Originally Posted by
sig05
Headed to NY for vacation and trying to decide between EMP, Per Se, Masa, and Le Bernardin. Was leaning towards EMP at this point. Only have time to visit one place, so any help is appreciated - will be for dinner.
I've been to EMP (under Danny Meyer), Per Se and Le Bernardin. I haven't been to EMP in their current format so won't comment, but I liked both Per Se and Le Bernardin, but would give the edge to Per Se. I felt the service at Le Bernardin lacked a little, but the food was great. Per Se had both good food and service, but I haven't been since the NYT review and I agreed with Pete Wells on some points.
If it were me, I'd go to Jean-Georges though. Consistently great. Why are you not considering it?