Bar Americain
“After watching Bobby Flay on the Food channel, I went to this restaurant with some nervous excitement.”
“Split fish cocktail sampler (crab-coconut, lobster-avocado, and shrimp-tomatillo) and the grilled pizza..”
“For entrees, my shrimp and grits was one of the best variations on the dish I've had.”
Bar Americain
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Coat Check: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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Very good food, great atmosphere.
We had…
Tuna tartare – amazing!
Escargot – good
Entrees
Snapper – good but a little dry
Mussels – excellent!
Pork chops with smashed potatoes – very good
The spicy tuna tartare and blue cheese dip appetizers were both quite excellent but sadly my daily special sea bass was super duper dry. It was clearly overcooked and seemed to be a waste of a nice piece of fish. At least the service was quite good.
This place was great, but did not blow me away. Both the service and the food were very good.
Recommended cocktails:
– Kentucky mule
– Old fashioned
– Cocktail with gin, St Germaine, and grapefruit
Recommended appetizers:
– The grilled pizza was amazing, it's a must-get
– The deviled eggs were very good
– The hot potato chips with cheese were also good, and apparently their specialty
Recommended entrees:
– Hanger steak
– Mussels in chile broth
– Shrimp & grits
– Saturday special of Philadelphia style strip steak
Desserts:
– Passion fruit crepes were a hit
– Cherry pie was very good
– Coffee souffle was mediocre – skip this one
Lived up to expectations- excellent service and delicious entrees. I didn't have the fried chicken but several (some southern) friends did and raved. The atmosphere was both lively sophisticated without being stuffy. I had the duck confit and it was excellent. Definitely a must stop on a visit to the Times Square/Theater District area.
So good! Great spot for doing the whole dinner and a show thing. The hot chips with bleu cheese are awesome, and so is the cauliflower goat cheese gratin.
I got the pork chop as an entree and it was a little overcooked, so I think I'd order it medium rare if I were to go back. But the flavor! The flavor was amazing! So so so tasty. It came with a quail egg, which was pretty neat, and it was perfectly browned.
We got cherry pie for dessert and it was a little dry in the filling, but the pastry was delicious and the ice cream tasted like straight up bourbon.
Nice, classy place. Plus I saw Kaley Cuoco there, so celeb bonus.
I chose to take my family here to celebrate A's graduation but we couldn't make brunch so had mid-day lunch instead. I didn't like my grilled pizza at all and wished I got the Kentucky Hot Brown instead, which my niece got and tasted really good. The burger A got was good too but I would pass on the sweet potato chicken pot pie and blue corn fried eggs too, as well as their famous hot chips. What gets to me the most though is the lack of service for such a nice restaurant, which may have been due to the late lunch at 2:30 but it still rubs me the wrong way. The waiters were never to be found and my mother had to use her napkin to wipe up a spill that my sister accidentally caused, in which she eventually just took a napkin from our neighboring table since no one was around. Though A said he would come back, I wouldn't.
Why go here when you have a choice of a million great world class restaurants and bars all in waking distance? Only came here for a work event but I did not like it at all.
I booked this place while on vacation in NYC because it's owned by my favorite celebrity chef, Bobby Flay. Though my meal and the service was great, I have to admit, the value is poor. I had duck confit and it was delicious and perfectly cooked. Our waiter was attentive and enthusiastic. However, my husband had the lamb and said he had better. My daughter had shrimp and grits and her shrimp were, well, very shrimpy. The price point is VERY high so we expected more. The ambiance is nice and it's a great location, but it's not a place I would recommend or want to visit again because you don't get much for what you pay. Sorry, Bobby Flay – I still love ya, though!