8.0/10Eastern European
AI-generated summary
Nordic tasting menu in Williamsburg, and people who eat a lot of fine dining rank it near the top in the city. The is the dish they dream about. The warning people repeat is portion size, plenty leave hungry after spending a few hundred dollars a head. Service splits too, some call it incredible, others found it cold and painfully slow between courses.
“This is my second time at Aska and it was better than the first. The scallop dish, lobster + foam, and the last 2 meat courses were completely new and the sauces were perfect. This tasting menu is very straight forward, fish / meat + sauce but they execute it so well.”
H3
“The service felt cold and i don’t think they spoke much outside of the bare minimum descriptions of the dishes and were super slow on refilling water.”
H3
“This is my second time at Aska and it was better than the first. The scallop dish, lobster + foam, and the last 2 meat courses were completely new and the sauces were perfect. This tasting menu is very straight forward, fish / meat + sauce but they execute it so well.”
H3
“Maybe I went on a bad night, but I was SO let down by Aska. Service was rushed, vibe was all off, and I left way too hungry for such an expensive meal.”
H3
“Aska was my first Michelin star experience and it vastly exceeded my expectations. Not to spoil, but I wish I could forget the first bite of one of their seafood courses just to experience it again. Life-changing and an inflection point for me in terms of fine dining.”
H3
“Birch milk sorbet with yarrow leaves at Aska. It tastes like how the deep forest smells after a big snow fall. It’s incredible.”
H3
“we found the food very underwhelming. They seemed more interested in show and novelty than actual flavor and taste. We literally went out and got a second dinner after Aska because we were so dissatisfied.”
H3
“I had a comically bad experience at Aska last year for an anniversary dinner. The experience was long, drawn-out, and painfully self-serious, while the food was pretty but unexciting in flavor.”
H3
“The pacing was interminable, we waited at least 30 mins between dishes. The food while visually beautiful always seemed to be more about them showing off technique instead of whether it was enjoyable to eat. The beef was plated over pine tips which stuck all over the meat so you had to keep picking them off, and the emulsified oyster dish was one of the worst dishes I’ve had anywhere.”
H3
“Saga and Aska are astronomically better than Atera.”
H2
“Absolutely spectacular! Every bite was incredible! Very flavorful, different textures and temperatures, very high-quality ingredients, and very tasty! One of the best servings of starting bites to a meal I’ve ever had!”
H2
“Aska (every single item besides the trout)”
H2