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Klee Brasserie
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Critics' Pick
Hours
Tue-Wed, noon-3pm and 5:30pm-11pm; Thu-Fri, noon-3pm and 5:30-midnight; Sat, 11am-3:30pm and 5:30-midnight; Sun, 11am-3:30pm and 5pm-10pm; Mon, closed
Nearby Subway Stops
1 at 23rd St.; C, E at 23rd St.
Prices
$21-$27
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
- Private Dining/Party Space
- 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," "Mango Tango"), 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.
NoteTry the Holunder Margarita, made with Corzo tequila and elderflowers.
Related Stories
New York Magazine Reviews
- Adam Platt's Full Review (2/19/07)
- Gael Greene's Full Review (12/25/06)
Featured In
- Enjoy These Corn-Crazed Menus (8/20/07)
| 7.3 | "Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |
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Used to be great
keikochiaki from 10001 | Posted on 5/19/09
| Food: | 9 |
| Service: | 2 |
| Décor: | 7 |
| Value: | 3 |
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...Read More
A Seinfeld Caliber Crab Bisque
dwallack79 from 11106 | Posted on 2/17/09
| 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...Read More
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