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Seymour Burton

511 E. 5th St., New York, NY, 10009
nr. Ave. A
212-260-1333

6.0 "Mixed Reviews"
Average Reader Rating
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50% Would you go back?
50% Would you take a date?
0% Would you take kids?
0% Would you go on business?
50% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 6.5
Service: 7.0
Décor: 8.0
Value: 5.0
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Mediocre, wrong pricing for the neighborhood

CitizenWayne from 10009 | Posted on 5/29/08

Overall Rating: 4 (Not Recommended)
Would you go back? No
Would you take a date? No
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? No
Would you go on a special occasion? No
Food: 5
Service: 5
Décor: 7
Value: 2

A place that can't decide what it wants to be. You can eat better and more discerningly at this price point in many other places in the immediate neighborhood (try Supper, Casimir or Perbacco). Too many entrees at $25 and up, despite the trash bags piled outside. Uninspiring wine list. The owners are lately exhibiting the desperate strategies of the sandwich board, longer hours, seating you in the open front window and other harbingers of certain doom. Clientele: Fat, Loud & Proud.

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a welcome replacement

Gabriellemm from 10009 | Posted on 1/31/08

Overall Rating: 8 (Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? (NA)
Would you go on business? (NA)
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 8
Service: 9
Décor: 9
Value: 8

I live a block away and had eaten at Le Tableau a few times, but always found it underwhelming both in concept and cuisine. I am glad that the new owners decided to do a menu and decor makeover. The kitchen looks like an open industrial number in a chef's apartment and the deconstructed/refined style of the dining room fits both the neighborhood and the menu, which is arranged so a meal could be had as successfully with an range of sides or openers, like potato pancakes with apple sauce, or mac and cheese (crispy and creamy), fried clams (plump, a little chewy, with heavenly tartar sauce my friend proceeded to dip bread in), as it could with a standard app and main routine. (We had the gently prepared trout). Wines by the glass seem a bit expensive for the neighborhood, ranging from, 9-12. Let's see if the dining will feel as relaxed, and service as efficient, when the appealing communal table fills up. For now, there's plenty of room, complete with a homegrown, earnest quality, enhanced by the two owners dining alongside customers and swigging Pellegrino, wishing everyone a good night.

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