Chop Suey
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 261-5200
- Price:
- $$$$
- Cross Street:
- Between 47th Street and 48th Street
- Directions:
- 1 at 50th St; B, D; F, V at 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr; C, E at 50th St; N, R, W at 49th St
- Hours:
- Daily 12pm-2pm, 5pm-9:45pm
Message from Chop Suey
East Asian Flavors Interpreted By American Chefs
- In The Heart of Time Square
- Open Daily for Lunch & Dinner
- Make Reservations Online
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Editorial Review for Chop Suey – by Erin Behan
The Scene
The futuristic, candy-colored innards of the Renaissance Hotel's restaurant seem a garish attempt to keep up with Technicolor Times Square, blinking through the dining room's floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides. However, even the midtown-phobic can appreciate the only-in-New-York view of converging Broadway and Seventh Avenue.
The Food
The Asian menu, dotted with odes to Korean fare, is the brainchild of consulting chef Zak Pelaccio. Most of the dishes--such as the generous portion of unusually moist chicken wings, served with fried curry leaf, or the intensely tender and flavorful hangar steak--leap skyward from usual Times Square fare. But there's no magic or cohesion to the menu, and off-notes like a bland ginger chicken or oversalted sides make the price tags hard to swallow. The dessert riff on Vietnamese iced coffee is a welcome ending, unlike coconut sorbet sandwiched like a hockey puck between black sesame cakes.
Hits: The view of Times Square can't be beat, and many of the dishes show forethought and high-end ingredients rarely seen in the area.
Misses: You'll likely be eating in an empty room with servers more used to delivering hotel restaurant service rather than that of fine dining--while paying fine-dining prices.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoEven a New Yorker couldn't find this place without an address. Enter the Renaissance Hotel, go up one floor on the elevator, walk though the lobby bar to the left and keep walking until you run into the hostess desk (hidden behind a pole).
What to DrinkIf $14 cocktails don't turn you off, then the Enlightened Mojito rises to the occasion. Wine by the glass is served in quartinos and starts at $13.
The ExtrasThough a reservation probably isn't necessary, if you do make one, request a table at the front of the restaurant, where views are best.
