NYC restaurant recs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peter Lugars is terrible. Google the infamous NYT review of Peter Lugars.

Tons of good Korean restaurants in Korean town along 32nd street.

Peter Luger’s can’t be too bad, it’s nearly impossible to get a decent reservation there.
I read that NYT review many years ago. Sounded like there was more to the story and that the reviewer was disgruntled.

Famous =/= good

[Anonymous]

Wondee Siam Thai
[phone]
https://goo.gl/maps/BMhXihZGvpkciE5r8

Come in off hours, it gets (at least used to get) pretty busy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peter Lugars is terrible. Google the infamous NYT review of Peter Lugars.

Tons of good Korean restaurants in Korean town along 32nd street.

Peter Luger’s can’t be too bad, it’s nearly impossible to get a decent reservation there.
I read that NYT review many years ago. Sounded like there was more to the story and that the reviewer was disgruntled.

Famous =/= good

+1. I’m sure it’s fine, but it has a reputation for being a tourist trap. My NyC friends prefer Keen’s for steak. It’s on 36th street in Manhattan.

[Anonymous]

Bodhi in Chinatown. It's amazing vegan and kosher dim sum and other plates. Very reasonable. Get the soup dumplings for sure. They're extremely yummy (and yes, I'm older than 8 years old).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peter Lugars is terrible. Google the infamous NYT review of Peter Lugars.

Tons of good Korean restaurants in Korean town along 32nd street.

Peter Luger’s can’t be too bad, it’s nearly impossible to get a decent reservation there.
I read that NYT review many years ago. Sounded like there was more to the story and that the reviewer was disgruntled.

Famous =/= good

+1. I’m sure it’s fine, but it has a reputation for being a tourist trap. My NyC friends prefer Keen’s for steak. It’s on 36th street in Manhattan.

I’ve been to most of the well known independent steakhouses in NYC (except for Luger’s). Keen’s, imho, was on the lower end. Perhaps it was an off night, not sure. And, to be fair, I always order a porterhouse so that I can have some basis of comparison.

[Anonymous]

-Quatorze UES 1st & 82nd
-Blue Hill near Washington Square
-Balthazar is a staple with great people watching.
-Or Pastis in Meatpacking
-Nougatine (more causal part of Jean-Georges) near Columbus Circle. Our favorite is to sit at the bar and have martinis, good wine and dinner.
-Marea on Central Park South near Columbus Circle.
-Best $1 Pizza on Broadway @ 55th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bodhi in Chinatown. It's amazing vegan and kosher dim sum and other plates. Very reasonable. Get the soup dumplings for sure. They're extremely yummy (and yes, I'm older than 8 years old).

Insanely good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Peter Lugars is terrible. Google the infamous NYT review of Peter Lugars.

Tons of good Korean restaurants in Korean town along 32nd street.

Peter Luger’s can’t be too bad, it’s nearly impossible to get a decent reservation there.
I read that NYT review many years ago. Sounded like there was more to the story and that the reviewer was disgruntled.

Famous =/= good

+1. I’m sure it’s fine, but it has a reputation for being a tourist trap. My NyC friends prefer Keen’s for steak. It’s on 36th street in Manhattan.

I’ve been to most of the well known independent steakhouses in NYC (except for Luger’s). Keen’s, imho, was on the lower end. Perhaps it was an off night, not sure. And, to be fair, I always order a porterhouse so that I can have some basis of comparison.

Keens is on more than one best steakhouse in NYc list. Its reviews are far better than Peter Luger.

[Anonymous]

Raku
Ruffian
Scarr's pizza (Sicilian)
Hideout chai bar
Shu Jiao Fuzhou
Dough donuts
Breads bakery
Take 31
Uncle boons sister
Midwinter kitchen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is surprisingly difficult to find "yummy" places there.

[Anonymous]

My favorite West Village spots:

Bobo
Waverly Inn
Entwine
Perry Street NYC
Frevo
Extra Virgin
Yuco
EN Japanese Brasserie
Les Trois Chevaux
Ciccio NYC

[Anonymous]

OP I agree with you, it's sometimes hard to find the good places, hard to know without doing research prior to arriving.

I personally LOVE Tacombi, they have a couple of locations (and opening one in Bethesda this year!)

Also, there is Mercado Little Spain, a concept by Jose Andres, it's kind of like a food hall, with different Spanish specialties.

[Anonymous]

Bumping this thread to see if anyone has recs around Times Square/Broadway. We are going to a show.

[Anonymous]

Bea
La Pecora Bianca
BXL Zoute (gets loud)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well I do have a good palate, thus wanting good restaurants. I’m able to move around city so village/soho, Chelsea and upper east or west. Any cuisine.

Jesus Christ, just go to Eater, Infatuation, Yelp, etc. There are extensive lists of great restaurants in every neighborhood, every cuisine. Do your own work!

OK what is the point of this. If you don’t have anything to add then don’t post. The whole point of DCUM is to get ideas from people. Of course the OP could do research but he or she is trying to narrow things down that’s the entire point. Why do you need to be an ass?

The fact that so many people are being so rude and refusing to recommend restaurants confirms my opinion that NY has a few superb high-end restaurants, a handful of good neighborhood restaurants, and a metric ton of mediocre restaurants that either cater to tourists or appear to be fronts for money laundering. They other option is that they really didn’t know, and just don’t want to admit it.