Eleven Madison Park vs Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca
Both establishments are endorsed by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Eleven Madison Park scores significantly better than Babbo. Eleven Madison Park comes in at #2 in New York City with positive reviews from 17 reviews such as The World's 50 Best Restaurants, The Infatuation and Fodor's.
Eleven Madison Park
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11 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"Luxury, precision, and creativity are the driving forces at this internationally renowned restaurant."
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Travel + Leisure
"Art Deco-designed Eleven Madison Park in the Flatiron District offers a unique method of ordering food."
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Zagat
""Well-choreographed", "theatrical" tasting menus (think "card tricks") feature "exquisite" dishes and "memorable" wine pairings."
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BlackBook
"Food king Danny Meyer brought in young alchemist chef Daniel Humm and kick started this tired power luncher overnight."
DK Eyewitness
"The Art Deco dining room with soaring ceilings and views of historic Madison Square Park make this the most elegant of Danny Meyer’s restaurant empire."
Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca
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110 Waverly Place, New York City, NY 10011
From $41 /night
Concierge
"It was one of the first restaurants in New York to offer such an inventive and sophisticated take on Italian cuisine—with a voluminous wine list to match."
Fodor's
"It shouldn't take more than one bite of tender barbecue squab to understand why it's so hard to get a reservation at this casually elegant restaurant, whose menu strays widely from..."
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But be forewarned: if anyone in your party is hard of hearing, or bothered by loud rock music, choose someplace more sedate.
Travel + Leisure
"If you can though, it’s worth waiting for Batali’s Hudson Valley version of Italian classics including black spaghetti with rock shrimp."
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Zagat
""Year after year", the Batali-Bastianich team's Village "standard-bearer" for "elevated Italian" cooking "lives up to its rep" with a "daring and fulfilling" menu."
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BlackBook
"Leave your gustatory inhibitions at the door and gorge on beef cheek ravioli and warm lamb's tongue, Tuscan doughnuts and saffron panna cotta for dessert, killer Italian wines."