NYC Romantic Restaurants

On 1 Sep 2004 08:56:20 -0700, (Emily) wrote:

I will be meeting my boyfriend in NYC this fall and I am looking for a
restaurant to have a romantic meal. I have read about several
including Tavern on the Green, River Cafe in Brooklyn, Cirque 2000,
etc. They all seem to be very nice, however I've heard that some
restaurants in NY are becoming too touristy. I am not too concerned
with the price; I'm willing to splurge for a night. Does anyone know
about any of these restaurants or know of one that is very romantic
and might not be in a guidebook? Thanks for your help!


If you cross post this to NYC.Food you'll get recommendations from
some knowledgeable NYC foodies.

Cheers,
Ann

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(Emily) wrote:

I will be meeting my boyfriend in NYC this fall and I am looking for a
restaurant to have a romantic meal. I have read about several
including Tavern on the Green, River Cafe in Brooklyn, Cirque 2000,
etc. They all seem to be very nice, however I've heard that some
restaurants in NY are becoming too touristy. I am not too concerned
with the price; I'm willing to splurge for a night. Does anyone know
about any of these restaurants or know of one that is very romantic
and might not be in a guidebook? Thanks for your help!

All the restaurants you mentioned would be fine for a romantic dinner.
Who cares if the restaurant is "touristy" whatever that means, as long
as the food and the atmosphere are nice.

(Emily) wrote in message m...
I will be meeting my boyfriend in NYC this fall and I am looking for a
restaurant to have a romantic meal. I have read about several
including Tavern on the Green, River Cafe in Brooklyn, Cirque 2000,
etc. They all seem to be very nice, however I've heard that some
restaurants in NY are becoming too touristy. I am not too concerned
with the price; I'm willing to splurge for a night. Does anyone know
about any of these restaurants or know of one that is very romantic
and might not be in a guidebook? Thanks for your help!

The Tavern is lovely, especially at night, but the food is really
really bad - can't believe they so consistently send out poor quality
food & don't seem to care. We ate at Eleven Madison Park sat. night &
thought it great - a little more on the trendy than the romantic side,
but a couple got engaged right next to us - he was down on his knee &
everything!

We also enjoyed Brasserie Julien on 3rd in the UES - very Art Deco
romantic, jazz on Sat nights - I had the softshell crab appetizer &
the grouper - both were fabulous!

On 1 Sep 2004 08:56:20 -0700, (Emily) wrote:

I will be meeting my boyfriend in NYC this fall and I am looking for a
restaurant to have a romantic meal. I have read about several
including Tavern on the Green, River Cafe in Brooklyn, Cirque 2000,
etc.

I had a Restaurant Week lunch a few years ago at River Cafe and loved
it, and the view there is breathtaking. Opinions about New York
restaurants from a few years ago aren't worth much, but recent posts
on www.egullet.org (which site you should visit) have been positive on
River Cafe. I think it would be fair to say that Tavern on the Green
has been overwhelmingly panned there, as has One if by Land, Two if by
Sea (perhaps even more so), which another poster in this thread
recommended. Terrace in the Sky, also mentioned in this thread, has
gotten positive remarks at eGullet.org. 11 Madison Park, which another
poster mentioned, is a restaurant I've been to twice within the past
few months. It's got a beautiful room with high ceilings, the food is
really pleasant there - it's a really pleasant place, overall. The
place that most impressed me during Restaurant Week, though, was Union
Pacific. You can find my report (with more or less out-of-focus
pictures because it's a rather dark though by no means pitch black
room) he
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?...dpost&p=646243

Management has certainly made an effort to produce a romantic ambience
at Union Pacific, though an idiosyncratic one, with unusual decor.

They all seem to be very nice, however I've heard that some
restaurants in NY are becoming too touristy.

Tavern on the Green has always been touristy.

I am not too concerned
with the price; I'm willing to splurge for a night. Does anyone know
about any of these restaurants or know of one that is very romantic
and might not be in a guidebook? Thanks for your help!

Not in a guidebook? Hmmm...do you want to go to a smaller restaurant
like August, in the Village? A lot of what goes into making something
romantic is you and your boyfriend. Maybe you'd rather go to a
smaller, more intimate restaurant. I don't know, because I don't know
you.

Michael

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