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Craft
43 E. 19th St., New York, NY, 10003
nr. Park Ave. South
212-780-0880
| 7.7 | "Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |  |
Must try
Jstlookather from 35233 | Posted on 6/3/09
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Another restaurant we tried in NY & only because of the Chef. It was a wonderful dinner but nothing over the top. Although, we enjoyed it there are much better restaurants out there in NYC.
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Table for 4?
matthewf from 10024 | Posted on 4/12/09
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I had called for a 6pm reservation for 4 people on a Tuesday night. I was told all they had was a table for 2. I had seen Top Chef(I know, sad) and thought well maybe its just that good so I wanted to try it. We walked into an empty restaurant and were seated at a table for 4. Odd, I thought there was only room for 2. Whatever. We decided that we'd order the tasting menu as this to me is the Chef's best food forward. Lets just say i think Tom C. needs to head back to the kitchen and take some of his own advice. The entire meal was uninspired. That said, the wine list was wonderful. Wont be going back anytime soon.
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dear chef tom, i'm disappointed
missoverrated from 07652 | Posted on 3/12/09
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I went to craft with my boyfriend yesterday night. He and I both love top chef and were exciting to see what Tom was made of. PRO: The inside of the restaurant was a pleasure: classy without being pretentious, nice music, sofa chairs, nice bathroom and overall comfortable and trendy. My main course scallops with side of shitake mushrooms were amazing! My boyfriend's short ribs were nicely cooked. We got chocochip muffin treats on our way out. CONS: The hostess (there were three. why? i don't know.) They were quite disorganized. In this case, three was not the magic number. The first course we got the crispy bacon and arugula with lemon salad. Do not get the salad. It was extremely salty, so much so that you can physically see the salt on each arugula. The bacon was one word: interesting. It wasn't bad but it sure wasn't good. I still can't figure it out. I thought it was suppose to be crispy but it kept sticking onto our teeth, making it hard to chew. We also got the side of sauteed bokchoy which was too tangy and blah.
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amazing dinner
angryserver from 11415 | Posted on 2/12/09
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Very simple food American food w/ French techniques, i dont recommend the tasting menu just because you can create your own menu specially if you r dinning w/ 3 or more people its a better value, the steaks r amazing, service not bad at all but its a little overprice simple tasting food is not that expensive, but overall is a great meal overrated but good, drinks are not that great but they have a very nice wine list
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Quite disappointing: terrible service trumps very good food
floyd30 from 10012 | Posted on 1/14/09
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The food was really, really good. It lived up to my expectations, which were high to begin with. Too bad the whole experience was overshadowed by how surprisingly poorly we were treated there. First we waited nearly an hour to be seated, although we arrived right on time for a reservation I had confirmed earlier in the day. The rest of the meal followed suit. The waiter was totally inattentive and the food took forever -- though it was good, it was clear that it had been sitting around a while before it made it to our table. There are many NY restaurants are just as good or better and actually treat you WELL. Which is what one should expect from a restaurant where you're paying $300-400 for dinner for two! Self-respecting diners, look elsewhere.
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DO NOT go to this Restaurant....
adriane33 from 93401 | Posted on 12/31/08
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We were in NY and my husband wanted to try this restaurant. We waited maybe 15 min before a waiter even came over to our table. It was my husband and I and our 12 year old neice. We ordered the ravioli, chicken and my husband ordered the ribs. We got 2 sides of the potatoes , mind you, they charge $8 per side. So, the food comes and there were 3 ravioli's on the plate. My neice cuts into them, and there is spinach inside! There is no cheese even on the things. The menu did not say this, and she would not eat spinach. My husband and I each tried one and they were undercooked and gross. My chicken was just OK..I have had better. His ribs he said were not good. And then the worst part. The potatoes were dry and had an outer coating of sea salt. They were basically inedible. We have been to many 4 and 5 star restaurants and I can not understand how people rated this place high. The service sucked and the guy never even came over to check to see how everything was.
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The food makes it worth it
shorterstory from 11217 | Posted on 8/6/08
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We were seated fifteen minutes after our reservation and right by the kitchen, and this was on a Tuesday night. The first thing we noticed were the tourists everywhere -- apparently the word has gotten out, countrywide. We ordered glasses of wine and what turned out to be the best upscale American food I've ever had: the quail and truffle-oil salad were excellent appetizers and we especially enjoyed the Hen of the Woods mushrooms and braised corn sides. Both desserts -- polenta cake with blueberries and buttermilk tart with plums -- were perfect: light, not too sweet. We got along with our waiter, who made good recommendations. Our bill came to over $200 with tip but for some reason we didn't merit the delicious-looking tarts and scones other tables received with their checks.
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awesome food / good service
charliekatsu from 11211 | Posted on 8/1/08
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i have to admit, i've only been there twice - but both times, its been fantastic. for the people who have talked sh*t about service, i can only surmise this: if you're going to be rude and surly to your waiter - you're going to get attitude back. ALSO, don't bring your kids - i'm paying way too much money to hear them be annoying.
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Decent food but rude staff
mrswalker from 10010 | Posted on 2/15/08
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My husband and I ate at Craft on a Wednesday night and weren't in the mood for drinking. We decided against ordering appetizers and went for the duck, snapper and three sides to share. I have to admit that the food was good but our waitress was too concerned with the celebrity sitting at the table next to us to pay us any attention. I could have dealt with this but the bus boy really made me hate this place. Throughout our meal, I watched as every other patron left the restaurant with delicious looking muffins to take home. We were the only people to leave the restaurant empty handed! I watched the bus boy walk toward our table with two muffins and then turn around - apparently he changed his mind. He stood at the bus boy station watching while we paid our bill, got our coats and left and never gave us the stupid muffins. Apparently the $150 we spent on dinner (no drinks, appetizers or dessert) was not enough to deserve muffins. I will never return to Craft to be treated like a second class citizen again.
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Simple dishes to share!
girardasse from 11211 | Posted on 12/11/07
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Just like in Asia, youre invited to order many dishes that you share with your friends/colleague (its the perfect place to come with a group of people). The recipes are basic but well executed, almost everything was good: the oysters, the tuna sashimi, the foie gras, porcini mushrooms, puree, scallops and sirloin, my favorite courses being the sweetbreads (succulent) and the gnocchi and the only failure was the bland swordfish. The desserts were great too. Good concept that can't pretend to be 3 stars but deserves one.
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