Fodor's Expert Review Dabbous

Here at Dabbous, startlingly pure, inventive, and seasonally based new-wave dishes elicit excitement in the NYC industrial–chic setting of exposed concrete and heavy metal screens and cages. Phenomenal flavors abound in ingredient-led dishes like a peas-and-mint appetizer with frozen petit pois, mint oil, and edible violets, and a coddled hen's egg with smoked butter and woodland mushrooms served in a rustic bowl of hay. Palate-popping barbecued Romney Marsh lamb with lesser calamint, halibut with coastal herbs (sea aster and oyster leaf), and chocolate ganache with green basil moss are instant classics.