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RESTAURANT

Essential by Christophe

French

103 W 77th St, New York, NY, 10024 | Phone: (646) 478-7928

Restaurant Information

  • Prices $$$$
  • Reservation required.
  • Location 103 W 77th St 10024
  • Parking street only.
  • More Information Dinner served. full bar. Semiformal attire. Accessibility (Call).
  • Cuisine French

AAA Diamond Program

Distinctive fine dining, well-serviced amid upscale ambiance.

FOOD5
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Presentation, Ingredients, Preparation, Menu

SERVICE4.9
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Attentiveness, Knowledge, Style, Timeliness, Refinement

DECOR4.3
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5

Style, Materials, Tables, Seating, Ambience, Comfort

AAA Diamond Inspector Notes

Chef Christophe Bellanca, knows very well the world of French fine-dining, having rose to prominence as culinary director at L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon in New York and Miami. Now with his own restaurant in a relaxed minimalist setting on the Upper West Side, the restrained mood and contemporary menu is an evolution from the gilded opulence which chacterized the previous heavyweights from another era. The focus is on subtlety, with exquisitely conceived harmony in true perfection on small plates.

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