Best Restaurants You've Ever Been To

Hals used to be one of my favorite watering holes a dozen or so years ago...not hard to find...just take Habersham and cross Roswell road as best you can and there it is on the left.

 

I read a GQ article on the chef at Schwa. Eccentric seems like an understatement, though i've been dying to go ever since.

 

Le Bernardin
Per Se
El Bulli

 

A personal favorite of mine would be in Cincinnati. Not the greatest execution on the food, but combine solidly good food with a very cool setting and great service, decent prices.

Carlos & Johnny.

Its one of the Jeff Ruby steakhouses and has great ambience. The restaurant is in an old mansion and has 3 seperate dining rooms in different wings and has outdoor seating.

Very cool place and the valet parking always has some great specimens.

 

El Bulli worth the trip?

 

A sushi restaurant in Knoxville, TN called Nama. Not exactly a great food town, but I've yet to find better raw fish.

 

Ate this month at E & E Steakhouse in Bellaire Bluffs, Fl. (Clearwater) and it had the best lobster I have ever had...Tristan South African Lobster. I havent had lobster before that was even close.

 

When I'm down in the area, I prefer Bern's Steakhouse over in Tampa. An outstanding offering of aged meats and well-stocked cellar.

 

I've had dinner in Monaco, Chicago, Vegas, etc. However,


Pearl's New orleans Kitchen in Elk Rapids, Michigan

To die for.

 

Wings
Mr. B's
Niagara Falls/Buffalo NY
Paper plates
Trucker talk waitresses
Best damn wings on the planet
I drive from Canada 1.5 hours for those wings

 

I've had dinner there and I agree. It's just not a good "worldly" location. Other than the vacation homes and light tourism, there's nothng going on in northern Michigan.

 

+1

I'd also like to add "Daniel's Broiler" in the Seattle areas to the list. Not the nicest place in the world, but excellent steak.

 

A restaurant like that is only fitting for Paris and the FS George V. Hopefully the hotel doesn't close it like they have other restaurants in other hotels.

 

Which restaurant?

I've read reports that his food is rather boring, or conservative, doesn't change the menu often, and is the same in any restaurant you go to of his (Tokyo, Dubai, London, NY, LA, ect.). However, if it's executed well and uses the best products around, fine by me.

 

I don't know that I could list the best restaurants I've been to.... I've been to some greats.

But, I will mirror some of the other posters here and say you can not go wrong with Le Cinq in the George V in Paris. It is a very memorable restaurant in one of the finest hotels.

 

I may have posted already but, the steak house in Circus Circus. Very good. Also the prime rib in DC.

 

Looking at the pictures of some of the dishes.....yummy.

Have any of you eaten at any one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants?

 

Been to Gordon Ramsay's Maze in NYC and Le Cinq. Maze was overrated. I thought the food was generic and predictable. I stayed at George V for two weeks and dined at Le Cinq 3 times. Each time was better than the last. Le Cinq is in a whole different class if you're comparing the two. If in NYC, try Eleven Madison Park.

 

Maze is his more casual, lower-priced chain I believe.

Le Cinq looks amazing. 3 Michelin stars, correct?

 

Sea Blue...Vegas!

 

Mas Provencale -- in Eze

Joe's Stone Crabs -- Miami Beach

Mr. Chow -- Beverly Hills

Hal's on Old Ivy -- Atlanta

The Rendezvous -- Memphis.

 

If I recall correctly, Le Cinq opened with 1, jumped to 3, and is now 2 stars.

 

Good call. Haven't been in a few years but I am now craving ribs.

 

I'm gonna throw Napa Rose into the mix. I did the chefs table thing where you sit at the kitchen, and it was an experience. They just start bringing courses and it never stops. I saw a dish go by with truffles on it and asked the chef what was underneath. He turns to the sous and all I hear is "Generous with the truffle" A few minutes later I had a small copper pot of mac n cheese covered with I'm guessing $100 worth of truffle. The sommelier is a character so do the wine paring. I had more wine than I could drink.


Regarding the Rendezvous post above. Its very good dry rub BBQ, but best restaurant ever?

 

Once you get truffles you either love them or hate them - Unfortunately I happen to love them... the best for me is coddled eggs with cream and shaved truffle pcs. then once its out of the oven they shave a bunch of white Alba truffles on top and sea salt!!!!!!

hot brioche you are in heaven! make sure you have a good burgandy to go with!