We have never really tried to go to carbone. We know everything about it, from when it first opened people wouldn’t shut up about it to how it recently got a bad inspection rating and lost its Michelin star.
The new Amex global dining thing is making these resys easier, I think. Or the B rating. I was looking to book a place for dinner with my boyfriend and friend as we were planning to get together on a Tuesday and saw a multiple tables open at carbone. I had never seen that on resy. I called my boyfriend and asked him if it makes us less hypebeasts if we had waited 12 years. He said get the table let’s try it out.
We had the burrata with caviar, baked clams, some raw fish situation, the spicy rigatoni, the meatballs, pork chops, broccolini, corn and the tiramisu. The appetizers and pasta were amazing. Great ingredients, well cooked, no complaints. The pork chops and veggies sides, however, were mediocre. They were very simply seasoned but the meat was too slowly cooked and not long enough, it was tough and dry. Corn was extremely truffle heavy and not in a good way. The broccolini was burned. Amazing liquor and wine menu, though, and my drinks were all made to perfection.
My boyfriend had a better time there than I did, I think. He thinks if he made a friend there we would be able to come back whenever we want easily and drunken tipped the staff close to 50% of our bill just for him to snobbishly tell him to look on the resy app at 9am. As someone who worked in the industry, I’m all for tipping heavy so I didn’t mind whatever outcome but thought the exchange was hilarious and very on par with the reputation of the restaurant. I’m happy we tried it, though, but I wouldn’t initiate to visit it again.
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