Allen & Delancey

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115 Allen St., New York, NY 10002 40.719491 -73.990389
at Delancey St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
work212-253-5400 Send to Phone

Cuisine: American Nouveau, Irish/English
Price Range:
$$$
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Official Website

allenanddelancey.net

Hours

Mon-Wed, 6pm-11pm; Thu-Sat, 6pm-2am; Sun, 5pm-10pm

Nearby Subway Stops

F at Delancey St.; J, M, Z at Essex St.

Prices

$27-$32

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Hot Spot
Late-Night Dining
Notable Chef
Design Standout
Special Occasion
Online Reservation

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Profile

Allen & Delancey exhibits many characteristics common to the neighborhood, with one twist. The rooms are windowless and dimly lit, yes, and there is an elegant little bar up front, where you can sit nursing your cinnamon pisco sour by candlelight. A thick curtain of red velvet separates the two little dining rooms, which are appointed with old oil paintings and shelves of books. But the menu is now in the hands of up-and-coming chef and pork impresario Ryan Skeen who says his style here is “a little more intimate, a little more refined” than what he was doing at Irving Mill.

Where to Eat 2010: Best Cocktails (1/4/10)
Eat Cheap 2009: The Best Cocktails for $8 or Less (7/20/09)
Where to Eat 2008 (1/7/08)
Where to Eat 2008: Best New Restaurants of the Year (1/7/08)
Restaurant Openings: Allen & Delancey, and Primehouse New York (10/8/07)
The Best of Fall's New Restaurants (9/3/07)

Recipes at Allen & Delancey

Butter-Poached Radishes (2009)

5.0

"Mixed Reviews"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10

31%	Would you go back?
40%	Would you take a date?
0%	Would you take kids?
13%	Would you go on business?
31%	Would you go on a special occasion?

Food:	6.4
Service:	4.5
Décor:	7.3
Value:	4.5

Allen & Delancey

not so HAWT

blunder from 07302 | Posted on 1/4/10

Overall Rating: 103 (Not Recommended)


Food:	3
Service:	2

Décor:	7

Value:	1

Take careful note of the fact that the former, rising-star chef is no more. The menu defies all organizational sense. What at first seems like a wide range of choice becomes quickly delimited by the unappetizing thought of leaving the place hungry after a course in the diminutive. The food makes an adolescent effort, but it tried: mostly bravado over heat. My "warm" lobster salad was decidedly tepid and ostentatious in presentation. My squash soup had a dollop of curry ice cream-- a dialectic in hot and cold that only a precocious teenager would find passable on one of the year's coldest nights. If you want the satisfaction of fine NY cuisine with the aftertaste of money well spent, dine elsewhere.

Allen & Delancey

small plates concepts works well

junobird from 06878 | Posted on 12/17/09

Overall Rating: 108 (Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	8

Décor:	9

Value:	9

I like the new small plates concepts at Allen & Delancey. Our recent visit allowed us to sample quite a few of the new chef's tasty creations, as well as the 2 "entree sized" selections, giving the table a long, relaxing evening which can be a real foodie's delight. Everything is well seasoned, and with the beautiful candlelit atmosphere, it made the holiday season dinner perfect. For dessert lovers, the menu could have been broader, and the pear upside-down cake was dry. Lamb entree very inventive.

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