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L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon

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Four Seasons Hotel
57 E. 57th St., New York, NY 10022
nr. Park Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-350-6658 Send to Phone

Critics' Rating: Price Range: $$$$
Reader Rating:
8.5 out of 10

2 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Molecular Gastronomy, French, Japanese/Sushi

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Hours

Daily, 6pm-11pm

Nearby Subway Stops

4, 5, 6 at 59th St.; 1, A, B, C, D at 59th St.-Columbus Circle

Prices

$30-$60

Payment Methods

American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Business Lunch
Lunch
Notable Chef
Notable Wine List
Prix-Fixe
Romantic

Alcohol

Full Bar

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This is the fourth L’Atelier Robuchon outlet to open around the globe, the other three being in Paris, Tokyo, and Las Vegas. (Robuchon has a fifth restaurant in London.) All of the establishments (the name means “workshop”) are built around the traditional Japanese concepts of small-plate, omakase (chef’s choice) tastings and dining at the bar. This is haute cuisine of the most extreme, stylized kind: frog’s-leg croquettes (bite-size, and neatly flavored with parsley and garlic), squares of bluefin tuna touched with a sun-dried tomato mash, and an impressively sweet langoustine, wrapped with a lone basil leaf, and tucked inside a lightly fried crust. There were also rows of Kumamoto oysters barely cooked in salty butter; slices of the finest foie gras terrine squeezed, sushi style, between layers of faintly caramelized Japanese eel; and, for a whopping $88, a single egg (hard on the outside, poached within) set in a spidery net of feuille de brick pastry and served in a pool of crème fraîche, with a giant spoonful of osetra caviar on top. — Adam Platt

Extra

The place to sit is at the bar.

Prix-Fixe
Nine courses, $190

Ideal Meal

Gazpacho, sea urchin with lobster gelée, crispy langoustines, foie gras ravioli, cod fillet, hanger steak or lamb, “Le Sucre”

Reader Ratings

8.5

Foie Gras Eight Ways and Loving It

hungryjacq from 11215 | Posted on 4/3/07

Overall Reader Rating: 8 (Recommended)


Food:	9
Service:	10

Décor:	8

Value:	7

A word of advice -- you simply must eat at the counter. Don't bother to go the appetizer/entree route, focus on the small plates and turn it into a culinary expedition. Our server recommended 4-6 plates per person, so...Read More

It's not Paris, but pretty close

garbanzo from 10025 | Posted on 11/15/06

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	10

Décor:	10

Value:	8

Went for lunch during their first month and splurged on the $160 tasting menu. Classic Robuchon, down to the purÃ©e de pommes de terre. Delicate and artful (perhaps sometimes a bit too). Service was attentive but not stuffy -- clearly they...Read More