Mercer Kitchen

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Cuisine: New American, French Price: Expensive

  • Hours: Open 7 days, 7am-midnight.
  • Reservations: Recommended - Make an Online Reservation
  • Payment Options: Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa, American Express
  • Dress: Stylish Casual
  • Noise: Moderate to Loud
  • Seats: 160 in the lower level main dining room and 40 in
  • Key People: Executive Chef - Jean-Georges Vongerichten; Chef de Cuisine - Christopher Beischer; Owners - Jean-Georges Vongerichten
  • Year Opened: 1998

Critic Reviews

The New York Times star 08/15/06

Mercer Kitchen opened in 1998, and one of its attractions then is an attraction now: an underground space that looks like an improbably sexy rathskeller. Its darkness blurs flaws, making the food, like the diners, seem more appetizing. - Frank Bruni

New York Magazine  

This is less an example of back-to-basics cooking than it is a lesson in how a few ingredients, perfectly balanced, can create flavors that are lucid and compelling. - Hal Rubenstein

Time Out New York  

The Kitchen leans toward the simple end of the range that Jean-Georges Vongerichten laid out in his book Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four...

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Jim H.
17 Reviews

Food Rating star star star star star
Service Rating star star star star star Posted on 03/09/08
OUTSTANDING--only one bump in the road--had early res and were sent downstairs by upstairs hostess-downstairs hostess was incensed and didn't know how to handle us. Went upstairs to the bar to wait explaining that the downstairs wasn't ready while upstairs hostess continued to send people down. Food was over the top excellent, our server proved to be one of the best albeit her first week! Hostess w/attitude not so much!
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Kimberli M.
55 Reviews

Food Rating star star star
Service Rating star star Posted on 03/30/08
Food was decent. Service...OK -- considering we were a large group I think they should have communicated better with us. Dessert -- OK. I think it would be a great lunch spot but I'd go elsewhere in that neighborhood for dinner.