"The restaurant inside is TINY …the bar , kitchen areas and bar counter takes up the inside space providing about 6-8 seats inside. We were seated reservations a must) in the rear of the property and enclosed outside area… heaters available. Cute… I guess. Metal chairs and wobbly tables no a problem just warning you) . Food .. nothing authentic about the meals. FYI there was no crab cakes this day. Servers were nice…but no there was no timely service at all. It may have been out our fault , we didn’t have any alcoholic beverages, so we were overlooked, the appetizers came out after the entrees and the orders were a bit mixed up. Oh I forgot to say, this was my birthday! I was having an end of a birthday weekend Sunday dinner with five of my family members in the Bedford Stuyvesant community where my Mother still reside . I can go on and on about how bad this dinner experience was but I will sum It up by saying it’s a watering hole and if you have several alcoholic beverages you may not mind the time it takes to get your food or even that you received your appetizers after the main course or that it took over 30 minutes to get a cup hot tea for your 82 year old mother. Did I say ? It was actually my 61st birthday! So, we made the best out of the ill experience at the Grotto. Try it out for yourself... just make sure you are drinking alcohol, do not really want to speak to anyone , music is loud)and you are not hungry! It’s definitely an experience. They did COMP the tea and the wings that came when we were ready to make out exit."
