Les Halles NYC restaurant
 

my hubby and I love 'Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations and travel food shows - i know this is where he used to work
and was featured in his first season of travel shows - is it worth dining here during our trip to NYC - any good reviews?

I haven't eaten here in about 3 years. I used to love the Rossini burger (topped with foie gras) and frites. The sauteed calamari with bacon and onions was also fantastic.

Thin

Didn't he sell his interest in the restaurants?

I like the hangar steak with fries.

I'm pretty sure that he did sell his interest in the restaurant. He talks a lot about hanging up his "chef hat" in the book, "The Nasty Bits", which is fantastic reading.

yes he doesnt work in restaurants anymore but they did show quite a bit of it in Season 1 of his travel show...ive also read his books and his recipe book "Les Halles'...might try it...we're there for 2wks

doesn't matter, Les Halles is great. packed little joint with great frites, great pate de compagne, great vibe

ok -its on the list 'to try' for sure! thanks guys!

I ate there a while back - loved the food and the atmosphere!!! Will definitely go back

do you think we need reservations for a place like 'Les Halles'??

Always just walked in on Park South but needed one for lunch for the one on John Street.

oh so there are 2 locations - which one is the original? which one is better atmosphere?

Park South is the original and has the atmosphere you are seeking. The one on John Street takes on the feel of a men's club at lunch. I have never had dinner there.

For those interested: The correct pronunciation of this place is: Lay Ahl not: Lays Ahl. The s is not pronounced. Go figure French.

great -thanks for the info!!
and also for the tip of pronouncing correctly - i get nervous going to French restaurants as I cant pronounce half the things on the menu haha - I feel like a ditz!!

Do not be intimidated. It is a bistro rather than a haute establishment. And especially downtown the dinners are business people who 95% of which would not know frites from frats.

my fav restaurant, you must try the braised lamb shank with a salade frise avec lardons, just scrumtious

oh and FYI the correct pronunciation is layzhalles when a word starts with a vowel " halles " or a silent " h" you connect the words. even bourdain , whose family comes from france doesn't pronounce it correctly

But, lululemongirl, isn't the h in Les Halles un h aspire, and, therefore, there would be no elision?

Since Les Halles is in NYC, it makes little difference how it is pronounced. But to get the correct French pronunciation rather than an approximation, go to http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

I do not wish to belabor the point - as they will serve you at Les Halles no matter how you pronounce it - but: the restaurant is named after the famed old market area of Paris - and Parisians (and French) pronounce it: Lay Halles. Last time I was in the restaurant I also asked how they pronounced it - and they do: Lay Halles.