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DanielvsThe Dutch
Both establishments are recommended by professional reviewers. Overall, Daniel ranks slightly better than The Dutch. Daniel comes in at #3 in New York City with endorsements from 19 reviews including The Infatuation, The New Yorker and Lonely Planet.
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60 E. 65th St., New York, NY 10065
From $25/night
Concierge "Why go to Daniel? Because you owe it to yourself to experience the real thing at least once. French haute-cuisine restaurants are vanishing from New York, but Daniel, on the Upper East..."
Fodor's "One of the most elegant dining experiences in Manhattan." Full review
Lonely Planet "This chichi French palace features floral arrangements and wide-eyed foodies who gawk over plates of peekytoe crab and celery-root salad." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The namesake of acclaimed chef Daniel Boulud, this New French restaurant is often lauded as one of the best in the nation." Full review
Zagat "Still the "hautest of haute" after two decades, Daniel Boulud's "magnificent" Eastsider offers a "religious experience" via "otherworldly" prix fixe–only New French cuisine." Full review
BlackBook "Superstar French suited to your dramatic entrances. Like a Roman palazzo, hitting Corinthian columns, glitzy chandeliers, clean white scheme."
DK Eyewitness "Chef Daniel Boulud’s flagship restaurant features a Venetian Renaissance-inspired dining room, one of the most luscious settings in town."
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Daniel remains the type of restaurant where one can never be overdressed. However, its ambience has a calm elegance and less aggressive exclusivity than one might expect." Full review
Gayot19.0
"Chef extraordinaire and entrepreneur Daniel Boulud oversees more than a dozen restaurants worldwide, of which his eponymous fine dining establishment Daniel is the apex." Full review
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Sommelier Raj Vaidya will help you choose from the wine list that boasts 2,000-plus selections.
New York Magazine Critic's Pick
"How sad that the word special has been denatured to sound more specious than praiseworthy. Because Daniel Boulud really is special." Full review
The Dutch Fodor's Travel + Leisure Zagat
Rough Guide Gayot
New York Times
Time Out New York Magazine
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131 Sullivan St, New York City, NY 10012
From $31/night
Fodor's "Andrew Carmellini's homage to American cuisine is really an encapsulation of recent food and dining trends... And it all works well at this SoHo restaurant." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Andrew Carmellini (also behind Tribeca’s buzzed-about Locanda Verde) hits all the right notes at this platonic ideal of the American bistro." Full review
Zagat "Chef Andrew Carmellini's "delish" riffs on American dishes draw "trendsetters" to this "fashionable" SoHo "winner"." Full review
Rough Guide Star
"Locally sourced produce and seasonal salads accompanying steaks, shellfish, hefty sandwiches, flavourful chilli, fried chicken and freshly baked pies."
Gayot14.0
"Carmellini does his best work with the gamier meats like squab, which he serves with seared foie gras, or pecan duck with dirty rice." Full review
New York Times "Here is where you want to be right now, all of you who care about good food and the theater of eating it." Full review
Time Out "Like the diverse crowd, the food—from virtuoso Andrew Carmellini—is eclectic: His rollicking menu reflects our increasingly free-form eating habits." Full review
New York Magazine Critic's Pick
"The big-ticket, gut-busting dish to have at the Dutch is the beautifully charred eighteen-ounce New York strip steak." Full review
Tasting Table "Fried chicken (lunch and late-night menus only) with fresh biscuits... steaks aged in-house and a daily rotation of both sweet and savory pies do right by their largely clichéd categories." Full review
The Infatuation7.8
"Celebs-a-plenty, The Dutch is a tried and true downtown Manhattan hot spot." Full review
