El Quinto Pino

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401 W. 24th St., New York, NY 10011 40.747201 -74.000846
at Ninth Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
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Cuisine: Spanish/Tapas
Price Range:
$$
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Reader Rating:
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4 Reviews | Write a Review

Photo by Jay Hanna for New York Magazine

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Hours

Sun-Thu, 5:30pm-midnight; Fri-Sat, 5:30pm-1am

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at 23rd St.

Prices

$3-$15

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Dine at the Bar
Hot Spot
Reservations Not Required

Alcohol

Beer and Wine Only

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

After an ownership reshuffling, the Chelsea tapas bar reopened in 2010 with a paint job, some reengineered standing room, and a huge new chalkboard menu. What you’ll see on it: multi-regional tapas, with new additions like sonsos, or fried sand eels in adobo and organic egg, and crispy lamb intestine with chile-garlic vinegar. Chef-partners Alex Raij and Eder Montero have also instituted a rotating “menú turistico,” showcasing the food and wine of a specific region. Up first is Galicia, with caldo gallego and sardine pie. To drink, there are two new cocktails, sangria by the glass or pitcher, and a choice of sherries. And Raij’s signature uni panini, of which she has regained custody? “That’s not going anywhere,” she reassures. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Note

In addition to beer and wine, El Quinto Pino also serves specialty frozen cocktails.

Ideal Meal

Fried eggplant, uni panini, fried cod, chickpea stew, casadielles (fried ravioli with walnuts and honey).

Food:	4

Service:	8

Décor:	8

Value:	4

I am known to like food with a salt quotient a bit higher than others. I also love good wine. Often, the two compliment each other fine. Tonight, my husband and I tried El Quinto Pino for the first time. The place is very charming and the service was great. I truly loved the glass of wine I had, but disappointingly, our food was almost intolerably salty. In addition to the garbanzo bean dish, which was very tasty, we ordered the cracklin's and Basque anchovies. Both of the latter dishes are known to be salty, which we would savor normally. However, the anchovies were not good because they had little taste other than salt. The cracklin's were tasty, but a bit too salty. We may go again, but won't order the anchovies.

El Quinto Pino

unexpected delicacy

foodieQ from 10011 | Posted on 10/5/08

Overall Rating: 108 (Recommended)


Food:	9
Service:	7

Décor:	8

Value:	7

I was very happy to find this unique little wine bar in my neighborhood. Uni is one of my favorite seafood and when I read about the uni panini, I had to try it. The panini came in a wax paper bag. I was a little disappointed of the understated presentation, but not for long. The crunchy crust of the bread followed by the rich buttery uni full of flavor was unexpected and delicious.

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