Brasserie Cognac
“For appetizers, we snacked on the cheese puffs since we went to Faces and Names for drinks.”
“Our target was another place for brunch, but it was frickin' freezing in Time Square and we stumbled across this place by chance.”
“My wife had the steak frites and I had the beef Bourguignon both were excellent.”
Brasserie Cognac
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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Had breakfast here, and it was a great experience. The atmosphere is very nice, and everything was very clean. Had a cappuccino, which was nicely made and delicious. For my meal, I had the egg white frittata, which was so delicious! The outside was crispy, and the sauteed onions and tomatoes on top were yummy. I would definately come back here for breakfast, as the prices were quite reasonable for a sit down restaurant.
Had the Salad Nicoise off the lunch menu and added the $7 seared tuna upgrade. I have never felt to ripped off in my life. The salad was all potato and green beans. A very tiny portion of seared tuna was provided for the $7 up charge. The salad was $17 on its own with some other tuna…
The salad was so small and underwhelming. I asked for my dressing on the side… That did not happen.
My recommendation would be to avoid this place. It's not a nice French restaurant, it's just a restaurant that serves bad food with French names….
I had been to this location before a number of years ago. A neighbor called me late on night and asked if i wanted to step out for a late snack. I was reading so I said yes-let's go! We were seated immediately and i got a cup of coffee and my friend ordered a cocktail. He ended up getting the truffle mac and I got the snail appetizer. There was bread on the table which was great. The waitstaff was very pleasant and we were taken care of quickly. It is a nice sized space and is set up like a typical Parisian brasserie. There are many choices in terms of what to eat-I would recommend and return-the food was delicious.
A great dining spot to people watch with outdoor seating on Broadway. We stopped in for dinner and a few drinks before the Broadway play Blackbird, with Jeff Daniels (the restaurant was visible from our hotel room). I ordered the strawberry basil martini to start, it was tasty, all the main flavors were present. My bestie ordered a martini special with cucumber flavors, I loved it. We ordered the fondue, cheese puffs, and shared the prix fix deal. The cheese puffs were scrumptious, crisp and light filled with flavor. The fondue wine flavor was stronger than expected, but delicious and who doesn't love a basket of fresh French bread. The prix fix meal came with salad, entree and dessert. The entree we chose was croquet Monsieur, ham and cheese baked into a light crispy bread. A few ladies from Milwaukee were sitting on the inside of the restaurant while we were outside dining and waved to us. The waiter was nice enough to open the doors so we could speak. How sweet. They even shared their bottle of Champagne with us and we returned the favor. My friend and I shared a glass of cognac which the waiter suggested, being I am mostly a craft beer/ pub kinda gal. We went back the next day of an after breakfast drink. Their choices of cognac vary in price from $12 to over $300 a glass. If you like cognac, French food, people watching and good service stop by and enjoy a great meal. Cognac is elegant and welcoming.
Came here for lunch during restaurant week. I am in the area often and pass this restaurant all the time but never thought of walking in.
From the outside, I though it was a low key place like a diner. After walking in I was pleasantly surprised. It's actually classy and mid to upscale inside.
Service was good and 3 of us were in and out in about an hour after three courses. When I take lunch at work I always worry about time and was happy that we were not delayed by services and were done in the hour mark.
The food was great. I loved the pumpkin soup and the dessert was amazing! If I wasn't in public I would have licked the plate. I had duck as a main course and it was tasty but messy to get off the bone.
I am glad I got a chance to try the place and must say I enjoyed the food.
Had breakfast here on Saturday morning. Elegant yet welcoming. Menu choices ranged from omelets to lemon pancakes to homemade brioche and eggs all with a French accent. Service was attentive and respectful. You must try the cheese puff appetizer. Prices about the same as the Brooklyn Diner a few blocks away but without the wait the noise and the tourists.
Came here for Restaurant week 2016 and walked away feeling hungry…
The restaurant is beautiful and i really like the lighting but I really cant stand restaurants with TINY portions and lack of flavor.
My first course was Escargot and it was like chewing rubber. the garlic sauce was okay and i dipped my bread it in.
My main course was the cod fish and risotto. the risotto is very flavorful but the dish stops there. Cod fish was tiny and tasteless.
My dessert was the "floating island" and it was equally unmemorable.
I would not be returning.
I went here for NYC restaurant week this week. I did the $38 dinner with my Fiancee. We chose this place because it had escargot which as you may or may not know is a french delicacy.
Anyway, we order our food and enjoy the ambiance of the place. I ordered the soup de jour which was lentil soup and my fiancee ordered the escargot. She loved her food, however, mine was very much under seasoned to the point of bland water. I had to add extra salt and pepper. My fiancee thought i was weird but tried a bite of it and was in agreement with me.
Our main course I ordered the duck leg and my fiancee ordered the cod. Both portions were tremendously small compared to the actual regular meal. I know this because the table next to us ordered from the main menu and ended up with larger portions.
Finally we had both desserts. I enjoyed my fiancee's the most while my molten lava cake was more solid then molten which was a huge disappointment.
Overall the ambiance was nice, calming and peaceful. We talked forever about our day. The wait staff was attentive with refilling our waters. The only disappointment of the day was the bland food and slim portions. I understand restaurant week is to get people to broad their horizons, however, it should contain normal portion sizes. In the end i though this would be an experience that brings us back here again and again but alas this will be our only visit.