ILIS
Restaurant · Greenpoint
150 Green St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Highlights
Ilis serves up a unique, high-end dining experience with stunning Nordic-inspired dishes, vibrant atmosphere, and an engaging open kitchen that's anything but stuffy.
Ilis serves up a unique, high-end dining experience with stunning Nordic-inspired dishes, vibrant atmosphere, and an engaging open kitchen that's anything but stuffy.
"There is a decent chance you’ll be confused by Ilis. You might even laugh during your roughly 12-course tasting and say something like, “Hey, check out that person drinking from a giant clam.” But that’s part of the fun of this Nordic-inspired restaurant in a Greenpoint warehouse. You come here to be surprised and try new things, like antelope tartare wrapped in nasturtium and smoked eel that’s meant to be eaten like corn on the cob. The ingredients are hyper-local and occasionally foraged, and the experience in the huge candlelit room is pretty laid back for a spot with a Noma pedigree." - bryan kim, willa moore, neha talreja, molly fitzpatrick
"Ilis comes from Mads Refslund, a founder of Noma in Denmark (which is said to be “the world’s best restaurant”). The restaurant serves a tasting menu built around ingredients like eel and mushroom that costs $295 per person, and another $195 with a wine pairing. Or, you can walk in like Eater’s critic did, and sit at the bar. The restaurant is event-driven, with items like a bluefin tuna dine-around tasting with wine ($350 per person) and Sunday suppers of half-($75) or whole-chicken dinner ($150) with sides. Book reservations online." - Melissa McCart
"The Show: Market Menu Ilis gets points for creativity. Instead of finishing off their dishes tableside, this Greenpoint restaurant encourages you to pick and choose your prix fixe courses by wheeling over a selection of the day’s raw ingredients: lobsters and crabs with their claws banded closed, hunks of venison, tumbling brussels sprouts, and foraged pine cones. It’s a spectacular display, and one that’s crucial to making the $225 meal feel relatively worth the spend. Get the most out of the experience by quizzing your server on the origins of each ingredient." - willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah, will hartman
"At Ilis, every server is also a cook, and the hyper-local ingredients are often hand-foraged. Equal parts fine dining and Ph.D thesis, the Greenpoint restaurant is like a nerdy dinner party hosted in a candlelit warehouse. Meals start at five courses, with offerings that include smoked eel meant to be eaten like corn on the cob, and a whole trout with miso butter baked in birch bark. The food as seasonal as it gets, and the employees will gladly answer any questions, such as “Can I eat the flower that I just used as a paintbrush?” (The answer is yes.)" - bryan kim, neha talreja, hannah albertine, molly fitzpatrick
"New York City’s most ambitious fine dining establishment is in a former warehouse on Green Street. Grandiose, ridiculous, Noma-esque—there are many things you could accuse Ilis of being, but uptight isn’t one of them. The experimental, Nordic-influenced restaurant is a surprisingly laid-back place where a server might hit you with a fist bump after pouring molten beeswax over a sweet potato tableside. Choose from a five-course prix fixe for $195 or a 12+ course tasting for $295, or just sit at the bar and grab a few bites. The rotating menu is hyper-local and always surprising, with items like lobster poached in rosewater and bigeye tuna wrapped in foraged nasturtium." - bryan kim, neha talreja, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick
