Experts' Choice Award Contra
13 expert reviews
“An avant-garde, food-driven spot breathing life into a strip of aging bars, Contra buzzes with young kitchen talent and a fresh attitude toward the direction of this neighborhood.”
– Michelin Guide
Zagat "It’s all about “experimentation” at this “innovative” Lower Eastsider offering a “brilliant”, five-course American tasting menu for the “bargain” sum of $55." Full review
Gayot13.0
"Contra is the perfect place for those who don't like to make choices, because there are none." Full review
Time Out "For now, Contra is more experimental kitchen than well-oiled machine." Full review
New York Magazine Critic's Pick
"Your five-course dinner might include a tasty risotto made with wheat berries, uni, and fresh clams, and a chunk of seared monkfish." Full review
Tasting Table "Although they both describe their food as "simple," their dishes are as impressive as they are clever." Full review
The Infatuation8.8
"For the first time in a long time, a restaurant that you’d typically expect to pop up in Brooklyn has instead decided to settle on the Lower East Side." Full review
The New Yorker "The food at Contra can be intricate, even challenging, but the concept is not: a prix-fixe of five courses, for fifty-five dollars." Full review
Not For Tourists "Inventive set menus highlighting seasonal ingredients."
Frommer's "The dress code at Contra is hoodies and uncreased brows, which is unusual for a tasting menu-only joint." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The ambitious, well-executed food at Contra belies its somewhat spare, narrow environs. Here, there is only one thing on the menu: an exceptionally seasonal, multi-course prix fixe of the..." Full review
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