David Burke Kitchen

I have eaten here a few times and always find the food and service outstanding. The outside patio and bar is a great spot for lunch and dinner.

I loved the seating area on the roof. Everyone was just so nice; the host, our server and the pastry chef. We tried their secret menu desert item. It was delicious! Its called Churro bowl. They have limited of them per day as we were told there was only one more left. Their monkey banana pudding was good for 6 people. Loved it!

Great ambiance at the rooftop, good service a well cooked steak (tbone) and an amazing banoffee with ice cream as a dessert, enough to feed 4 people!!!

Dunno what happened.
This would normally be a 2-​star review but there was only one thing on the menu that lived up to the hype for a Weekend Brunch– The massive bowl of greek yogurt, honey, granola, and berries. Seriously the best yogurt i have ever had in my life.
The yogurt itself was a meal.
I decided to get the spinach and feta omelet as my main. IN all honesty, that yogurt was more than enough. I should have just ordered a side of bacon and called it a day.
The «omelet» was a disappointment. It was merely a thin sheet of egg whites with pocket of spinach and a drop of feta cheese. It came with a small handful of lettuce. Not what I expected.
My mother ordered the bialy and enjoyed it but they didn’t prepare her eggs the way she requested and served her a runny egg sandwich on a cutting board. There was egg yolk EVERYWHERE. She enjoyed it despite the shortcomings and said the bacon saved the day.
I ordered a side of the chicken sausage which was just okay.
I would come back ONLY for the greek yogurt. They can keep their $ 23 egg whites.

Went for late lunch on Saturday and it was about 95% empty.
Pros:
— Hostess was very nice.
Cons:
— Burger and fries were okay.
— Chicken BLT was okay.
— No more complimentary fresh pickled carrots.

First time I had David’s cuisine was when he was at the helm at The River Café. Years have gone by since I ate there so I was excited to try his resto in the under belly of The James Hotel.
Décor and ambiance was very nice. Perfectly dimmed lights and background music at just the right level where you can enjoy some tunes and still engaged in conversation with your dining companions.
I am going to give this place 3.5 stars only because it did not really deliver that 4 star feeling. Started with the Pecorino Fries as an appy and the Foie Gras and Duck Pâté Board. My girlfriend and I both felt that the fries were a small portion and the shaved pecorino needed to be melted more. The good news is, the Foie Gras and Duck Pâté was probably the best I have ever had. Fried dates, large slices of grilled country bread, and a nice port wine as a demi glaze on top of the goose liver made it a true marriage of sweet and savory.
As for dinner, I order the Breast of Duck from Long Island and Keek ordered the Seared Scallops. I thought the duck breast was nice, 5 slices of breast plated beautifully with some sauteed spinach and a lovely au jus. The Seared Scallops were accompanied with a crispy potato cake and some champagne butter sauce. Nice little number but definitely not worth the hefty price tag. The dish came with only 3 barely rotund pieces of fish. We split two sides, the brussels sprouts & shallots were excellent, probably the highlight of the meal and the beer cheese and broccoli, the beer cheese tasted like cheese whiz.
Decided to skip dessert as nothing caught our eye. Overall it was just another dining experience in NYC. Something about Hotel restaurants, i feel like you are just paying for the name, I know he is a celebrity chef, but this place did not meet my expectations.

Lobster dumplings made me speechless.
Great place to dine during the summer, their patio is beautiful with tall buildings surrounding you right in the heart of Soho.

So, we’re from Vancouver, BC, and came to Manhattan for a couple days. We wanted to experience one nice place to eat as we had seriously been eating a lot of damn pizza. It is true. The pizza in New York is good and cheap. Well, just plain cheap. That’s beside the point. You want good food? This is the place to go!
Our server was awesome. One of the two friends that I came with has many dietary restrictions, so of course there’s going to be many questions. He was super chill, checked with the kitchen and made sure we could get what she asked. Good work!
The food: So, we came during Restaurant week, so they’ve got a 3 course meal for $ 25, but this place always has a 3 course meal set up, which is pretty awesome.
Appetizers: We ordered the Acorn Squash Soup, Butternut squash, and baby Beets & Citrus salad. The soup was nice, smooth, and hot and the salad was delish with the nice goat cheese mousse. Well, I guess anything ‘mousse’ is good, so they did good here. The butternut squash was not bad: my only qualm with this appy was that it just wasn’t for me. The mix of squash, ham and a cheese that was a little too strong wasn’t the greatest combination, but I still enjoyed trying it.
Entrees: We got 2 Kitchen burgers and the Salmon. Nothing muuch to say here except that it was all cooked perfectly, great big portion sizes, and came in a timely manner! In Vancouver, we’re not allowed to cook our beef ‘med rare’ or to even have a choice, so to have a choice was awesome.
Desserts: So, they just changed their menu, so I can’t remember the names of them all. It was the market berries (the Sheeps milk icecream is soo gooddd!!!), some type of ricotta pudding (it had– and i’m guessing here– some sort of lavender sugared rim that was a fantastic compliment), and a layered chocolate mouse cake (so rich, decadent, delicious). Aesthetically all very pleasing.
I don’t usually give a 5 stars, but when in New York…

Stumbled upon this place before going up to Jimmy rooftop for drinks. We decided to grab a quick bite to eat and glad we did! We were lucky that we got there a bit early so they were able to seat us without a reservation. The menu looked awesome and after debating between apps and what entrée to get, the waiter helped out and we got the roasted butter squash soup, lobster toast and scallops. The lobster toast was amazing and the soup was perfect! I definitely want to go back when i’m hungry and try other dishes ! The service was great too!

Came in late afternoon and surprised by the restaurant week deal– they didn’t have a special menu for RW, basically you can choose from the regular menu which is pretty awesome!
Appetizer– the BBQ dumpling and squash soup– both werent impressive. The dumplings had very little flavor inside and the soup was way too oily.
Main– shrimp toast: different plating then I excepted but I really liked it (supplement cost). It was kinda like half salad, with a piece of toast, with four shrimps on top. The salad had just the right refreshing taste and the toast was awesome.
Salmon: also amazing. Whatever the sauce was, i loved it!
Sides: Fries– nicely done crispy outside and soft inside.
Mushrooms– again, way too oily…
Dessert (not the regular menu)
PB candy bar– a little disappointed by the fact that the bar is very hard, kinda taste like its prepackaged and just took out of the freezer.
Panna Cotta– refreshing and not too sweet! Love
Service: our server was very nice, we needed a little more attention than he could give us but at least he had a good attitude, but the guy who served us the mains were basically slamming the dishes on the table and not even placing the plates in front of us, and of course didn’t say what the dish was. He deserved ZERO star.
Overall a nice environment, it’s also attached to The James Hotel which is located at the bottom of SoHo.

Good casual food in a nice space. Came for restaurant week and found the chicken dumplings for apps pretty good. The Brussels sprouts pasta was good but nothing amazing and same good for the chocolate candy bar dessert. It’s a nice place to eat for a decent and creative meal.

2016 Winter Restaurant Week Review
Decided to dine here with three friends for restaurant week and this place didn’t disappoint. The interior was nicely dim and would be a great place to bring a date. The bread they gave out was decent but unfortunately wasn’t warm at all. The butter is presented on a block of Himalayan rock salt, which was pretty cool and unique.
For appetizers we started with the shrimp cocktail and prosciutto which was nicely plated on a stone plate and really fresh. Also the blue crab raviolo (+$ 7 supplement), a single piece much bigger than the average ravioli. This was pretty good, but not worth the extra $ 7 to me.
For mains, we had the creekstone farms short rib (+$ 5), the maine lobster & rock shrimp spaghetti (+$ 10) which was really flavorful and totally worth paying extra for, grilled branzino, and also the chicken pot pie. The chicken pot pie was more of a naked pot pie with the amazing buttery and flakey shell on top of the juicy chicken pieces and vegetables. According to the waiter, the short rib and spaghetti were the best sellers.
For dessert, we decided to get the monkey bread for two (+$ 15) which was prepared right in front of us. I would compare it to cinnamon bread but on steroids. It first comes in a metal tin, then maple pecan ice cream, whipped cream, and banana caramel is added on top. This was a tad bit too sweet for my taste and could have probably done without the caramel. It says for two, but it easily serves four. We also tried the panna cotta which was good but not as silky soft as I hoped and not cold, and lastly the peanut butter candy bar which was just like a reeses peanut butter cup in a different shape.
Overall for the main courses were definitely the winner of the show, ambiance was great, food was great and plated beautifully, and portions were really generous for restaurant week. Would definitely return and try out what their main menu has to offer.

Loved the ambience of the place as well as the range of options during winter 2016 restaurant week. True, there were quite a few dishes that required a supplemental charge like the burrata appetizer, the spaghetti with shrimp and lobster (which I got and enjoyed every extra $ 10 bite of), and their monkey bread dessert for two. But at a quality restaurant like this, it made sense and I’m happy to splurge.
I ended up getting the beet salad, which was simple, fresh and flavorful; the spaghetti with shrimp and lobster, which was garlicky and delicious. The Panna cotta was a bit gummy; the chocolate dessert was very chocolatey, which I liked. Part of me wishes I did pay the $ 15 supplemental fee for the toffee bread for two, oh well.
I look forward to coming here again, during or not during restaurant week.

Came here for Restaurant Week with my sibling. We came here for their set lunch and ordered different dishes to try. The service was A+. They were friendly, attentive and helpful in every possible way.
I started off with their Hearty Green Salad as an appetizer, followed by the Skuna Bay Salmon as my main. My sibling had the Goffle Road Farm BBQ Chicken Dumplings as the appetizer, the Kitchen Burger as the main. For dessert we had the Cheesecake Lollipop Tree for Two.
Hearty Green Salad: Big portion of healthy greens accompanied with pear and nuts. This appetizer was a great starter. it was light, healthy, and really pleasant.
Skuna Bay Salmon: I wanted it to be medium rare but I got fully cooked. They were able to fix my dish and the salmon came the way I preferred the second time. The salmon was juicy and soft. However, the salmon smelled heavily fishy. The whole dish was too salty.
Upon trying one of my sibling’s dishes as well, the Goffle Road Farm BBQ Chicken Dumplings were fun bite size pieces. They had a smooth finish.
The Cheesecake Lollipop for Two was too sweet for my liking. I was only able to finish one whole cheesecake lollipop. It came with a light pink bubble gum dip which was a major miss to me.

I came for Restaurant Week or else I’d have to sell my kidney to afford this place. The food was good so I guess that justifies the prices? None of the appetizers tickled my fancy, so they kindly let me sub for a side of roasted mushrooms. Mushrooms were delicious. Perfect amount of garlic and scallions. For my entrée, I chose the pan seared scallops with crispy potato cake. Scallops were cooked to perfection. They were nice and tender, but just a tad too salty. The potato cake was also very tasty. There were some herbs/​spices (possibly chives) mixed in and it gave the potato a nice flavor. The peanut butter candy bar was reminiscent of a sweeter, darker Reece’s peanut butter cup. It was too sweet for my liking.
My only gripe is that the hostess sat us side by side with other people when the restaurant was super empty. She kept bringing more people to surround us when I could clearly see that ²⁄₃ of the restaurant was empty. It made me feel a bit claustrophobic.

DBK does restaurant week right!
The last restaurant I did RW at was a real letdown, so although I was hoping for the best, I was expecting the worst. I really did have my fingers crossed though, since I’d planned to take my friend out to celebrate his birthday.
Initially, when I was searching for a place to make RW reservations, I was looking for a menu that provided more options than just 3 choices for the appetizer, entrée, and dessert. DBK truly delivered on this front, and I appreciated that we could also order a la carte off the RW menu. However, I didn’t really like all of the ‘supplemental’ costs. It’s really a ‘damned if I do, damned if I don’t’ scenario. I either suck it up and spend a whole ton extra, or don’t and feel like a cheapo. Meh.
For drinks, they had restaurant week specials which included a cider (?), cocktail, and a couple of reds and whites. I went with the dirt? dust? runner — which was made exactly how I like it. The sour, citrus-​y base completely masked the rum, and if I hadn’t started to feel the buzz, I would have thought there was no alcohol in it at all!
For my appetizer, I went with the baby beets and citrus. I’m not usually a fan of raw beets, but since the description mentioned that the beets were marinated, I decided to give it a try, and I’m so glad I did! All of the different components in the dish were in perfect juxtaposition. For example, the brightness of the citrus was the perfect complement to the sweetness of the candied pecan. I even ended up eating the goat cheese with the dinner roll I got (star anise and raisins, anyone?!)
For my entrée, I ordered the (deconstructed) chicken pot pie. It was super filling. The portions were generous beyond anything I’ve ever had during RW! I ate my fill, gave my friend a portion of my chicken, and still had leftover puff pastry and chicken that I decided to pack up and take home. It was super flavorful and the chicken was nice and tender.
Finally, our monkey bread dessert was delicious! Yes, it was an additional $ 15, but it was definitely money well spent for 4 main reasons:
a) You get to keep the super cute tin that the monkey bread is baked in. I can’t wait to fill it with cookies!
b) There will DEFINITELY be leftovers, and ALOT of it. When we were debating which dessert to order, our waitress made sure to emphasize that we would definitely be taking some home with us!
c) The server who brought it out was kind enough to make (very patiently) two individual servings of monkey bread, ice cream, whip cream, and caramel sauce for us.
d) The maple pecan ice cream!
I’d mentioned in our reservations and called in the day before that it was my friend’s birthday, and I was hoping that they would do a little something extra for him. Alas, they seemed to have forgotten and I didn’t want to make it a huge deal. Either way, it was a nice, low-​key birthday celebration. :)

RW week lunch. My experience was really mediocre which is a shame because DB Kitchen is known for its excellent restaurant week offerings.
The menu has good variety. People who ordered chicken dumplings and beets really enjoyed those. I got the hearty green salad which had chock-​ful of seasonal greens and marcona almonds. The pickled pear was a nice touch but the dressing was really plain. I had the branzino for my main. The fish tasted previously frozen as the meat was very mushy even though it had the right cooking temperature and crispy skin. The chard underneath was drenched in oil and capers combined with lemon juice gave the dish too much acidity. Desserts seemed better executed than the savory courses. Cheesecake lollipops were fun and decadent. Even the market berries with sheepmilk frozen yogurt were very tasty.
Service is lowkey horrendous — everybody’s order got mixed up, our plates were cleaned before my friend finished eating, waiter ran over to take my check before i filled in the tips etc. Tables by the window are arranged in a way that busboys have to lean over someone’s shoulder to serve the person sitting inside. Wouldn’t return.

Today was our second visit to DBK and it continues to be a favorite for special occasions. We made reservations for Christmas morning and expected a brunch menu. To our surprise, it was a prix fixe 3 course menu. Fortunately, there were things my wife (no red meat) could enjoy. She had their chicken and I had poached lobster. Both were served, creatively, with ravioli. Mine was a flavor packed mushroom offering, hers filled with purée of basil. Again, creative and so good, they could easily serve as a main dish.
My lobster was fresh tasting and cooked properly — lobster can get rubbery or tough in the wrong hands. Her chicken was moist and delish.
My appetizer was the shrimp dish recommend by our waitress. My wife had the beet salad. Both excellent with taste explosions (no kidding) in every bite. Each ingredient earned its keep — rare for many dishes, common place here at DBK. The chef really knows his/​her business.
Dessert was similarly excellent. I had a 3 mini donut plate with chef made chocolate sauce, my wife had the gingerbread cake with an ever so tiny scoop of egg nog ice cream. Wish the ice cream came in a pail! It was fantastic.
The bill with one drink, 1 tea and 2 coffees was $ 245 with 20% tip. Not our usual spend but for a special occasion and for NYC, perfectly in line it’s the quality.
Beautiful interior design. Efficient and professional wait staff — only one «how are you GUYS doing» (how I wish every waitstaff person would unlearn that question?) … Wonderful, creative food, presented artfully.
Recommended for that special occasion.

Went to David Burke Kitchen for restaurant week a few months ago. I had been wanting to visit and just hadn’t had the chance. Also, it’s great to visit a high end restaurant like this during restaurant week to see all of the great options they offer.
A friend and I both went and ordered the exact same things. The burrata to start was excellent! Anytime I see burrata on a menu… It’s getting ordered. We then ordered the short rib for our main course and that was also very good. The meat was perfectly cooked and the sauce was delicious!
I would definitely go back and visit David Burke Kitchen. Can’t wait to try out some new options that weren’t on the restaurant week menu.

I recently visited this place after salivating over pics I saw from other Unilocal!reviews. Unfortunately, the actual food did not live up to my taste buds’ expectations. The short of it is: Service is great, but the food is mediocre at best. If you want the full deets, read directly below.
Drinks = C They tasted fine but were $ 3 more than they same drinks just about everywhere else in Manhattan. I could understand it if this were a fancy rooftop bar, but this place doesn’t even have a view!
Appetizers = D Skip the «homemade» ricotta. It’s served cold and is bland. The Seared Hamachi & Pork Belly also disappointed; it was super small, and the fish tasted like it was from a can.
Main Courses = B– Short rib entrée was tasty and was portioned well. The pork special (sliced pork roast) was lackluster and disappointing. I had hoped to see the pork chop that several Unilocalers had posted photos of. No luck, however. I guess it is a special they don’t always carry.
Dessert = C Skip the monkey bread. It seems like a cool concept in theory, but it’s all flair and no real substance. The flavor was fine (and so was the ice cream it was served with); however, the bread itself was dry-​ish and not melt-​in-​your-​mouth tender as I was expecting it to be.
In my opinion, this place is just a dull, overpriced celebrity chef restaurant undeserving of the praise some give it. I don’t really need to return here and can’t really recommend the place to others.

After months of being on my list of bookmarked restaurants, I finally was able to eat at David Burke Kitchen, with 3 of my friends for restaurant week! The menu was quite extensive for a Restaurant Week menu, and some of the dishes really caught the attention of my friends and I.
Walking in, the dining room was large and airy and the tables weren’t close to each other, which was great. Interior décor was simple. The bar was HUGE! Unfortunately, I was with a group of younger friends, so I didn’t wanna be the only one drinking. Loll
Food was just as impressive. For Apps, 2 of us got the burrata w. basil pesto and the other 2 got the salmon tartare. The burrata was delicious, creamy, and excellent combination of flavors with the pine nuts and pesto. Salmon tartare tasted fresh and vibrant. For entrees, my 3 friends all ordered the Kitchen Burger… medium rare (so much for variety.), and I went bold. with their 22oz. Dry Age, Bone-​In Ribeye that had a $ 35 supplement, cooked medium rare.
I didn’t try the Kitchen Burger. so I can’t comment on it; besides that the burgers looked very appetizing. lol At first glance, my steak looked fabulous. They even gave me a special steak knife to cut into the meat, engraved with David Burke on the blade. But that’s where the good comments about the steak ends.
As soon as I cut into the steak, I literally cut off a huge chunk of fat. Like.8oz of fat off the side of it (exaggerating of course, but it was a fairly large piece of fat). Medium rare it was not, more medium, bordering medium well. It was still juicy though, so meat wasn’t all that bad. However, I did not send it back. 2 of my buddies had to go to work afterwards and we were on a time constraint. Sending back the steak would’ve taken time to cook and stuff, and my friends’ food would’ve gone cold waiting on mine. Begrudgingly, I ate the steak, until just the bone and the many pieces of inedible fat were left. For $ 35 extra, definitely wasn’t worth it.
Dessert, 2 of us had the Cup O’ Dirt, and 2 of us shared the Cheesecake Lollipops. Both desserts were very tasty! Although, our Cheesecake Lollipops were accompanied by this small jar of pink Bubble Gum whipped cream that tasted awful. At first, I took a small spoonful of it by itself, and my initial thought was it tasted like the numbing gel that the dentist uses to coat your gums with. O_​o There was. MAYBE. a hint of bubble gum flavor in there somewhere. Needless to say, we didn’t finish that whipped cream. Lmao
When the waitress brought over our bill, I saw a comment card on one side and so I filled it out, stating my disappointing experience eating that steak. Waitress took the bill back and like 2 minutes later, a woman (I would assume she’s a manager) comes out and asks me about the steak experience. I explained why I had not returned the steak once I cut into it, and she was very understanding and courteous about it. She apologized, and said she comped the additional cost of the steak, which was very nice on her part. Customer service on point!
Overall, our experience at David Burke Kitchen is still worthy of 4 stars. because aside from that steak fail, everything else about the restaurant is top-​notch quality! From the other dishes we had, to the stellar service, interior décor and ambiance… I will definitely be back in the future!

I went to David Burke’s Kitchen for restaurant week, and I think this place is worth it only for restaurant week because it’s just too pricey. My 2 friends and I went and we shared our foods. We got:
Appetizer: artichoke salad, salmon tartare, and warm asparagus salad
Entrée: salmon, burger, and fish filet
Dessert: lollipop cheesecake tree (for 2 people) and cup of dirt
Out of all the 3 appetizers, I would say the warm asparagus was the best, then the artichoke salad, last salmon tartare.
I actually enjoyed all the 3 entrees. Each dish tasted pretty good.
For dessert, the lollipop cheesecake tree topped it all off. I loved it! The cup of dirt was pretty good, too.
Overall, good service and good food, but the price is just too much for my wallet if it wasn’t for restaurant week.