Estela
Restaurant · Nolita
47 E Houston St 1st floor, New York, NY 10012
Highlights
Inventive small plates with bold flavors in intimate setting
Inventive small plates with bold flavors in intimate setting
"Estela was the first restaurant from the team behind Lodi, Altro Paradiso, and Corner Bar, and it’s still the best of the bunch. If you’re looking for a nice little place where you can share interesting small plates by candlelight, book a table. Bring a date, bring your mom, or bring someone who gets excited about things like a perfect endive salad and ricotta dumplings with pecorino." - team infatuation
"Estela was the first restaurant from the team behind Lodi, Altro Paradiso, and Corner Bar, and it’s still the best of the bunch. If you’re looking for a nice little place where you can share interesting small plates by candlelight, book a table. Bring a date, bring your mom, or bring someone who gets excited about things like a perfect endive salad and ricotta dumplings with pecorino. The snug space up a small staircase on Houston Street isn’t too formal or stuffy, and tables aren’t tough to come by as long as you book a few weeks in advance. Get access to exclusive reservations at this spot with Chase Sapphire Reserve. New cardmembers get $300 in annual dining statement credits." - bryan kim, willa moore
"Ignacio Mattos’ eclectic small plates restaurant keeps its star. Some classics remain, including beef tartare with sunchokes, as well as ricotta dumplings with mushrooms and Pecorino sardo." - Eater Staff
"This boisterous SoHo alcove is an ideal place to convene with friends over exquisite nibbles and quenching cocktails. The talented chef behind this operation, Ignacio Mattos, is unfaltering and impressively consistent in his creative renditions of such bold and iconic dishes as ricotta dumplings with mushrooms and Pecorino Sardo. The menu also offers an array of shareable plates that changes regularly, like the mound of warm crab cloaked by shaved celeriac. Dinner might kick off with perfect, sashimi-grade tuna pounded thin and dressed with a dollop of inky pil pil sauce or enticingly plated fried arroz negro scattered with tender squid and hazelnut-studded romesco." - Michelin Inspector
"Brunch at Estela is the sophisticated kind of fancy—more cashmere than diamonds. On weekend afternoons, you’ll see people wearing cozy knitwear in every shade of white eating gorgeous endive salads and velvety ricotta dumplings. Estela’s quarters are tight and cozy, and wine is consumed enthusiastically here. This is your best option if you're eating with an out-of-towner who isn’t easily impressed with the flashier restaurants in the city. Get access to exclusive reservations at this spot with Chase Sapphire Reserve. New cardmembers get $300 in annual dining statement credits." - team infatuation
