"Synonymous with class", this "old-world" room in the Carlyle Hotel holds "fond memories" for a "blue-blood" fan base in thrall to its "refined" New French fare, "royal-treatment" service and "Dorothy Draper"–esque digs; plan to wear your "finest baubles" (jackets required for dinner) and be prepared for "super-premium prices."
The Carlyle Restaurant Restaurant Review:
The crystal chandeliers, fox hunt paintings, and Jeeves-like service provide a fine environment for The Carlyle Restaurant’s French cuisine, under the direction of executive chef Jacques Sorci. It’s impossible to knock the carnaroli risotto which dances with flavor, thanks to the rock shrimp and sautéed hon shimeji mushrooms in a lobster reduction. The nugget of flaky black sea bass sits atop a...
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner this gracious elegant room furnished with pillow-sprinkled banquets, fortuny fabric covered walls, and engravings by Redoute is the perfect setting for delightful French cuisine and discreet service. Executive chef Jimmy Sakatos has created a new menu for this marvelous location.
When James Sakatos and Christian Delouvrier were asked to put together a new menu for the revamped Carlyle in late 2005, no one asked them to reinvent the wheel. After all, they were replacing acclaimed chef Jean-Louis Dumonet, which meant they just had to spin out near perfection befitting one of Manhattan’s great hotel restaurants. Now Sakatos is on his own in the kitchen and proving to be...