What is Your Favorite Restaurant in Your City?

[hollyslookingdry]

I live near Boston.

The Grasshopper is in Allston. Its a completely vegan restaurant. Sooooo good! I'm not vegan anymore but I still adore it. They make wicked good curried eggplant and bamboo shoots. If you ever go there, everybody says to get the No Name. It's apparently fantastic.

Dessert wise, Finale is this wonderful dessert place open only at night I believe.

Also, Fire + Ice is this great restaurant where you choose your own food for a stir fry. Its really neat. Not sure if they have it in other cities?

 

[Tuti*Fruiti]

London - E&O, exactly the sort of food i love, service could not have been better (admittedly we were there by invitation), friendly atmosphere, surprisingly unpretentious. It also helps that it was the best date ever too!

and The Ivy -I'm a sucker for good service (well it's refreshing when you've been dining out in France for the last few years!!)

Bristol UK - Touareg, good food and the service is excellent, romantic atmosphere.

France - As mentioned it's hard to find good service, even in the popular restaurants, although the restaurants in fine hotels are fantastic (Res. de la Pinede in St. Tropez and Le Mas Candille in Mougins). I don't think you can go far wrong in any restaurant in the village of Mougins in South of France - friendly atm, reasonable prices, great food which is beautifully presented, (it is supposed to be the gastronomic capital of Europe apparently) and good service!!

 

[PradaBoy]

Beau Brummel
Konakai
Altamira and much more all in Athens

 

[Hanne]

COPENHAGEN :

Aura http://www.restaurantaura.dk Mediterranean tapas sized food..great cocktail bar..and dj and dancefloor after 11pm in the weekend

Viva http://www.restaurantviva.dk Sister Restaurant to Aura..Boat restaurant with focus on shellfish/fish..watch the swans glide by..

VB Square http://www.aok.dk/infosites/9733/ Last sister restaurant.. larger portions, GREAT Dessert Tasting menu..the panna cotta with apple foam um um um

La Galette http://www.aok.dk/infosites/452/ Britanny Restaurant with Buckwheat pancake speciality. Cheap with a lot of atmosphere situated in Copenhagen's latin quarter.

Era Ora http://www.era-ora.dk Italian gourmet restaurant, great wine list, amazing food that would cost 5x if the restaurant was located in London.

Kommandanten http://www.danskerestauranter.dk/dk/restaurant/kommandanten-koebenhavn-k-33120990/kommandanten.html 2 Michelin stars, danish, french, french-danish gourmet cuisine..exquisite rooms.


LONDON :
The Park http://www.mandarinoriental.com/hotel/508000040.asp The Park shares kitchen with the award winning restaurant "The Foliage" and is definately a value-for-your-money restaurant. It has italian, indian, vietnamese, thai, chinese.... "you name it food".

I LOVED LOVED VONG at The Berkeley Hotel which unfortunately doesn't exist anymore..luckily Jean-Georges VONGerichten has several restaurants in New York...
NEW YORK : VONG http://www.jean-georges.com/ The restaurant mixes to perfection french and vietnameese cuisine..this place is heaven! Try their "black plate" for a nibble of a lot of different wonderful things..or try the to-die-for shrimp satay with oyster sauce..Warm semi-fluid chocolate cake was VONG's invention um um um um
Check out the link for his other restaurants.

 

[Becky_da_da_da]

I went to The Ivy in L.A and this place was so good - the homemade cheesecake was literally to die for!

 

[Oria]

Oooo my fav eating place in nyc- is Nello and Mama Mexico!! both!

 

[cloud9]

philly & seoul

philly

la locanda del ghiottone for italian, pod for lobster rolls, la terrasse for fried calamari, prime rib for.. pr and creme brulee (sp?).

seoul

tapas for sushi and rolls, dae-pae-sam-gyub for excellant sam-gyup-sal (pork).

 

[cloud9]

I live near Boston.

The Grasshopper is in Allston. Its a completely vegan restaurant. Sooooo good! I'm not vegan anymore but I still adore it. They make wicked good curried eggplant and bamboo shoots. If you ever go there, everybody says to get the No Name. It's apparently fantastic.

Dessert wise, Finale is this wonderful dessert place open only at night I believe.

Also, Fire + Ice is this great restaurant where you choose your own food for a stir fry. Its really neat. Not sure if they have it in other cities?

i finale!!!!!! their desserts are SOOOOO good..

 

[Kimkhuu]

Amir - The best shish taouks ever made on earth.....
La Stanza - The best buffet in town
Tong Por - The best Diem Sum
Premiere Moisson - They make the BEST milles-feuilles on the planet, it's not sweet at all, it's all buttery, and all of their stuff is buttery.... Mmmmmm

 

[hugobossdaria]

the chesecake factory - there food is soo good
goldon coral

 

[emi25]

If you come to Rome, go anywhere, except the places with the tourist menus... An advice is to take the tram like 5 stops out of the center and you will have great food!..

 

[Orchide]

Los Angeles:

Little Door, Mimosa- both for French

Edendale Grille- good food in 100 year old firehouse- great bar

Pho 101- very mod noodle shop- always great

Malo- for mexican small plates and cocktails

Traxx- art deco bar/restaurant inside Union Station

Electric Lotus- Indian

Zip Fusion- the downtown location- for sushi and Korean treats and cocktails

Sanamluang Cafe- great dirt cheap thai

In NYC:

Anything Jean-Georges! the food is excellent.

Blue Ribbon

Dok Suni

Aereole

all i can think of for now!
great thread idea

 

[*Happiness*]

LA

Barefoot

Grand Lux Cafe (owned by the Cheesecake Factory..enough said)

Il Fornaio

Oishi

 

[lunabella]

my favourites in the suburbs of detroit, michigan, usa:
1. inn season cafe - vegetarian
2. cucina - italian
3. rexy's bangkok cuisine - thai

 

[Kimkhuu]

Casa Corfu, Newport and hummmm............... there's just so many:

1) Mc Donald's
2) Tong Por
3) Amir
4) La maison VIP
5) La Maison Grecque
6) Palace Orientale.

 

[kimair]

san francisco

boulevard: california food right on the water
asia de cuba in the clift hotel: good food and people watching
ella's or miss millie's (noe valley great brunches
moki's sushi & pacific grille: sushi with a hawaiian touch

philadelphia

friday, saturday, sunday: great small bistro
house of prime rib: steak
fork: another small place, great american food
jim's (on south street best cheesesteak...forget what they say about pat's or geno's!!

 

[AimeeOR]

Portland, Oregon
Nicholas - Lebanese
Queen of Sheba - Ethiopian
Pho Van (in the Pearl District) - Vietnamese
Bombay Cricket Club - Indian
Fernando's Hideaway - Spanish
Koji Osakaya (downtown)- Sushi
Papa Haydn's (in Sellwood) - Dessert
Henry's Cafe - Breakfast
The Aalto Lounge for the great wine selection and 60's Scandinavian Decor
and Rimsky Korsakoffee's for the funky atmosphere

 

[snowqueen]

ok in my home town of liverpool my favorite resturants (well they are bars but they serve food)just for lunch with friends are pan america club, blue bar, baby cream, ha has. I also love the only japanese restaurant in liverpool Notsushi. only ones i can think of off hand.

 

[ShOe GaL 19]

Miami:Sushi Maki...YUMMM! and Mortons! Best steak in town, & their special, Godiva dessert that takes about 45 minutes to make. ITS DELICIOUS!

 

[hugobossdaria]

Ihop-has great fries and chicken

any all you can eat resturants