Restaurants with booth seating can provide a more intimate and casual dining experience that is often more comfortable than a dining room chair. There are numerous restaurants in New York City that offer booth seating for diners. These restaurants offer a wide range of cuisine, from Japanese and contemporary American to classic pub fare.
Brooklyn's Zenkichi is a Japanese brasserie that models itself after dining establishments in Tokyo. The restaurant's wooden booths all feature shades to enhance the establishment's private dining atmosphere. Choose from starters like shark cartilage in plum sauce, vegetables and seaweed in vinegar broth and the daily selection of sashmi and raw oysters. Dinner entrees range from grilled free-range chicken with yuzu pepper, marinated grilled black cod and roasted duck breast with honey soy marinade. Homemade deserts are also available.
Zenkichi Sake & Seasonal
77 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-8985
zenkichi.com
Located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Ouest has served Nouveau American cuisine since 2001. The restaurant's dining room is made up of several large circular booths. Appetizers include roasted bone marrow with short rib marmalade, goat cheese ravioli and rabbit riblettes with arugula, pesto and grilled bread. Entrees range from sauteed skate with braised fennel, bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin, stewed honeycomb tripe and grilled center cut fillet mignon. Sides include sauteed spinach, braised cabbage and polenta.
Ouest
2315 Broadway
New York, NY 10024-4332
212-580-8700
ouestny.com
Bar Boulud is a gourmet bistro located across from Manhattan's Lincoln Center. The restaurant offers brunch, lunch, pre-theater and dinner menus for dining room service in wooden booths that seat four. Fresh vegetable hors d' oeuvres include beets with horseradish and carrots with coriander. Choose from soups such as chilled cauliflower and potato soup or chilled romaine soup. Entrees range from the Black Angus New York steak with french fries, roasted Amish chicken breast with black olives and the Colorado lamb with olives, tomato and roasted peppers.
Bar Boulud
1900 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
212-595-0303
danielnyc.com/barboulud.html
