367812 Mon Feb 05 10:35:30 -0800 2007 4 18 Manhattan 0 2261194 I posted a little bit about Kobe Club a couple of weeks ago, but got no replies. I'm curious about everyones experiences there so far? Anyone? Mon Feb 05 10:35:30 -0800 2007 44594 wineman2926 1 2261212 no, but it just got trashed in NY Mag today...pretty bad: http://nymag.com/restaurants/reviews/27282/index.html Mon Feb 05 10:39:13 -0800 2007 2261194 64404 downtownstefanie 2 2261247 Ouch! That was pretty brutal.........Not unlike my experience though. Mon Feb 05 10:46:58 -0800 2007 2261212 44594 wineman2926 2 2261689 wow, that is brutal. here's a quote that gave me a pause: "The sheer novelty of a steakhouse devoted solely to Kobe beef compelled your faithful critic to name the restaurant one of the city’s top new steakhouses in the magazine’s annual roundup of the best new places to eat in 2007. This was an error. On further inspection, Mr. Chodorow’s restaurant seems to me less like a steakhouse than a bizarre agglomeration of restaurant fashions and trends, most of them bad." yikes, so the recommendation as "one of the city’s top new steakhouses" was made NOT based on tryinig it? well, thank you for admitting it Mon Feb 05 12:10:52 -0800 2007 2261212 64416 nuxvomica 3 2262031 The article begins: "On my first visit to Jeffrey Chodorow’s new midtown beef palace, the Kobe Club...... So it seems the critic did in fact visit the restaurant before making his intial recommendation. Mon Feb 05 13:35:21 -0800 2007 2261689 15347 MagnumWino