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Momofuku Noodle Bar vs Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca
Momofuku Noodle Bar and Babbo are both endorsed by writers. On balance, Babbo scores marginally better than Momofuku Noodle Bar. Babbo is ranked #15 in New York City with positive reviews from 18 sources like concierge.com, Michelin Guide and Bloomberg.
Momofuku Noodle Bar
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171 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"Chef-owner David Chang has created a shrine to ramen with this stylish 70-seat restaurant."
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Frommer's
"Practically unclassifiable, Momofuku might be put in the Asian noodle category."
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Travel + Leisure
"This sleek, wooden East Village noodle bar has the right kind of hype—not the high-gloss, flashy, media type, but the street level, word-of-mouth kind."
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BlackBook
"Platonic ideal of what you spent all those semesters living off of. Taut ramen noodles with thick, fatty pork, in addictive broth."
DK Eyewitness
"Celebrated Korean-American chef David Chang is at the helm of this airy restaurant. The menu changes daily and might include steamed pork buns or duck confit salad."
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."
