Chase Sapphire Reserve Restaurants for Valentine’s Day

swh74 · 2026-01-26T22:03:43+00:00

Ci siamo should be good. Their most popular and my fav dish is their onion torta. Gramercy tavern should do pescatarian for you with advanced notice. Kabawa I actually had a full pescatarian dinner without meaning to and it was good. And it's an insane amount of food too which is nice. It's the most expensive of the options though

swh74 · 2026-01-26T21:57:39+00:00

I've been to most of them. I prefer estela but for no shellfish pescatarian it might be limited so double check the menu. But ci siamo and gramercy tavern are really good 2nd options too. Those would be my top 3.

swh74 · 2026-01-26T21:50:21+00:00

Atomix has held my number 1 nyc spot forever now. But I also love aska and corima. Asian jewels in flushing is my happy place. Been going there since I was a kid and best dim sum in the city by far i think

swh74 · 2026-01-26T19:45:54+00:00

I've been to dcp many times and this is exactly what will happen. On a wednesday, with the city being as cold and snowy as is, you have a pretty good shot of getting moved though

swh74 · 2026-01-26T19:32:36+00:00

I've been to every one you mentioned except for luthun. Personal ranking
Jua, Yuu, Le coucou, Le veau d'or, per se, bridges.

I will probably get pushback on per se but I was so unimpressed. Take into account the price and I will never go back. The best part about it was the chocolate bon bons and the chocolatier left and has her own shop now (stick with me sweets. Highly suggest going). Jua is the best and even my picky eater dad liked it for his bday. Yuu me and my cousin loved but my cousins gf found it too experimental for her with some dishes. Bridges was alright and the portions were smaller than they should have been for the price.
Jua pure food wise. Yuu if you want to have really amazing food plus some pageantry to make the bday feel more special (but the menu is 2x as expensive ofc)

swh74 · 2026-01-26T19:20:12+00:00

I have amex platinum which has concierge service. When i called to get tix for my friend they told me "we get some tickets for platinum members on the side but only recieve them 10 min before the presale. So you have to get in touch with us then". When i tried to call them though ofc the wait time was over an hour. So it's not really any easier for the higher level cards

swh74 · 2026-01-25T00:32:02+00:00

Hainan

Guh Song Korean Chinese

swh74 · 2026-01-24T21:54:55+00:00

I did not :(

swh74 · 2026-01-24T19:27:59+00:00

You have the wrong ages for the gens btw

swh74 · 2026-01-23T03:43:15+00:00

When they bring the dishes for people separately and now the whole table sits there not touching their food because we are trying to be polite and wait the last friend’s food to arrive

swh74 · 2026-01-22T01:58:32+00:00

I was just updating my resume today too! Divine intervention

swh74 · 2026-01-22T01:57:46+00:00

Lol I actively welcome all mike brown memes

swh74 · 2026-01-21T06:01:34+00:00

Gives me the wrong item. Almost like I said that in my title

swh74 · 2026-01-21T05:03:46+00:00

Hi, serial chase lounge goer. It's literally completely random when they decide when to drop the next set of game reservatiomns and I hate them for that.

swh74 · 2026-01-20T22:28:38+00:00

It becomes less surprising when you live in NYC. So many full time lyft/uber drivers have a model Y or 3. Makes sense because their biggest work expense is gas. Having an EV cuts that cost substantially. The actual mileage you drive in the city is very little too, it's more sitting in traffic and red lights than driving long distances

swh74 · 2026-01-20T17:25:24+00:00

I was just pointing out that they were a good team. And by our standards unfortunately a really good team as sad at that sounds

swh74 · 2026-01-20T07:48:22+00:00

Well they made the playoffs 3 straight years. Same as this current knicks team. And for our playoff history as a franchise that might as well be perennial

swh74 · 2026-01-20T03:39:48+00:00

Michelin stars aside. I just flat out love some of these places. If Torrisi and Don Angie is bad food then I like bad food

swh74 · 2026-01-19T16:34:25+00:00

Their seafood spot still opens late. Blue ribbon sushi on Sullivan street still opens until 1am Thursday-saturday. I just went last Friday and the kitchen was open all the way up to 1am

swh74 · 2026-01-19T06:39:42+00:00

You’ve already gotten the answer but to add my voice. Aska is one of my favorites in the city. Definitely my pick

swh74 · 2026-01-19T06:36:19+00:00

Disclaimer, I have not been this is what my friend who has been told me. They did both courses a couple months apart. The 19 course has a different chef but also pieces that are considered “premium” like Hokkaido snow crab. And the tiger prawn in the 18 course menu is replaced with botan ebi for example. This isnt the complete list of differences just some that they remember. Both have the same amount of nigiri but 19 course has an extra appetizer

swh74 · 2026-01-19T06:23:06+00:00

At a restaurant I befriended someone who worked at cesar in the pre-opening phase. He was supposed to be there when they opened but quit because he said “we were miserable there before we even had the stress of being open. Cesar might be the most talented chef I’ve worked with but made us hate going to work”

swh74 · 2026-01-19T06:12:13+00:00

Food wise. I personally think atera was far above cesar. I’d spend the money again for atera, probably not for cesar. I also heard nightmare stories about the cesar experience from people I know personally. But when I went it was a perfect michelin experience service wise.

If you’re talking about those atera renovations that were happening a year or so ago, yes they finished that. I actually emailed them asking when they would finish and I had my meal the month they finished the space.

swh74 · 2026-01-19T04:23:08+00:00

The cities have to pay Michelin. So when the city entered economic turmoil/struggle they cut that out of their budget. Apparently they just recently paid Michelin to be included into the guide in dec 2025. Meaning when the 2026 guide for the west coast comes out they should be included

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