So this Valentines Day (02/14/11) was the first V-day for my wife and I as a married couple. I wanted to do something special and memorable. So went to NYC and I got tickets to Cupid's Comedy Show and Dinner and upgraded to VIP seats, which was supposed to inlcude, a rose for my wife, a dinner each, 2 drinks, and a dessert to split. Thinking this was gonna be romantic I was pretty excited, until we got there... What I expected was a nice theater, with booth seating, like what you see when you watch comedy central and a decent dinner, pasta's and chicken, nothing too fancy, but classy. When we got to the theater, first thing I noticed, this isnt a nice place. Its a bit of a hole in the wall dump. Not at all what I expected to find in the middle of Times Square. There was people harrassing passer- bys to buy tickets to the show, kind of like how they do on the streets of Las Vegas for strip clubs. After a short wait we went inside, and they couldnt find my reservation, and had to see my receipt, no problem really just seemed odd they didnt have it ready to go. Than we went upstairs, and other than a few other out of towners, who looked just as worried as I felt, the majority of the people looked like those guys you see selling crack on NYC cop drama shows, and their obnoxious girlfriends. After another short wait, they called for VIP ticket holders, and we were shown to our seats, which was a tiny end table with two tiny bar stools about a foot from the stage, which meant looking up the whole time, and was pretty cramped. My wife got her rose, fine there. The show started, waitresses started going around for drink orders, and somehow ours disappeared and didnt even take our drink order until the 3rd act started, by which point most of the other people had already been served food and finished eating. Finally our drinks came and they took our food order. Oh and the food they were serving was, get this, chicken tenders, grilled cheese, and burgers... Ya im not kidding... REAL impressive V-day dinner... The fifth and headlining act started, waitress said they had a mix up and food would be out soon, and we ordered a 2nd round of drinks. Well the show ended, we never got the 2nd round of drinks, our food, or the dessert. We had to wait 20 minutes to speak to anyone, and was told nothing could be done to tonight but gave us a number to call the next day. Which I did while waiting on our flight home, and surprise surprise he's not in... I really doubt well ever get our money back... So anyways, there we are, middle of Times Square, on V-day, hungry, and not having a reservation anywhere it was impossible to get a table. Eventually we ended up waiting in line for 2 hours at Planet Hollywood, which had decent enough food, but you can eat at one anywhere, who goes to NYC and wants to eat at a chain restauraunt? I probably could have let the whole food issue slide, but to make it worse, the show itself was just plain terrible... Only 2 out of the 5 acts was bearable, with a few funny one liners. The second comic didnt get a single laugh at all. And as others have said, they did do a pretty good job of picking on the crowd, and singling people out, to me thats part of the show but I could see how that would offend some people. All in all I wasnt the least bit impressed, if your in town or from NYC and want a cheap laugh sure give it a shot. But if your from out of town, or trying to impress a date, i would NOT recommend this place. Spend the extra money and go to a broadway show.
more