February 11, 2020
Five Restaurants Guaranteed to Heat Up Your Romance This Valentine’s Day
While many restaurants in NoMad are exceptional for one reason or another, our staff has chosen these five intimate restaurants as especially perfect venues for a night of romance. We selected the following five for their ambience, great food, and the special deals and menus they are offering on Valentine’s Day. Some are quiet and others stunningly beautiful, while some offer a glitzier night of entertainment, but there is sure to be one to fit you and your lover.
Valentine’s night is one of the hardest times of the year to get a dinner reservation and these favorites will fill up quickly, so call soon for reservations.
Bread & Tulips
Bread & Tulips, situated in The Hotel Giraffe at 365 Park Avenue South, is our staff’s number one choice to visit this Valentine’s Day. The reason is simple. Terrific rustic authentic Italian cooking, reasonable pricing and perhaps the coziest, quietest, and most seductive ambience in NoMad. The menu is inspired by the regional diversity of Italy and features handmade pasta beautifully prepared with exceptional ingredients.
This Valentine’s Day lovers can enjoy dishes such as seared sea scallops and strip steak tagliata in a warmly lit room where the sensuous flavors and subdued lighting are sure to make the night more amorous. This special venue is offering a complimentary Prosecco toast all night long and an exclusive four-course prix-fixe menu for $65 per person.
To make a reservation, call (212) 532-9100 or visit breadandtulipsnyc.com.
Bread & Tulips
365 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
(212) 532-9100
breadandtulipsnyc.com
Scarpetta
At 88 Madison Avenue, Scarpetta offers an exceptional fine dining experience that has become a legend in New York. Its authentic Italian dishes have bold flavors with seasonal ingredients, and it maintains its tradition of handmaking its pasta daily, just as you would find at a fine restaurant in Siena or Orvieto. The dining room is refined but casual, and the staff will make you and your amour feel at home—very Italian indeed.
Scarpetta is offering a special menu for $125 per person. Some of the options available on the select menu are branzino, roasted chicken, and wagyu strip.
An added plus here is that after dinner, you can head downstairs to the Seville, a bar with a sexy speakeasy feel. It is a luscious place to continue your celebration. Remember February 14th falls on a Friday this year!
To make a reservation, call (212) 691-0555 or visit scarpettarestaurants.com.
Scarpetta
88 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 691-0555
scarpettarestaurants.com
The Flatiron Room
Not sure you can handle too much attention from your new boyfriend or girlfriend? Flatiron Room is perfect. While it is a wonderfully sensual place to spend an evening with the one you love and offers tasty dishes, it also hosts hot jazz performances that will take the pressure off of you. Low lights will set the mood and if all else fails, you can talk about the over 1,000 varieties of whisky available at the Flatiron Room.
On February 14th, there will be an entire evening of live Jazz starting at 5:30 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. and the restaurant is offering a three-course dinner menu for $85 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
To make a reservation, call (212) 725-3860 or visit theflatironroom.com.
The Flatiron Room
37 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 725-3860
theflatironroom.com
Trattoria Italienne
Trattoria Italienne specializes in Northern Italian and Southern French Cuisine. Offering a casual yet elegant dining experience—serving remarkable dishes in a lovely dining room reminiscent of the French and Italian countryside. The authentic old world dining experience is one that is hard to find anywhere else. The ambiance is inviting and charming with small modern touches. If you haven’t tired Trattoria Italienne at 19 West 24th Street you must. It is among the neighborhood’s best eateries.
The cozy, love-life feeling of the dining rooms should make you and your soulmate glad to be sharing time together. The venue will serve a three-course Lover’s prix fixe menu for $85 per person. A few of the dishes on the hand-selected menu are lobster, scallops, and a New York strip steak. Can’t make it on Valentine’s Day? No worries, because this menu will be available from February 13th through the 15th. Trattoria Italienne’s standard a la carte menu will also be available.
You can help love along with the restaurant’s impressive wine selection showcases regional wines that complement the creative menu.
To make a reservation, call (212) 600-5139 or visit italiennenyc.com.
Trattoria Italienne
19 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 600-5139
italiennenyc.com
ilili
In Ilili’s sparking dining room, show your date that you’re exciting and full of surprises. Perhaps not a typical choice for a Valentine, Iilili will stun your love with its spectacular two-story dining room lined with wood and mirrors, and its modern and superbly prepared Lebanese-Mediterranean cuisine.
If you want to celebrate on Valentine’s Day, Ilili is it! The food is magnificent, the room grand, and the attentive staff will ensure that everything is perfect from start to finish. We know you will return again and again.
On February 14th from 5:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., Ilili will have a four-course prix-fixe dinner menu including a free champagne toast for $129 per person. The elegant dinner will include two mezze plates, one entree, and one dessert. Special menu items include Long Island Duck Breast, Lobster, and a Prime NY Strip.
To make a reservation, call (212) 683-2929 or visit ililinyc.com.
ilili
236 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
(212) 683-2929
ililinyc.com
With all of these wonderful restaurants scattered throughout NoMad, you’re sure to find a great place to celebrate your love. Whether you are looking to impress someone new or enjoy an exceptional night with your partner or spouse, each of these venues offers a unique experience, and we think you’ll find one that is perfect for you as a couple.
As Valentine’s Day approaches, we’d like to share with you Robert Schumann’s song “Wigmund” written for his wife Clara, which we think is one of the world’s greatest declarations of love.
Wigmund
You my soul, you my heart,
You my rapture, O you my pain,
You my world in which I live,
My heaven you, to which I aspire,
O you my grave, into which
My grief forever I’ve consigned!
You are repose, you are peace,
You are bestowed on me from heaven.
Your love for me gives me my worth,
Your eyes transfigure me in mine,
You raise me lovingly above myself,
My guardian angel, my better self!
Music by: Robert Schumann
Words by: Friedrich Rückert