One of my favorite places in the city when I'm in New York. Outstanding cuisine. You just eat with your eyes. Unique aromatic qualities. Everything is fine and you don't want to leave the place. The place is neat and clean. The service was very nice and helpful. I absolutely love coming back here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
perle75nyc
Great atmosphere. The staff were very friendly and professional. Food was great and fresh but some dishes were a little bit salty. The bread was extremely good!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
K B
Doesnt live up to the hype. Restaurant was freezing and not a good look when the best dish on menu is the bread.
G F
Arrived for our reservation and were instantly informed that we had an hour and a half time limit. This has become a bit of a norm in NYC dining, but not usually enforced. This unwelcoming vibe followed by our server's dour disinterest in being of service or even engaging with any sort of warmth, should have told us then we were unwanted. We placed a drink order, which was forgotten and asked for again, eating into our time limit. Once our entree was brought we were told we needed to order dessert if we wanted it, while this timing was off it was also improperly done as we weren't even told what our options were. While in the middle of eating she tried to clear the plates multiple times. When dessert was brought a payment machine was placed in front of us at the same time and we were told we had 5 minutes. No instruction on how to use the machine, several dirty looks, and zero Thank You or asking us how we enjoyed ourselves. We understand that restaurant culture has changed, but decency and kindness shouldn't have. When a restaurant's desire to turn over tables more often than they should translates into a server's rudeness from the moment you sit down, then clearly they have gone a step too far. Food quality doesn't even matter at this point- the whole night was sour.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Lauren Rosenberg
I made a reservation through Resy, and at the time, noted the 50$ per person cancelation fee. I got a text asking to confirm or cancel the day of the reservation, which was probably a month after the initial reservation-at this point forgetting the fee. I cancelled by text, and the following day got an email that I would be charged 100$. While this is technically within their right-this is a very deceptive practice. You send me a text asking me if I want to cancel with no mention that I would be charged. If I had been reminded, I would have either gone, or offered the reservation to a friend. The restaurant sent me a very pedantic response, and said they would take this into consideration in the future. I am 100% sure that there were not 2 empty seats due to my cancellation.
Service: 1
David Zylberberg
Delicious, creative, and impeccable quality seafood. Not cheap, but the quality matches the price. Wine list is a bit overly slanted to natural wines with a lot of mousiness - the somm must not be sensitive to that - but you can make do. Great restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
K R
Food was good, not great. But still overall really good. The service was excellent, no complaints there. I just hated the layout of the restaurant. The dining sits at a bar so it doesn’t really feel intimate. You can’t really talk face-to-face to the person you’re dining with and you’re watching the staff cook clean serve wash dishes. It’s all very messy and chaotic. I think more ideal for the after work cocktail. Certainly not a date night vibe at all.
the food was servicable but not outstanding or even great. i would give 3 stars, however the food was outrageously overpriced. the fish in the picture here cost $50 ($10 per small slice of fish). $12 for a suntory beer is moronic. if you are looking for middling seafood and money is nothing to you then this is a great spot. i ate two slices of pizza after spending $300 here to fill up.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Michael Bolding
Incredibly good. I could list everything we got, but just talk to your server and they’ll steer you right. The food was incredible and the service matched.
Their seafood was super fresh and delicious. The highlight was the ice box plus. It’s bar seating only but the seats are comfortable and the staff were friendly.
I didn't know it was possible to love shrimp cocktail that much. The grilled mackerel was superbly elevated by the heat from the long hots. The incredibly fresh seafood was perfectly complimented by a sparkling white that was dry but somehow still managed to have strong floral notes. The entire staff is delightful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zack Roif
No misses on the entire menu. That’s hard to do! Exceptionally good accross the board . Lobster, squid ice box, clams were all amazing . Mousse 10/10 too
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Waleed Khalid
I was even more taken with Penny’s cooked dishes, any of them restaurant ready. The typical octopus-and-potato appetizer was recast as tentacles on a smoky, paprika-stained cloud of whipped potatoes, which hid nuggets of pickled daikon. An oyster pan roast that looked deceptively thin beneath its flaky biscuit turned out to pack a fantastic wallop of the sea. The usual fish joint’s token meat dish is here a Dover sole, its ribs protruding like a Frenched rack of lamb, with upturned mushroom caps and melting little tabs of bone marrow, meaty enough for the most evangelical carnivore. Paired with a 2016 bottle of Fumey-Chatelain Savagnin from Arbois — like a glass of salted marzipan — it was a treat.
One of my favorite places in the city when I'm in New York. Outstanding cuisine. You just eat with your eyes. Unique aromatic qualities. Everything is fine and you don't want to leave the place. The place is neat and clean. The service was very nice and helpful. I absolutely love coming back here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Great atmosphere. The staff were very friendly and professional. Food was great and fresh but some dishes were a little bit salty. The bread was extremely good!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Doesnt live up to the hype. Restaurant was freezing and not a good look when the best dish on menu is the bread.
Arrived for our reservation and were instantly informed that we had an hour and a half time limit. This has become a bit of a norm in NYC dining, but not usually enforced. This unwelcoming vibe followed by our server's dour disinterest in being of service or even engaging with any sort of warmth, should have told us then we were unwanted. We placed a drink order, which was forgotten and asked for again, eating into our time limit. Once our entree was brought we were told we needed to order dessert if we wanted it, while this timing was off it was also improperly done as we weren't even told what our options were. While in the middle of eating she tried to clear the plates multiple times. When dessert was brought a payment machine was placed in front of us at the same time and we were told we had 5 minutes. No instruction on how to use the machine, several dirty looks, and zero
Thank You or asking us how we enjoyed ourselves. We understand that restaurant culture has changed, but decency and kindness shouldn't have. When a restaurant's desire to turn over tables more often than they should translates into a server's rudeness from the moment you sit down, then clearly they have gone a step too far. Food quality doesn't even matter at this point- the whole night was sour.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
I made a reservation through Resy, and at the time, noted the 50$ per person cancelation fee. I got a text asking to confirm or cancel the day of the reservation, which was probably a month after the initial reservation-at this point forgetting the fee. I cancelled by text, and the following day got an email that I would be charged 100$.
While this is technically within their right-this is a very deceptive practice. You send me a text asking me if I want to cancel with no mention that I would be charged. If I had been reminded, I would have either gone, or offered the reservation to a friend.
The restaurant sent me a very pedantic response, and said they would take this into consideration in the future.
I am 100% sure that there were not 2 empty seats due to my cancellation.
Service: 1
Delicious, creative, and impeccable quality seafood. Not cheap, but the quality matches the price. Wine list is a bit overly slanted to natural wines with a lot of mousiness - the somm must not be sensitive to that - but you can make do. Great restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food was good, not great. But still overall really good. The service was excellent, no complaints there. I just hated the layout of the restaurant. The dining sits at a bar so it doesn’t really feel intimate. You can’t really talk face-to-face to the person you’re dining with and you’re watching the staff cook clean serve wash dishes. It’s all very messy and chaotic. I think more ideal for the after work cocktail. Certainly not a date night vibe at all.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tuna Carpaccio, Octopus Potato Salad, Stuffed Squid
One of the best wine bars in NYC.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Stuffed Squid
the food was servicable but not outstanding or even great. i would give 3 stars, however the food was outrageously overpriced. the fish in the picture here cost $50 ($10 per small slice of fish). $12 for a suntory beer is moronic. if you are looking for middling seafood and money is nothing to you then this is a great spot. i ate two slices of pizza after spending $300 here to fill up.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Incredibly good. I could list everything we got, but just talk to your server and they’ll steer you right. The food was incredible and the service matched.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Amazing experience and food. Treated my husband with kindness and a candle for his birthday. Can’t wait to visit again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ice Cream Sandwich, Stuffed Squid, Chocolate Mousse
Their seafood was super fresh and delicious. The highlight was the ice box plus. It’s bar seating only but the seats are comfortable and the staff were friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tuna Carpaccio, Butter Anchovies, Ice Cream Sandwich, Stuffed Squid, Chocolate Mousse
I didn't know it was possible to love shrimp cocktail that much. The grilled mackerel was superbly elevated by the heat from the long hots. The incredibly fresh seafood was perfectly complimented by a sparkling white that was dry but somehow still managed to have strong floral notes. The entire staff is delightful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
No misses on the entire menu. That’s hard to do! Exceptionally good accross the board . Lobster, squid ice box, clams were all amazing . Mousse 10/10 too
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I was even more taken with Penny’s cooked dishes, any of them restaurant ready. The typical octopus-and-potato appetizer was recast as tentacles on a smoky, paprika-stained cloud of whipped potatoes, which hid nuggets of pickled daikon. An oyster pan roast that looked deceptively thin beneath its flaky biscuit turned out to pack a fantastic wallop of the sea. The usual fish joint’s token meat dish is here a Dover sole, its ribs protruding like a Frenched rack of lamb, with upturned mushroom caps and melting little tabs of bone marrow, meaty enough for the most evangelical carnivore. Paired with a 2016 bottle of Fumey-Chatelain Savagnin from Arbois — like a glass of salted marzipan — it was a treat.
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