Belcourt

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Cuisine: French, Mediterranean Price: Moderate

  • Hours: Sun-Thu, 11am-11pm; Fri-Sat, 11am-midnight
  • Public Transit and Parking: F, V to 2nd Ave-Lower East Side; 6 to Bleecker; B, D, F, V to Broadway-Lafayette Street parking - Hopstop
  • Reservations: Not Accepted
  • Payment Options: MasterCard, Visa, American Express
  • Dress: Stylish Casual
  • Noise: Moderate to Loud
  • Seats: 70
  • Key People: Executive Chef - Matt Hamilton; Owners - Mehenni Zebentout
  • Year Opened: 2007

Critic Reviews

The New York Times 12/05/07

The chef is Matthew Hamilton, who got his comfort credentials at Prune and rustic credentials working on a Tuscan farm. He tried to put them to use two years ago at Uovo in the East Village, which turned out uneven food and failed. Belcourt is much better, perhaps because he and its owner, Mehenni Zebentout, have instituted a shorter menu. - Frank Bruni

Time Out New York  

?Anything that can be made in house, is,? reads the menu at this earnest Deco-styled brasserie. The ambitious menu from chef Matthew Hamilton (Prune)...

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Pamela A.
3 Reviews

Food Rating star star star
Service Rating star star Posted on 07/12/08
When Belcourt opened in my neighborhood, I was excited to have a spacious, well designed outdoor alternative to Wine Bar and Maryanne's, neither which is very good. However, the menu boggled my mind and I became nervous. It was almost what I wanted to eat, but not quite. Each dish described always had one additional element that didn't fit in my mind. So I waited, and they tweaked. Finally, months later when the weather turned nicer, they opened the French doors out into the street, added bistro tables outside and started a happy hour 5-7 pm that rocks. 1/2 price glasses of wine and $5 hipster cocktails, $5 Cesar salad (best Romaine I've had in many summers), $10 for 1/2 dozen oysters, $12 cheese plate and many more food bargins make for a great snack and a drink after work. The staff seems a tiny bit depressed, not sure why, maybe business could be better. But this is a great space and I can't wait until autumn when Belcourt will be the outdoor patio I don't have at my own apartment.
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Michael C.
23 Reviews

Food Rating star star star star
Service Rating star star star star Posted on 09/23/08
I have never had a meal at Belcourt that wasn't excellent which was made better by the fact that the price is right. The chef is astonishingly creative. The brunch menu is not egg heavy and quite astonishing.