New Restaurants in the West Village

Notable chiefly for its menu of uncommon cuts--grilled Achilles tendon, anyone?--this Japanese all-beef restaurant is also charming and intimate.

Looking like the new Waverly Inn, The Lion's media-magnate investors and chef (John Delucie, also of the Waverly) should ensure an A-list clientele of celebs and scenesters.

Specializing in authentic, Maryland-style seafood, this fishy new spot has a raw bar, Chesapeake crab cakes and a nice back patio.

At Jean-Georges' well received newcomer, expect delicate, many layered small plates in a tiny, country-cute space, plus desserts from a former Per Se pastry chef.

Newly reopened, this beloved restaurant was completely renovated as an even more comfortable stage for chef Anita Lo's idiosyncratic, intelligent haute cuisine.

The French-Italian Mediterranean menu at this casual, white tablecloth restaurant sources from local purveyors, while the wine list is heavily organic and biodynamic.

At this upscale Thai restaurant you'll get a modern, street food-inspired take on the Southeast Asian cuisine, and a solid cocktail list to boot.

With egg roll dough tortillas, pigs? feet chimichangas, and milanesas topped with pomegranate sauce, this candle-lit spot isn't your standard Mexican joint.