If they don’t need Japanese sushi, then they should look into Rosella. This will fit the atmosphere but the focus is on sustainability and creativity rather than edomae.
Bar Miller is a related omakase restaurant opened by the Rosella chef but I have not been there.
Still mourning the loss of Cagen.
Im not sure what constitutes romantic, other than the lack of a choo choo train to bring the sushi to you, but Robert recommended Omakase upthread. Haven’t been there but interested in trying it out.
I was just coming to say bar miller. Darker ambience and smaller than R. More expensive, but not $500.
Nakazawa is classy in ambience and relatively inexpensive in the Omakase world
The new place I mentioned in the Chelsea Hotel, Teruko, looks like it could fit. I haven’t been there yet, I just know the pedigree is good and then have great sake.
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Really interesting read and honestly, pretty sad. Restaurants shouldn’t be left holding the bag here. The platforms are the ones responsible for vetting users and already take a nice (arguably large) cut from every reservation. They should be handling fraud checks and chargebacks as the restaurants has no say when a resy is made (to my understanding).
If the platforms won’t own up to it, maybe it’s time to ditch prepaid reservations altogether and go back to the old way of doing things. And to Shan’s point, it makes total sense to prioritize reservations for trusted, repeat customers.
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thanks all
some good stuff in there
The immediate thought that I had was don’t require pre-paid reservations, but that’s addressed later in the article saying they are small places that both need the funding in advance to insure against no-shows and to purchase ingredients.
I’d be curious how the no-show problem compares to the chargeback/fraud problem. Might be better just to accept the no-shows.
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I don’t know if this is 100% true or not I was told restaurants don’t get Tock money until after the resy. I hate tock, it always leads to awkward situations when you are in large groups.
Needed a restaurant for a business lunch in the West Village. I originally had planned on King but they are only open on the weekend. Ended up at Little Owl which I have not been to for many years. It was great. I would go back. I know today is a holiday but wow every restaurant in the West Village that was open was absolutely packed!
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Re pre thester
Sakura great but doesn’t serve until 5:30, curtain is 7, and it’s over on 3rd ave.
Sozai’s menu is appealing and right in the theater district, and first seating is 4:30
Already booked at Naro for one of the nights.
NARO is awesome, I’ve been so many times because I work around the corner. Great cocktails and food but even better dessert. Portions are on the smaller side so you can definitely do appetizer, main and dessert!
Corkage is free on Sundays and I think $50 otherwise.
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Naro is a great option.
My wife will be excited for NATO as there are plenty of vegetarian options and we are visiting Korea in the fall.
There is a somewhat quiet resurgence of french cuisine in NYC. I have to admit although I love traditional french cuisine I find some of the dishes to be too heavy for me. I am curious to see what is going on so I decided to try a few dishes at the Bar at newly opened La Chêne from Chef Alexia Duchêne and here husband Ronan. We absolutely loved it. The tarragon sauce that accompanied the Green beans beignets was absolutely delicious. The beans were more a rif on beignets and were closer to tempura. The riveting Crab Thermidor was flawlessly executed (it was ok with us but is very small). Extensive wine list with a deep Burgundy section that is fairly priced. It was much lighter that I would have thought. We can’t wait to go back.
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I’m going next week. Was the wine list picked over?
Not at all. We had a 2014 Jouan. Echezaux for $250.
50% of the list is from a consigner who is a major Burgundy collector.
Oh my!
The skin is so crispy and perfect.