For Newlyweds Only - good NYC restaurants

twinkle164 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:30 AM

good NYC restaurants

We've decided to go into the city for our one year anniversary. Now I need restaurant suggestions. I'd like to go somewhere really romantic but I want to make sure they have regular food. I went to one place once and there wasn't a single thing on the menu I would EVER consider eating. So ladies, do you know of anyplace? Please help.

Mrs. Bernabe Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:33 AM

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check out 'BED' google it. It's in the factory, the elevator takes you up and you eat on a bed. I took DH for his bday and he loved him. The bill ran up to $250 excluding drinks. The food seemed to be little but it was delicious and really filled us up. You can try Water Edge which is in LIC Queens. You can take their water taxi from the city to go eat dinner and then take it back if you are planning on staying in the City.

missliss Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:34 AM

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What do you consider 'regular' food? And what would you consider not-regular?

jillyb97 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:38 AM

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I don't know if they are romantic enough, but the food at Mesa Grill and Bar Americain (both are owned by Bobby Flay) is just delicious....we went to Mesa Grill for my bday last week and LOVED it..

AR31 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:44 AM

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http://www.tablany.com/

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twinkle164 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:48 AM

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Posted by missliss

What do you consider 'regular' food? And what would you consider not-regular?

Well...like I don't want frogs legs or tongue or anything like that. I know a lot of people like stuff like that but I just can't eat it.

GinaZ Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:54 AM

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Fluer de Sol is an excellent Spanish restaurant.

Rocco is an excellent Italian place in the village

Son Cubano is supposedly excellent

L'Ecole is great- its operated by the students at The french Culinary Institute.

GinaZ Posted: Oct 03, 2008 11:00 AM

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Posted by twinkle164

Posted by missliss

What do you consider 'regular' food? And what would you consider not-regular?

Well...like I don't want frogs legs or tongue or anything like that. I know a lot of people like stuff like that but I just can't eat it.

ew I cant eat that either!

You cant go wrong with italian food!

Joette_Terese Posted: Oct 03, 2008 11:20 AM

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Posted by jillyb97

I don't know if they are romantic enough, but the food at Mesa Grill and Bar Americain (both are owned by Bobby Flay) is just delicious....we went to Mesa Grill for my bday last week and LOVED it..

I second Bar Americain. It's one of our favorite places!

tj2008 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 11:24 AM

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Posted by GinaZ

L'Ecole is great- its operated by the students at The french Culinary Institute.

DH and I went to L'Ecole last month and we LOVED it! Great food an service

We also love:
Le Cirque

best NYC restaurant

tj2008 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 11:27 AM

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We also like:
Osteria del Circo

Osteria

same owners from Le Cirque, you can't go wrong with either one

Espo22 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:04 PM

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Posted by GinaZ

Fluer de Sol is an excellent Spanish restaurant.

Rocco is an excellent Italian place in the village

Son Cubano is supposedly excellent

L'Ecole is great- its operated by the students at The french Culinary Institute.

i went to son cubano bc everybody kept saying how delicious it was. Both Dh and I were not impressed at all with the food. The place is nice though, but we love cuban food and compared to other places, i felt it was eh. But like you said, its such a hot trendy spot that i think ppl go bc of the name.

AR31 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:11 PM

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Posted by Espo22

Posted by GinaZ

Fluer de Sol is an excellent Spanish restaurant.

Rocco is an excellent Italian place in the village

Son Cubano is supposedly excellent

L'Ecole is great- its operated by the students at The french Culinary Institute.

i went to son cubano bc everybody kept saying how delicious it was. Both Dh and I were not impressed at all with the food. The place is nice though, but we love cuban food and compared to other places, i felt it was eh. But like you said, its such a hot trendy spot that i think ppl go bc of the name.

sorry to threadjack but espo, you mentioned long back of an awesome cuban place in forest hills and I totally forgot it's name..

Espo22 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:13 PM

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my fave is buddakan, not 100% sure if you would like it though haha. They do have regular things too though.

Would you prefer Italian?

plataforma is brazilian, i love it

theres a spaniard restaurant, been around forever its called Ole. Great atmosphere and they have live singers, known to have opera singers.

one romantic restaurant that is very popular is one if by land two if by sea

Espo22 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:14 PM

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Posted by AR31

Posted by Espo22

Posted by GinaZ

Fluer de Sol is an excellent Spanish restaurant.

Rocco is an excellent Italian place in the village

Son Cubano is supposedly excellent

L'Ecole is great- its operated by the students at The french Culinary Institute.

i went to son cubano bc everybody kept saying how delicious it was. Both Dh and I were not impressed at all with the food. The place is nice though, but we love cuban food and compared to other places, i felt it was eh. But like you said, its such a hot trendy spot that i think ppl go bc of the name.

sorry to threadjack but espo, you mentioned long back of an awesome cuban place in forest hills and I totally forgot it's name..

Cabana, yeah i love that place. They also have 2 locations in the city. One is on like 61st and 3rd ave, went to that one too. Also another one at the seaport, never went to that one.

tj2008 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:14 PM

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i went to son cubano bc everybody kept saying how delicious it was. Both Dh and I were not impressed at all with the food. The place is nice though, but we love cuban food and compared to other places, i felt it was eh. But like you said, its such a hot trendy spot that i think ppl go bc of the name.

If you love Cuban food you gotta go to
Cuba Cafe on 8th Ave (Chelsea)

AR31 Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:19 PM

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thank you

lila Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:53 PM

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If you like French, I'd check out La Grenouille -- they have some weird things on the menu but also plenty of normal things --- extremely romantic and they are known for their beautiful floral arrangements. Check out their website

If you like American, I'd highly recommend The Modern. It's located in the MOMA and overlooks the sculpture gardens. The food is spectacular (also, check out their website!) and I recommend the risotto and the pea soup. The plating is gorgeous and artistic.

Finally, if you like Italian I'd recommend Il Tinello. OMG, everything there was fantastic and they prepare it tableside. Even the caesar salad -- they made my friend's dressing from scratch in front of us and it was pretty cool.

Oh boy, this is making me so hungry.

Edit: I'm a picky eater too and I'd recommend checking out anything you're considering on menupages -- especially when going to fancier restaurants I feel more comfortable being sure there is something I would eat there, and reading reviews (which tend to be on point). Of course, some places have specials (when I was at Il Tinello I ordered an appetizer and entree that were both daily specials) but it gives you an idea of what to expect.