Looking for recommendation for a restaurant for a date
Hey guys, I am a student looking for a good place for a first date. Ideally this place will have.
1. Ample seating
- nice atmosphere would be a plus
2. Entree under 15
3. Relatively quiet.
This is a dinner date, I like it to be near Hell's kitchen so we can take a walk near the hudson river afterward.
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Adrienne
Jul 22, 2011 05:11 AM
If you are looking for a restaurant with table service that is appropriate for a first date close to your price point, I'd think either basic Italian, some Spanish or Asian food, but definitely not sushi. Good sushi with table service is going to be a lot more than 15 bucks (unless you mean 15 bucks per roll!)
The only sushi option I've tried in that area that would be in your price range is monster sushi https://www208.safesecureweb.com/cwaltzer/o_rol_fr.asp?MENU_CATEGORY=Rolls&location=chelsea but to be frank I don't think it's a good place to take a first date, because although the food was fine, the atmosphere is a little hokey-family-oriented and the chairs are a little plasticky and its just not the right mood.
My first thought was Lasagna - http://www.lasagnarestaurant.com/menus-Chelsea-main-menu.htm their lasagnas run about $15 and they're huge, big enough for two to share a lasagna as an entree, as long as you order salads or something first. Their lasagna was tasty and gooey -might be a little messy, but that can sortof break the ice too.
A really good place just a little above your price point is El Cocotero http://www.cocotero-restaurant.com/menu/ -- their entrees are like 15-19, really yummy Venezuelan
I haven't been to this place but its one of my friends' favorite places, and its tapas which can be nice for a first date vibe - http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/...
Farther north in Hell's Kitchen (which to me means the 30s-50s on the west side) I'd have more suggestions because I eat there more -- several good Thai places for example, Chanpen, Pure noodle shophouse, would be within your budget.
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Lasagna Ristorante
196 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011Chanpen
761 9th Ave, New York, NY 10019El Cocotero
228 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011Monster Sushi
158 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011Pure Thai Cookhouse
766 9th Ave, New York, NY 10019›1 Reply -
Ah, I apologize, I typed up the post in a haste, but I am really looking at the area between Canal and Chelsea (west side, of course). Right now I am thinking Sushi.
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