The Wright

Very disappointed. Burgers were over cooked, chicken was dry. Agree with others about food being extremely salty. For the prices, they need better quality control in the kitchen.

Decent food but pretty expensive for what it is.

Sometimes food is art. Sometimes art is food. Sometimes food in the same building as art in a room that has a peculiar shape and reminds you of Liam Gillick and conceptual art … oh wait. To switch to the more specific topic of brunch:
No to:
Caesar Salad
Yes to:
Crab cakes (but ask them to make the crust a bit more crisp)
If you are feeling lazy and prefer to eat within close proximity to priceless works of art, this place is for you.
+
Not crowded!

Amazing modern restaurant for brunch on the ground floor of the Guggenheim museum.
I saw someone next to me enjoying the braised short ribs with poached egg, polenta and Bernaise sauce; they recommended it highly so I ordered that… It was wonderfully presented and delicious.
If you’re a fan of contemporary, this is definitely a great restaurant to visit with its sleek modern design and impressive contemporary Décor and layout.
The latte was also great.

Came in Sunday about 1pm or so. Had Escarole Salad, Avocado, Breakfast Radish, Serrano Chili, Lemon Vinaigrette and Add Grilled Chicken. Could not identify the Serrano Chili or breakfast radish. Salad consisted of a bed of greens that was very fresh, chicken and avocado. Tasted great. Had Peach Cheesecake, Apricot Compote which was a small square, but tasted great. Also had two glasses of white wine that worked well with the salad. Good location. Staff was nice and service was prompt. They have a special happy hour on Mondays. May try that. Recommend ordering the salmon or burger.

The Wright is a slick space in the Guggenheim. We went for brunch on a Saturday. Menu was just OK and we were all underwhelmed. The service was very good but we all had different dishes and they were all fairly bland. Pricey also.
Design — 4 stars
Service– 4 stars
Food– 2.5 stars
Value — 2 stars

Very disappointed. Arrived for a late lunch, about 3 pm on a Friday. Menu sounded good. Found it Bizarre that you have «fine» dining if you sit in a booth and café food served on paper plates if you sit at one of the bars. The design of the restaurant is part of why I wanted to eat there and it was pretty nice.
Our waiter was very nice and friendly although never refilled our water or tea.
The food… Salmon over kale was excellent. Kale and cauliflower salad was good. The burger on a brioche bun arrived on an English muffin??? Completely killed it for me. The salad that came with it was so salty I could not eat it. And by salty I mean it was twice as salty as the potato chips that also came with it.
A few peeves that should be addressed. Every time a patron flushes the toilet of dries their hands in the restrooms down the hall, you hear it. The kitchen closed while we were dining and we were offered desert about ¾ of the way through our meal, which was appreciated. The individual behind the bar counting out the cash drawer, clanking every coin in it was unacceptable.
The look is there the menu sounds good. Delivery was just miserable for the money spent.

Looks fancy but very disappointing with the food at lunch menu! Cold, plain and overpriced for What it is! Im not very pick usually and it really disturbed me! Love food and I was really expecting more! The service was ok !

Came here for a lunch with some girls. I always love the Guggenheim but didn’t even go into the museum this time, and never had dined in the restaurant before. The restaurant was quiet with only a couple other tables occupied. The menu had a nice selection but since I had a few too many the night before I opted for the burger.
We started with chips and guac for the table. It was good, but not the best I have ever had. The burger and fries were good, not great. One of my friends had the carrot soup, which looked amazing. The service was just ok.
I would come back for lunch with ladies, but only if I were in the area. It is a good place to take friends who are visiting from out of town when the are touring the park and museums.

When spending $ 60 per person for lunch to eat at a restaurant like this you have certain expectations. Among those are that you will get the food that you order and fairly good service. If you are eating at Burger King you don’t expect a high quality meal and an attentive waitstaff. Conversely when dining at an establishment like «The Wright» you do expect them. This review isn’t to say that this was the worst food I have ever eaten but rather it is some of the worst food that I have ever paid $ 60 a person for lunch for.
One of the very main issues is that they didn’t serve the food that was advertised. My wife ordered the pasta of the day which was supposed to have muscles and shrimp in it. The muscles were easily identified but when we pointed out to the waiter that there was no shrimp in the dish he responded that there is shrimp it is just to small to see. Unless they are serving sea monkeys I believe that most shrimp are visible to the naked eye and if the shrimp truly are to small so see I would think maybe that should have been made clear at the time of ordering.
I ordered Rosemary Roasted Chicken with Mashed Potatoes. I did get some chicken but it did not taste the slightest bit of rosemary and it came with this strange brown gravy that while OK, it was not what I was expecting. Also the only Mashed Potatoes on a plate the size of a 14″ pizza was about a tablespoon full used as a glue to hold the chicken to the plate. There was also a side of carrots that were served severely overcooked and cold. It had the consistency of a Del Monte canned carrot just poured straight onto the plate at room temperature. Again not the worst food I have ever eaten but a REALLY poor value for the price.
We finished with an Apple Crumble and a dollop of gelato. This was one of the most unremarkable deserts I have ever eaten. The Gelato was served too warm and was mostly melted by the time the plate arrived at the table and the apple crumble was fiarly cold at room temperature. The apple crumble I had expected would have some notes of a nice brown sugar and apple, but was in fact a very bland desert with almost no taste. It was like eating a hockey puck of cardboard. The Gelato taste was excellent but there was barely more than a teaspoon full of it on the plate and it was mostly melted.
I spoke to the waiter and gave him my grievances, and he pretended to no longer speak English and basically blew off the complaints. Because we ate most of the food I paid for the meal, but I also spoke to the Manger and let her know that they had done and extremely poor job in the quality of food and the service. My advice to you is to avoid this restaurant unless they lower their prices to a Burger King level, because that it the quality of food and service that this establishment provides.

Love their brunch menu and cocktail menu!
It’s located in the ground floor of Guggenheim museum. Nice decoration. Friendly service.
We ordered Benedict ($ 22) and hunger steak.($ 22)
Steak comes with eggs and chips. Really delicious.
Ham Benedict tastes ok. Desserts are good too. We had mixed berries and gelato ($ 10)
My favorite is their wine cocktail-​NOW.($ 12) Really refreshing and sweet.

New York City has some fine museum restaurants, and The Wright located in the Guggenheim is one of them. The white space is the perfect place to take a break from the museum experience, with excellent food to match. We both had the $ 30 2-​course Prix Fixe. Both the cured salmon with salad and the seared tuna were cooked to perfection. Service was excellent! Must remember this restaurant even when we’re not visiting the museum.

Enter a basically triangular space, on the smallish side, in primarily white (floors and tables) with punches of color in slats on the walls, over the porthole windows.
There is a sleek bar which occupies just under a third of the space with banquettes on an ell, with a communal high-​top table with pride-​of-​place in the center. There is also a lovely surfboard shaped table for 8, with half the seating in chairs, the other in a curved banquette mirroring the shape of the table. The seating is perfectly designed for parties of any size to be comfortable.
A pleasant looking space, but even with hard surfaces and conversations everywhere, the noise level is low. This is rare, and a great thing, since so many people meet friends for lunch at museums, and they can catch up with each other, enjoying their own conversation.
The staff is immediately present, friendly and engaged, and remained so.
Their is an a la carte menu, as well as a Prix Fixe.
I chose a carpaccio starter, followed by risotto with lobster and fresh peas. The carpaccio was bright with micro greens, pana gradano and citrus segments. The risotto was perfectly cooked, with a well developed broth, in a heated bowl, staying warm until the last delicious bite.
Iced forte’ tea was brewed at the table, by a friendly and attentive server.
I definitely will return and recommend it for ambiance and service, as well as the food which is obviously created per the season and market availability.
The other dishes I saw passing by me were all artfully prepared, as well as artistic; fitting!

Not a bad meal for lunch after visiting the museum. The food was decent and came out quickly. We had the risotto and chicken dish. Both dishes were fine but I would have been disappointed if we were at a higher end restaurant.
The restaurant itself is nice and has a modern feel. Service as mentioned was prompt but the waiters seemed to busy too give good service.
I’d only recommend eating here if you’re really hungry and don’t feel like walking to a restaurant close by.

Nice environment and service. I like the beef there. The price is a little bit high but still reasonable for the food. I will definitely go there again.

Pretty good, didn’t blow me over. The eggplant, red pepper and goat cheese terrine was pretty, and the chicken schnitzel was tasty, but I’m not sure the prices are justified. I suppose it’s what the market will bear — The Wright (or is it «The The Wright»?) is attached to the almighty Guggenheim, the Mecca to hipsters worldwide. That in and of itself lends cachet, I suppose. After all, apparently the reason why dinner service is no more is because of the huge demand for private events at night. Really? People want to buy the space out so often that dinner service is no longer? Well, excuse me.
Worth the try, I don’t regret it, but I don’t think I’ll be back.

Lovely little restaurant within the Guggenheim with great food and contemporary décor! My other half had a artfully designed square block of rib meat on top of polenta and I had my diet fare of asparagus with pistachios and a side of brussel sprouts. Everything was really delicious and beautifully presented. And since I was still somewhat starving after eating just veggies, we got a plate of black and white cookies and coffee to balance out my «dieting on vacation» mode. It was well worth it.
Highly recommended restaurant.

Still holds up. Still worth a visit. Delight your significant other with a small but sexy, indulgent NYC museum brunch. Most of the criticism of The Wright is probably well deserved. $ 22 entrees and $ 12 cocktails still rile the tourists.

Excellent brunch menu at a trendy spot. Dessert was under whelming. Coffee was good and so were the entrees. Relatively empty so did not need a reservation.
I thought the ambience was very stylish.
Service was A-​ok.

Discovering a café restaurant with a fine dining experience within the Guggenheim was the most pleasant discovery in our trip to uptown New York.
Its a small and cozy restaurant designed by Andre Kikoski. For some reason I really loved being in the room and after days of being stuck in the people polluted streets of New York, this place seemed refreshing to be in.
Their prices were reasonable compared to the pricey and shitty meals I’ve had to put up with around the times square area in the last few days. I had the cold soup and the asparagus risotto, a great meal to have on a hot muggy summer day.
My mom loved this place even more, having the chance to relax here while I went about my time exploring the Guggenheim. She sat around having coffee and casually observed the people that dined. Creeeeepy mom, haha