Aqua
Restaurant · Downtown South ·
Caviar, paella, seafood, and mojitos offered
Caviar, paella, seafood, and mojitos offered
"Formerly known as Caviar Bar, Aqua is the perfect hideaway to visit before or after hitting one of the many Resorts World dining outposts. Every classic caviar item is on deck, from the varieties to the accoutrements. Rich, meat-forward dishes include steak tartare with quail egg and wagyu brioche toast and black olive tapenade, all featuring dollops of caviar. For a casual evening, stop by for Champagne and French fries served with caviar." - Jennifer Smith
"For a finer taste of happy hour, the bar at Aqua serves up a menu of caviar and similarly luxe fare. Champagne and french fries come with sour cream espuma and caviar for $35. Cocktails are $10 and oysters go for $5 each." - Ryan Slattery
"A new 24,000-square-foot restaurant opens in Flatiron at 902 Broadway (between East 20th and 21st streets), seating 432 across two floors, with three private dining rooms and a private lounge that could serve as a future speakeasy. Founded by David Yeo of the restaurant group behind Hutong and modeled much like the group's long-running London sibling, the concept offers two distinct menus: the 'Roma' menu, produced in a designated Italian kitchen on the main level, and the 'Kyoto' menu, produced from a separate Japanese kitchen. The 'Roma' side features arancini, salumi, small pizzas, pasta and larger items like a spicy chicken with chanterelles, plus raw-bar items ($28 to $140), burrata and arancini antipasti ($19 to $32), pizzette with lobster ($35), linguine with clams ($27), pollo alla diavola ($48), and sides such as fried zucchini ($15). The 'Kyoto' side includes robata-grilled dishes, rice and noodles, maki, sushi and sashimi, with robata wings and pork belly ($14 to $68), seafood fried rice or Japanese mushroom udon ($34 to $44), a 12-piece sashimi platter ($72), and the signature “crystal sushi,” served with seafood and a flavored jelly — examples given are scallop, caviar, and kimchi jelly ($21). A 22-seat sushi bar — an eventual destination for an omakase menu — is 77 feet long (longer than a 60-foot regulation bowling lane). Toward the center of the space, a dramatic bar dubbed Spirit features a 44-seat counter wrapped around a massive hemp-rope sculpture (the room was designed by David Yeo and Robert Angell) and is noted for having a killer sound system; cocktails skew toward Italian or Japanese concoctions. The restaurant is open for dinner every day for now, and arrives as part of a corridor seeing an influx of trendy openings alongside places such as Passerine, Massara, and Time and Tide." - Melissa McCart
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