Best tasting menu in the city. Love the open kitchen and counter seating. Each dish stood out in its own way. Wine pairings were spot on--opt for them!
Exotic, creative & most of all fancy. A full on surprise, loved the whole experience. The tasting menu was exquisite, we could immediately tell that everything was high quality & delicious. Wagyu👌🏻
Inventive and creative flavor combinations. The staff is professional but super friendly (more so than most tasting menu places). Awesome soundtrack. Worth the $$$.
One of my top five restaurants/dining experiences in the whole world, ever. Really special to watch the team prepare a ridiculously creative feats of molecular amazingness. They thought of everything.
All of the dishes are super creative. Paired with the slightly tongue-in-cheek, casual-but-professional service, this was the best fine dining experience I've had to date.
Atera's 20-course tasting menu is an epic feast, offering four hours of pure culinary ingenuity. Make sure to stop by the lounge before or after the meal, as the beverage selections are also superb.
Phenomenal. Only a lil molecular gastronomy. It's mostly trickery, like a "cracked egg." Interior is sleek...a real speakeasy. May seem fancy but music & staff are relaxed. Wine pairing IS worth it.
Dinner at Atera can redraw the line between nature and artifice, with food that mimics living creatures (a razor clam made of bread), and deeply unconventional ingredients made into something familiar
Your ~25 course meal will have you eating ramen for the next week, but cutting into what looks like a lump of coal to find it’s a beautiful slow roasted beet will make the price more palatable.
The chef’s fondness for wild food is reflected in both the menu and the restaurant’s décor. When asked about the vertical herb garden growing in the dining room, a server once replied, “It’s alive.” En savoir plus
NYC Foodie Blog: 10 course tasting menu for $150, The place settings, decor, and dishes themselves, all take on an "earthy" quality. Thought of as a unique dining experience
The old style of ‘trompe bouche,’ where food looked like one thing but tasted like another — has given way to a compelling, ultra-refined naturalism. ★★★★
Grub Street off-menu dish: Charcoaled Tempura Leeks With Strained Buttermilk. "People who order the vegetarian tasting are privy to dishes that meat-eaters won't get, like the fried-leek dish."
Matthew Lightner's long-awaited seventeen-seat space has opened in Tribeca. Stay tuned to see if New York embraces this $150 ten-course tasting menu. En savoir plus
Atera is one of the few restaurants in NYC to offer tableside matcha service (done in customized matcha bowls). The service is an intricate preparation, make sure to give it a try. En savoir plus