Oceans

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"Located in Union Square, Oceans offers a secret toro tartare. This dish features finely diced fatty raw tuna served on crushed ice with ponzu sauce, topped with crème fraiche and caviar, and accompanied by crispy wonton crackers." - Shivani Vora

"Park Avenue South may be brimming with restaurants—from expense account beauties to the massively trendy—but this dining room will stop you in your tracks. First with its looks (imagine an inviting bar that anchors the room up front, while the back is crowned by a raw bar and sushi counter); and then with its enticing cooking.If the glistening items on ice didn't give you the hint, seafood reigns, with local plus global sourcing and preparations ranging from ceviche and sushi to towering platters and delicious entrées. Toro tartare with caviar is a particular highlight, as is the East-meets-West Alaskan black cod with a sake glaze, braised bok choy, mushroom and yuzu dashi. Buttermilk panna cotta with cranberry mousse is a great way to wrap things up." - Michelin Inspector

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"A Canadian-based spot that opened in 2019 near Union Square (233 Park Avenue South and 19th Street) sits in a seafood corridor a few blocks from the new Time and Tide and near the soon-to-open Seahorse from John McDonald at the Union Square W Hotel. With sprawling, elegant dining rooms, it operates as a hybrid restaurant that focuses on seafood while also functioning as a steakhouse. The menu follows a conventional progression from snack to appetizer to entrée to side to dessert, and the appetizers — shrimp cocktail ($24), Caesar salad ($22), beef tataki ($24), and crab cake ($29) — “seemed a little steep” for starters. In the entrée section a selection of whole fish is displayed on ice at the rear of the dining room the way Midtown Greek restaurants often do; these include sea bass, john dory, red snapper, branzino, and madai — sometimes known as Japanese red snapper and imported from Japan. The reviewer chose the madai and had it carved into sashimi (one of many seafood preparation options at the restaurant); the fish ($60) was just over a pound and yielded a magnificent plate of fanned sashimi, about 50 slices in all, easily enough for four people to enjoy as an appetizer, making it the most value-conscious starter in the place at roughly $15 per person." - Robert Sietsema

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"“They have a really fancy toilet, a fancy Japanese toilet with a heated seat and all the different functions. And the lighting is nice. It’s a really seamless transition from the restaurant to the bathroom. And I love the restaurant too. Everything is so high quality, and they’re also very accommodating. I can’t have gluten, and they can make most things gluten-free. Everything is just really delicious.”" - will hartman

Oceans - Review - New York - The Infatuation

"“They have a really fancy toilet, a fancy Japanese toilet with a heated seat and all the different functions. And the lighting is nice. It’s a really seamless transition from the restaurant to the bathroom. And I love the restaurant too. Everything is so high quality, and they’re also very accommodating. I can’t have gluten, and they can make most things gluten-free. Everything is just really delicious.” We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation