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Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca vs Jean Georges

Both restaurants are recommended by travel writers. Overall, Jean Georges ranks marginally higher than Babbo. Jean Georges has a TripExpert Score of 91 with approval from 15 publications like Travel + Leisure, Zagat and Time Out.

Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca
Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca
8 / 10
110 Waverly Place, New York City, NY 10011
From $41 /night
Concierge 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 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..." Full review
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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 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." Full review
Zagat 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." Full review
BlackBook 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."
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Jean Georges
Jean Georges
9 / 10
1 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
From $25 /night
Concierge Concierge
"Open since 1997, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's signature restaurant on Columbus Circle remains one of the world's greatest."
Fodor's Fodor's
"This culinary temple in the Trump International Hotel and Towers focuses wholly on chef celebre Jean-Georges Vongerichten's spectacular creations." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"This unique interpretation of French cuisine is served on white-clothed tables surrounded by large windows that overlook Columbus Circle and Central Park." Full review
Zagat Zagat
"Jean-Georges Vongerichten's CPW culinary "cathedral" persists as a "paragon" of "sophisticated" service and "marvelously inventive" New French cuisine." Full review
BlackBook BlackBook
"Tucked in the base of the brass-and-glass Trump International condo tower, this lofty French eatery gives the Donald a desperately needed infusion of elegance-by-association."
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