Kashkaval
My friends randomly picked this place and I had never heard of it. I don’t know this neighborhood and find there is no reason to need to know this neighborhood. It’s barely an upgrade from Murray Hill.
You walk in and it looks like a cheese shop and then you look further back and it’s a restaurant with about 10 tables. The host told us it would be a 30 minute wait on a Wednesday night, so we waited and had a glass of wine at the bar. Cute bartender. After over 30 minutes, we were still waiting and other tables were being seated, so we asked what the deal was and he said that they seat people based on party size because it’s so small. So they sat a foursome before us (we were 3) even though they got there 20 minutes after us. Not cool. Finally we were seated at a mini table where they gave us a foot stool as one of the seats. Not cool. Finally got another chair after lots of huffing and puffing.
We ordered the large sample platter and small cheese platter. it was delicious. Everything tasted great. The food was really very good. The spinach dip, tabouli salad, hummus, tzatziki and all that deliciousness. The waiter was not friendly, not interesting in telling us what was “the best” and what we had to order. Just very unfriendly people.
The food is really good though. A friend told me she gets take out from there, which is much more appropriate considering the space/service is so worthless
Kashkaval
856 9th Ave
