The Upper West Side’s Dagon, located at 2454 Broadway at 91st Street, has gotten a whole lot of love from the press since it opened on Valentine’s Day.
Most recently, the Israeli and Mediterranean restaurant was featured by Eater in its “Best Dishes” series, published on November 1. The dish Eater highlighted was Dagon’s chicken liver mousse for $10, which it described as “smooth and creamy” with “date syrup pooled in the bottom of the serving bowl.”
In our own “best new restaurant poll” from April, the Mediterranean restaurant got 62 5-star reviews, the most out of the restaurants we included.
Also in April, Steve Cuozzo of the New York Post called Dagon “the city’s best new restaurant to arise out of the pandemic and my favorite new Upper West Side place since the millennium.”
Dagon has also been included in “best new restaurant” lists by Time Out New York, and in Thrillist‘s list of “Everywhere You Need to Eat in NYC Right Now.”
You get the point. But what are your thoughts? Is this the Upper West Side’s best new restaurant? Comment below!
A group of us went to Dagon a few weeks ago. It was great. The food was marvelous, the service was wonderful, and we all had a really good time. Highly recommended.
Ate here last night. Loved every bite. Will be back…SOON
I tried repeatedly to order out, either picking it up myself or seeking delivery. I am unwilling during the pandemic to eat inside any restaurant. They offer neither option.
They do have a significant amount of outdoor seating.
Agreed! Fantastic on two occasions.
The salmon is outrageously good and of course the hummus is a must. Their breads are so fresh, warm and yummy, sit at the bar near the cozy open oven and watch the staff baking up the loaves to perfection. A huge warm virtual hug to the staff they all work incredibly hard and are professional, engaging and make the experience memorable. I live on the UWS, but if you don’t, it’s worth the trip!
Best addition to the UWS for high quality, innovative Mediterranean fare. Don’t pass up the bread, especially the kubaneh, which is one of the best breads that will ever meet your mouth. The crudo is startlingly delicious, as is salmon with pomegranate glaze, beef kebabs, Jerusalem bagel overflowing with sesame seeds, the fattoush salad, and pretty much every bite of food I’ve had there. They finally started introducing specials.
While I agree that Dagon is among the best new places on the UWS, and high up in the Mediterranean category, I would also highly recommend Tasca, a new Spanish-Mediterranean restaurant on Columbus and 85th, the other most delightful and surprisingly wonderful place I have tried recently. And you absolutely must order the Setas y Gambas – mushrooms and shrimp in a garlic and saffron broth. It is the best appetizer I have had in any restaurant in recent memory. Everything else my friend and I ordered was also wonderful, and nothing comes in a form you would expect.
Any restaurant, no matter how good, that does not offer either delivery or a take-out option is not “great” in my book.
I don’t want to eat outside nor do I want to eat inside.
If you want business, consider what your customers want.
FYI: Eating outdoors, as we’ve tried, is anything but pleasant. The noise, the dust and dirt. The rodents running around (want to eat less? Just see one of these creatures running around where you are dining outdoors!)
Is it an investment in terms of bags, containers, etc to offer take-out? Yes. Is it an investment to provide delivery service? Yes. (although one can outsource this and not have to hire staff).
Given the tight spaces inside NYC restaurants and poor (if non-existent) ventilation, I have no desire to sit inside with folks who are still too close and with folks who may or may not be vaccinated or wearing masks. Not worth it to our family who has put a lot of effort into maintaining protocols to prevent infection.
Someone is grumpy today. LOL. Seriously, though, I think you are WAY overly paranoid about what is actually going on out there. I have been eating inside restaurants for months, not wearing my mask when I eat, and I have not gotten sick, or even been afraid I would. And I have underlying conditions that make me a greater target.
The air is safe to breathe. People are not coming down with Covid or its variants by eating in restaurants. Have you read of even a SINGLE instance of that?
No, you haven’t, because it is not occurring. NYC is now one of the safest places to be vis-a-vis Covid. Go out and live a little!