Wildair

All 119 rated mentions, most helpful first

in:Wildair, wildly meh1 pts
“This was my second time there, overall it’s overpriced and underwhelming. I will not return.”
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in:What is a great steak in NYC not at a steakhouse?27 pts
“Wildair also serves up an excellent and large NY strip”
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in:Favorite Michelin Star “sister restaurant”?13 pts
replying to u/kevin122000: ironic that contra is closed but wildair survived.
“some incredible items on there - if you go soon you have to get the potato ice cream with strawberries - greatest strawberry anything I’ve ever had”
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in:Best dessert in nyc?7 pts
“I go to wildair for the desserts alone. Especially their seasonal panna Cota garnished with granita.”
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in:Best dry aged ribeye in city?7 pts
“Otherwise check out the grille or the steak at Wildaire.”
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in:Corima is a hot restaurant in more ways than one and it kind of detracted from the experience6 pts
“They open the entire glass entry wall to the outside in the summer. No AC. Rude”
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in:Best new restaurant desserts in NYC? 5 pts
“I went last month and they had a rhubarb/ elderflower that was superb”
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in:What is everybody’s favorite donuts and breakfast burritos in the city?4 pts
“the wildair donuts are pretty incredible, usually 2 flavors of donuts plus maybe a cinnamon roll and/or a savory foccacia situation. Worth going at least once”
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in:NYC steakhouses3 pts
“The steak at Wildair.”
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in:Reddit help restaurant date idea in nyc?3 pts
“Wildair. Easy reservation, great food, and great wine.”
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postAnyone know of a place with crispy laminated chocolate rolls similar to the cinnamon rolls from Wildair?2 pts
“Wildair sometimes sells cinnamon rolls alongside their Saturday doughnuts and they had a chocolate one I absolutely loved. Their rolls are crispy and laminated.”
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in:Favorite black sesame desserts?2 pts
“Get the Wildair donut tomorrow at 12pm.”
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in:Just moved to LES. Tell me what to try.2 pts
“I like the prawns”
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in:Which restaurants have gone downhill in terms of quality?2 pts
“Last time I ordered the steak ($185 + tax + tip — big splurge for us) it was like trying to chew through rubber. Pretty disappointing.”
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in:What is everybody’s favorite donuts and breakfast burritos in the city?2 pts
replying to u/SeriesSenior3327: It’s only on Saturdays, in limited quantities, but the wildair donuts are pretty incredible, usually 2 flavors of donuts plus maybe a cinnamon roll and/or a savory foccacia situation. Worth going at least once and they advertise the flavors in advance on Instagram. For breakfast burrito - I second electric burrito
“wildair makes a great doughnut, their dough is so much better than the yeast donuts found elsewhere here in nyc”
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in:Spam me with your crunchy steak tartare recs2 pts
“Hands down my fave tartare in the city and it’s not even close (sorry)”
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in:Your best meals of 2024?2 pts
“best mille feuille ive ever had”
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in:Best bar appetizers?2 pts
“Wildair - bonito, fried olives, breakfast radish, “thin mayo””
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in:Best NYC wine bars?2 pts
replying to u/rbcgm: How’s the food at Parcelle? Looking to take a small group there and trying to decide between Wildair and Parcelle.
“Wildair food is good but a little overpriced, and their wine list by the glass wasn’t very inspiring”
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in:Visiting NY for the week. Ate at Dame last night - tonight should we do Babbo (with Mark Ladner!) or Claude?2 pts
“Wildair has lost its energy now that the guys are spread more thin across various ventures.”
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postWildair, wildly meh1 pts
“Was excited for some reason but entirely uninspiring food. Tried a few things and friends had to get pizza after.”
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in:Which restaurants have gone downhill in terms of quality?1 pts
replying to u/Lba5s: was the rest of wildairs menu still good? it’s been on my list for a while but i keep hearing things that put me off
“The clams with XO are still on the menu - those are great but they got rid of a lot of what made them so good.”
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in:Three days trip, best cheesecake, donuts and beef?1 pts
“wildair in lower east side makes great donuts”
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in:Spam me with your crunchy steak tartare recs1 pts
replying to u/scemily13: Surprised no one’s mentioned Wildair but theirs has not one but TWO crunch elements — walnuts in the tartare itself and a shatteringly thin potato crisp on top. There’s also umeboshi in the mix which makes it perfectly umami with just the right hint of sweet. Hands down my fave tartare in the city and it’s not even close (sorry)
“I love their tartare”
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in:Lowkey dinner spots lower Manhattan1 pts
replying to u/t2022philly: Oh man I follow Wildair on IG and have had my eye on that steak for a long time. Not sure if I can pull the trigger on it at that price, lol.
“The clams at Wildair are probably the best clams I’ve ever had.”
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in:Wildair, wildly meh1 pts
“I love Wildair but do find the portions laughably small”
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in:Wildair, wildly meh1 pts
“Wildair was really unique when it first opened, but doesn't stick out now that so many other places of its ilk have opened across downtown, Brooklyn, etc.”
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in:Atera, an honest review: disappointing (x-post from finedining)1 pts
“I think the new cocktail small deal at Wildair is super fun.”
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in:What are your top single donuts (not locations) that you’ve tasted in the city?1 pts
“Wildair cookies and creme”
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in:what's a place that everyone recommends but you violently disagree?1 pts
“The food at WildAir wasn't bad, but the portions were so ridiculously tiny and it was definitely not worth the hype”
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in:Cute vibe birthday dinner spots in NYC? (affordable-ish)1 pts
“Wildair! I had my bday party with 12 people there and it was 85 pp. it’s a wine bar so like tapas type food”
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in:The Steak-off (Best Value)1 pts
“The steak tartare at Wildair is delicious and under 30.”
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in:Trendy restaurants from the early 2010s that have survived till now?96 pts
“Raku, Hi-Collar, Nan Xiang, Okonomi, Wildair, Estela, Empellon, Roberta's, Pasquale Jones”
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in:Donuts not at a donut shop?22 pts
“Wildair”
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in:Restaurant desserts so good it’s worth going in for them alone?17 pts
“Wildair”
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in:Lower East Side dinner before Attaboy17 pts
“Always a fan of Wildair.”
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in:Manhattan dinner rec for young line cooks. 13 pts
“I’d recommend Frenchette, Wildair, Estela, King, Foul Witch, Houseman, Thai Diner, and Lords.”
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in:Best food within reasonable walking distance of LES? 13 pts
“Scarr's Pizza, Contra, Wildair, Ivan Ramen”
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in:What fell off the NY Times list?12 pts
replying to u/XerxesAristotle: Che Li, Kafana, Le Crocodile, and Zum Stammtisch should be on the list, for me. I wasn’t too impressed by Hakka Cuisine, Hyderabadi Zaiqa, Mariscos El Submarino (Ensenada is similar but better and should be on the list for sure), or Ayat (to be fair, I maybe caught them on an off night, shortly after a new location opened, since I really enjoyed Al Badawi). I could go either way on Llama Inn.
“Mariscos and Wildair deserve to be on the list”
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in:Trendy restaurants from the early 2010s that have survived till now?11 pts
replying to u/jaded_toast: Raku, Hi-Collar, Nan Xiang, Okonomi, Wildair, Estela, Empellon, Roberta's, Pasquale Jones
“This, is a solid list.”
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in:Dinner to gift parents on perpetual diets.9 pts
“a wine bar which has fantastic veggie / salad dishes such as Wildair., Somm Time, or One White Street al a carte.”
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in:Went to Gramercy Tavern for Dinner9 pts
replying to u/MrJet05: Favorite restaurant in NYC, along with Union Square Cafe, which has a similar ambiance. Never had anything less than a fantastic experience.
“Wildair is also way up there for me.”
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in:I'm over the reservation chase- It's ridiculous. What are your favorite places, you can just walk in, and eat that haven't been corrupted by Resy/OpenTable?7 pts
replying to u/Infinite_Carpenter: I like Wildair and four horsemen
“Was gonna comment wildair :)”
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in:Donuts not at a donut shop?7 pts
“Wildair”
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in:Opinion on my 2-day solo eating plan in NYC <37 pts
“Wildair is always a win.”
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in:I'm over the reservation chase- It's ridiculous. What are your favorite places, you can just walk in, and eat that haven't been corrupted by Resy/OpenTable?6 pts
“I like Wildair”
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in:Wine Bar Restaurant Recommendations for NYC6 pts
“Wildair comes to mind”
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in:Trying to find where to try a Millefeuille/ Napoleon6 pts
“the one at Wildair is amazing. It's a bit different than the type that you would get at a bakery, but it's so good.”
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in:Looking for a restaurant recommendation with good food and excellent dessert6 pts
“Some I can think of are Wildair, Dame (sticky toffee pudding), Cosme (corn husk meringue), Claud (devil's food cake), Frenchette, Empellon Midtown.”
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in:Where would you take someone who "hates food"?5 pts
“All super fun and great food with no fuss.”
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