JoJo New York - Buy Reservations

Lovely cozy atmosphere with spectacular food! The buttermilk pancakes with berries and bananas was delicious. The avocado toast was amazing too! I can't wait to go back!

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Started with the peekytoe crab dumplings with Meyer lemon, celeriac and ginger infused "tea." Then for an entree had the sea bass with crispy skin, accompanied by Yukon gold potato dumplings topped by crispy fried potato skins and all in a paprika butter broth. The rest of my party had an array of dishes, the duck, the scallops. All wonderful. Attentive but not overbearing service. Only quibbles? Pricey! (But all of NYC, especially fine dining, getting crazy expensive) And the front entrance gets uncomfortably crowded. No place yo wait to be seated or to wait for coats.

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We have eaten here several times before. We requested to eat downstairs as it’s a noisy restaurant, and the music is too loud upstairs, as well as it’s not the easiest steps to get up for someone who has a bad back. We arrived on time and the table downstairs was ready. Our waiter promptly came over and asked us what kind of water we wanted. After bringing the water he took a drink order, brought it and then took our dinner order. We ordered the chicken and the hamburger. While watching, we didn’t understand why it was taking so long since others who came in after us were eating. The waiter came over and apologized for the delay, and brought a complimentary glass of the wine I had ordered and finished. This was good business as far as I’m concerned. Then there was an additional delay and the waiter came, apologized again, and said the burger was over cooked. He then brought over a complimentary kale salad. It wasn’t necessary, but again a nice gesture. We had not ordered an appetizer as we are not large eaters. I ate some of the salad which was good, but too large. Finally the meal came which was tasty, well prepared and well presented. We ordered one desert, the butterscotch pudding, and 2 spoons. The waiter then brought over a complimentary slice of carrot cake. It became comical as things don’t always go right, and they went overboard to apologize. Finally when I asked for the check, they brought 2 espresso’s again complimentary. As my wife only drinks decaf, I had them both as it was very good, and I’m up late writing this review since I cannot sleep as I never drink coffee at night. We will return.

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It was delicious. I ordered the broccoli and kale salad. Another 5 stars! Luna took great care of my family. She was wonderful. She recommended the warm chocolate cake for dessert. Thank you for a lovely evening! :-)

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I ended up ordering the burger for a change today. It was delicious. I ordered the broccoli and kale salad. Another 5 stars! Luna took great care of my family. She was wonderful. She recommended the warm chocolate cake for dessert. Thank you for a lovely evening! :-)

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We tried this restaurant tonight for the first time and we were blown away with our dining experience. The chef has created some truly unique and fantastic dishes and the service there was unparalleled. The crab dumplings and the butterscotch pudding were our favorites however every dish we tried was delicious. We felt right at home and loved every dish we had there. Couldn't recommend it highly enough to everyone!

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the service was great but the food was extremely salty and inedible. I returned my $52 steak and basically took the same steak and returned back to the table. Not classy. my husband's burger was also very salty. Never going back.

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I'm having a difficult time reviewing this dining experience. What was there was nice, but it's what wasn't there that stands out. The kitchen was out of 3 items on the menu, and when you have a limited menu, that really reduces your options for dinner. The other thing that was missing was any sense of enthusiasm from the staff. Everyone did their job, but for this level of restaurant, I expected a lot more. There weren't many smiles and the energy was lacking. I will say, the food was delicious, but there is so much more to a meal than just the food.

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I went back this evening for dinner and was greatly disappointed with the food. Very lackluster. The salmon overcooked. Too much dressing on the salad. And the sorbet was inedible - like it had been in the freezer for months. Ice chips throughout and tasteless. This is an expensive restaurant. I will not be returning.

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Great local neighborhood restaurant, food was very very good, the hostesses were very nice and the server was quieter but did a fine job attnding our needs. The decor is soft and warm, with great ambiance. Why we didn't give it 5 stars well...it's not the most comfortable for large or tall people. My man and son are both 6'2 and I am 5'9 and we felt very cramped at a table for 4. Thankfully there wasn't another group at the table next to us until just before we were almost done.We had the Fig and Barata appetizer came with two pieces of homemade bread it tasted like a jam with the cheese. Not the best barata I've had but it was solid. Then for our mains we had the blackened sea bass which was a smaller portion but delicious. My man inhaled it and started eating my daughters Crispy Organic Chicken. I had the beef tenderloin with Brussel sprouts. The star dish of the table was definitely the Crispy Chicken. Desserts were fantastic, carrot cake had no nuts but was very good, my son got the chocolate lava cake and although small he didn't seem to mind and totally killed it! My daughter got the homemade chocolate chip cookie....it was huge but it was "just like grandma" used to make it. All desserts were gone!Next time we are in the city we will probably not come back only because of the seating situation for us. But if you don't mind a closer table situation or your a smaller human then us tall folks the food was great.

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A small beautiful restaurant, you walk in and are immediately greeted by welcoming staff, and every table is a great seat. The whole restaurant feels romantic, a great spot to bring a loved one. The food was spectacular and tasted so fresh. I without doubt will be coming back - a secret jewel of the upper east side.

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Paid my $50 to secure my reservation and was promptly seated on a Tuesday night.Good quality definitely very high, presentation was good. I felt some of apps lacked originality. Not much value. The entrees were better, my halibut was cooked perfectly and seasoned well. Very balanced dishes with the right flavors. My main takeaway from the place is overall the dining experience is more of a quick dine then leave. The noise level is just too much, because the sound bounces off the walls too good. I think they probably had sound insulation to keep the neighborhood quiet but any little talking is echoed off the walls and becomes very deafening to your conversations. I hope the owners address the noisy and sound issue otherwise I can't return due to the sound issues.

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I'll keep it short - A-mazing! Causal a hip w the beautiful people - away from the busy streets - hidden gem! Lobster - the best!!!! Crunchy salmon - soooooo good! Crab dumplings - oh wow!!! What the DUCK?? So fine!!! Doesn't get much better! Yum - ohhhh!

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It's a beautiful restaurant located in a brownstone on the upper East side. I had a warm shrimp salad with mushrooms and greens. It was light, delicious and filling. I had to try the Expresso Martini. It was my first time trying an Expresso Martini. I am a coffee lover and this drink was perfect. I highly recommend this place.

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Wow. What a lovely restaurant with outstanding food. A friend and I had a truly divine meal last night at JoJo. The space is warm and fancy-casual, very relaxed. This is matched by service that is similarly inviting and across the board excellent. And then the food: For starters, I had their tweak on a Caesar:Broccoli and Kale Salad, 6-Minute Egg, Parmesan, Mustard Vinaigrette with Herbs. It was just what I wanted, fresh veg, lovely dressing, perfectly cooked egg with runny yolk over everything. My friend had: Warm Seafood Salad, Avocado, Citrus-Shallot Dressing and Parsley. This was killer. The citrus and other flavors were wonderful and it included the most perfectly cooked shrimp either of us have ever had. Entrees. He had Charred Duck Breast, Strawberry and Mustard Seed Pickle, Quinoa and Peas. This was very good, with - oddly since I hate quinoa - the best quinoa you'll ever have in your life. Also some very deep and satisfying flavors. I had Crispy Skin Organic Chicken, Lemon and Olive Oil Potatoes, Fried Onions and Potato Skins . Wow. Just wow. Everything about this dish was perfect. Moist, succulent chicken with crispy skin, the potatoes were mouth watering and we both agreed the onion rings were deliriously perfect. There was a lot of textural wonderfulness going on here. We splurged and had dessert and thank goodness. The carrot cake was terrific... moist and full of warm spice with a wonderful frosting. And then the genius of the night... peach pie. I am from the south. I've eaten, and made, 100's of peach pies over the course of my life. This is hands down the best peach pie I've ever had, ever. I'd fly to NYC and walk from JFK to JoJo to eat this pie. It's that @%#$ good. So... yeah. We loved it! Wonderful night, wonderful place. I can't wait to go back.

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I still feel ill from the restaurant and here's why: the air conditioner was broken and the manager informed us it broke 2 days ago, TWO DAYS AGO. Why this wasn't fixed is beyond me. A friend in from out of town, we all ate our food drenched. It was one of the work dining experiences i have ever had, and i eat out quite often. The servers couldn't be nicer, but the quality of the food matched with the discomfort was so upsetting. Who doesn't call you to tell you before to at least gibe you a choice to find a different restaurant. Horrible.

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Sadly, everything about it was disappointing. First impression was not good: hostess in torn jeans, kicks & an oversized, sloppy shirt who behaved as though she was doing me a favor when I requested we be seated inside instead of outside. I immediately noticed that the empty restaurant was uncomfortably hot, an unfortunate condition that only got worse as more people arrived. We were literally perspiring the entire time we were in the restaurant. I ordered a Negroni which was average, at best. We ordered from the "restaurant week" menu which was $60 for two courses. The fried shrimp, which were under seasoned & lacked even a hint of bottarga, were unpleasantly iodiney. We then split the fettuccine and salmon. Other fine dining establishments usually spilt the food in the kitchen. Here, they plopped both plates in the middle of the table and zipped away without providing any serving utensils. The food did not accurately reflect the menu descriptions: fettuccine lacked any pistachio flavor & did not contain discernible peas and the salmon sat on puréed corn, nothing even resembling a "pudding" with nary a tomato in sight. We then ordered the peach pie which was warm and delicious but again, no knife to split it. Overall, the service was almost nonexistent, the food, bland, unexciting and mediocre and the atmosphere, loud & stifling. Not what I expect at this price point or from this chef.

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It's very different from my experience a few years back. I came here for the restaurant week menu. Calamari is not on the regular dinner menu. I should have noticed that as a flag to start with. It's extremely salty, burned and I'd say it's merely a bar food standard. We sat at the table by the kitchen so all we smell was the burned calamari since we arrived. Salmon was very well cooked. So that's a highlight.Service was so so. They did not know who ordered what and misplaced our dish, which was surprising. In addition, I ordered a bottle and the wine didn't come until we were half way finished our appetizers.

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We were late dining so the service wasn't that great but the food was good. Great option in the hood.

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I had the burrata and the duck. I was incredibly impressed by how perfectly everything was curated. My du k was cooked perfectly and full of flavor; I had one of the best chocolate chip cookies ever. It was such a great atmosphere, and the service was tremendous.

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Jean-Georges transformed an Upper East Side townhouse into a small, casual and contemporary restaurant.While the downstairs entrance, 5-seat bar and narrow dining room feel a bit cramped, the parlor floor has high ceilings, beautiful windows and an airy, warm ambiance. Luckily our 12-seat table was upstairs in a semi-private space.The hostess was super friendly and gracious. Ditto our server! They made sure we were welcomed and comfortable before and throughout our meal. We all started with specialty craft cocktails. While the special Pride Month 'Love Wins Every Thyme' was a popular choice for NYC Pride weekend, I'm glad I picked the 'Watermelon & Cilantro' - Breckenridge Gin, Cilatron, Celery bitters and lime. It was so good I almost ordered a second one, but was already feeling a buzz LOL. Now I have to search for Cilatron. My Sugar Snap Peas, Cucumber, Serrano Chili Salad was an interesting combination of ingredients. Generously drizzled with citrus dressing and Crème Fraîche, even without lettuce it ended up being a beautifully plated, awesome tasting spicy salad.We shared an appetizer of Peekytoe Crab Dumplings, Goldbar Squash Infusion, Black Pepper and Lemon Balm. The dumplings were divine! I could've eaten the entire appetizer by myself.My Charred Duck Breast, Strawberry and Mustard Seed Pickle entree came with Quinoa and lots of Snap Peas. It was cooked to perfection! In all honestly, my favorite dish of the night were special shared side bowls of cooked (blanched and stir fried?) Snap Peas (it's a common theme for my dinner!), Spring Vegetables, all tasting garden fresh and spectacular. I've never had mixture of snap peas, asparagus and other green veggies tasting quite like this before. I could almost turn vegetarian...at least for the day.

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Used to be good for singles to eat but now-is service bay and messy. Has Jean George been keeping a watch on what goes?

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Great ambience, very good service, very good food that everyone enjoyed. Everyone in our party said they'd be happy to return, which is high praise from our judgmental group. If you want a more casual fine dining experience then I highly recommend you try JoJo.

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Situated in the quaint neighbourhood of the Upper East Side, JoJo can be found in a townhouse rather inconspicuously. However, it is by no means tucked away as any passerby is likely to stop and look at their patio and outdoor setup - just in time as spring blooms. Their dinner menu consists of a variety of dishes that reflected the setting and seasons: light, airy, and full of life. For 3, we ordered the following: warm shrimp salad, spicy yellowfin tuna tartara lettuce cups, avocado, shiso, steamed black sea bass with spring peas, ginger scallion and lime, charred duck breast with parsnip, rhubarb, morels and mustard suace, and roasted asparagus with mint. The spicy yellowfin tuna is a rather bite sized lettuce wrap, and is a very light course to start your appetite with. Next came the steamed black bass - steamed to perfection and mixed with the spring peas resembled closely a Chinese dish that really hit the spot for us. Though steamed without the extra sauces and everything else, the sea bass soaked up all the flavour from the ginger scallion and spring peas. A personal favourite was the charred duck breast (medium well). I highly recommend dabbing it in the mustard sauce and grabbing all the sides. The wonderful mix of different textures simply dissolves in your mouth. With asparagus in season now, we just had to go for it as a side. At the end, the famous carrot cake to top off the night! Overall, a great spot for a myriad of occasions - that's why versatile I felt JoJo was, especially if you are looking for someplace with no frills and well thought out dishes, JoJo is your answer.

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This place is great and the 3 tables on the 2nd floor are especially nice if you can get a seat. What set this place apart for me though was the service. My wife got an excellent job offer and we had brunch reservations at another place to celebrate. Other place didn't follow any of requests even after making us wait so long. We were fed up, left, and came upon Jojo. I told the host what transpired and they "made it happen" at their restaurant. Got us a good seat and seated us in a reasonable amount of time for a walk-in. Food was great. My wife and 2.5 year old daughter had a nice time celebrating. Would come again for brunch or dinner.

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Great service. Relaxing morning. Felt like we were in Europe

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