Jean's
Restaurant · NoHo
415 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003
Highlights
Small plates, lobster rolls, burgers, and a subterranean club.
Small plates, lobster rolls, burgers, and a subterranean club.
"Jean’s is one disco ball away from being a full-on clubstaurant, with a swanky dining room upstairs and a club down below. But the food at this Noho hotspot is actually pretty good. Make a late night reservation (they're open until 2am on the weekends), and then go eat a giant chocolate chip cookie next to someone who looks famous, but might just be tall." - will hartman, bryan kim, neha talreja, sonal shah, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore
"With a devoted following of influencers, models and—at least once—Martha Stewart, Jean’s is New York’s current it-girl. And it has an entire Instagram account devoted to notable people writing on tables after midnight to prove it. The food is pretty good. Watching people eat it is even better. There’s a disco ball in a dark red room downstairs that regularly hosts amateur East Village-based DJs (and occasionally hosts Snoop Dogg), but there’s no guarantee you’ll get in without a follower count with a k in it. Best of luck. Ultra-famous people (or maybe they’re just tall) Patti Smith, Post Malone, Charli XCX, Erykah Badu Mini, with a shot of lobster bisque" - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman
"If you need to get into the club at Jean’s, we can’t help you. But we’re working on it. For now, you can soak in the scene at the restaurant upstairs, where meticulously dressed people hang at big round tables, eating cheese-dripping burgers and very respectable caesar salads. The food isn’t anything groundbreaking, but if you need a fun dinner spot downtown, it more than gets the job done." - bryan kim, willa moore
"Jean’s has clubstaurant coursing through its veins. There's one big difference, though—the food at this palatial, two-floor restaurant in Noho is actually good. Upstairs, they serve produce from their very own farm, and downstairs, there’s a disco ball in a dark red room that once hosted Snoop Dogg and regularly hosts amateur East Village-based DJs. Eat a juicy burger next to someone who has 129k followers and wears sunglasses indoors. Take a shot of lobster bisque and ask yourself whether that's Gigi Hadid across the room. It’s sceney. It’s mysterious. It's a one-stop-shop for the sexiest night of your life." - willa moore, sonal shah, bryan kim, will hartman
"If you believe you've eaten the world’s largest cinnamon roll, and you haven't been to Loser’s Eating House at Jean’s, you're probably mistaken. The cinnamon rolls at this Monday night dinner pop-up are sourdough brioche behemoths, the size of fancy dinner plates, with rich olive oil frosting, a sprinkling of flaky salt, and enough glaze oozing from each layer to qualify as Gushers. Each one is a fork-and-knife situation and will run you $21, but it can feed six. You do the math. Plus, you might eat it next to someone famous—or at least someone who would like to be famous—because again, you are at sceney Noho hot-spot Jean’s. Loser’s also does catering for private events and makes elaborate cakes, which they usually sell by the slice on Mondays. But in case your birthday party might benefit from a layer cake that's been soaked in Negroni and iced with an exceptionally salty buttercream, place an order online." - Willa Moore
