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Café Luxembourg

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200 W. 70th St., New York, NY 10023
nr. Amsterdam Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-873-7411 Send to Phone

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  • Price Range: $$$

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  • Reader Rating:

    6.6 out of 10

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    16 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Bistro, French
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Official Website

cafeluxembourg.com

Hours

Mon-Fri, 8am-midnight; Sat, 9am-midnight; Sun, 9am-11pm

Nearby Subway Stops

1, 2, 3 at 72nd St.; B, C at 72nd St.

Prices

$26-$34

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Bar Scene
  • Breakfast
  • Brunch - Weekend
  • Business Lunch
  • Dine at the Bar
  • Lunch
  • Prix-Fixe

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Profile

In the past two decades, why hasn't this restaurant been Xeroxed at least three times in every neighborhood in town? In size, scale, atmosphere, menu, and objective, Café Luxembourg is the blueprint for a faultless urban restaurant. In fact, Luxland would be a destination anywhere it opened because of the execution of its familiar, well-edited menu (country salad, cassoulet, hanger steak in red wine), reasonable prices, unflappable staff, and lighting so flattering that should you not look good here, you'd best race home, slap on a mask, and get to bed. — Hal Rubinstein

Breakfast

Mon.–Fri., 8 a.m.–noon; Sat.–Sun., 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Brunch
Sat.–Sun., 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. A three-course prix-fixe brunch is $29.

Prix-Fixe
Three-course lunch, $30; three-course dinner, $44

6.6 "Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
62% Would you go back?
56% Would you take a date?
18% Would you take kids?
43% Would you go on business?
43% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 6.3
Service: 6.8
Décor: 6.6
Value: 5.8

Solid French Brasserie in Lincoln Center

woostergirl from 10012 | Posted on 2/24/08

Overall Rating: 7 (Recommended)
Food: 7
Service: 7
Décor: 7
Value: 7

The atmosphere is simple but cozy and the noise level gets pretty loud on a Saturday night. The fried artichokes and arugula ravioli were very good. The mixed green salad and shrimp cocktail were pretty standard French brasserie food. Takeway: good, casual restaurant in the Lincoln Center area.

A legend in its own mind

slmd from 10025 | Posted on 2/16/08

Overall Rating: 2 (Not Recommended)
Food: 4
Service: 1
Décor: 2
Value: 1

Dinner here six of us on a special family occasion on February 2 was dreary and disappointing. When I reserved I asked "please seat us at a not-so-crowded table." Despite that, we were crammed into a tight corner. Every single staff person was sullen. The food was, at best, mediocre. Friends who knew we were celebrating there that evening had pre-ordered a bottle of champagne for us which never materialized. It seems as if the management thinks that treating people poorly lends the restaurant cache.

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