Benoit New York

I went to this French restaurant, open since 2008, for Winter Restaurant Week on one of these recent snowy days. As per many of the other spots, they serve three courses for $60 or two courses for $45 during lunch only. In terms of the food, it wasn't the biggest portion size, but they gave extra dishes, so it felt somewhat worth it, even if the food itself wasn't the best for any particular bistro dish. The service, whether it was the maître d', the busboy, the waiter, or otherwise, was all friendly and professional. The inside is a bit sparse but still feels refined, and the clientele was mostly middle-aged, with many ordering from the main menu, aside from the table next to me and a few others. To drink, I thought of getting a glass of the Bourgogne Aligoté, but instead went for a cockt

Worst service ever! When we ordered, we had asked to switch something (from Skirt Steak to Filet Mignon, which was a more expensive item), at most 5 minutes after we ordered, and our server, Miguel, rudely said it was “too late”. We didn’t receive our food for another half hour at least. I am sure it was not too late to switch. I understand this can be annoying, but we were very nice about it and it was right after we had ordered. He could have at least been kinder or tried to accommodate. Regardless of this, our server hardly paid attention to us after we ordered / had gotten our food. Didn’t check on us ONCE. We had originally wanted to order some coffee and dessert, but our server didn’t come over to us for another 20 minutes, so we just decided to leave. This is ridiculous for such a

The food was unfortunately disappointing. I had high hopes since it was an Alain Ducasse restaurant. All of the proteins (escargot, halibut, and veal) needed some love; salt, acidity, or just something. Simply put the food was a bit lacking. Not only that, the service was a little bit questionable. I asked for extra baguette if possible to go with my escargot. It took more than 15min to get my bread and I'm already more than half way done with my escargot. The kicker at the end, we got our check. We were charged $8 for still water. We didn't get like a bottled water like a Saratoga water, we got what seemed like filtered water from a fountain. All I asked was why was I charged. I don't mind paying that extra couple dollars but it just didn't make sense to be charged for filtered water. Ins

I had mixed feelings about this place. The fish and filet mignon were good, but the chicory salad deserves its own comedy show. . $22 for a few bitter chicory leaves with barely any goat cheese is hard to justify. There was so little cheese that it honestly felt like a joke. I laughed about it all night, but at that price point, it’s not funny.

A NYC gem, ordered onion soup, escargot, Filet Mignon and Lobster Pasta. The meat was amazing, good perfectly. Onion soup one of the best I've had, escargot flavorful and pasta al dente. 100% recommend