Le Rivage - French Restaurant
French restaurant in the Theater District with prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus; full bar, private party options.
(347) 748-1134
340 W 46th St
(at Between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue)
New York,
NY
10036
40.7603
-73.9891
Neighborhoods: Clinton, Midtown
Hours:
Mon 11:30am-9:30pm
Tue-Sat 11:30am-11pm
Sun 11:30am-10pm
Price:
$$$
Last updated 4.30.09
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Le Rivage is one of New York's most famous French restaurants. The Denamiel family has owned and operated Le Rivage for over 25 years. The current Chef, Paul Denamiel not only has the restaurant business in his blood, but brings culinary merit to Le Rivage as a graduate of CIA & experience as a sous chef in the City's best restaurants. As an NYC restaurant, Le Rivage changes over the years to stay with the times, but is consistently cozy & romantic serving authentic & expertly prepared French cuisine.
Located on 'restaurant row' (46th St bet 8th & 9th Avenues), Le Rivage is a perfect pretheater and post-theater restaurant. Le Rivage is a fantastic lunch spot for the theater crowd and mid-town business. Along with an array of entres and appetizers, a $20 lunch prix fixe is also available & an after 8pm $25 dinner prix fixe. Call or visit the website to make reservations.
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French restaurant in the Theater District with prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus; full bar, private party options.
User Reviews
jjpmom
June 18, 2009
Maybe we experienced this place on an off night, but I did not have 4 1/2 star food or service at Le Rivage on my recent visit. I had the "Artichoke and tomato salad" which consisted of a few lettuce leaves, 2 slim slices of tomato and 4 pieces of artichoke that looked and tasted like they had come out of a can. It looked like a plate you would get at a roadside (and I mean highway) cafeteria in Europe- minus the cellophane wrap. The main course, Coq au Vin was terribly dry and accompanied by very bland and also dry, not to mention uninteresting red potatoes and a birds nest of some unidentifiable vegetable, perhaps parsnip. It came off as a meal that had either been long prepared (a la a hotel banquet meal that sat in the hot box too long) or it had been microwaved. My husband's salmon tasted as though it had been pulled out of the Hudson- last week. Yuck. Dessert held little hope for us and we weren't surprised by the quality of the creme brulee which again smacked of something pre-prepared/frozen/purchased through a vendor like Sysco and definitely not made on premises , nor made recently. It was the worst creme brulee I have had; and I have liked creme brulee ever since the first time I had it in Paris when I was 12. It seemed to me by the staff on hand that the proprietors are not French, nor are the cooks (and I mean cook and not chef), which could be part of the issue. I regretted choosing this restaurant as the location where I had my last meal in New York before I left the next day. Talk about leaving a bad taste in your mouth.
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hunter1gbr
April 14, 2009
Having read the reviews on city search my boyfriend and I decided to treat ourselves to a romantic night out. We were the only people in the restaurant which was concerning but we sat down and ordered. Although we ordered completely different meals it appeared we both had the same brownish sauce. Everything seemed to be made from this one sauce. We had the fixed price menu and they managed to get through all three courses in 40 minutes; this would have been fine if we were heading to a show but we weren't we were after a nice lesuirely meal. The service was good but it is certainly not a 4 and half star place and I wanted to let people know that perhaps this place has gone downhill somewhat and perhaps go somewhere else.
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kareemahb
February 15, 2009
SO me and the boyfriend did a Valentine lunch, cause of our hectic schedule. This restaurant has been here for like 40+ years so you;ll find a lot of umm Mature people in here during the lunch on saturday for the cheap prix fixe meal. and its opens at 12. we were there by one. the place was packed. its very popular. every course was so delicious, I couldn't believe it. cause there is always one course that's just okay.Not the case here. We both agreed its the best french food we had on restaurant row. and will definitely y come back again.
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- Traditional French Cuisine
- Pre-Theater & Post-Theater
- Prix Fixe Menu
Le Rivage is one of New York's most famous French restaurants. The Denamiel family has owned and operated Le Rivage for over 25 years. The current Chef, Paul Denamiel not only has the restaurant business in his blood, but brings culinary merit to Le Rivage as a graduate of CIA & experience as a sous chef in the City's best restaurants. As an NYC restaurant, Le Rivage changes over the years to stay with the times, but is consistently cozy & romantic serving authentic & expertly prepared French cuisine.
Located on 'restaurant row' (46th St bet 8th & 9th Avenues), Le Rivage is a perfect pretheater and post-theater restaurant. Le Rivage is a fantastic lunch spot for the theater crowd and mid-town business. Along with an array of entres and appetizers, a $20 lunch prix fixe is also available & an after 8pm $25 dinner prix fixe. Call or visit the website to make reservations.
