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Ai Fiori
Ai Fiori
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Ai Fiori

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8/10
12 expert reviews

“Chef/owner Michael White serves French and Italian Riviera-inspired dishes at his Michelin-starred restaurant, such as pan-seared sea scallops with smoked eggplant, olives and radishes.”

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Zagat Zagat
""Michael White's empire" encompasses this "culinary treasure" in the Langham Place Fifth Avenue Hotel, where you "feel like a swell" relishing "lovely" Italian cuisine." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
1 Star
"Chef Michael White's stunner may be sequestered in the dark-shaded, glossily finished Setai Fifth Avenue located just blocks away from the famed Empire State building." Full review
Gayot Gayot
15.0
"Chef Michael White scored big with seafood-centric Marea and his more casual Osteria Morini." Full review
New York Times New York Times
"It is an emphatic rejoinder to the trend toward farmhouse tables, rustic food and shouting that has so dominated the dining scene in Manhattan at least since the start of the recession." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"A dark-wood dining room overlooking Fifth Avenue is the setting for savory fare like gnocchi with sage butter, mild boschetto cheese and a red-wine jus." Full review
New York Magazine New York Magazine
Critic's Pick
"If you’re a devoted meat eater, the lamb chops are things of beauty (they’re encased in ground lamb and foie gras wrapped in caul fat), as are the wine-braised daube-style beef cheeks." Full review
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If you’re searching for flashes of White’s bravura creativity, order the ricotta-stuffed tortelli, which are laid out on the plate in little candy-size packets over a scrim of gently melting boschetto cheese.
Bloomberg Bloomberg
"Conservative eaters, who sometimes recoil from White’s offal, lard-heavy approach to life, will appreciate Ai Fiori as a more restrained effort." Full review
The Infatuation The Infatuation
"For a business man with a hot little pant suit number on his arm or a crew of white-haired couples, Ai Fiori is perfect." Full review
The New Yorker The New Yorker
"This is a restaurant that has everything—more or less faultless cooking, imaginative plating, exemplary service—except character." Full review
Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide
4 Stars
"This is an oasis for foodies amid the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple, and with famed chef Michael White at the helm, you know your appetite is in good hands." Full review
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