Warning: the dining room music can be LOUD.
The kitchen also salts very aggressively.
Did the Omakase at Rabbit House last night. Meal included a bottle of sake so didn’t end up bringing my own wine, although their corkage is $25.
Owner/chef in the back making all the dishes and a server/bartender waiting tables. Literally two workers.
Food was amazing quality and presentation for the money. Will post more thorough review in food forum, but highly highly recommend
Glad I learned about it from this thread!
B Squared or B Side. I can find B Side on a map in the right area. B Squared is a print shop.
B Side. Sorry! Go get a pie Michael.
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Just for the record there was a B Squared, which was associated with B Side, but according to Yelp that location has closed.
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Hawksmoor is opening Mondays starting mid-Feb presumably with the $10 corkage. Maybe the food has improved?
Anyone know any place that does good Korean BBQ and also has corkage?
The food is good. Everyone has their own favorite steakhouse and whether the price point is justified. But I the food is fine. Lamb T-Bone remains the best thing I have had there. I would do Rib Chop or Bone in Strip over the Porterhouse as well. A fun Youtube video on the spot to warm you up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azxp2M8evts
Personally, I prefer Korean/Japanese steakhouses to Western ones. Thinking of posting an offline event at Yakiniku Toraji in March… stay tuned…
Given that i believe every restaurant in k-town allows corkage with (in most cases) modest fee, i think your question becomes the best food. My vote would be either don bogam or yoon haeundae. Cote allows corkage as well if that’s your speed. In all cases, glassware will not be great.
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yeah fellow Berserker Clifton D mentione yoon haeunde, and I was at New Wonjo with Eric Guido before Omicron dropped and we rolled in with some open bottles no issues.
Antoya Korean BBQ charged, iirc, $15 per bottle when I was a dinner-invitee late last year.
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Don’t believe Don Bogam offers corkage (or at least that’s what they told me a couple months ago). I would also suggest whether you prefer your meat cooked on a fire or skillet. Yoon Haeundae does offer corkage, but a skillet and I prefer fire. Right now I am really liking Yakiniku Toraji near UN ($15 corkage right now, but will likely increase in coming months) - it is Japanese, but similar style. Cote is $65 corkage, with added issue of getting a reservation.
If you don’t mind getting on the PATH train I believe KPot in Jersey City is still free BYO as well as being noticeably less expensive than the Manhattan options. About a 10 minute walk from the Grove St. station.
I’ve had better Korean BBQ but it is very good. Biggest negatives are the 90 minute time limit for seating and the no reservations policy (so go on an off night or arrive early). Biggest plus is that for a few dollars more you can also get hot pot.
If I have to wait for a table I usually do some shopping at 99 Ranch.
Best Kfood is in Queens
Well, tell us more? Being a Queens resident, I’m of the view that the Korean food options in Queens are a little generic and behind the curve these days compared to Manhattan (for fancier fine-dining type meals) or NJ (which has more restaurants that specialize around certain dishes, e.g., Korean-style sashimi, soondae, etc.) but more than happy to be convinced otherwise.
How is it generic? Or are you saying authentic is generic? I for one prefer authentic than “fusion” or “fancier” where the flavors just doesnt do it for me or dont call to home in any way. Or having to pay for basic bahn chans like kimchi. If we see this differently then my suggestions wont fit your bill.
OK, to explain where I’m coming from, my wife and I both grew up in Korea, cook fairly decently, eat Korean food at least 50% of the time at home (and since the pandemic began, almost every meal has been at home) and our fridge is stocked with banchan that we either make or order from various banchan subscriptions. So I don’t really find there’s much incentive for us to eat out at a Korean restaurant for dishes that I know we can replicate pretty well at home. I will, however, go out of my way to try things I can’t do at home, which includes fancified Korean dining, or to get my fix of certain dishes that are hard to procure/prep. So by “generic”, what I meant is perhaps closer to “staple”.
+1 on Haizea. Great food! It’s used to be free byob, but I guess they got their license now so they charge corkage fee
I hired a VA to put together a list for the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
This is 70-80th
Restaurants Yelp Corkage Fee
HUSO 5.0 $80
Come Prima Ristorante 4.5 $60
Hui 4.5 $15
Caffe dei Fiori 4.5 $50
Heidi’s House 4.5 $45
Mission Ceviche 4.5 $45
Up Thai 4.5 $15
Sant Ambroeus 4.0 $55
Via Quadronno 4.0 $35 (2-3 bottle limit)
Caffe Buon Gusto 4.0 $25 ($50 for large bottle)
Uva 4.0 $30
Due 4.0 $35-$40
Sette Mezzo 4.0 $40
Boqueria 4.0 $35 (2 bottle limit)
Pig Heaven 4.0 $25
Brasserie Cognac East 3.5 $45
Bella Blu 3.5 $45 (2 bottle limit)
BLT Prime 3.5 $45 (2 bottle limit)
Lusardi’s 3.5 $45
Orsay 3.5 $50
Luke’s Bar & Grill 3.5 $40
Bottega 3.5 $50
Mezzaluna 3.5 $30
Seamore’s Upper East Side 3.5 $30
Seamore’s 3.5 $30
Quality Eats 3.5 $35
This is a broader list:
Restaurants Yelp Corkage Fee/Limits Street Number Cross Street
The Supply House 4.0 $25-$30 (only week days) 2nd Ave E 85th
Elio’s 3.5 $60-$100 2nd Ave E 84th
Up Thai 4.5 $15 2nd Ave E 74th
Mission Ceviche 4.5 $45 2nd Ave E 73rd
Bistango 4.5 $35 (3 bottle limit) E 50th Lexintgton Ave
Heidi’s House 4.5 $45 E 78th 2nd Ave
Come Prima 4.5 $60 Madison Ave E 73rd
GIANO Restaurant 4.5 $25 (3 per party) E 7th Ave A
Misirizzi 4.5 $35 ($50 Magnum) E 4th Bowery
Gray Hawk Grill 4.5 $25 2nd Ave E 81st
Da Raffaela 4.5 $30-$35 1st Ave E 49th
Cacio e Pepe 4.5 $35 York Ave E 78th
Osteria Nando 4.5 $25 2nd Ave E 82nd
Chez Nick 4.5 $35 (2 bottle limit) York Ave E 91st
Jardino 4.5 will waive fee for 2 people 3rd Ave E 68th
Donna Margherita 4.5 No corkage fee 2nd Ave E 68th
One Lenox 4.5 $15 ($10 additional bottles) 1st Ave E 61st
Aunt Jake’s 4.5 $35 2nd Ave E 81st
Piccola Cucina 4.5 $45 E 60th Park Ave
Boqueria Spanish 4.0 $35 (2 bottle limit) 2nd Ave E 76th
Uva 4.0 $30 2nd Ave E 77th
Bohemian Spirit 4.0 $35 (per 0.75l bottle) E 73rd Ave 1st Ave
Bucca Cusina Bar 4.0 $35 E 19th Park Ave
Finestra 4.0 $40 York Ave E 73rd
Canyon Road 4.0 $20 1st Ave E 77th
Bottega 4.0 $50 2nd Ave E 70th
Via Quadronno 4.0 $35 (2-3 bottle limit) E 73rd Ave Madison Ave
Calexcica 4.0 $5 2nd Ave E 78th
Italian Village Pizza 4.0 $50 1st Ave E 78th
Jean Claude 2 4.0 $30 2nd Ave E 71st
Barbaresco 4.0 $55 Lexington Ave E 64th
Due 4.0 $35-$40 3rd Ave E 79th
Sant Ambroeus 4.0 $55 Madison Ave E 78th
Toloache 4.0 $45 E 82nd 3rd Ave
Paola’s Osteria 4.0 $35 Madison Ave E 90th
Antonucci Cafe 4.0 $35 E 81st 3rd Ave
Luna Rossa 4.0 $30 E 85th 1st Ave
Pascalou 4.0 $25-30 Madison Ave E 93rd
The Milton 4.0 $25 2nd Ave E 91st
Scalinatella 4.0 $45 (1 bottle limit) E 61st 3rd Ave
Sfoglia 4.0 $40 ($80 magnum) Lexington Ave E 92nd
83 1/2 4.0 $50 Wed & Thur (1 bottle per couple) E 83rd 1st Ave
The Penrose 4.0 $25 (1 bottle limit) 2nd Ave E 82nd
The Penrose 4.0 $25 (1 bottle limit) 2nd Ave E 82nd
Café D’Alsace 4.0 $45 2nd Ave E 88th
Little Frog 4.0 $35 E 86th 2nd Ave
Botte 4.0 $45 (2 bottle limit) 1st Ave E 83rd
Quattro Gatti 4.0 $30 E 81st 3rd Ave
Isle of Capri 4.0 $40 3rd Ave E 61st
IL Carino Restaurant 4.0 $25 2nd Ave E 89th
Conmigo 4.0 $35 1st Ave E 87th
Quatorze 4.0 $35 1st Ave E 82nd
David Burke Tavern 4.0 $35 E 62d Lexington Ave
Italianissimo 4.0 $35 E 84th 2nd Ave
Avra Madison 4.0 $45 (wine can’t be on their wine list) E 60th Madison Ave
AOC East 4.0 $25 BLT Tue-Thur $50 BLT on wkds 1st Ave E 83rd
Mezzaluna 3.5 $30 3rd Ave E 74th
Quality Eats 3.5 $35 2nd Ave E 78th
Caffe Buon Gusto 3.5 $25 ($50 for large bottle) E 77th 2nd Ave
Orsay Restaurant 3.5 $50 Lexington Ave E 75th
Bella Blu 3.5 $45 (2 bottle limit) Lexington Ave E 70th
Delizia 73 3.5 $20 (1 bottle limit) 1st Ave E 73rd
BLT Prime 3.5 $45 (2 bottle limit) Lexington Ave E 74th
Match 65 Brasserie 3.5 $30 E 65th Madison Ave
Primola 3.5 $55 2nd Ave E 64th
Felice 83 3.5 $49 1 st Ave E 83rd
August 3.5 $45 Lexington Ave E 61st
Bar Italia 3.5 $45 (1 bottle limit) Madison Ave E 66th
Bocado 3.5 $20 (3 bottles limit) Lex Ave E 87th
Sel et Poivre 3.5 $25 Lexington Ave E 65th
Jacques Brasserie 3.5 $75 E 85th 3rd Ave
Luke’s Bar & Grill 3.5 $40 3rd Ave E 79th
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Shan, as a fellow UES resident, this list is awesome. Thanks for compiling it!
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