Best Restaurants with a Tasting Menu in Lower East Side

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1. Beauty & Essex- New York

4.6

Exceptional(9948)

Price: Expensive

• Unspecified • Lower East Side

Booked 101 times today

Beauty & Essex has an innovative design that starts in the restaurant’s entrance, a well-curated modern-day pawn shop replete with a saxophone, boombox, quirky artifacts, vintage treasures, and an eclectic array of “one-off” pieces of jewelry. Continuing past the pawnshop, guests encounter a grand, circular staircase wrapped around a two-story custom chandelier, but only the adventurous will discover all that Beauty & Essex has to offer. With four distinct dining rooms (one private), two bars, a lounge, and a women’s bathroom complete with a salon including a luxurious sofa, and antique perfume bottles. The cuisine, much like the design, is intended to set a new course. Chef Chris Santos was one of the pioneers of the small, share plate dining trend that has swept the nation, and with the Beauty & Essex menu, he once again has created waves on the food scene.

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2. The Restaurant at Great Jones Distilling Co

4.7

Exceptional(476)

Price: Expensive

• Contemporary American • NoHo

Booked 14 times today

The Restaurant at Great Jones Distilling Co. is proud to serve classic favorites reinvigorated by modern technique, and enriched by the flavors of sumptuous local ingredients. Enjoy a unique dining experience that pays homage to a bygone era of the city’s past, and find the best of New York on every plate.Enjoy our $25 Burger and Old Fashioned special, every Tuesday - Thursday!

3. The Musket Room

4.6

Exceptional(860)

Price: Very Expensive

• American • NoLita

Booked 17 times today

Musket Room is a celebrated neighborhood restaurant offering a reliably indulgent experience, whether for a special occasion or enjoying dinner with friends. Since 2013, the Michelin- starred establishment has been committed to the kind of caring, personalized service that makes regulars feel like family and newcomers feel like regulars.Chef Mary Attea leads a culinary team that draws on their heritages, world travels and personal inclinations to create vivid flavors and inventive dishes that deftly cross borders and defy categorization. The result is transporting food in a warm, refined space with a long bar, intimate nooks and a spacious garden for dining al fresco. Our Omnivore and Vegan tasting menus are available nightly, with additional a la carte offerings availble nightly at the bar and weekdays in the dining room.

4. Babbo Ristorante

4.4

Awesome(4847)

Price: Very Expensive

• Italian • Greenwich Village

Booked 47 times today

Located on Waverly Place in Greenwich Village, Babbo opened to great acclaim in 1998 and is as bustling and popular as ever. It offers three-star dining that redefines and reinvents the principles of Italian cuisine for 21st century America. An epic, landmark wine list, an exciting, quintessentially New York dining room and expert, attentive and cordial service make a table at Babbo one of New York’s prized possessions.

5. Sake No Hana

4.5

Awesome(547)

Price: Very Expensive

• Japanese • NoLita

Booked 26 times today

Occupying a dramatic, festive space beneath the catwalk entry of Moxy Lower East Side, Japanese restaurant Sake no Hana serves free-spirited izakaya dishes invigorated with New York attitude. With a shareable menu of grilled teppanyaki dishes, yakitori skewers, Wagyu beef, creative sushi rolls, and a curated list of sakes, beers, and cocktails highlighting Japanese spirits. The space buzzes with alluring energy perfect for any celebration.

6. Bar Contra

4.5

Awesome(262)

Price: Moderate

• American • Lower East Side

Booked 22 times today

A New York cocktail bar founded by Dave Arnold, Fabian von Hauske & Jeremiah Stone. We specialize in delicious drinks and tasty food. Your reservation will grant you 90 minutes in one of our tables.

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7. Nobu Downtown | Restaurant

4.7

Exceptional(5134)

Price: Very Expensive

• Japanese • Financial District

Booked 152 times today

Nobu Downtown is located in the heart of Manhattan’s Financial District designed by NYC’s celebrated architect, David Rockwell. On the ground level, guests can enjoy open air-like experience in our Broadway dining room or Bar & Lounge dining framed by 30 foot heroic limestone columns. Our sub terrain dining room provides intimate ambience with sushi bar and private dining options. Indulge in Chef Nobu’s famous signature dishes including Rock Shrimp Tempura and Black Cod Miso as well as traditional Japanese favorites and sushi. RESERVATION GUIDE• “Regular” for one of the two indoor dining rooms• “ Bar” for plush lounge seating• “Counter” for sushi bar experience Please call us if you wish to book a larger party or event as we will not be able to accept requests for putting multiple reservations next to each other.

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8. Zaytinya - New York

4.5

Awesome(637)

Price: Expensive

• Mediterranean • NoMad

Booked 90 times today

Zaytinya at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad offers an innovative mezze menu inspired by Turkish, Greek and Lebanese cuisines served up in a sleek and modern setting. Building on José Andrés' deep knowledge of Mediterranean cooking and years of research and travel, the menu features shared small plates of authentic and innovative fare, creative cocktails, and unique Mediterranean wines. Zaytinya is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week.

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9. Aunt Jake's Pasta Experience

4.9

Exceptional(814)

Price: Moderate

• Contemporary Italian • Upper East Side

Booked 29 times today

Join us at Aunt Jake's Upper East Side for our Pasta Making Class & 3-course pasta menu! The cost is $60 per person for pasta instruction and the prefix meal. We require a $10 per person non-refundable deposit. The entire experience is approximately 2.5 hours. Please use the OpenTable mobile app for best results when booking the Pasta Experience.–Aunt Jake's was founded in 2015, as the company set out to replicate the idyllic, simplistic cuisine we grew up to enjoy. However, we wanted to create Italian food for the “next” generation. The idea was to develop an Italian concept around the customer’s choice of how to eat pasta compared to how the restaurant wanted you to eat it. With that in mind, Aunt Jake’s core mission is to bring high-quality fresh ingredients daily to craft our handmade pasta and sauces health-consciously. The customer can mix and match sauce with shape and create a custom dish of their own.

10. ilili

4.7

Exceptional(8019)

Price: Expensive

• Lebanese • Gramercy Park

Booked 79 times today

Welcome to ilili, a culinary expression of Lebanon in all her forms - sultry, ancient, tantalizing, and bountiful - located in the heart of the Flatiron District in NYC. Come break fresh pita with us, clink your arak glass, and savor both traditional Mediterranean plates and their creative, contemporary descendants. Our extensive selection of mezze, which are small plates that are perfect for sharing, is innovative and fresh. We are committed to providing an exceptional dining experience and a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Book our catering services so you can enjoy the flavors of Lebanon at your next event, whether it's a corporate gathering or a wedding. With ilili, you can unwind, celebrate, share, and revel in both the familiar and the novel.

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Stacey
Orlando / Central Florida East •1 review
5.0
Dined 1 day ago
Top notch sushi! The fatty tuna sashimi is quite possibly the most delicious thing I’ve ever tasted.
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Sake No HanaPrice: Very Expensive• Japanese• NoLita
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4.5
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KathrynVIP
New York City •9 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
The rack of ribs was delicious! Everything was great, solid spot if you want nice ambiance, good food, not too fancy, elegant but also down to earth.
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The Restaurant at Great Jones Distilling CoPrice: Expensive• Contemporary American• NoHo
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4.7
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phillipVIP
Greater Boston •45 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
Babbo was everything and more. The Feast of the Seven Fishes eas a culinary experience. Wonderful
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Babbo RistorantePrice: Very Expensive• Italian• Greenwich Village
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4.4
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Lauren
Orlando / Central Florida East •1 review
5.0
Dined 4 days ago
Very cool upscale concept. Was decorated beautifully. The food was cooked to perfection. Loved the eggplant I highly recommend. Also ordered a tomahawk steak flavor was so good. One suggestion would be take crispy bits off the tomahawk. It’s presentation would be better. Would definitely return!
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Beauty & Essex- New YorkPrice: Expensive• Unspecified• Lower East Side
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4.6
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Jeff
New York City •10 reviews
5.0
Dined on 18 Dec 2024
Excellent meal, as always! Can't go wrong with the tasting menu or a la carte. Don't skip the bread w/ anchovy butter!
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The Musket RoomPrice: Very Expensive• American• NoLita
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4.6

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1. Beauty & Essex- New York

2. The Restaurant at Great Jones Distilling Co

3. The Musket Room

4. Babbo Ristorante

5. Sake No Hana

6. Bar Contra

7. Nobu Downtown | Restaurant

8. Zaytinya - New York

9. Aunt Jake's Pasta Experience

10. ilili

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