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Per Se

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Time Warner Center
10 Columbus Circle, 4th fl, New York, NY 10019
at 60th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-823-9335 Send to Phone

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  • 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:

    9.0 out of 10

    25 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: American Nouveau, French
Photo by RJ Mickelson/Veras for New York Magazine

Official Website

frenchlaundry.com

Hours

Mon-Thu, 5:30pm-10pm; Fri-Sun, 11:30am-1:30pm and 5:30pm-10pm

Nearby Subway Stops

1, A, B, C, D at 59th St.-Columbus Circle

Prices

$175-$250

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Celeb-Spotting
  • Fireplace
  • Hot Spot
  • Notable Wine List
  • Private Dining/Party Space
  • Prix-Fixe
  • Romantic
  • Special Occasion

Alcohol

  • Full Bar

Reservations

Required

Profile

The French Laundry is widely touted as the best restaurant in America, and Per Se seems to have been conceived, rather self-consciously, as its august big-city sibling. The rooms, which look out across the treetops of Central Park, feel grand but mildly antiseptic. The main dining room is colored, by the designer Adam Tihany, in muted tones of gray and brown, and decorated, at either end, with towering arrangements of foxtail lilies, and a working fireplace allows for fireside dining. The hyperattentive and hyperinformed wait staff are dressed in starchy dark suits and fat Armani ties, and as they troop silently to and fro in the ghostly evening light, the whole scene looks elegant but solemn and vaguely stagy, like a studious California version of what a first-class New York restaurant should be. There’s nothing stagy or solemn about the food, however, which is beautifully conceived, elegantly presented (on a new Thomas Keller line of dishes by Raynaud), and as varied as the colors of the rainbow. The menu, which changes daily, is a jumble of bite-size tastings, the most modest of which involves five courses, including cheese and dessert.

Prix-Fixe Menu

Nine-course vegetable tasting; nine-course chef's tasting, $275

Best Meal Under $350
Get the prix-fixe at Per Se. Begin with "Oysters and Pearls," and be sure to save room for the "Coffee and Doughnuts" dessert.

Recommended Dishes

Cappuccino of forest mushrooms; oysters and pearls; chaud-froid; bacon and eggs; macaroni and cheese; snails; scallops; boeuf grillee; creamsicle; coffee and doughnuts

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An unhappy and unfurtunate event

LUANAREZENDE18 from 04776003 | Posted on 5/28/09

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 9
Service: 1
Décor: 9
Value: 5

I`m Brazilian was in New York last April. On 28th . I went to Per Se for dinner with my sister, my mom and some friends and we had a wonderful time. Unfortunately I forgot my wallet with all my documents...Read More

Finesse

FatBastard from 10019 | Posted on 4/5/08

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 8
Value: 8

Our evening at Per Se ended with an impromptu tour of the kitchen where a definition of "finesse" hangs above the gateway to the dining room, and I think that sums up the experience perfectly. Execution was flawless from start to...Read More

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