Date Locations in Manhattan

[lenchik]

Hi,
can anyone recommend a good but not very extravagant meat or dairy restaurant that would work for a date. Must be located in Manhattan.
Thanks!

[vallevin]

Nu?

[kosherdoc]

I think Wolf and Lamb is a great place that is totally underrated. It isn't that expensive, its usually quiet and its a nice atmoshphere for first dates. I would take dates there all the time and i think the food is reliable, is a great place to talk and your really close to time square if you want to go for a walk after a date which is a definite possibility in the summer.

Noidue is great food but can't get a reservation, which is a need to have for a date, and its loud. MMFF is overpriced but it works and the desserts are pretty good and it has a good location. Cafe K's service is a bit spotty but its a nice place and would work for a date.

If you really like the girl i would go to abigaels (my personal favorite) or mikes bistro, two really great restaurants but will most likely set you back around 100-150, depending on how you order.

[vallevin]

Lenchick...forgive me for being nosy but it looks like from your other posts you are coming in from out of town.

JUST in case this is a first date, plus the coming in from out town, I would play it VERY VERY VERY safe, in which case I can only reccomend Le Marais, and go for the butchers cut steak, which is not crazy priced, and always delicious. This way you have Times Square to walk around afterward.

ON the other hand.... Noidue could be a good option, if only to go have Screme Gelato afterward, but I'd also have to urge you to walk the 20 or so blocks south to the Times Square location (in the Wax museum) since there are tables there (I hope....I think). The Screme location near Noidue is only a little hold in the wall.

Good Luck.

[MartyB]

Check out http://www.nachas.org/BethYehuda/kosh... for a listing of offerings. They also offer a ranking of price 1-3. Mikes Bistro and My Most Favorite Food are both ranked as 3 (most expensive).

I once got together with family and someone suggested My Most Favorite Food. I basically had the water and the bread and ate elseware after the get together . The prices were insane!

[brooklynkoshereater]

The new my most favorite might be okay - i think INdian is cool also - it'll definitely inspire conversation. Clubhouse Cafe is moderately priced but might be a skotsh noisy for your taste.

[brodes18]

How about Cafe K. It's a decent first date.

[cappucino]

Noidue seems too noisy to me. Indian, too much of a commitment to ask on a first date.
I don't even have a lower priced option to recommend.

[queenscook]

OP didn't say it was a first date.

Had it been me, I would have far preferred an Indian place to where I went on my last first date, which was at Mr. Broadway's. Of course, that was 11 years ago, and we're married 10, so in the long run, it worked out! And back then, I don't know if my then-date would have been adventurous enough to try Indian food. But my now-husband now loves it!

[tamarw]

Lots of options -

Noidue (cheapest of the three)
Mike's Bistro
My Most Favorite Food

There are lots of posts on each individual eatery on these boards.

[craigcep]

I'd go with Noidue and would put Darna and Galil on the list as well. MMFF was incredibly overpriced. Haven't seen the new menu for the new location. Or you can try the meat indian place (forgot the name, but it's on 1st and 61st).

[tamarw]

I agree with Craig - Darna is stellar and I should have mentioned that.

MMFF is overpriced but you can't deny it being a suitable date restaurant :)

I haven't been to the meat Indian place but I would love to go there sometime.

[Kosher Critic]

I would think that the Indian place, Dakshin II, would be a great choice since it is a bit out of the way and, therefore, quieter. The fact that it is delicious is another good reason to go (unless, of course, your date doesn't like Indian food).

[vallevin]

Dakshin is good, at least for lunch. Like KC said, the only down side is if the date does not like Indian Food.

[Kosher Critic]

If the date does not like Indian food, it it a good match for a chowhounder?

[GilaB]

You can always offer two similarly-priced restaurants that offer different kinds of food, and let your date choose - Dakshin II vs. Darna, let's say.

[GilaB]

Mike's Bistro is one of the most expensive kosher restaurants in the city. It'd have to be a really, really good date.

[tamarw]

No doubt. But the food is great for any occasion.

[JJ27]

While the food at Noidue is very good bang-for-the-buck, I would not necessarily recommend it for a date. It is very noisy - hard to hold a conversation.

Some of the other recommendations below which I would second are Darna and Cafe K (for dinner, not lunch).

My favorite place is Abigael's, have lots of space and quiet. I'm not sure if you might consider this too "extravagent". Although, it is certainly less so than Mike's Bistro.

You can find most menus on the web.