Great service and food! My clients from Japan really enjoyed and impressed with the quality, presentation, and flavors of food. We had grilled Lamb special, Salmon, Greek salad with Chicken shashlik, also Spanish octopus as an appetizer.
Perfect for business with convenient location. I'll definitely bring my other clients back there.
Great place for a client dinner. Food was fantastic. Loved their spin on fried calamari and the seafood cake. Their old fashioned was okay. Used a maraschino cherry (sad face). Need to upgrade to Luxardo cherry!
Our family's Thanksgiving experience at this restaurant was truly memorable.
From the moment we stepped in, the high-quality of every dish stood out, many dishes like the cranberry sauce tasted homemade. We also had incredible service.
The ambience of the space contributed greatly to our enjoyment, with tasteful decor and a welcoming atmosphere. However, the music was the only aspect that detracted from the experience, lacking a consistent theme and feeling somewhat disjointed from the setting.
Despite this, the meal itself was a remarkable success, and we left with a sense of gratitude for a wonderful thanksgiving meal.
A delightful and decorative oasis in Midtown that serves good Mediterranean fare. Staff are friendly, helpful, and attentive. The place itself is spacious while still providing a feeling of intimacy and warmth. I would definitely come back.
Excellent! Amazing atmosphere and very high-end feeling restaurant with great decoration and well-dressed servers. The food was good and wasn't as expensive as expected for such a nice place in Manhattan.
I was a guest at a very enjoyable business lunch here yesterday. And just now reading a note from the owners I was intrigued that a differentiator about Pera is its Turkish connection. I spent a week many years ago in southern Turkey and just fell in love with it, its people and the cuisine. It is a beautifully laid out restaurant and the service was pleasant. I enjoyed the meze sampler we had as appetizers and the flavors seemed to have a spin on them making them different from many of the kind of 'vanilla' Med restaurants in town. I had a really good seared Scottish salmon over risotto and enjoyed how perfect it was---at least to my taste---crunchy, flavorful, surface, tender, juicy in between (see photo).
Went here for their happy hour which is a decent deal - $20 for 2 small plates and a cocktail. Really nice interior and decor, extremely clean.
Happy hour runs everyday so is worth the visit!
We really enjoyed this neighborhood favorite. The desserts blew us away. We can recommend the seafood cake, the gnocchi, and the meze sampler. Server could have been more attentive, but the chef was very present at the table when food was presented; nice.
I have had many meals in NYC over many vacations here, and this was the best meal I have ever had here. I had the sirloin steak with fries. The steak had no fat, was amazingly tender, and had fantastic flavor. The fries were fresh cut and delicious as well. My wife had the chicken shashlik and loved it as well. The portions were sizable too. Five stars all around.
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We had made reservations for a table of 6 and this review is specifically for NYC Restaurant Week (2021).
We got outside seating on a Friday evening for 6:30 pm on a relatively warm day. We arrived on time and were seated right away. The place was empty inside at that time and outdoor seating was slightly busy with 2 other tables occupied.
We ordered a few cocktails and some beer on tap and it took longer for us to get our drinks to us, including repeat orders for beers, which our waitress forgot to put it.
We ordered from the $39 per person NYC Restaurant Week menu, which included Assorted Dips Platter, Portuguese Calamari, Hand Rolled Grape Leaves, and a Maroul Salad. The Grape Leaves and Maroul Salad were absolutely delicious and were the best appetizers on the table.
For mains, we got Lamb Adana, Organic Beef Burger, and Black Pepper Ricotta Gnocchi. We all cleaned out our plates, and I can confirm that the Gnocchi was absolutely filing and delicious!
Our waitress was not attentive at all, but service other than that was absolutely top notch... so giving a 20% gratuity at end did suck a little bit! We might visit again for lunch or dinner!
We had a wonderful family reunion brunch for 16 people at Pera on Madison Avenue. The food was absolutely delicious and Kostos (and other staff) were extremely helpful and accommodating. We had many picky eaters, but everyone loved the food and ambiance (we had a private room).
Great place! The food was STELLAR, the prices were reasonable, and the service was spot on. Plus the proximity to grand Central makes it a prime meeting location! Will definitely be back!
Update 2/16/23...I had another great experience at Pera! My server Ionela was awesome, super helpful, friendly and professional. The food once again was extremely delicious! The Octopus, humas and lamb were outstanding. As for the dessert, the baklava amazing! I will keep coming back!
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I have eaten at Pera quite a few times over the years and have enjoyed it every time. The food is outstanding and the space is beautiful.
The staff are very good as well. Our waiter Edwin was fantastic!
The Octopus, Lamb, Portuguese Calamari, Seafood Cake. Humas Dips were all absolutely delicious!
It is a special place and I can't wait to return.
BEST KEBAB IN THE UNIVERSE! Juicy, well seasoned, really just the best and I consider myself a kebab conisseour.
But the maroul salad is grossly over-priced, its comical! Its literally some chopped romaine with dill, it tastes ok but nowhere near justifies it's price.
Also grand bazaar was delightful.
One of my very favorite restaurants in NYC. The service is every bit as good as the food. I love the unusual pairings. Drinks are wonderful too!
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