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Aquavit
65 E. 55th St., New York, NY, 10022
nr. Madison Ave.
212-307-7311
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Check your tab very carefully!
Oliveortwist from 19382 | Posted on 10/14/09
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Dinner was excellent. Service was very good, but when I checked the bill I found two items totaling $25 that should not have been there. It took two corrections to get it right! One item was not ordered and the other was included in the Prix Fixe Dinner....so...watch out. This could not have been just an oversight.
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Clean and creative food
foodieQ from 10011 | Posted on 7/12/09
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If you are here for the first time, the chef's tasting menu is the best way to sample their clean and creative dishes. If you are on a tighter budget, the lunch prix-fixe is another alternative. The house made aquavit which you could try in a flight is a must try. My personal favorite is the horseradish aquavit that is a perfect match with the fatty fish plates. As a longtime fan of Aquavit, I do admit that the quality of their cured salmon dishes have declined in the past year. I hope they recover the original delicacy soon.
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Superb
kam2009 from 11217 | Posted on 5/29/09
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We had an excellent experience at Aquavit. The service was very attentive yet patient and gave us space to enjoy ourselves. The food was phenomenal and the chef was very generous. I would recommend Aquavit to anyone interested in high-end Swedish cuisine or simply looking for a lovely dining experience.
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Aquavit is brilliant.
Prime from 10011 | Posted on 2/14/09
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It certainly features the best haute Scandinavian cuisine to be had outside of Scandinavia proper. Its many variations of home brewed aquavit are always a joy to sample. And where else can you get elk carpaccio that was overnighted in from New Zealand? The decor is as serene and calming as the menus are inventive and playful. They compliment each other in a manner that evokes the placement of Copenhagen's modern across from its stately royal palace. My only quibble with the place is the service-- the staff try very hard to be helpful and prompt, but they are a bit unschooled and it can be sometimes be frustrating to elicit from them the kind of narrative that is de rigueur at restaurants of this caliber. Maybe I just caught them training in greenhorns on my most recent trip, since this is a new development. Hopefully it's resolved by the time you go!
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service was deplorable
mozzer0906 from 20841 | Posted on 11/23/08
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We were extremely disappointed with the service we received while dining at this restaurant. The waiter had an attitude from practically the moment we sat down at the table and it was very apparent that he treated myself and my family with complete disdain. The food was very good, but it was overshadowed by the attitude we received at the hands of this man. This was a special occasion for my mother and he sullied the entire evening. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone based on the service.
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Hoping for a big come back.
foodieQ from 10011 | Posted on 10/4/08
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This restaurant without question serves the best aquavit west of Scandinavia and has excellent service. It's been one of my top 5 favorite places in the city for a long time. Unfortunately it has slipped out of my favorite places in the past year, the quality of food has significantly dropped. A case in point is the salmon sampler; the appetizer platter that of three uniquely prepared salmon dishes, one a house cured gravlax, another a homemade smoked salmon and a pate served with buttery salmon caviar - all are an excellent match with horseradish or the caraway aquavit. Unfortunately, the plate is now become nothing more than a pile of fatty smoked salmon served with over-seasoned dressing that my corner deli could match on any given Sunday. It is truly sad to see one of gems on the NYC dinning scene serving such food, as a now jilted lover of Aquavit I hope they will will come to their senses and return to serving the same delicate high quality dishes soon.
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Worst service I have ever had
scandinavian from 10028 | Posted on 7/11/08
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I can not believe that you can get a job as a waitress at Aquavit with clearly no waitress experience at all. Our waitress managed to get everything wrong. First she forgot to put in our drink order, meanwhile she dropped silverware all over the floor. After returning with new silverware, she somehow, believe it or not, did not know that the fork goes on the left, and the knife on the right. We were in shock. After having to ask about our drinks again, we finally received our them at the end of the "very average" main course. At this point, the manager stepped in and offered free dessert. We got the dessert, but not the ordered coffee. To top it off, our bill was more than double the correct amount. The whole wait staff including management was scrambling for a good fifteen minutes to figure out the correct amount before we could finally get out of this resturant experience nightmare.
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Poor experience
chicintelligente from 06033 | Posted on 6/23/08
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The decor was European and fit the Scandinavian theme... and the service was friendly. The food was moderately creative and some was tasty. However, the fish (which had tasted a bit unusual) I ordered gave me the worst food poisoning I've ever had... awful.
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Delicious Lunch
JMG from 11201 | Posted on 1/31/08
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No complaints about lunch at Aquavit. The herring appetizer was delicious, meatballs were juicy and the lingonberries flavorful, and the Arctic Circle dessert perfect. For $24, this lunch is a steal. The service was friendly, the decor clean, refreshing, and bright, and the meal timed at a leisurly, but still business-conscious pace. Be aware, however, that portions are generous for the middle of the day. You may leave so full and happy that you just want to go home and go to bed rather than go back to work.
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Semplicemente Il Meglio!!! - Simply the best!!!
Forza_Italia from 10070 | Posted on 11/23/07
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Outside of Rome and Milan, this is the best restaurant I had ever been. It is a little expensive place but for New York, it is reasonable price!
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