Anixi Mediterranean Vegan Restaurant
Vegan restaurant · Chelsea ·
Vegan Mediterranean fare in an upscale space with a bar
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Vegan Mediterranean fare in an upscale space with a bar
"This vegan Mediterranean restaurant in Chelsea is unabashedly glamorous, and a handy birthday restaurant option. The menu consists primarily of fake animal products, with everything from huge “lamb” and “chicken” skewers to black seaweed caviar making an appearance. Everything is also kosher, including the wine. The space is just as over-the-top as the food. Beyond the heavy wood doors is a banquet-hall style dining room that borrows from the ‘80s Art Deco revival with white marble walls, green suede, and a blinding amount of crystal. Bring your faux fur." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, neha talreja, kenny yang
"Anixi is a fancy place with white marble walls and green suede booths where you wouldn’t stick out if you wore a fur coat. It also happens to be a vegan restaurant, so maybe opt for your faux fur coat. The massive Chelsea spot has big round tables running down the middle of the room where you can eat some arak-cured “salmon” or crispy “lamb” cigars with your friends who love a swanky night out almost as much as they love being vegan." - willa moore, bryan kim, matt tervooren
"With its iron-wrought front doors, fringed chandelier, and velvet chairs, Anixi's interior already feels like a special occasion. Opened at the start of 2023, the vegan Mediterranean already has all the good bones of a Chelsea staple. While the fire-grilled grilled “steak” and kofta kabobs are a worth dinner alone, the restaurant is also home to one of the best starters in the city, a three dip mezze where diners have their choice between dips that range from the pomegranate-topped roasted eggplant to the no-bee, honey-dripped kobocha squash. By the time the waiter comes to lay your sampler before you, you'll kick the meal off thinking there's no problem the restaurant's warm, fluffy bread can't soak up."
"When you need to eat plant-based food beneath the sort of sparkly chandelier an ‘80s stockbroker would have placed in their foyer, grab a table at Anixi. A vegan Mediterranean restaurant from the team behind Coletta and Beyond Sushi, this is a glamorous place with white marble, green suede, and a menu that’s just as over-the-top as the decor. Try some caviar (made from seaweed), or grab a plate of faux-squid ink linguine with mushroom “scallops.” Keep in mind, everything here is also kosher and gluten-free." - bryan kim, neha talreja, hannah albertine, sonal shah
"The vegan Mediterranean food at this Chelsea restaurant is unabashedly over-the-top. Anixi embraces a “meat”-heavy menu, comprised mostly of incredible fake-meat dishes like family-sized platters of comically long kebab skewers, lamb cigars, and arak-cured salmon. You eat all of this in an opulent dining room lit by a succession of crystal chandeliers. Come here on a Saturday night with a plant-based crowd that wears fabulous faux furs and loves to party." - neha talreja, bryan kim, kenny yang, willa moore
