Les Enfants Terribles
New York, NY 10002
Phone: (646) 402-6920
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Ludlow Street
- Directions:
- F at Delancey St
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 9am-4pm, 5:30pm-12am, Sun 9am-4pm, 5:30pm-11pm
Message from Les Enfants Terribles
French-African Cuisine
- Lunch/Brunch
- Dinner
- Night Bar & DJ's
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Editorial Review for Les Enfants Terribles – by Dana Bowen
The Scene
This worldly little bistro, filled with palm fronds, primitive masks and sand-colored leather banquettes, is an oasis of cool in an otherwise culture-deprived block, where the LES meets Chinatown. Creative cocktails alone are worth the trek: Patrons sip them around the circular bar, and spill them when squeezed into wood tables. But even at its busiest, casual service is swift and friendly.
The Food
The mid-priced French colonial cuisine arrives via the Cote d'Ivoire. Goat cheese toasts with fruity frisee, and rich lobster bisque are crowd-pleasers, while grilled calamari--tender and tousled with fragrant herbs, ginger and chilies--appeals to more adventurous appetites. Roasted sea bass, wrapped in a paper-thin potato crust, is fresh and moist, as is tomato-lime braised chicken with savory peanut sauce. Korhogotefemougar, though impossible to pronounce, deserves house-specialty status: Grilled, sprinkled with chili powder and served with cassava crisps, it's a juicy African-inspired steak frites.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkThe gregarious bartender mixes chic, fairly priced ($7) cocktails--the Maracana, made with crushed, fresh grapes is a fave--until 4am.
Where to SitIf you're planning a meal with five or more friends, ask for the table in the nook at the rear of the room.
The ExtrasStill hungry but craving something sweet? Try their coconut soup savored with fresh mango pieces and sesame seeds.
User Reviews for Les Enfants Terribles
05/20/2008 Posted by jcesar4
This saturday night me and 4 friends went here for a celebration dinner. Just as a lot of the comments below indicated, the food was good (not great), but we were treated absolutely horribly. We made a reservation, ordered apps, bottles of wine, cocktails and entrees. Five minutes after our entrees were finished, the host (bald, french accent) came over and said we really had to leave the table, he had someone waiting for it. I've been asked to leave tables before, generally after either finishing dessert or declining it, and usually with a sort of sheepish, apologetic tone. Actually, more than once I've been encouraged to step to the bar where the host offered to buy a round of drinks. But I've never been: A.) asked to leave before even seeing the dessert menu B.) asked to leave 5 minutes after plates were cleared C.) asked to leave w/o any forewarning: it's not like they said 'oh, and btw, we need this table at 10:00.' this came out of the blue. Needless to say, we refused to leave, we ordered dessert, and we stayed another 30 minutes. Our waitress was good, so we didn't penalize her with a bad tip. But we will penalize the management by never going back! BTW, look closely at some of the good comments below--they sure look like shills from staff or friends, not like real citysearch comments.
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03/08/2008 Posted by anoninnyc
the tables are way too close together and the place is too loud. the worst service from a waitress that i have ever had.
Pros: none
Cons: service
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
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