La Grande Boucherie
French restaurant · Midtown West
145 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
Highlights
La Grande Boucherie serves refined French classics in a grand Art Nouveau space with an elegant atrium, perfect for date nights and special occasions.
La Grande Boucherie serves refined French classics in a grand Art Nouveau space with an elegant atrium, perfect for date nights and special occasions.
"Groups can order sizable plates like cote de boeuf or chateaubriand for two, or a butcher’s platter for four including bone-in NY strip, and filet mignon at this French steakhouse in Flatiron, where the celebratory meal will be $165, and $25 additional for large format. Starters include escargots and foie gras mousse, and those feeling less carnivorous can choose roast salmon, coq au vin, or eggplant gateau. The yule log dessert is worth an Instagram post." - Eater Staff, Beth Landman
"We heard the classic French ballad “La vie en rose” three times while eating at La Grande Boucherie. Three versions, including Lady Gaga’s take from A Star Is Born. No soundtrack could be more perfect for eating at this massive yet cramped French restaurant (two floors, 10,000 square feet, a million human bodies), another River North theme park with bad pricey food. Attractions at La Grande Boucherie include trying to not hip-check diners while walking to your table, stuffing yourself into a comically small booth, and guessing how many ingredients were forgotten in each dish. The food here is constantly underwhelming, like the $27 escargot that tastes like pepperoni-flavored gum, and the braised, dry rabbit leg with pasta that gets only a little flavor from sweet prunes. At least the profiteroles are satisfying, so if the cheap 1900s-styled decor is too alluring to resist, order dessert, watch the frenzied staff pour dense dark chocolate sauce on top, and have dinner elsewhere." - Nick Allen
"Charlotte takes Lily out to lunch at this airy Parisian-style brasserie." - Madeleine Davies
"La Grande Boucherie is a new French restaurant with a focus on steak and housemade charcuterie, seating close to 600 people at full capacity." - Eater Staff
"French brasserie Boucherie was one of the venues featured in a sponsored post on the Instagram account @beautiful.newyorkcity, which was run by a robot-coded account by Chris Buetti to gain free meals by posting positive reviews." - Carla Vianna
