Hours

Mon noon-2:30PM, 5-10:30PM
Tue.-Sat noon-2:30PM, 5-11:30PM
Sun. 4:30-10:30PM

Nearest Subway Station

Times Square - 42nd St Station
42nd St & 7th Ave
A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W, 1, 2, 3, 7, 9

Cross Street

Ninth Ave.

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High ($$$)

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Esca Restaurant

402 W 43rd St
New York, NY 10036
212-564-7272
www.esca-nyc.com

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Who'd guess you could get so much sashimi at an Italian restaurant? 'Crudo' is common in Italy, but hasn't fully made the transition to the States. Pink snapper with red clay salt, fluke with sea beans and tilefish with sea salt are but a few; even geo duck giant clams are featured, as is Maine sea urchin. If it's too hard to choose, tastings are available for full tables. The place is as busy as an anthill, and in warm months the capacity doubles with the opening of a garden almost as big as the main space. Brought to you by Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich, of Babbo fame, the space is upscale but casual, with a large residential crowd of regulars. It would be difficult to find a more hardworking sommelier, perhaps due to the extremely fast pace and the fact that he has to do a lot of consulting: The wine list is eclectic and full of small artisan producers, most of which are at the lighter end of the spectrum to accommodate the seafood menu. -- Dan Glass

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esca exceptional

By jitak1112 on 07/05/2006

if you like seafood you must try esca. my wife and i went with two other couples. we all had something different. the food was great. there were no complaints.we highly recommend this place to anybody that likes seafood.

Panettone Not Pannettone

By cucci22 on 06/28/2006

In an upscale Italian restaurant they should at minimum know how to spell in Italian. So please correct your menu because Panettone is spelled with one N not two. Also , panettone is a typical dessert from Milan ,the Lombardia region, and I have never ever heard of Sicilian Panettone in Italy.

A delight

By shfh98 on 06/23/2006

Excellent flavors and presentation with unusual selections. The wait staff was superb and the wine selection was purely delicious Italian.

STAY AWAY!

By mgcs on 04/22/2006

During the past few years I have visited ESCA a number of times. We have had poor expirences the two recent times we were there for dinner. Recently my wife and I were there to celebrate our 25th Wedding Aniversary. We were extremely disappointed with both the food and the service. We went to the restaurant with the thought of having a romantic meal. Well we were very disappointed. Instead of listening to soft background music we were forced to sit and listen to hard rock music ala Pink Floyd. This is not the atmosphere that calls for Pink Floyd. Neighboring tables as well as ours asked the waiter and maitre D a number of times to turn down the volume. Our complaints fell on deaf ears. Our waiter had an attitude from the very start of the dinner because we did not order bottled water. There was absoluely nothing to write home about with regards to the food. The food was fair but not an of an elite quality that a Mario Bataili restaurant should serve. We were particularly upset that our waiter was inatentitive to making sure that our wine glasses were refilled. Upon completing our main course our waiter finally returned to refill our wine glasses. A little bit to late. There was still a half bottle of wine left. It would have been nice to drink the wine during our dinner not after. After reading this review I think it is safe to say that we did not enjoy ourselves. What a way to top off a 25th aviversary. Stay away!