Le Bernardin, Zagat's top pick for 2012, and awarded the Michelin Guide's coveted 3-stars as well as The New York Times' highest rating of 4-stars, has maintained its status of excellence for 20 years and its international acclaim as one of the world's top seafood restaurants.\r\n\r\n

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We are open for dinner Monday-Saturdays starting at 5:00pm and for Lunch Monday-Fridays 12:00pm to 2:30pm. Reservations can be made online via Resy or by phone at 212-554-1515. We look forward to welcoming you!\r\n","buttonLink1":"","pageTitle":"Le Bernardin by Eric Ripert | Home","buttonSwitch1":"","buttonText1":"","h1":"","h2":"","h3":"","h4":"","showinNav":0,"checkbox1":0,"sortOrder":1,"image1_anchor":"","parentID":0,"linkTitle":"Home","template":"home","image1":"","id":1},{"path":"/about","blurb1":"

“Arriving from Paris in 1986, we quietly opened Le Bernardin in New York…”\r\n\r\n

Born in Paris in 1972 by sibling duo Maguy and Gilbert Le Coze, Le Bernardin only served fish: Fresh, simple and prepared with respect. After receiving its first Michelin star in 1976, and two more in 1980, the Le Coze’s set to open Le Bernardin in New York in 1986.  \r\n\r\n

After the unexpected passing of Gilbert in 1994, Maguy Le Coze began working closely with Chef Eric Ripert, a disciple and close friend of Gilbert, who took over the kitchen to continue preparing the freshest seafood with the simple philosophy that the fish is the star of the plate. \r\n\r\n

Le Bernardin earned four stars from The New York Times three months after its opening, never having dropped a star throughout six reviews, and is the only restaurant to maintain this rating for that length of time. \r\n\r\n

In September 2011, Le Coze and Ripert unveiled the next chapter in the restaurant’s history: a significant redesign from Bentel & Bentel. The new look features a lounge, a first for the restaurant, where a separate menu is available. Since then, the restaurant received a James Beard Award in 2012 for “Best Restaurant Design,” and an “Outstanding Restaurateur” award in 2013 for Le Coze, who is the first woman to be honored in the category.\r\n\r\n

The restaurant holds several records in New York: it received its four-star review from The New York Times only three months after opening and is the only New York four star restaurant that has maintained its status of excellence for more than 3 decades. Reviews have come in 1986, 1989, 1995, 2005, and most recently in 2012, with the same verdict: four stars.  Le Bernardin has received more James Beard Awards than any other restaurant in New York City. In 1998, Maguy Le Coze won the coveted James Beard Award for "Outstanding Restaurant" in America, and in May 2003, the James Beard Foundation named Eric Ripert “Outstanding Chef.” In 2009, Le Bernardin was honored with the James Beard Award for “Outstanding Wine Service.” The Michelin Guide, which made its New York debut in 2005, honored Chef Ripert and Le Bernardin with its highest rating of three stars in 2005 and each year thereafter, and the restaurant ranks 26 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. The New York Zagat Guide has consistently recognized Le Bernardin as top rated in the category of “Best Food” and the 2011- 2016 editions awarded it a 29 food rating: the highest in New York City. In the 2012-2014, 2016 & 2017 Zagat Guides, Le Bernardin is named the Most Popular Restaurant in the city, and in the 2015–2017 guides, it’s also rated the city’s top restaurant for service. New York magazine also rated Le Bernardin #1 in its annual ranking of the 101 best restaurants in New York City in 2006. In his year-end dining feature, Frank Bruni of The New York Times selected Le Bernardin as the “Best Meal of 2008.” Most recently for 2019, Le Bernardin was ranked No. 1 in the World by La Liste, the global food guide and review aggregator.\r\n\r\n

In 1999, Ripert and partner Maguy Le Coze expanded their business to form Ripert Consulting which so far has shaped restaurants in Florida, California and New York City and has partnered with the Ritz-Carlton to open restaurants in Washington D.C., Philadelphia and the Caribbean.\r\n\r\n

In September 2014, Ripert and Le Coze extended the elegance of Le Bernardin’s private dining room with the opening of Le Bernardin Privé, a modern and dynamic event space, and Le Bernardin wine director Aldo Sohm opened Aldo Sohm Wine Bar, where guests can enjoy a menu of simple and shareable dishes meant to complement and elevate an extensive and ever-changing wine list.\r\n\r\n

To the delight of fans all over the world, 1998 saw the publication of Le Bernardin’s first cookbook, called Le Bernardin—Four Star Simplicity. Eric Ripert has also published a memoir, The New York Times bestseller 32 Yolks, and four other cookbooks: My Best: Eric Ripert, Avec Eric, On the Line, and A Return to Cooking. \r\n","blurb2":"","buttonLink1":"","buttonSwitch1":"","pageTitle":"Le Bernardin by Eric Ripert | About","buttonText1":"","h1":"About","h2":"About Le Bernardin","h3":"","h4":"","checkbox1":0,"showinNav":1,"sortOrder":1,"image1_anchor":"","linkTitle":"Le Bernardin","parentID":0,"template":"about","image1":"","id":2},{"blurb1":"","path":"/menus","blurb2":"","buttonLink1":"","buttonSwitch1":"","pageTitle":"Le Bernardin by Eric Ripert | Menus","buttonText1":"","h1":"Menus","h2":"","h3":"","h4":"","showinNav":1,"checkbox1":0,"sortOrder":2,"image1_anchor":"","parentID":0,"linkTitle":"Menus","template":"lander","id":3,"image1":""},{"blurb1":"","path":"/private-dining","blurb2":"","buttonLink1":"","pageTitle":"Le Bernardin by Eric Ripert | Private Dining","buttonSwitch1":"","buttonText1":"","h1":"Private Dining","h2":"","h3":"","h4":"","showinNav":1,"checkbox1":0,"image1_anchor":"","sortOrder":3,"parentID":0,"linkTitle":"Private Dining","template":"lander","id":4,"image1":""},{"blurb1":"

RESERVATIONS:    212 554 1515\r\n\r\n

Beginning on the first day of each month, reservations can be made for the entire following month. Our online reservation system is live 24/7. Reservations are not accepted in the Lounge.\r\n\r\n

We are currently accepting reservations through December 30. January reservations will become available on Sunday, December 1 online via RESY starting at 7:00am ET and by phone on Monday, December 2 starting at 10:00am ET. Credit card information is required to hold all reservations. Cancellation policy is 48 hours prior to your reservation date to avoid $150 per person fee.    \r\n\r\n

Reservation Line Hours 
\r\nMonday – Friday: 10:00AM – 6:00PM
\r\nSaturday: 11:00AM – 5:00PM
\r\nSunday: Closed\r\n\r\n

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To contact us by phone, please call 212 554 1515\r\n\r\n

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Mailing Address: Le Bernardin
\r\n                         787 Seventh Avenue
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GIFT CARDS\r\n\r\n

For Gift Cards, click here to download a Gift Card order form.
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[email protected] or Fax to (212) 554-1100.
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COOKBOOKS\r\n\r\n

For Cookbooks, click here to download a Cookbook order form.
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MY BEST: ERIC RIPERT 
\r\nBy Eric Ripert (Alain Ducasse Publishing, 2014)\r\n\r\n

As one of the world’s most celebrated chefs and luminaries who changed the landscape of fine dining,  here are the dishes of Eric Ripert’s career; the distinctive plates that made them household names. My Best: Eric Ripert offers a master’s career-defining 10 recipes, complete with step-by-step, illustrated directions designed for the home cook.
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\r\nAVEC ERIC
\r\nby Eric Ripert & Angie Mosier (Wiley, 2010)\r\n\r\n

Join Chef Eric Ripert in his home kitchen as he prepares simple, travel-inspired dishes to enjoy with family and friends. From the hills of Northern Tuscany to the waters of Northern California, find inspiration and creativity in the easy home cooking of the chef and co-owner of New York’s Le Bernardin restaurant.
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\r\nON THE LINE
\r\nby Eric Ripert & Christine Muhlke (Artisan, 2008)\r\n\r\n

On the Line is a look at the inner workings of Le Bernardin: the incredible level of personal commitment, discipline, and loyalty; the precise organization and orchestration of the restaurant’s operations; the details of hiring and training; the real cost of food; the focused preparation of meals; the expected and unexpected challenges of growing a business.\r\n\r\n

The facts and figures are all here: the pounds of black bass served each week (500); the average number of minutes it takes to cook a dish (5); the glasses washed by hand each day (1300); the bottles of wine in the cellar (14,000); the monthly flower bill ($12,000); the number of waitstaff who are also actors (0).\r\n\r\n

Told from the point of view of the principal players—from chefs to line cooks, from the porter to the maître d’, from the sommelier to the captain—readers will feel the heat, the creativity, and the sense of accomplishment at Le Bernardin, where each year, 150,000 plates are sent from the kitchen to the table. On the Line includes nearly 50 of Eric Ripert’s favorite dishes, described from inspiration all the way to execution.
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\r\nA RETURN TO COOKING
\r\nby Eric Ripert & Michael Ruhlman (Artisan, 2002)\r\n\r\n

Eric Ripert discovered that as he rose to prominence as a chef, he began to drift far, far away from cooking. A Return to Cooking is the antidote. A four-part journey to four different locations over four seasons, the goal of the book was to “cook the landscape” and “cook from the gut,” using local, in-season ingredients and experiencing the joys—and occasional disappointments—of the spontaneity and creativity that are at the heart of cooking.
\r\nRipert often says that much of the best cooking happens at home with family or friends. And so he set off with a group of five friends to do just that. The group not only shopped, cooked, and cleaned up together—they lived together in four different houses, each of which had a perfectly ordinary kitchen.\r\n\r\n

Ripert cooked. Colombian artist Valentino Cortazar sketched and painted. Tammar and Shimon Rothstein photographed. Award-winning author Michael Ruhlman captured the creative process in prose. And Andrea Glick, Ripert’s right hand, ensured the recipes ended up on paper so they could be tested and perfected later. Everyone partook, and everyone—especially Ripert—learned along the way.\r\n\r\n

This eminently practical book, with nearly 150 recipes, is also a teaching book; dozens of short essays offer advice on subjects like the handling of raw fish, the power of the vinaigrette, and even the merits of Tabasco, shallots, and lemon confit. And of course, it offers guidance about roasting, seasoning, poaching, and sautéing. Every bit as fascinating is the book’s bird’s-eye view of the magic that is created when decades of cooking experience, the forces of intuition, the music of the season, and the ingredients of the landscape all coalesce.
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\r\nLE BERNARDIN: FOUR-STAR SIMPLICITY
\r\nby Maguy LeCoze and Eric Ripert (Broadway Books, 1998)\r\n\r\n

Co-owner Maguy Le Coze traces the roots of Le Bernardin’s culinary “simplicity” to her late brother, Gilbert, the restaurant’s legendary co-founder and first chef: “Gilbert was not a classically trained chef,” she says. “He had never been to culinary school. When he cooked, he made things he liked, and things he knew. He focused on the quality and freshness of the fish. He made nages and vinaigrettes because he’d never made a hollandaise or a béarnaise. He focused on flavors that were delicate, subtle, herb-infused.”\r\n\r\n

Today, Chef Eric Ripert carries on the tradition with simple but nuanced dishes such as Poached Halibut on Marinated Vegetables, Pan-Roasted Grouper with Wild Mushrooms and Artichokes, and Grilled Salmon with Mushroom Vinaigrette. And of course, desserts—from Chocolate Millefeuille to Honeyed Pear and Almond Cream tarts. Four Star Simplicity offers 100 meticulously formulated and carefully tested recipes, from appetizers through dessert.\r\n","path":"/gifts","blurb2":"","buttonLink1":"","buttonSwitch1":"","pageTitle":"Le Bernardin by Eric Ripert | Gifts","buttonText1":"","h1":"Gifts & Books","h2":"","h3":"","h4":"","showinNav":1,"checkbox1":0,"sortOrder":7,"image1_anchor":"","linkTitle":"Gifts","parentID":0,"template":"lander","id":7,"image1":""},{"path":"/privacy-policy","blurb1":"

LE BERNARDIN, INC. PRIVACY POLICY\r\n\r\n

Effective: 5/24/2018\r\n\r\n

We collect information during and, occasionally, at other times. This information, which ranges from limited personal data such as age and address to facts about users’ computers, professions and habits, is then securely stored on separate servers.\r\n\r\n

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