Le Cirque

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151 E. 58th St., New York, NY 10022
nr. Lexington Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-644-0202 Send to Phone

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Reader Rating:
4.2 out of 10

6 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: French

Photo by Jennifer MacFarlane

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Official Website

lecirque.com

Hours

Mon-Fri, 11:45am-10:30pm; Sat, 5:30pm-10:30pm; Sun, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

4, 5, 6 at 59th St.; N, R, W at Lexington Ave.-59th St.

Prices

$43-$56

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Dine at the Bar
Hot Spot
Lunch
Private Dining/Party Space
Prix-Fixe
Special Occasion

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Required

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Profile

The new Le Cirque sits on the bottom floor of the Bloomberg corporate headquarters and looks out over an impressive stone courtyard surrounded by a curving façade of glass and steel. The antic color scheme of Le Cirque 2000 has been replaced by a look that is sleeker, more formal, even funereal. It feels restrained, even a little subdued, a place designed less for glamorous celebration than a hushed business lunch. Conflicts between old and new are evident on the menu. It's been pared down from its previous baroque, Eurocentric form and is dotted now with chic Greenmarket references to "vine-ripened organic" tomatoes and bluefin tuna caught, in the proper Slow Food manner, on "hook and line." Nouveau delicacies like langoustines doused with curried ginger and Kaffir lime coexist with elderly favorites like sole meunière. The best entrées at the new Le Cirque tend to be the safe and stolid ones as well, the dependable kind of big-ticket items favored by elderly plutocrats with settled tastes and fat pocketbooks. — Adam Platt

Prix-Fixe

Three-course lunch, $39

Tasting Menu
Six-course dinner, $135; paired with wine, $185

Dress Code
Jackets are required for gentlemen in the dining room

Wine Lounge
According to owner Sirio Maccioni, the lounge "is a more casual side of Le Cirque, with chaise longues and where no jackets are required. We wanted to offer something, in our lounge, without all the rigueur of the dining room.”

Reader Ratings

4.2

"Not Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10

Disgusting

Chris1314 from 12538 | Posted on 3/11/09

Overall Reader Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)


Food:	5
Service:	1

Décor:	7

Value:	1

Went for a special occasion and got treated like absolute dirt. Waiter was ignorant and evasive. Service was sloppy at best. Food was decent (for that money it should be amazing). Never in my life have I been treated with such...Read More

Disappointed

pitalicious from 10003 | Posted on 3/2/09

Overall Reader Rating: 2 (Not Recommended)


Food:	4
Service:	1

Décor:	5

Value:	2

Previous Le Cirque was much better, now this is just a bad choice. We got dirty plate with brown stain; unflavored & undercooked pork; dessert was a disaster; pretty bad service; we asked for bread, never came; the waitress did not come...Read More

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