Restaurants near Central Park

From the atmosphere, when we first walked in, to the amazing food, the experience was absolutely amazing. Our server, Kurt, was the best server we have ever had. Cannot say enough wonderful things about our server, this restaurant, and the food. Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a wonderful date night. 

As always, our dinner at Lidia’s KC was excellent; we started with drinks and I had an amaretto bourbon sour, which was delicious and lasted through dinner. We started off with Insalata Mista, the “house salad “, which is always fresh. I couldn’t decide between the Chicken Limone or the Eggplant Parmigiana, so our waitress suggested half of each! They were both wonderful, and as I had never ordered the eggplant before, expect to again; it was crispy, with a nice sauce and tasty cheese (Fontina?). My husband had the Heritage Pork Porterhouse, which he really enjoyed; I had a bite, and while I’m not a huge pork fan, it tasted pretty good. As Thanksgiving was two days ago and we had three types of pie at home, we didn’t order dessert this time, but the selections looked tasty. I have had the apple blueberry strudel before, and the tiramisu is always heavenly. I’m a Lidia B. fan girl, and plan to revisit my go-to for Italian, which I have done for over twenty years!

Great dining experience. The cold and hot bar were varied and tasty. The meat selection is rather large. They have chicken and pork as well and added shrimp spiedini which was delicious. I loved the grilled pineapple, it was refreshing treat during the meal.

Super crisp sandwich can't be beat! Best beans you'll ever have!

I liked my steak 🥩 & lobster 🦞 but my husband said his steak was tough & the lobster was rubbery & he wished he’d ordered the endless shrimp.