Brasserie Ruhlmann

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Brasserie Ruhlmann Review

In a plush 120-seat dining room with just enough Art Deco touches to harmonize with its Rockefeller Center setting, the sublime French bistro cookery, courtesy of Laurent Tourondel, is on display. There is a decorous countenance to the room, but the staff is so friendly that the place could never be stuffy. Seventeen excellent wines are available by the glass, as well as 10 half bottles. A pristine raw bar, featuring a selection of pedigreed oysters, is a great way to begin, or opt for a blue crab salad over mache with a honey-lime vinaigrette. If it's on the menu, order braised rabbit nestled in mustard cream on a bed of fresh pappardelle, sprinkled with pitted cherries. Desserts like Floating Island—delicately baked meringue floating on a pond of crème anglaise—are embellished by a tangled flurry of spun sugar.