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The Carlton
90 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016 40.744409 -73.985441
at 29th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-889-7100 Send to Phone

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  • Cuisine: French
  • Price Range: $$$$

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  • 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 out of 10

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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

This venue is closed.

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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