Nougatine At Jean Georges

It was a bit of a mixed experience. The food was great but not necessarily described as French cuisine. The tasting menu was a bit understated and probably not worth the 178$ price tag, although, again the food was excellent. Service was a bit slow and not coordinated well so some people at the table waited a long time for their meal.

Stopped by Nougatine for a quick drink today, and the setting was just as pleasant as it always is. We have dined here more than a dozen times over the years both in the bar room area and on the outdoor terrace, which is a really nice experience as well if the weather is good. The main dining room is the full Jean Georges experience, which is the pre-fix fancier menu. Nougatine is in the bar area and a little more laid back but still outstanding in its own right. Unfortunately, the main dining room is only open for dinner now. I used to go there quite a bit for lunch, so that is kind of a bummer. With that being said, both restaurants are fantastic. The main dining room experience (Jean Georges) is one of my absolute favorite restaurants in the country.

Came here for 2023 summer restaurant week, and sat at the bar. I like the location, decorations, ambiance and moderate noise level. I ordered watermelon with goat cheese, crusted salmon and chocolate cake with caramel ice cream. The watermelon is good for the summer menu, and the ice cream flavor was for the restaurant week. The crusted salmon was the most crusted I had for a long time.

A well-appointed restaurant. The atmosphere and ambiance were excellent. The room echoed a lot. I would suggest noise dampening drapes of some sort of cloth to help stop the noise from bouncing all over the room. Other than that, the food was good the staff was excellent and the decor was beautiful. Well worth a visit.

I love coming to Nougatine to celebrate special occasions. They have a beautiful outdoor terrace. Now to the food. We started with the Kale Salad and the burrata. Both were tasty. For main courses we went with the Rigatoni with Meatballs, the Cheeseburger, the Parmesan Crusted Chicken and the soft shell crab. All were cooked right except for the burger which was over cooked but after it was redone it was perfect as well! All the mains tasted delicious. The portion of the chicken was a little small. Finally, for dessert we got shortbread cookies and the butterscotch pudding. The cookies aren’t on the dessert menu but ask your waiter or waitress and they will give some to you. Overall we had a great meal. Five stars.

Great casual and delicate french cuisine restaurant. Staff is friendly, helpful and really knowledgeable. Everything is perfectly organized & presentation is beautiful. Food is delicious and certainly the chefs make art! Update: I went back and I was quite delighted. Loved their Creamy tomato soup, the flavor was mesmerizing. For my entree I had the Flounder in paprika butter, presentation was pristine, flavor was velvety and quite succulent. For dessert we had Vanilla Panacotta, the consistency was perfection. Also had the Beets with Lemon-Garlic Yogurt and Pink Lady Apples, simply delicious quite zesty( My apologies because I don't have pictures, it was a great time without a cellphone) Service was amazing, the atmosphere is so pretty and calm.

We came here during restaurant week and loved what we ordered. Wild Gulf Flounder with potato ravioli was pleasantly buttery and crispy. Although the warm chocolate cake was great but not better than the good ones I've had, it definitely stood out when paired with salted caramel ice cream. Our server was also professional as one would expect. However, there was one odd thing that surprised us—we were explicitly rushed toward the end of our meal. Although we totally understood that it was restaurant week and the restaurant had to turn the table around as quickly as possible, we did not spend an unreasonable amout of time finishing our meal. To give you a sense of time, our reservation was for 7pm. We arrived and were seated at 7:03. At 8:14, when we were half way through our dessert, our server brought us a check (surprise #1). At 8:17, after we finished eating, paid for our meal, and were getting ready to leave, an employee came up to us and politely told us that she needed our table for the next guests as soon as we're ready (surprise #2). Again, we understood the restaurant's constraint but were still surprised that the restaurant needed to make that request after we had spent only 1 hours and 17 minutes finishing a 3-course meal. I wish the restaurant would have a better reservation scheduling system that would make it unnecessary to tell guests who do not spend an unreasonable amount of time dining (knowing in advance that it is restaurant week!). It was the first time in my life to experience this in a restaurant.