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Klee Brasserie

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200 Ninth Ave., New York, NY 10011
nr. 22nd St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-633-8033 Send to Phone

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Generally Excellent

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Excellent

Delicious

Very Good

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Expensive

Moderate

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Reader Rating:
7.3 out of 10
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3 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Bistro, German/Austrian

Photo by Julie Powell for Eight Communications

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Official Website

kleebrasserie.com

Hours

Mon-Wed, 5:30pm-11pm; Thu-Sat, 5:30pm-midnight; Sun, 5pm-10pm

Nearby Subway Stops

1 at 23rd St.; C, E at 23rd St.

Prices

$19-$30

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Brunch - Weekend
Business Lunch
Dine at the Bar
Hot Spot
Lunch
Open Kitchens / Watch the Chef
Take-Out

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Profile

Klee Brasserie, which opened in a small bistrolike space near the busy intersection of Ninth Avenue and 23rd Street, represents a casual amalgamation of fashionable restaurant conceits. There is the brasserie reference, which means you can enjoy blue-plate specials on different days of the week (good slow-roasted lamb on Saturdays, not-so-good "Viennese fried chicken" on Mondays) and a properly hearty selection of foreign beers (Kölsch Reisdorf from Germany, Saison Dupont from Belgium). There is the earthy, overlarge menu laced with trendy Alsatian-Austrian recipes (Klee means "clover" in German), and sections devoted to increasingly untrendy genres like Small Bites, Wood Stone Oven, and Mesquite Grill. The bar serves archly named cocktails ("the Grape"), in the manner of many downtown bars these days, and the room is made to feel stylishly casual in the usual way, with the presence of lots of blond, well-carpentered wood. — Adam Platt

Note

Try the Holunder Margarita, made with Corzo tequila and elderflowers.

I used to love coming here for dinner - the food excellent and the service quite good. I went for brunch on Sunday and the service was TERRIBLE. The food was still good but you can get similar quality at other venues in the city with better service, coffee refills, etc. . We had to keep asking for water, etc. It took almost 30 minutes to get our bill.

A Seinfeld Caliber Crab Bisque

dwallack79 from 11106 | Posted on 2/17/09

Overall Rating: 8 (Recommended)


Food:	9
Service:	7

Décor:	7

Value:	7

If you have seen the soup nazi episode of Seinfeld, you might recall Jerry having a crab bisque that was so good you could not eat it standing up. After visiting Klee this valentines day with my wife, I now know what Jerry was talking about. The decor was very pleasing, and pretty standard for a restaurant in Chelsea. The 3 course began with the bisque with smoked popcorn, which as I mentioned before was AMAZING. The second course was a nicely prepared Kobe steak which was pretty good. Dessert kind of fell flat with a selection of chocolates, tarts, and truffles. Overall a decent experience with Crab Bisque that will live in my memory forever.

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