This review is for the Midtown East location of Le Relais De Venise L’entrecote. The previous review I had was for the closed SOHO location, which I was complaining that they charged $5.50 for tap water back in 2018. Fast forward about 3 years later post pandemic, how does this location fare compared to the previous one? I will say much better. Note that this location did not appear to charge for tap water.

This place is right around the corner of Katz in the Ludlow Hotel. We sat in the patio area which is much nicer and quieter than indoors where everyone else is sitting. Starting off, they serve bread that seems to be freshly made for your table. The bread comes with some butter with oil on it, and it’s really good. We ordered 2 cocktails: Laboulaye which is the green one and Petite Socco which is the red one.

Walked in on a Saturday at 7 PM with no reservations, and it was packed despite it being pretty frigid outside. Luckily, we got seats at the bar. The french onion soup was really good. The gruyere cheese was nice and toasty, and the beef broth with the onions wasn’t salty like typical french onion soups. The porterhouse of course was cooked a perfect medium rare. The strip side was preferred over the filet mignon.

This place is CASH ONLY as well. Food was pretty good, and it seems like a nice date spot. I got the steak with bone marrow. The potato (au gratin style) was also pretty good. It also came with a side of brussel sprouts and bacon mish mash. The sauce was salty, but the steak was cooked nicely for a medium rare. Overall Impression I’d come back here again if I was near the South Village, had cash, and wanted to eat something French.

This place is CASH ONLY. The chocolate fondu was good, but the cheese that we got was just ok. The meat quality was pretty good with the wine broth.

Great for the price, although I was here on a pescetarian date. I thought I could do pescetarian, and I can’t. Would come back for actual meats.

Same owner as the Minetta Tavern. Great for the price. I liked teh suckling pork because it was straight up fat with crispy skin. Got the whole fish, and it was great too. Only problem is it is CLOSED.

Pretty good. Decent price. Don’t have much else to say I guess.

Amazing place. The baked alaska and veal tongue were really good. It’s also not too expensive.

Specializes in French style chicken. $100 for a whole chicken. Chicken was soft and juicy with that wild flavor. Pretty expensive for what it is, but it was good. Probably would be OK with Costco chicken over this.