Norma's
New York, NY 10019-3318
Phone: (212) 708-7460
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- 6th Avenue
- Directions:
- N, R, W, Q, B, D, E to 7th Avenue
- Best of Citysearch:
- Breakfast 2004, Breakfast 2004
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 6:30am-3pm, Sat-Sun 7am-3pm
Editorial Review for Norma's – by Dan McAlvanah
The Scene
This brightly lit, well-appointed restaurant on the ground floor of the Parker Meridien Hotel, serves the most over-the-top breakfast in town. Handsome baritone Nordic waiters patrol the room, proffering fresh-squeezed juices and $4-a-person pots of French press coffee. The restaurant is popular with the hotel's visitors, along with local business people who use it to entertain clients.
The Food
Norma's glorifies traditional breakfast food almost to the point of non-recognition, with dishes like mango-papaya brown butter cinnamon crepes, foie gras brioche French toast and a shrimp, tomato and egg white frittata big enough to feed a family of four. Though many of the dishes seem unnecessarily embellished and presentations occasionally outstrip flavor, this is nevertheless a food experience that any well-off-enough New Yorker should try at least once.
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User Reviews for Norma's
05/23/2008 Posted by syrine
I must say, the food here is absolutely incredible! I ordered the crepes with mango and papaya. OMG!! It was absolutely delicious! The host and hostess were very friendly and delightful but our waiter was not as warm as I would have preferred. We arrived close to closing and of course the place was still 80% full, however, we were rushed to order our food and that was a bit unattractive to me. Clearly, if you are going to rush patrons to order, despite closing at 3pm, you should not allow anyone to make a reservation after 2:30 or so. The waiter urged us impatiently to order our food and seemed a bit restless and agitated. That was the most displeasing part of our visit to Norma's. However, we did not allow it to ruin the heavenly experience of the food. Simply delicious!! A MUST VISIT-- Just arrive a bit earlier so you are not hurried.. Bon Appetite!
Pros: Delicious Food!
Cons: Small sitting areas, Unfriendly Waiter
03/31/2008 Posted by VinceFoodandFriends
I brought a friend from DC to Norma's this past Saturday with a 10:45am reservation. We were warmly welcomed by Robin who was such a charming delight that we did not mind the additional 10 minute wait in this bustling restaurant. After receiving a delicious amuse bouche shot of the fresh squeezed juice medley of the day, we were given 2 additional large glasses of this liquid ambrosia compliments of Robin!! Being "quality carb" addicts, we ordered the bakery basket for the table. Know those danish you see at continental breakfasts that look tasty but taste of iced cardboard? Well, these were flawless here! The varied basket tasty contents included house made jams of both apricot ( I happily found chunks of the fruit in it!!) and blueberry. Both dishes soared expectations: The blueberry pancakes with Devonshire Cream were clearly made with a non-coying sauce of the bright flavor that only wild blueberries can provide. This on top of cakes that were flawlessly prepared. Suffice it to say that the accompanying bottle of real maple syrup was not needed. The Eggs Benedict Norma style actually tasted of farm fresh eggs. I'm not kidding. The rasher of bacon we also ordered was flavorful without being over salted. Be sure to bring an appetite. You are in for serious breakfast/brunch heaven!!
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