alyap35

My wife and I will be in New York at the end of January. We'll be watching a Sunday 7:00 show of Grease at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. I was wondering if I can get suggestions of any good restaurants around the area. I'd be looking to spend the most around $200 total. I'm not sure how long the play is, but I'm thinking it would be better to have dinner after?

lisettemac

Do a search of this site for theatre district restaurants or Times Square restaurants and you will come up with dozens of threads. You can easily eat for 2 for $200. One of my favorite theatre district restaurants is Remi.

doug_stallings

Sunday is harder. Not all restaurants serve on Sunday, so keep that in mind. To be honest, I think you'd do better having a really excellent late brunch and then going to see the play rather than trying to do dinner after; I'd just grab something quick on Sunday evening; it's never the best night to go to dinner in NYC. Asiate in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel has a wonderful upscale brunch, and you can do it for far less than $200. I also like the brunch at Artisinal.

alyap35

Thanks for the info!

NeoPatrick

I totally disagree on the idea of avoiding dinner afterwards. Hey, we always eat AFTER the theatre when we can relax and not worry about the curtain time. And that's for 8 PM curtains. That 7 PM curtain is great as the show will probably be out around 9:30 to 10 at the latest -- hardly too late for a nice dinner. And maybe I should hate to admit it, but even when we have a noon or 1PM brunch on Sunday, we're still going to do a dinner after the show.

$200 for two allows you a wide range, and there are tons of places in the area -- most open on Sunday nights.

Next question really is what kind of food? Lots of great Italian in the area. Or Steakhouse? Or something different?

curiousgeo

I'm with Patrick regarding eating dinner after the show. We did this on a Sunday night after the theater, getting to our restaurant around 10:00 pm. I recall being somewhat amazed that the restaurant was still packed with late Sunday evening diners, something we would not see at home. We also had a late afternoon snack to tide us over until dinner, which worked out perfectly.

HowardR

There's really no "right" or "wrong" answer to whether you should dine before or after the show. If dining at 10 p.m. suits you, fine, do it. If you think that's too late, then eat beforehand!
Either way, as others have already said, you'll have many, many options with your $200 stated limit. Let us know what type(s) of food you prefer and the suggestions will flow.

doug_stallings

Well, I'd never have a big meal at 10pm unless I was in Madrid or planning to go out very late (especially on a Sunday). So I'll stand by recommendation. But at least the theater district will have more restaurants open than probably any other area of town on Sunday night. Luckily alyap35 has a lot of time to decide.

NeoPatrick

But Doug, don't forget that many of us vacationing in New York don't have to get up the next morning and go to the office. (Sorry to "rub that in"). We may be going out even after dinner and sleeping in the next morning. I love that late dining in Madrid, and when we're in New York we fall into the same pattern.

nytraveler

Well - we do live here - and do have to get up in the am and almost always have dinner after seeing a show.

I just can;t get into eating dinner at 5:30 or 6 in the afternoon. Nor do I especially like sitting for 3 hours after a big meal - much prefer to walk at least part of it off immediately afterward.

Even though it's Sunday you'll still have a lot of choices. Really the question is - what cuisine/atmosphere.

HowardR

OK,I'll complete the picture. We live in New York and don't/can't wait until after the theater to eat.....even when we don't have to get up early the next morning. We just don't enjoy ending the day on a full stomach!
There's no rule, no norm, no whatever. It boils down to one simple thing: whatever is best for you!