A Kosher Aussie Foodie in Manhattan for 5 days - Where to Eat?!

[ozraeli]

Hi there,

I'll be in Manhattan for five days (including a Shabbat) at the end of April, and as there's such a plethora of amazing-looking kosher restaurants, I need some help to make my time (and meals) worthwhile!

Having only been strictly kosher for the past three years, I'm looking for high-quality restaurants (that doesn't mean high prices though) of different cuisines, whose hechsher isn't questionable. I was also a resident of Jerusalem for a few years, so the incredible restaurants there provide my yard stick (unfortunately Australia doesn't boast the same quality eateries as USA/Israel - and I've been plutzing for a good meal!).

I'm happy to travel within the island (north/south/east/west) for a good quality food and flavours. Indian, Thai, something 'ethnic' are my preferences, however I'm up for anything that tastes great!

Note: Have already eaten at Le Marais, Prime Grill, Dougie's, Mr Broadway, Alibaba - circa 2006...looking for new places that have popped up in the meantime.

Please help me - I'd love your suggestions!

Thanks,
Ozraeli.

[ozraeli]

thanks so much everyone - much appreciated and now v. excited!

and if a girl wants some badatz bet yosef meat, she would go to....? (I know I'm throwing a spanner in the works...)

[brooklynkoshereater]

i'm not sure there are any restaurants that are strictly bet yosef. if you're looking for raw meat, you can go to Prime Cut, Avi Glatt, Kings Highway Glatt...

[ozraeli]

mmm, thought i'd try anyway. the delights of marrying sefardi :) thanks!

[AdinaA]

Solo, Noi Dui, Mike's and Shalom Bombay.

And do go to Pardes, the subway ride from Central Manhattan is very fast, but it would be worth the journey from Melbourne, or Sydney.

To these, please add Tevere 84 and Va Bene, memorable Italian on the Upper East Side.

[zsero]

Have lunch one day at Taam Tov.

[daphnar]

I agree! A bit off the beaten path but good Uzbeki food.

[DeisCane]

I suppose it depends how you define "beaten path" but given that it's on 47th street, which may be the most highly trafficked one way street in NYC and just west of 5th avenue, which may be the most highly trafficked avenue in NYC, I wouldn't agree.

Regardless, I love that place.

[brooklynkoshereater]

Solo, at 55th and Madison avenue (in the Sony atrium) has really high quality Kosher food. Prime KO, on the Upper West Side, is a great Japanese kosher restaurant, with fresh sushi, interesting entrees, and a really fun ambience.

[masteraleph]

Noidue does good dairy food, but be warned that they don't do reservations, so if you go at peak times (or any time on Sunday) you may need to wait a while.

There are two fleishig Indian places with generally accepted hashgachot, Dakshin and Shalom Bombay. There are a great number of dairy ones, but none has a mainstream hashgacha, to my knowledge. Shalom Bombay is under the OU; Dakshin is under R' Mehlman, who isn't particularly known outside of Manhattan, but he's on a decent number of shul lists and such. Both have lunch buffets at reasonable prices, while the menu can be a bit more.

There's a conveyor belt sushi place called Sushein downtown. My wife and I really enjoyed it, but there have been some people who were not so impressed.

If you are looking to spend more on a meal, Pardes (which is in Brooklyn) has gotten great reviews, and Mike's Bistro (at 72nd street) is fabulous. I'd suggest either over Prime Grill any day.

[ozraeli]

thanks! I wasn't so impressed with prime grill either...