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Hard Rock Cafe


3.5 of 5 stars 118 ratings
  • Cuisines: American, Hamburgers, Family Fare, Fast Food
  • 1501 Broadway, New York City, NY 10036
  • Price range: $10-$30
  • Dining options: Reservations
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72% Recommend
  • Excellent
    32
  • Very Good
    39
  • Average
    21
  • Poor
    12
  • Terrible
    14
Rating summary
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  • Atmosphere
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londonwes...
London, Canada
44 reviews
2 of 5 stars Reviewed May 29, 2011 - NEW

It's funny they live their life on a name and attach themselves to huge tourist locations. We visited this location at Times Square because we had never been to one of these Hard Rock Cafes. We will never go to one again. There is so much more awesome food and atmosphere offered elsewhere at many of these tourist hot spots...

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Birmingha...
Birmingham, United Kingdom
7 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 26, 2011
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Only went in for a few drinks and unfortunately sat in an area of the restaurant been watched over by Steve, the slowest barman in the West. No chance of having one too many with this guy in the game, slow is not the word. The beer was ok, although the cocktails weren't very strong at all. Atmosphere was decent...

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lilkare
tripadvisor[karen]
9 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 24, 2011

Food - Was fine - nothing extraordinary. Ordered fajitas they were good, my fiance ordered a pulled pork sandwich we both enjoyed out meals. It was better then the majority of the meals I had on our visit to NYC - much better than Planet Hollywood. Wait - 30 minute wait to get into the restaurants.. if you don't want...

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belle079
Bristol, United Kingdom
10 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 13, 2011

we been to the hard rock cafe in amsterdam which was excellent, when we arrived at the hard rock cafe in nyc we were put on a waiting list in which our name appears on a screen in the waiting room, we were told the waiting list was 30 mins, the screen stopped working for 20 minutes & it was...

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2Muskrats
Northwest NC
7 reviews
2 of 5 stars Reviewed April 25, 2011

I don't understand it. We entered the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square and we were immediately told there was a 2 hour wait on Saturday night, April 16th. With a 2 hour wait, we expected it to be worth the wait. It wasn't. What is was was a very, very loud restaurant with most entrees in the $20 to...

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NYCTravel...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed April 19, 2011

I took my daughter to NYC for the first time and she decided on the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner...what a mistake! The 30-40 min wait ended up to be over an hour. There were manytables, yet we waited over an hour to be seated. When we finally received our meal it was awful. My daughters pulled pork...

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Riveroak
Nevada City, California
15 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 23, 2011

We went to watch super bowl on big screen. It was great....but food was greasy...wait staff overworked. Most persons at tables around us more interested in twittering than watching the game; very distracting. Drinks watery

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Champcar
Rochester,NY
4 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 20, 2011

It's one of those tourist places that just tends to suck you in even though you know better, Atmosphere is pretty cool if you like rock. Food is average chair food, but over priced. Always crowded and I feel like they have been playing the same mixed tape for 15 years.

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1969ws
5 reviews
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 6, 2011

Great food, good atmosphere. Really nice place which was surprisingly good value.

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McKTopher
Sandhills, NC
15 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed January 23, 2011

Its a "Hard Rock Cafe" after all. Its ALL about the experience of seeing old rock....crap. Fun for our kids and for the most part...its what I expected. Mediocre food and service for overpriced burgers and sandwiches. The waitress was very personable and accommodating. No complaints there. Again, the food was good, but basic...as all Hard Rock's are. Extremely overpriced,...

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