Hajir S.
Yelp
Really solid spot in the west village that gives off those west village vibes. The staff was so kind and had really lovely conversations with us, the seating intimate and adorable, and the wines and cocktails quite good. I liked how inventive and unique each dish was, and would go back just to see how that changes over time as you don't get that every day. Not any one dish completely blew me away which is why i'm keeping this to 4 stars, but it's a close call.
Bread and butter very solid, expensive, but whatever, better than bad bread and butter. The scallop ceviche was truly excellent and served in a scallop which I loved, but was shown up by the hamachi crudo which just had so much flavor and drove a unique taste that you don't typically see in a crudo. We also did the wagyu tartare which had a wasabi hint and was realy good, but not quite as good as the hamachi crudo in my book.
The delicata squash was a beautiful dish, if not maybe the most interesting in taste, but the labne accompanying it was definitely great. The graffiti eggplant however had the most interesting taste profile, a very spicy thai pepper, and was the closest dish to blowing me away with taste and flavor. The raddichio salad good and fresh, and the beet gnocchi also unique with dill on top. The Octopus with romesco also good, but again not blowing me away.
Affogato was good, chocolate olive oil cake was not something i would order again, and the manager had a great conversation with us about restaurants, gave us a round of free cocktails, so very easy to like this place! We'll be back as it really is West Village cute!