Duet
“Some of my favorites were the tuna tartare cones, the chicken liver mousse, and the dulce de leche doughnuts.”
“We had a wonderful evening, The food and service were excellent.We ordered fried dumplings, grilled sturgeon, chicken Kiev and beef stroganoff.”
“I expected nothing less, an amazing dinner by Chef Dmitry Rodov and Chef Baker Diana Rodov, thank you very much, everything was delicious.”
Duet
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
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Fantastic!!!! My boyfriend and I have been meaning to go for almost a year, when I bought the $80 for $50 deal on Yelp, and we are definitely going back. I had the halibut special with saffron sauce and he has the filet mignon–we were both in heaven! The service was great, too. Will be returning, maybe for brunch 🙂
Lapin and I came here for a date night – with a LS voucher, who doesn't love saving money…it means more money for food & drinks…err I mean for my retirement…
We were seated right away as the restaurant wasn't very packed — although, we did have a reservation. The decor is a lovely shabby chic with antiquated white windows, which look like they have insulated windows but Lapin and I were cold during dinner (this other diner had kept her jacket on all night as well).
The male waiter that came to take our order was nice but I mentioned online there was a $100 Prix Fixe menu, he had no idea what I was talking about. The other waitress was the same thing as well. I asked how certain items were prepared as I am allergic to pork and beef and she had no idea. The service itself was mediocre at best, they didn't check in with us, slow as molasses (couple of people who came after us ate and left before we got our entree), ignore us a good portion of time, and left the table dirty.
A reviewer mentioned that the bathroom was filthy before, but the two times I went there it was decently clean. But both times, there was no soap in the bathroom and I told the wait staff. Once again, they had no idea what I was talking about.
We were served a bread basket with various types of bread with basil butter. It was tasty but some of the bread tasted stale. For appetizer, we ordered the grilled sugarcane shrimp ($16) and the escargot puffs ($16). The waitress tried selling us on the higher priced "daily" special on the shrimp but when I asked her a couple of questions she had no idea what it was. .. (it is apparently called tempura shrimp). Lapin thought his escargot was okay, but the plate they served it on was too tiny causing crumbs/flakes and him dropping his food on the table. The plate had four serving placement and each was the size of sauce plate. And on each was one soup dumpling size puff that needed at least 2 bites… He took another plate from the neighboring table and was happy after that. The shrimp I ordered was a pineapple teriyaki base sauce. I was presently surprised how much I liked grilled pineapple. Here is the fun part, I ate one shrimp (it's dimly lighten in the restaurant) and it tasted weird and was a bit squishy (I had ordered shrimp fra diablo for lunch from another restaurant earlier in the day)…before I went ahead to my second piece of shrimp, I decided to take a look and poke it. I used my flashlight app, and to my great dismay noticed the top part of the shrimp was grey and the bottom half was pink…I guess at least half of it was cooked. I signaled the male waiter and he apologized and took it back to the kitchen. Meanwhile, I am dying of hunger and Lapin is eating his app. Finally, they bring me my appetizer, funny thing is, its the same exact plate they gave me before. Like seriously, you threw it on the grill, and gave me back my three shrimp along with my half eaten pineapple (they couldn't even give me a new dish)?? And that took you an extra 40 minutes..
For our entree, Lapin ordered the Stroganoff ($25) and I ordered the Grilled Branzini ($29). Lapin thought his dish was okay but a bit weird it came with sliced pickles. My fish was a whole fish and needless to say it had a lot of bones (it was also really well done and burnt on the edges, but I didn't mind). While eating I ended eating apparently a small cache of bones so while I pulling out the bones, I managed to pull out a long blonde brown hair. My hair is jet black, mid-length and tied up. Now, I feel like there were just messing with me. I got really annoyed and then after much arguing the "young manager" said he would remake my dish but last time I got the same food again. (He was also the same guy who insisted they don't use raw shrimp to cook and it was impossible for me to get raw shrimp — when the other waiter acknowledge it was raw) I asked for Chilean Sea Bass ($34). It was a small but plump piece of fish that took another 45 minutes to get to me. It came with decently tasting mash potatoes but no sauce with mash or fish. Just a piece of fish and mash potatoes on the side. Mid way, the fish was extremely hard to cut (they gave me a butter knife to use) and the fish felt a bit undercook. Lapin said it would be fine, but I am not chancing it after eating raw fish. I was soo hungry, I had to eat around it. I told them they had to comp'd us for dessert because saying "sorry" is no longer an excuse. But after starting to feel ill, I said I don't want to see any dessert or fish anymore. The manager snarkily replied "they don't serve fish dessert". I asked them for 2 glasses of Prosecco which was decent. I had sip and felt more sick (could be from exhaustion and an empty stomach). We waiting for another 30 minutes before we got tired and left because no one was coming to us. We still had to pay for the meal, which was pricey for the serving size, even with the bad service and mediocre taste.
This place has potential, but is currently lacking in a lot of places.
First off, the service needs a lot of fixing. Came for brunch and our waiter was very off putting and came off as very bitter. When asking for recommendations, he had nothing to say but that everything was good. I'm assuming all restaurants would say all their stuff is amazing so that was no help. He was curt and dismissive and his face was definitely frozen as he did not smile – not even once. Asked for potatoes and came salad and fries. We had to hail down another waiter which was much more sharp but he also came off as dismissive. Just this second one was a know it all I think I'm better than you kind of dismissive. I actually felt offended by the second one who kept going "Aight Alraaaight, I'll fix it" like he was doing me a huge favor. A bad dining experience with the staff ruins the overall experience for me and that's exactly how I felt.
Food – Good, could be better. I loved loved loved the hollandaise sauce on my lobster eggs benedict, but I'm questioning the eggs. It literally looks like a hard boiled eggs with NO runny yolks like an eggs benedict should be. I'm use to having my poached runny eggs and these two eggs just didn't do it for me. I still enjoyed my entree for the hard boiled eggs topped with hollandaise sauce and lobster chunks that it was, but it definitely wasn't the dish that I was expecting.
Overall, I would not come here again because I don't want my day to be ruined by unprofessional bitter people.
Probably one of the worst non-chain dining experiences I've had in NYC.
We stopped by on a weekday evening at 6:30, and we ordered a dozen oysters while we waited for the fourth member of our party to arrive. We then ordered another dozen oysters ten minutes later, and the total two dozen only arrived roughly 30 minutes after that (and were not that good either). It doesn't seem like oysters should take that long to shuck, especially when there were so few parties in the restaurant to begin with. We also ordered several drinks, but the waitresses did not seems to know the menu well, and the drinks were also fairly bland. The entrees themselves were below average, the duck entrees were fairly overcooked, and given the overall wait, we couldn't take the chance to order dessert and risk it having come an hour later. Overall, service and drinks were poor and the food mediocre–definitely far better options in the area on all counts.
First time trying this place, but I loved it! I came for brunch on Sunday with one other friend and even though the free house-infused vodka shot says only valid from 5pm-8pm, our server honored it! We got the lychee and watermelon vodka shots and both were so good!
For entrees, we both ordered the truffle lobster eggs Benedict based on our server's recommendation and other Yelp reviews. Anything truffle or lobster always catches my eye, but to have them both together was amazing! I got to try the Barrow Street Bubbles cocktail that my friend got, and that was also really refreshing! Can't wait to come back here and try the dinner menu!
Food isn't bad but pricey for what it is.
I was there for a weekend brunch with a Gilt City voucher. Turned out that the voucher didn't save us much. Essentially got free drinks.
Vast majority of items I saw in Yelp photos were unavailable on the one page brunch menu, which had a very limited selection.
Had Lardon salad, which was good but I'm not fully convinced i should pay entree price for a relatively simple (even if large) frisée salad with some croutons, bacon, and champagne vinaigrette.
Eggs Benedict were good but again not great value proposition.
Nice trendy decor. I guess they are still ramping up so could have been an off day.
I needed a place to goto eat with some friends I haven't seen in a while, and being that it was last minute it was great I could book an reservation quickly. I really loved the decor it was quiet nice and you could enjoy people watching when you got tired of talking. The food was a bit pricy but tasted alright. Our server seemed new which was fine, she seemed like she was trying really hard at her new gig. I think we all then left happy and full and it was a great night out.
My experience here was bizarre. They do a lot of types of food and drinks that are each just ok and sometimes downright strange, perhaps a casualty of trying to fuse so many cuisines. My boyfriend ordered filet mignon which, to our surprise, came out hibachi style and then was overcooked. It tasted good but was not what was expected! My tuna tartar was sickly sweet and inedible. Overall the menu was not a good predictor of what would end up at the table.
The manager was in the front of the house standing at the bar on her laptop the entire time which I found unprofessional. The strangest thing is that they were blaring pop club music from ~10 years ago. Blaring. Club. Music. It was completely mismatched with an otherwise sleek design. The only other clientele were people over 50. Made no sense at all.
I honestly find myself wondering if these other reviews are true?