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The Carlton
90 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016
at 29th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-889-7100 Send to Phone

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  • Price Range: $$$$

    Key to Prices and ratings

    Upscale
    • Almost Perfect
    • Exceptional
    • Generally Excellent
    • Very Good
    • Good
    Cheap Eats
    • Best in Category
    • Excellent
    • Delicious
    • Very Good
    • Noteworthy
    • Very Expensive
    • Expensive
    • Moderate
    • Cheap
  • Critics' Rating: **

    Key to Prices and ratings

    Upscale
    • Almost Perfect
    • Exceptional
    • Generally Excellent
    • Very Good
    • Good
    Cheap Eats
    • Best in Category
    • Excellent
    • Delicious
    • Very Good
    • Noteworthy
    • Very Expensive
    • Expensive
    • Moderate
    • Cheap
  • Reader Rating:

    9.2 out of 10

      |  

    6 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: French
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Photo by Shanna Ravindra

Official Website

countryinnewyork.com

Hours

Tue-Sat, 5:30pm-10pm; Sun-Mon, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

6 at 28th St.

Prices

$105-$135 prix-fixe

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Hot Spot
  • Notable Chef
  • Open Kitchens / Watch the Chef
  • Private Dining/Party Space
  • Prix-Fixe

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Required

Profile

After an extended warm-up at the downstairs cafe, Country's Geoffrey Zakarian opened the restaurant's upstairs dining room, with its open kitchen, glassed-in meat-curing room, and a couple of minor modifications to the original plan. The $105 four-course prix-fixe menu still changes every day. But Zakarian, wary perhaps of New Yorkers' persnicketiness, has thought better of serving one set meal family style. By greeting guests with a champagne cocktail and amuses, he still hopes to capture a dinner-party spirit, but his opening menu offered four choices per course, from the simple to the sophisticated. You can lead a diner to truffle-roasted sweetbreads, it seems, but you can't make him eat. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Prix-Fixe Menu

Three courses, $75; four courses, $89; tasting menu, $135.

Weddings
The David Rockwell–designed bi-level restaurant, helmed by Shlomo Kashy, can accommodate 300 for a ceremony under the Tiffany-stained-glass dome, with cocktails in the Champagne lounge and after-party in the coolly rustic café. Prices upon request.

Recommended Dishes

Spit roast chicken, $105 prix-fixe

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New York Magazine Reviews

9.2 "Highly Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
83% Would you go back?
100% Would you take a date?
0% Would you take kids?
100% Would you go on business?
100% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 9.0
Service: 8.7
Décor: 9.3
Value: 8.7

Sunday Supper

hoverjay from 10003 | Posted on 10/6/09

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 8
Service: 8
Décor: 9
Value: 10

Went for Sunday Supper ($20.09 three course menu) and was blown away. There were only 2 other tables in the restaurant (both good/bad), but the rest of the experience was incredible. Great service, excellent food, beautiful decor and unreal price. Will be going back soon

Wonderful

perrystreetgirl from 11201 | Posted on 6/22/08

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

The guys running this kitchen are worth checking out. They know how to cook, they know how to present, they know how to make your palate sing. Especially notable if you want to impress a date or host a business dinner. The decor, the food, the service. It's all exceptional. As a friend said as she walked up the stairs to the formal dining area, "Holy God, it's like going from steerage to first-class. On the Titanic." It's that stunning. Phenomenal. One of the best meals I've had.

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