Home Destinations USA New York New York City Restaurants Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar

Seasonal Restaurant and Weinbar Review

Read our New York City restaurant reviews. Or post your own.

Find more restaurants in New York City »

Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar

Address: 132 W. 58th St., Midtown West, New York, NY, 10019-2135 | Map It
Phone: 212/957-5550
www.seasonalnyc.com

Price range: $$$
Cuisine: Austrian/German
Location: Midtown West

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 2.6/5

Fodor's Review:

Partners and executive chefs Wolfgang Ban and Eduard Frauneder have brought something neue to Midtown: a swanky Austrian-German restaurant and weinbar. With its sculptural ceiling lighting, elliptical bar, and contemporary Austrian and German art, Seäsonal feels more "downtown" than you'd expect from such central Midtown digs. The décor is modern European with white walls, wood floors, and leather cubby seating. The cuisine is sophisticated and contemporary, yet still steeped in regional traditions. The chefs are committed to using fresh, seasonal ingredients, and whenever possible, locally sourced products. Appetizers like the foie gras terrine, and the cheese ravioli with smoked chanterelle mushrooms will delight you with their contrasting lightness and intensity of flavor. Main dishes, such as the pumpkin seed-crusted black sea bass with butternut squash and black truffles, and the classic Wiener Schnitzel served with a crescent potato-cucumber salad, will pleasure your palate with simple but striking flavor combinations. Seäsonal's weinbar features a distinctive selection of wines from emerging Austrian and German winemakers—definitely the right place for your Riesling fix.

Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V

Member Reviews and Ratings

Reviewed by MsDawg from New York on 4/4/08
Pros: Ambience was fun, very NYC'ish, support staff was wonderful and friendly and helpful
Cons: Hostess was very unwelcoming and waitress never checked with us again after ordered. Red sause drowns some delicate dishes.
Overall user rating: Average
I like the setting, up the stairs overlooking Madison Ave. was fun. But. I expected a bit more with the $20 minimum per person. A middle aged lady at the entrance, long dark hair seemed to be the hostess but did not seem happy to be there, no smile the entire time, I did not feel welcome. She brought us into a bare restaurant and began to seat us against the wall when there was an open table for the 5 of us by the window. The waitress suggested the window table to us, urging it and the one already seated and the rest of us just followed her lead. The food overall was very good. Four dishes were ordered and I really only have a comment on one. The Crepes.....too much red sauce. (Possibly a tad too much on the lobster ravioli but it was very good) It overpowered them so much that I wouldn't order it again. Oh, and my iced tea was the size of a small coctail as was a seltzer with lemon. Service was confusing. Our waitress took our order and delivered our small drinks and she never checked on us again. We had to ask bus boys for water, more bread, more wine. Oh, they went to retrieve the waitress to order the wine. Towards the end of the meal, another gentleman seemed to take over and was attentive. I had seen her standing over by the little bar seeming to be watching her tables, not that there were many customers, but she never once checked on us the entire time we were there. Annoying. I think if you want to charge the price and want return customers you need to make sure each person is doing there job. I will not return with my out of town guests and will not recommend at this time.