Ugly Duckling - Brooklyn

Luckily, we easily found a parking spot near the restaurantWe arrived on a Sunday around 2pm and didn't have to wait for a table.

Loved the food here! Came here for dinner with the family on a Friday early evening (5:45pm) and was seated immediately.

So this review is based on the foodI ordered the salmon and pepper bacon with Mac and cheese.

We were three adults with two (nicely dressed and well mannered) kids at 5 in the evening on a Sunday. The restaurant was 1/2 empty and the rude hostess shoved us at a tall bar table in between a service station and the kitchen door. After asking someone other than the hostess were moved to a regular table. The waitstaff was either overwhelmed or just terribly trained. Service took forever, orders were wrong, and the music was unnecessarily loud. BBQ brisket tasted like it was pounded with a mallet and soaked in liquid smoke. The one good thing I can say about this place is that the onion rings were incredible.

Enjoyed the food and ambiance but the music downstairs was a little loud,could not hear my friends across the table from me!