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Café des Artistes

1 W. 67th St., New York, NY 10023
at Central Park West  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-877-3500 Send to Phone

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  • Price Range: $$$$

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  • Reader Rating:

    6.8 out of 10

    5 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: French
Photo by Shanna Ravindra

Official Website

cafenyc.com

Hours

Mon-Fri, 5pm-midnight; Sat, 11am-3pm and 5pm-midnight; Sun, 10am-3pm and 5:30pm-11pm

Nearby Subway Stops

1 at 66th St.-Lincoln Center; B, C at 72nd St.

Prices

$25-$42

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Business Lunch
  • Celeb-Spotting
  • Dine at the Bar
  • Lunch
  • Private Dining/Party Space
  • Prix-Fixe
  • Romantic
  • Theater District

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Profile

This legendary café rests on some pretty old laurels. Built in 1917, it has been a long-time New York favorite, lauded over the years as enchanting, romantic, and transforming. Nowadays, the features that endowed it with such qualities—old world elegance, painted murals of nymphs in the woods, a location in a prewar hotel just off Central Park, convenient to the established clientele—are looking a bit dusty.

Extra

Private dining room with a full bar is available for parties of up to 14.

6.8 "Mixed Reviews"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10
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latex glove in my ice cream

kstern624 from 10014 | Posted on 5/11/09

Overall Reader Rating: 2 (Not Recommended)
Food: 5
Service: 1
Décor: 5
Value: 1

It is everything they say it is: traditional UWS, nice décor, stuffy--most people there are over 60...I would rather go with my grandfather than a date. The food was ok, nothing special, the service was so so but...Read More

one of my favorite places

mollylaurel from 10011 | Posted on 12/13/07

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 10
Value: 10

I love the Cafe des Artistes. I discovered it a couple of years ago, and it is one of the few places in New York that does not feel like that cookie cutter nouveau riche kind of place. The food is...Read More

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