Duvet — a unique restaurant and bar in New York City
2007 January 13
Alan had a colleague visiting from their Paris office, and it was a challenge thinking of where we can take her considering she had come to New York accompanying a team of journalists who had been invited to sample the restaurants and meet some celebrity French chefs of New York.
So we hit upon introducing her this novel concept of group dining in Duvet, a restaurant some friends had introduced to us a year ago. We had a 6:45 PM reservation which had the place still practically empty — it was a great way to see the place in its true element, without the distraction of people lounging in its various beds. Of course by the time we ended dinner just before 9PM, the other areas where already occupied. This place pulsates with the dancing/partying crowd much later in the evening, but if you’re just there to dine, get an early reservation so it’s not too noisy and too dark.
Alan had the halibut and I had the ribeye. The steak was good and he enjoyed his fish. The restaurant is rather pricey, though, but since they do give you free slippers, it’s a unique dining experience where you can literally stretch out and just relax in a sea of light, and the food isn’t all that bad, you have to consider you’re paying a premium for all that combined.
I’d recommend this if you are dining as a group. It’s hard to be romantic when the next bed is a group partying in a very relaxed and casual manner. If you intend to go with your special someone, go really early, when the place can be really romantic.
Our party of five had three appetizers, a bottle of wine (and my two orders of diet soda) and an entree each. After tax and gratuity, it ended up costing us approximately $65 per person. No dessert, though, because we headed on to Bar 89 (another favorite with the fancy bathrooms I’ve written about here) to drink away.
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Hello Di, Oh my! this place is magnificent. I would really love to visit it. How ? I had not even dragged my feet to New York. Please, send me some brochures of this so romantic place if you have some PLEASSSEEEE ?????
Really, I love it. Wow! hope to visit Duvet one of these days .
Good thing again from you dear.
How’s little Angel ? my distant hugs to him.
take care always et merci encore pour cette belle image.
Jeannie, that’s why you have to come to New York! Hugs to Adrien, too!