best group dinner at the moment

[muskie]

looking for best group dinner experience for about 12 to 15 people. would like to keep it 60 bucks for food only..drinks etc separate. ideas?

[AYSConsulting]

Hill Country is a lot of fun. I would also look at Otto as well as Carmines for nicely priced places to go with a large group.

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Hill Country
30 W 26th St, New York, NY 10010

Otto
1 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003

Carmine's
2450 Broadway, New York, NY 10024

[muskie]

has anyone tried Resto for a "larger" group?

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Resto
111 East 29th Street, New York, NY 10016

[Pan]

Carmine's is a non-chow-worthy chain, I believe. Certainly, the Upper West Side branch is not worth going to, in my relatively recent experience. Yuck!

[kathryn]

This may help:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/754581

[muskie]

thanks i saw this but has anyone hit one of these up and determined it was a great?

[kathryn]

For your group, if you are only 12, I'd try for the Breslin, but I think they max out at 12. It's a big oval table, which is nice. At the Momofukus (Noodle, Ssam, Ma Peche), it's typically a longer table, which isn't as fun with a big group, and the setting is much less comfortable. The food isn't quite as good at Alta and Resto IMO as the others. My thoughts on Daisy May's are in that thread (bad service). Oh, and my husband has done a big group dinner at Hill Country and said it was a lot of fun. They do a prix fixe.

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Hill Country
30 W 26th St, New York, NY 10010

Resto
111 East 29th Street, New York, NY 10016

The Breslin
20 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001

Ma Peche
15 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019

[Aimee]

Do they do a special group menu at the Breslin?

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The Breslin
20 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001

[kathryn]

Yes, there's a suckling pig dinner and a lamb dinner.

http://thebreslin.com/info.html

Click on the animals under the words Chef's Table.