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Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca vs Le Bernardin

Both restaurants are highly recommended by experts. Overall, Le Bernardin scores significantly better than Babbo. Le Bernardin ranks #3 in New York City with accolades from 18 reviewers including The World's 50 Best Restaurants, Zagat and Travel + Leisure.

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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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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Le Bernardin
Le Bernardin
9 / 10
155 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019
From $41 /night
Concierge Concierge
"If this very grown-up Midtown place remains the one to beat despite astronomical prices and what many consider a too-sedate corporate decor, it's because of Ripert's always-evolving menu."
Fodor's Fodor's
"There's no beating Le Bernardin for thrilling cuisine, seafood or otherwise." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"The two testing menus are popular and include exotic entrees such as Crispy Black Bass served with mini pork buns." Full review
Zagat Zagat
4.9
"Dining doesn't get much more "blissful" than at this "sublime" Midtown French seafooder via Maguy Le Coze and chef Eric Ripert." Full review
BlackBook BlackBook
"Eric Ripert is more likely to be globetrotting than preparing the orange vinaigrette that tops your warm lobster carpaccio, but seasoned staff knows its way around the fruits of the sea."
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