15 EAST @ Tocqueville
French restaurant · Chelsea ·
French-inspired seasonal cuisine, tasting menus, and cocktails
French-inspired seasonal cuisine, tasting menus, and cocktails
"Chef/owner Marco Moreira's 15 East at Tocqueville remains one of the more elegant dining rooms in New York. This is a place where starched white linens, polished cutlery and suited staff have a place and a strong martini is a must order in the bar. Luxurious ambience aside, the menus offer a good value. From sushi and sashimi to delicious soba, the offerings are vast. A bowl of noodles may arrive crowned by top-grade ikura, uni and caviar, all rich with umami. Then expect an irresistibly flavorful preparation of venison with smoked bacon, potato mousseline, and salsify. It would be a pity to skip dessert, so indulge in the gluten-free Mineoka tofu with milk sesame pudding and tomato husk compote." - Michelin Inspector
"Scheduled to reopen on November 15, this upscale omakase shares a home with the French American fine dining restaurant Tocqueville and had closed in June 2021 after an arsonist set fire to a series of storefronts on East 15th Street." - Luke Fortney
"At Tocqueville, a French spot in Union Square, I note that chef Marco Moreira and other NYC chefs who favor the fine-dining staple foie gras aren’t reworking their menus yet; they’re holding out hope the city’s foie gras ban, set to take effect in November, will be overturned before the end-of-year deadline." - Erika Adams
"At 15 East at Toqueville’s I encountered refined itameshi touches such as an angel hair uni carbonara and a silky sesame milk mineoka panna cotta with kumquat, examples of how Italian and Japanese elements can be elevated together." - Richard Morgan