Nougatine by Jean-Georges

Came here on my bday. They offer 3 tasting menus; 6 or 10 course and a vegetarian option. Great food, well balanced on taste and texture. All cocktails were well made. Ed was our server, service was attentive and fun yet professional. One of the Michelin starred restaurants we would visit again.

I had the privilege of coming to JG for my birthday with my siblings so we got the 10 course tasting menu. The ingredients were fresh and I was glad that I got to try the famous egg toast and tuna noodles which were delicious. The rest of the Asian fusion tasting dishes were not great. I love strong flavors like Laksa but I found that some dishes were overly salty. Particularly, the lobster dish tasted like sea water...( I think they forgot coconut milk or something?) The staff however were very understanding and gave us extra dessert because of the lobster dish. People were friendly and I felt very special that I got a really delicious chocolate cake for my birthday.

With the exception of a pretty dry beef main course, Jean Georges seems to marry top grade, fresh seafood and meat ingredients with dissonant, oftentimes very sour sauces. Couple that with uncomfortable sofa seating with strangers (where you'll feel everyone shifting in their seats and hear many conversations). Great service and location helps.

It was not as good as I had hoped for it being a Jean Georges place. That said, the staff was some of the best ever and the wine list is extensive. the food was good, not amazing. Rec: - trout appetizer - sea bass - burrata - tuna

Bottom line up front: not worth your visit. I don't treat myself dinning in a two Michelin star restaurant often. When I do, I expect a little wow factor. I'm looking for strong/delicate/unique flavor, new ingredients or textures. That's why these places come with a premium. Unfortunately this visit to Jean gorge was just ok. While the service was great, the food lacked oompf. Most of all the wagyu steak found itself in a sauce not complementary to it's flavors. Highlight was dessert, the apple ensemble was delicious and fun but it didn't make up for the "high end" yet meh food. For your once a year special occasion you deserve to be wowed.

Came here in March 2022 when they got rid of lunch service and only focused on the diner service. This was to celebrate my buddy's entrance into fatherhood and a night out. I got the 10 course omnivore prix fixe menu. The service was great! The waitress serving us knew the menu very well and was knowledgeable in wine selection and pairing. We did not need to request the sommelier because the wine pairing recommendations were well received. The wine pairing that stood out was the king crab risotto and a chardonnay that had notes of oats. The servers were also very attentive, but not intrusive. With regards to the menu and the food quality, if I had to describe a theme, it would be different textures, temperature and intense flavors clashing together within the mouth, melding into a melodic harmony to accentuate each ingredient. This delicate combination is really easy to mess up, but Jean-Georges pulled it off perfectly. The quality of the food is definitely one of the best there is.

So this was my first time trying a restaurant of this nature. A fixed 10 course menu where there was barely any food on the plate. Lol. I was hopeful going into this reservation because the menu sounded pretty good and it's a three Michelin star restaurant. Has to be good right? Nah not at all. I was literally ranking each dish I received out of ten and the best dish was the first. It was like a crispy rice sashimi and a sip of soup. Similar to what another reviewer said about his experience, it's been 3 days since I've dined there and i can hardly remember anything else. I hated my cocktail, some raspberry thing. Also they were very slow to bring out the next course each time. We were there for about 3 and a half hours and I was literally done and ready to leave an hour in. Just not an experience that I enjoyed. Below are my scores for each course. 1. 8/10 sushi with crispy rice and soup 2. 6/10 bread and caviar 3. 4/10 white fish and peas 4. 4.5/10 tuna ribbons and avacado 5. 4/10 tomato and berry salad 6. 5.5/10 king crab dumpling 7. 7/10 sea bass 8. 5/10 Thai lobster and corn 9. 4/10 foie gra 10. 4.5/10 duck 11. 3/10 dessert I will say that they did notice that my friend did not like his foie gra and offered to make something else in return. We declined but they did give us a second dessert to make up for it. Which was probably one of the better things I had and it wasn't even apart of the tasting menu. It was a lava cake. Overall I can't say I'd return. Just wasn't my thing. Super expensive for mid food. I went in hopeful and came out disappointed.

The food was great and service was amazing but there was an individual coughing on the table next to ours the whole time. They also state there is a dress code but it is not really enforced as I saw a few individual who were dressed down with sneakers and black jeans and no jacket. I would bring a change of clothes just to be safe.