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“The monkfish was expertly cooked, and turned out to be an incredibly tender piece of fish that was relatively mild in briney, fish-like flavor.”
“After ordering cocktails our dinner started with a plate of thinly sliced kohlrabi with radish and walnuts.”
“And even though we didn't get the additional cheese course, which I regret not doing, it looked pretty heavenly at the table next to us.”
Contra
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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Perfect.
Excellent meal! Lots of great flavors and textures. Every course was delicious with a few at the 'wow' level. Very creative and perfectly executed. We started with cocktails and moved on to a nice bottle of Loire Anjou Blanc. Service was excellent and the setting comfortable. Can't wait to return.
Delicious and cute tasting menu. It's cool that they have a set tasting menu and only offer that so it does away with the struggle of having to decide exactly what dishes you want. The portions aren't that big and we also got the bread appetizer as well to be satisfied but not entirely full. I was already not that hungry from lunch but it definitely wasn't enough to completely make my boyfriend full. The biggest downside would have to be how they stretch the time between courses to be so longg so you're literally left there waiting for a while. Would have been better if there was a shorter waiting time in between courses.
With the same name as one of my favorite Nintendo video games growing up, I knew this place was gonna be good. And I didn't have to punch in the cheat code…up down left right… (Sorry if you don't get this reference). But if you do, then you KNOW what I'm talkin about! Anyways, let's just cut to the chase! While we were in NYC, we went with a big group of friends for a birthday. This place did not disappoint as each dish that came out you knew the chefs had talent to make delicious food! I believe they recently were awarded with best new chefs in Food and Wine! kudos!
The restaurant has a tasting menu of a variety of small dishes that seemed to maintain its infusion of creativity while attacking all your taste buds. My favorites were the ceviche and mackerel (not fishy and just made me forget I was eating fish). The chicken dish was also out of this world. I don't know what the chefs do to the food but please keep it up! It's amazing. It's like getting slapped in the face and liking it and wanting more!! Definitely a place to go in NYC that is not pretentious and the quality of what you get at their price is well worth it! Oh and the service was beyond exceptional. 8 of us sat at the bar while also getting great interaction with the best bartender! Totally forgot her name but she made our experience drinking cocktails educational and fun! Doesn't hurt that she takes pride in making the drinks while genuinely just a nice person! Made us all feel like we were just hanging out at a friends house. Highly recommend stopping by for a high class meal for decent price!
The Good:
– reasonable price for tasting menu
– chefs are amazingly and annoyingly talented!
– food orgasms in your mouth
– service awesome, particularly host and bartender.
– non pretentious which is a plus compared to other NYC establishments
– ambience is fantastic, nice decor
The Bad:
– no food orgasm for you if you don't go
– would have liked even more courses! 😉
The Ugly:
– your face if you don't go!
Came for the dinner with Andre Chiang from Singapore's Restaurant Andre and the food was excellent. Started with the baby mushroom croquet en bouche, which was a tasty little bite of mushroom. The oyster, lapsing gelee and peas was a cold dish that incorporates a tea gelee with cold oysters and peas. The dish was a nice contrast to the mushroom started. Next came the rose champagne, heirloom tomatoes and poisson de roche, which was a sweet raw fish dish. The rose champagne, flowers, and tomatoes gave the dish a sweet taste that I normally don't associate with raw fish. The king crab, celery sabayon and capers was OK, although the crab was good. The celery mousse was interesting and had the essence of celery in a creamy texture. One of the main courses was Elysian Fields lamb with scallop lasagna and cresson-wasabe. The lamb and scallop lasagna were both very good. Next came quail with fave and cherries. The quail was good but a little difficult to eat. For dessert, there was home made Camembert cheese with hay ice cream. The cheese was great but I could do without the essence of hay in my ice cream. The dishes were inventive and interesting with a few hits and a few misses. Was it worth $180? Probably not but I did get a copy of Octophilosophy on my way out.
Wanted to like them so bad but alas nope you can taste the passion and the desire but the execution was just short. It was a good meal but there was something missing..salt of textures.
Yes, it's good value for the 5 courses you get but honestly the tastiest thing we ate was the bread (that they charge you $6 extra for). I'd actually go back just to eat 3 loaves of that bread. We re-upped our bread order multiple times and the 4 of us fought over the pieces.
We came in without an reservation thinking we'll just grab their 3-course dinner at the bar, but the manager was very accommodating and not only put together tables for us, but checked up on us frequently, explained the food, etc.
And the food.
Scallops, prepared sashimi style in sauce, very tasty – 4.5
Potatoes, topped with some beautifully fragrant greens to cut the creaminess, which was promptly devoured – 4.5
Hot sour dough bread and butter, extra charge and absolutely worth it, so much I was tempted to ask if I could buy 3 more to go – 5
Cod was the best dish of the night, tenderly prepared and drenched in a aromatic celery sauce – 5
Cheese plate – cheese, served with wild flower honey that is absolutely awe inspiring – 5
Dessert 1 and 2, I heard from my friends they were absolutely delicious, but having recently cut out refined sugars from my diet…. you'll have to try it for yourself.
And did I mention fantastic value? At $67 for a 6 course pre-fixe, this is an great deal at a rustically chic restaurant serving up some very well made food. Look forward to coming back.