Valentine's Day Prix Fixe in NYC?
I'm looking for a good yet relatively inexpensive Valentine's Day Prix Fixe in NYC. I can't really afford to spend more than $30 per person. Any ideas?
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3 Comments:
Is cooking at home an option? Very seriously and without any snark whatsoever: Valentine's day is a bad night to eat out if you have other options. This doesn't apply to every restaurant, but applies in general terms. Restaurants are slammed like on few other nights of the year. Everyone is trying to have a really special evening and is coming in in pairs so the whole place becomes a zoo and it's hard for the restaurant to turn tables which leads to a much higher likelihood of having to wait far past your reservation time.
The food on Valentine's Day is often sub-par for the restaurant, especially if they're doing a special menu. Many restaurants make the unfortunate decision to shift to a special menu so that they can move as many customers as possible through on the night. You end up eating things that are prepared en mass rather than cooked specifically to order. Essentially, you end up eating at a plated dinner wedding reception instead of a restaurant.
A place that will serve a pre fix for that amount is probably going to move you along very quickly so you'd be looking at maybe an hour start to finish on that night.
Really good takeout and a bottle of wine from a market or something you feel confident cooking at home would give you far more bang for your buck in terms of food and I'd be willing to bet a way nicer evening.
ccbweb at 1:55PM on 02/04/09
My bf and I are doing an alternative V-Day both to save money and enjoy the day.
We're making reservations for a nice brunch. Brunch is so much less stress than dinner, especially on Valentines day, I hate the atmospheres in restaurants on V-day, it's so expectant.
You can have brunch at some pretty spectacular places in NYC for about $30 a head, I would just research some places to find a menu that suites your taste.
I actually don't understand the reasoning for dinner on Valentines day, it's supposed to be a day when your romantic with your partner. Instead people seek out fancy schmancy dinners, you eat too much, get full and sluggish and the rest of the evening is shot, what's the point.
allakarasik at 2:55PM on 02/04/09
open table has a listing of a bunch of different restaurants and their valentine's day menus and prices, you could try that and see what fits in your budget.
allot at 11:01AM on 02/05/09