Happy Ending
Happy Ending
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Good For Dancing: Yes
Coat Check: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
3 reviews
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Way way way too hip(ster)ish!
That aside, this place might have the best steak tartare in Manhattan. Although the chips they serve with the tartare are quite good, I recommend asking for a side of bread. The bread they have is fantastic and goes great with the meat!
That's it. Awesome tartare!
My friend loves it here and insisted I try it out. Even though I knew of its poor Yelp rating, I decided to trust my friend and come. Big mistake. I can't speak for the downstairs vibe, but upstairs was completely dead. On a Friday night. At
Midnight. I can see why! The music was super strange. Eclectic, alternative, old school? I have no idea what genre they were playing, but it's nothing I've ever heard before. My two friends and I all got drinks and none were drinkable! They were cocktails and absolutely disgusting. Like, I physically could not consume it. Absolute shame I brought my out-of-town friend here and wasted our time.
Moral of the story: always trust Yelp. Yelp will never steer you wrong. Yelp is life.
KenScale: 7.0/10
Happy Ending is a new restaurant that has transformed from massage parlor turned bar. It is located nearby Chinatown, with a retro dining room that makes you feel like you're at a club instead of a restaurant. When I arrived, the place was packed with young, handsome crowd. Unfortunately, the food from kitchen helmed by a chef who once ran the kitchen at a Michelin-starred restaurant in France, didn't quite live up to the expectations.
The identity of the dishes is a bit puzzling at Happy Ending. It seems to have French accent and influence, but it wasn't particularly obvious. Mac and cheese with four cheese truffle was tasty but nothing about Tuscan chopped salad impressed me. Roasted mustard chicken was adequately cooked, but it didn't have a distinguishing feature in flavor or texture. Salmon with green curry sauce wasn't even cooked properly, not showing any texture, while I felt filet mignon with spinach and pine nuts was overcooked. A side of gratin saved the day, along with mac and cheese. Both desserts that my dining group tried (pot de creme and bread pudding) were serviceable, but again it was hard to find anything that wowed me.
The place seems to be a go-to hang out place for young crowd in the neighborhood, so you'll either love or hate the clubby atmosphere. Getting a reservation isn't particularly hard, and the restaurant has a full bar with some nice cocktail selections. I was really hoping that Happy Ending would be the type of underrated surprise restaurant I'm always fond of going to and visting again, but unfortunately the dining experience wasn't quite there. Do check this place out if you're inclined to hang out for drinks in a chic setting.