Trendy New American venue offering a dinner-only fixed-price menu in bare-bones but chic surrounds. Based on 483 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
138 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
Phone: (212) 466-4633
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Hours
| Tuesday | 6–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 6–10 PM |
| Thursday | 6–10 PM |
| Friday | 6–10 PM |
| Saturday | 6–10 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | Closed |
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Reservations: contra.nycopentable.com
Reviews
Kate D
New American, where every dish is a knockout. Service is warm, professional, and efficient. Wine pairings are interesting and creative. Staff really knows the menu.
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Louise Cinco
The interior decor was nice and I enjoyed the open kitchen to the back and seeing the action. The dishes were either too acidic (too much citrus/lemon) or lacked in flavor. For the price, it should have been better. Also the staff didn’t let us know theres a 3.5% credit surcharge or maybe i just missed it. ♀️
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Bryan Kwong
Came to the place with high expectations and it overall was pretty satisfied. Went for the table d’hôte. It came with 6 courses including a dessert at the end. Stars among the offering were the scallop, prawns and eel dishes. The beef wagyu dish was a bit heavy on the lemon. The rest of the meal, was alright. The dehydrated strawberry cream was a nice dish to end off the meal. The service was good throughout the evening. Overall would recommend and would comeback to see what new cool concepts they have to offer.
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Dario Bigongiari
Maybe my expectations were too high, we tried two thirds of a la carte menu, most dishes were good but only a few were worth the price and i left underwhelmed. The mushroom tart, pork, tofu and budin noir dishes were just ok if not a bit heavy handed and boring. The seppia, lobster, scallop crudo and tartar on the other hand were really balanced and inspired dishes. Happy to have tried it I won’t do it again and can’t quite recommend it. Also I should mention that their mostly natural wine fud is a bad idea and someone should really put a stop to that bs!
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Iris
Very nice experience. The food was delicious and quite unique. The staff was very knowledgeable. The only slight downside is that they have a strange charge for using your credit card.
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Nate King
Wow where to begin?! I had the absolute pleasure of getting in on their first night being back open! They sold out the whole week and the weeks to come in just 30 minutes or so! New menu concept, new atmosphere. Wonderful! Ambrose was our waiter, he was a joy! The staff are very knowledgeable of their menu items and drink items. Food was 10/10. Congrats on being back open Contra! And congrats and cheers to new beginnings 🙂 We will be back very soon.
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Alessandro Cardito
I had high expectations from this place – both for the Instagram hype and for the Michelin Star.
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Adam Adzski
This place was picked out from my good mate Remal Scully of Scully’s st James restaurant in London as the chef has won the same award as him and he wanted to try his food.
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Catherine Wen
Really lovely place and a great meal! We came here for a birthday and had a great experience. It’s a 7 course set menu with an option to have a cheese course for an added cost. Each dish is thoughtful and creative, and everything was cooked perfectly. We opted for one course of the cheese which was really good but not sure I’d do it again as it is $11 for a piece of cheese. Anyways, service is great and attentive, drinks are good, and this is all around a good gem in the lower east side.
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Andi
The tasting menu is creatively delicious! Every course was full of different, yet complementing flavors and textures. Our waitress was very nice and brought us an extra dessert for our anniversary:)If you’re looking for a restaurant that has a fine tasting menu, a chill atmosphere, and relaxed attire, then this is it!
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