delicious!) nachos and call it a night.
I went for Sunday brunch and it was great, very calm and relaxing. I had the French eggs which was very good especially with the onion cheesy potatoes. My boyfriend had the steak and eggs which could have had more flavor but after putting A1 on the steak it tasted great, although I believe that no steak sauce should ever be added to a New York strip. I really enjoyed the jazz music that was playing. I wish that the hostess wouldn't have been so unfriendly but we definitely enjoyed this place and plan on coming back.
Revisit 9/9/07: Both quiche and corned beef and hash were delicious. Peach bellini was awesome. One thing that I did notice about this place is that service is rather slow. The staff doesn't seem to be able to get it together. It shouldn't be that hard when you have a host and a food runner.
I like potatoes served to me when i feel gross after corroding my stomach with booze.
I like to go to the s &s for these potatoes and other breakfastie things. I hate that the line there is absurbly long. especially because Ryles serves the same food for just a pinch more and they have people playing jazz.
I'm a huge fan of jazz brunches in general, and of the Ryles jazz brunch in particular.
The music was fabulous. My only complaint was that it was a little loud, so we all ended up yelling across the table at each other a bit, but such is life. Patricia Adams, the vocalist who performs the first sunday of every month, is amazing. I kind of want to be her.
You get a ridiculous amount of food for your money - I ordered quiche and got a slice the size of my head, plus home fries, fruit AND a (poppyseed, hooray!) bagel and cream cheese, all for 8$. The bellinis, too, were huge and yummy.
Ryles rocks my world.
Where else can you get live music, ballroom dancing, Mitch's BBQ, and a killer Sunday brunch? Nowhere!
Ryles has two levels: downstairs is always grooving with live jazz (sometimes Latin jazz, sometimes blues, and occassionally a big-name artist.) Upstairs you can find dancing - depending on the day of the week, you might find salsa, reggae, or swing. Check out the website for up-to-date info on what's playing, and you can also order tickets online (very useful for the occassional big-name artist. They do sell out.)
Although I love jazz, I've got a favorite venue that Ryles just can't beat... but for Sunday brunch, Ryles is the spot. The atmosphere is great and the food is oh-so-tasty. Ryles is either owned or managed by the same people who have the S&S Restaurant across the street, so the brunch food is the same food boasted by the S&S - but the combo of awesome omlettes and lively jazz is a great way to start a lazy Sunday. If you're going for Sunday brunch, make reservations or be prepared for a wait - it's a popular spot.
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