Best Seasonal Restaurants in Governors Island

Our meal was very good. We only had a party of two, which is a bit of a challenge for a restaurant where food is served family-style. For most people, an entree can easily serve two people. If you are light eaters, perhaps even three. We shared a chicken scalloping in lemon butter sauce ($32). The chicken was very tender, and the sauce was good enough to dip bread in. The dish also had a bed of sautéed spinach below the chicken. We also shared a mixed greens salad ($30) which was HUGE. It could easily serve 4 people. The salad was a nice mixture of greens with tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, pepperoncinis, and olives in their house Italian dressing. My only complaint is why they would put pitted olives in a salad. Not that hard to pick out and eat individually, but it would be possible to scoop one up with some lettuce and bite into it without knowing. The servers seemed to work very hard, though the number of tables they had meant it was a tad slow. The vibe was very good, and everyone seemed to be having a good time. We will definitely keep Carmine’s on our list for future New York trips, especially if we are in groups larger than two.

Delicious menu - nice set of choices, all excellent (we tried them all!). Great wine list. Very nice service. Fun ambience.

Everything was outstanding! This was our favorite dining experience in NYC. We will be back and will tell our friends about it.

We had such a beautiful evening at Frances Tavern!! I highly recommend this cool restaurant. Upstairs is a museum with so much to see and learn. The history of this building is incredible!! The atmosphere is just amazing, really warm and inviting. The entire staff were really friendly and helpful. The food and drinks were absolutely delicious!!!! If you are visiting or live in NYC I highly recommend this tavern.

Soothr never fails - everything is just delicious! Dumplings for starters were amazing, the beef pad si wi so good and the tom yum delicious and spicy like we wanted. Highly recommend!