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Bouley

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163 Duane St., New York, NY 10013
nr. Hudson St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-964-2525 Send to Phone

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Almost Perfect

Exceptional

Generally Excellent

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Good

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Excellent

Delicious

Very Good

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Very Expensive

Expensive

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Cheap
Reader Rating:
7.2 out of 10
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28 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: French

Photo by Andrew Karcie

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Official Website

davidbouley.com

Hours

Daily, 11:30am-3pm and 5pm-11:30pm

Nearby Subway Stops

1, 2, 3 at Chambers St.; A, C at Chambers St.

Prices

$38-$45

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Lunch
Notable Chef
Notable Wine List
Prix-Fixe
Special Occasion

Alcohol

Full Bar

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Profile

Love him or hate him, there's no denying that the famously obstreperous David Bouley—bouncing between this kitchen and Danube—gets the job done. He's dispensed with the boutique breads, the oven, and the cafe to make room for lots more seats. And his loyal clientele gratefully lap it up in the ethereal form of degustation menus revolving around superlative seasonal ingredients like skate steamed with fresh chamomile, or organic baby lamb with eggplant moussaka. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Tasting Menus

Six-course lunch, $45; six-course dinner, $85; dinner paired with wine, $155

Recommended Dishes

Return From Chiang Mai, $18

Food:	6

Service:	6

Décor:	10

Value:	6

I used to treat myself to either the lunch or dinner prix fixe tasting menu. Boy, has the quality of food gone down. A fatty piece of steak that I paid $25 extra for! Very slow service. I'll be going to the Duane Park Cafe across the street instead; they are consistently good and not grossly over-priced as Bouley is.

$48 Prix fix lunch was generous and nearly excellent

HowardN from 17110 | Posted on 10/12/09

Overall Rating: 8 (Recommended)


Food:	9
Service:	8

Décor:	8

Value:	8

I went with a friend for the prix fix lunch. We were greeted in the apple room (intoxicating), and taken almost immediately to a beautiful table under a french landscape. We had glasses of champagne, an amuse, and a nice bread selection. For the appetizer we ordered porcini flan with crab and a dashi/truffle sauce. It was sublime, and set an impossible standard for the rest of the meal. Each mouthful was awakening, novel, and nirvana-like. Next I had the buttery skate in a slightly acidic passion fruit sauce with fava (good) , then two thick slices of roast duck, (great with the 1st cru burgundy), then a wonderful yogurt ice cream over blackberry granite'. All this was then followed by an overwhelming multi-stage dessert. The dessert course (mousse, three ice creams, brullee, confections tower, truffles) was just too much, and nearly eradicated any sense of what came before. Even so, I will long remeber the porcini flan with crab, and the luscious crispy duck. The $48 p.f. for two with champagne, wine, coffee, and tax came to $194 before tip.

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