Best seafood in the city ❤️, perfect for a date night!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Stuffed Squid
Kevin Y
Food is good but a bit overhyped and prices a bit steep.
-Ice Box. Shrimp was the highlight. Just get the shrimp cocktail instead. -Spring Macedoine. Solid. -Stuffed Squid. Nothing special really. Squid was tender but the tuna filling was overwhelmed by the harissa. -Confit Oyster. Really good. -Scallop + Morel. Just fine. Nothing special. Morels didn't shine through. -Ice Cream Sandwich. Fine to order. -Chocolate Mousse. Good for a chocolate enjoyer.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Curtis Traveling
New take on French brasserie fare—casual and well-priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adam Whittingham
Food amazing, service was WILDY attentive. Awesome spot. Can’t wait to go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mark Lumerman
The cooked clams and the seared scallop dish were fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
André Rouillard
Seafood is outstanding. Wine is fine. Service feels like a conveyor belt.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Sydney Marrazzo
wasn’t crazy about claud and am not crazy about penny either. that being said i think there are a few good bites at both so trying to get a res for both on the same night and making a full meal out of both may be the way to go. the brioche was huge and outstanding, i hate paying for bread but honestly it was worth it. the confit oysters were good but very small for the price. the oysters are in chicken fat which i don’t think is necessary and they put way too much paprika on the crackers but you can ask for plain crackers. overall they’re way too heavy with the paprika! the stuffed squid was the big letdown. it’s stuffed with tuna and swiss chard but you wouldn’t know that because the only flavor that reads is paprika. it’s absolutely overdosed imo. probably won’t go back but i didn’t hate it
🦪 Oyster in Chicken Fat – 🛑 Nope. Gamey, stinky, couldn’t finish. Almost gagged.
🌊🍄 Scallops with Mushrooms – Pretty but SO salty. We gave up halfway.
💸 Total: $136 with tip for a meal we barely ate. Left hungry and a bit sad.
Nice ambiance, but the flavors didn’t land for us.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Jose Gutierrez
Food was phenomenal, service outstanding! I will note that for the price, the servings are rather small. I still highly recommend it.
Olga Nowak
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.
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.
Best seafood in the city ❤️, perfect for a date night!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Stuffed Squid
Food is good but a bit overhyped and prices a bit steep.
-Ice Box. Shrimp was the highlight. Just get the shrimp cocktail instead.
-Spring Macedoine. Solid.
-Stuffed Squid. Nothing special really. Squid was tender but the tuna filling was overwhelmed by the harissa.
-Confit Oyster. Really good.
-Scallop + Morel. Just fine. Nothing special. Morels didn't shine through.
-Ice Cream Sandwich. Fine to order.
-Chocolate Mousse. Good for a chocolate enjoyer.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
New take on French brasserie fare—casual and well-priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food amazing, service was WILDY attentive. Awesome spot. Can’t wait to go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The cooked clams and the seared scallop dish were fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Seafood is outstanding. Wine is fine. Service feels like a conveyor belt.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
wasn’t crazy about claud and am not crazy about penny either. that being said i think there are a few good bites at both so trying to get a res for both on the same night and making a full meal out of both may be the way to go. the brioche was huge and outstanding, i hate paying for bread but honestly it was worth it. the confit oysters were good but very small for the price. the oysters are in chicken fat which i don’t think is necessary and they put way too much paprika on the crackers but you can ask for plain crackers. overall they’re way too heavy with the paprika! the stuffed squid was the big letdown. it’s stuffed with tuna and swiss chard but you wouldn’t know that because the only flavor that reads is paprika. it’s absolutely overdosed imo. probably won’t go back but i didn’t hate it
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Penny NYC – Cute Spot, But the Food? Meh. 🤷♀️
Quick bites recap:
🍤 Shrimp Cocktail – Cold, classic, safe. Nothing new, nothing wrong, just… shrimp.
🦪 Oyster in Chicken Fat – 🛑 Nope. Gamey, stinky, couldn’t finish. Almost gagged.
🌊🍄 Scallops with Mushrooms – Pretty but SO salty. We gave up halfway.
💸 Total: $136 with tip for a meal we barely ate. Left hungry and a bit sad.
Nice ambiance, but the flavors didn’t land for us.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Food was phenomenal, service outstanding! I will note that for the price, the servings are rather small. I still highly recommend it.
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
Restaurantji Recommends
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
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