The View Restaurant & Lounge

I highly recommend it its very professional

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This was am amazing place just to see the city but the food was great too. Even got a polo shirt!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheesecake with Strawberries, Foie Gras Ganache

Extremely user unfriendly. It is impossible to make a reservation. Phone number listed is not working number. When you try to make reservation on line no matter how far ahead you go “no open table available.” For walking in scenario I would like to know when restaurant rotates and when it doesn’t but this information is not available (neither it is clear why it got tired to rotate all the time as it used to and became replaced with La Petite Chef nonsense). It used to be my favorite restaurant in New York. It was a treat for tourists and New Yorkers alike, not anymore

Addendum: me and my fiancée attempted to walk in for our anniversary. The view is situated in Marriott Marquis hotel so we ask for direction someone who works in hotel. And...it turned out that it is closed for renovation for another 2 months. Some of the frustration could be avoided if it was just mentioned on the website

This place is NOT open since beginning February

Great place, my wife brought me the first time in 2008 or 2009

We came to NYC for my sister in laws graduation from NYU, decided to come here before going to a broadway show and got some apps and food, the cheese plate and focaccia were absolutely amazing, but the part that really stood out for us was when we asked our server Kazi to take a photo of us, he took us outside to get much better photos that I will cherish for the rest of my life! He was so sweet and kind and I am just grateful that we got to meet him, we had a lot of great service out there, but he by far went above and beyond and just was a genuinely wonderful man! Thank you Kazi! Hope to come see you again the next time we are out there!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

The best place ever! Amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheesecake with Strawberries, Lobster Mac and Cheese, The Chocolate Fountain, Grilled Maine Lobster to Your Entrée Selection, Salads, Complimentary Cake for Our Anniversary, Foie Gras Ganache

We had a fantastic time at "The View" - my husband and I truly relished our experience at this rotating rooftop restaurant with a charming atmosphere and stunning views of Midtown, New York City. Reservations are required!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheesecake with Strawberries, Lobster Mac and Cheese, Raspberry Sorbet, Black Olive Braised Lamb Shank, Wild Mushroom Ravioli

Probably the worst food and experiences I have ever had. I just saw on their site after someone pointed it out: “Due to the technology used to bring you this one-of-a-kind culinary adventure, The View will not be rotating for this exclusive experience.” What technology? One does not affect the other. It’s already a terrible experience, and they make it even worse? It’s not that complicated to offer both. Would never come back here. No one I know enjoyed their food or experience. I’m sure they work hard, but it is not worth the cost. Does not even look that nice, I’ve seen better for cheaper.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Please let me know how all these people posting reviews could even get a table? I have been trying forever to reserve a table and any day or time I pick " No times available within 2.5 hours of the selected time". It seems the tables are reserved for friends & family and rest of us are being duped.

Delicious food and an amazing experience

This was our second time here with our family, but the first since Covid and the first since La Petite Chef. The bottom line is while still a superior restaurant, the price does not reflect much more than the payment to restore the spinning restaurant mechanism that makes "the view" worth it in the first place.Please note, and if you've seen our other reviews, you know that, at All Set Vacations, we pride ourselves on providing true and transparent editorial content based on all my years as a journalist and educator.We paid $1200 for this experience.Definitely arrive early. We shared drinks a snack in one of the lower floor restaurants first because we read that it might not be enough food, it definitely was enough food and the wine at dinner was also enough alcohol to suffice anyone.By arriving early, we enjoyed three different appetizers. They were ok, but mostly breading, so, nothing special.The show is cool, but, as a photographer and cinematographer/media person myself, felt a bit dated. Essentially, there is a ultra high resolution projector above your table with four specifically placed circles that mark your plate. That way the projector can the two-dimensional animation at the same time to all four place settings. It's a simple two-dimensional cartoon chef that runs around and you enjoy his antics for a few minutes as he prepares what you're about to eat and then the food is served right afterwards. That's pretty much it. It was cool but nothing that was mouth dropping or eye opening other than just being a novelty. It would definitely be worth a look to do it once but not sure if it warrants the heavy price tag. I'm not sure if I would recommend coming here just for this part alone. However, the food, plus this experience, depending on your preference for something different could make it worth it.Now for the food itself at dinner. The food was amazing, but, heavy! How anyone can say they didn't feel they ate enough is beyond me! The cream base on many dishes filled us up and we definitely felt it! The portions are fine. I did a little digging and looked up each one of the pairing wines individually. They are all very highly ranked and we're all delicious. We have more of a preference for red and we know a bottle of stag sleep alone is a $100 bottle. So having two glasses of that was wonderful. Put that together with all the other ones and if you're a wine person, this is like having a high-end flight. I also included a picture of the menu to see all food and beverage offerings.The dinner courses were fantastic, fresh, and served perfectly. The lobster included a portion of a tail and one claw (would have loved more of that for the price like half of a normal 8 oz tail or skip the rubbery claw even though it helps the presentation). The beef short rib was very tender as well. The first course, again, solid, and the desert was complex and balanced.So....let's lay it out and see if it gets an 'All-Set' seal of approval.....-after the breakdown.Let's be generous and assume each wine glass costs $20. For my wife and I, that would be $160 total.Let's give the first course a $20 price on a normal menu, that's $80 for all four of us.Second course $30 each normally, $120 total.Let's assume each main entree of short ribs would be a max of $50 each- $200 total.And dessert, $20 each or $80 total.So... for 4 people, 2 adults and 2 kids:That's $640 for a really wonderful dinner for the four of us at a decent high view of the other tall buildings in the area. ( remember, it's not spinning currently). Add in a tip of 130 and that's $770.That's essentially a markup of $430 that is likely paying for the projector and, from what we learned, management to save up to turn the spinning motor back on!Final thoughts: if you can rationalize the extra costs for the experience, do it once but, without the spinning view, the view ( name of the restaurant)! isn't great. But, the food, drinks ,and service is worth $640, but not $12

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Very disappointing. First of all it would be important to inform the clients that tables are maximum for 4 ppl. If you are more than four you will be separated if you want to enjoy the virtual show. Unacceptable especially if you are a family with kids because the family will be split.Secondly the level of service is very poor and the personnel is clearly non trained for a supposed high-level restaurant. During the waiting time for the preparation of the table, the personnel offers you a cocktail (nobody told us what it was, and I have assumed that it was a Spritz, but not sure! Nothing have been offered to our 3 kids) and some appetizers. They put everything on the desk at the entrance and don’t go through the various clients.Food quality is medium-high, but clearly no wow. Wine pairing is a nightmare. The wine chosen for every dish is simply horrible..Unacceptable for Europeans! Please allow clients to chose a bottle of wine or to pay more to have better quality.At last, we wait 10 minutes (!!!) in a queue to have the elevator and go out…we were waiting for a lady from the restaurant with a badge which allows to call the elevator. Crazy!Animation and virtual show was funny.At the end the price is too high for what you get. And giving a French sounding name to the restaurant will not improve the quality.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Very expansive for this expérience ! Thé view is not thé view because we dont see thé view turn .... I see nothing !

Très bon repas mais pas de pain disponible dans leurs cuisines et malgré les boulangeries ouvertes, il n'y avait pas de grèves de boulangers contrairement à ce que je pensais...