Now in its 10th year, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's ever-"trendy" Southeast Asian offers "inventive" haute street food and "different" cocktails in an "exotic" Meatpacking "fantasy palace" setting complete with "special" private rooms downstairs; "deafening noise" and "steep prices" to the contrary, most report an "overall great time" here.
A high-style culinary tour of Southeast Asia's marketplace treats (as interpreted by Jean-Georges).:
Spice Market Restaurant Review: The soothing and lavish interior of this bi-level Meatpacking space---with its elaborate wood-carved pagodas, ornate tapestries, silk lanterns and monk-outfitted waitstaff---will make chaotic New York City seem continents away. The genius of the spot is how this high style combines with something as seemingly low-concept as Southeast Asian street food,...
Lavish, extra-sceney spot of Taj Mahal-like proportions. Harem décor and smallish portions of so-called Asian street food are hit or miss. Chicken samosas, wings with messy chile sauce, and mussels steamed in lemongrass are all good bets. Otherwise, Jean-Georges may be spreading himself a little thin. Ideal for those who enjoy the quality and service one gets when dining with several hundred...
Spice Market is Jean-Georges Vongerichten's wildly successful ode to the street food of Southeast Asia. The interior of the restaurant is as exotic as the cuisine: with a collection of artifacts imported from Rajastan, South India, Burma and Malaysia creating an interior of Eastern exotica including antique wall carvings, screens and pagodas. Designer Jacques Garcia’s custom-made colonial style...