THE GRILL
Fine dining restaurant · Midtown East
Seagram Building, 99 E 52nd St, New York, NY 10022
Highlights
Tableside preparations, classic American dishes, and a Mad Men-style ambiance
Tableside preparations, classic American dishes, and a Mad Men-style ambiance
"The Grill routinely draws finance types, high-powered lawyers, and people who choose restaurants based on where they can see themselves closing some sort of deal. But even if you don’t fall into any of these categories, a meal here is genuinely a worthwhile experience. The massive dining room (previously home to the Four Seasons) has a dramatic bronze sculpture hanging from the ceiling, prime people-watching, and both a prime rib cart and a duck press that servers operate tableside. It’s one of the best shows in Midtown." - bryan kim, kenny yang, will hartman
"The Grill has special occasion in its DNA, and it's our favorite place to celebrate something big on short notice. Did you just win the lottery? Hop in a cab, and head to Midtown East. If a lunchtime steak isn’t in the cards for you, try the chilled pea soup with cream swirled on top like a cappuccino, or the avocado crab louis salad that's prepared tableside. A lunchtime martini should also make an appearance." - willa moore, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, sonal shah
"American grill restaurant located in the food hall at gates 60 to 69." - Nadia Chaudhury
"If you’re going to spend several hundred dollars on a splashy special occasion dinner, you better get some free bread out of it. At The Grill in Midtown East, it’s a basket with soft pretzel sticks, brown crusty bread, and buttery rolls. Plus a quenelle of chive butter that tastes like scallion cream cheese, if it were the richest kid in school." - sonal shah, bryan kim, willa moore, will hartman
"Another high-end spot where you can easily land a reservation, The Grill is perfect for a pricey meal with an important client who watched a lot of Mad Men and now has a skewed vision of what business dinners are supposed to look like. Every meal at this mid-century-themed restaurant with ceilings as high as a convention center should begin with a round of house martinis. Next, listen to your tuxedo-sporting server explain the daily specials, then enjoy an extravagant procession of old-school American food while listening to hits from the 1960s." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah
