abc kitchen
Molly Fitzpatrick scored abc kitchen 7.3 in April 2025, under a headline calling the food beautiful and occasionally delicious. She suspected the wood oven roasted Maine lobster of being depressed.1
Why go
The room has been open since 2010 and runs on seasonal, organic vegetables, in a dining room Fitzpatrick measures against a small airplane hangar.1 It shares a house with abc Cocina, abcV and ABC Kitchens Dumbo.2
Order this / avoid
- Order: the black truffle pizza. Fitzpatrick calls it the best thing here, on a pillowy whole-wheat crust that chars lightly and turns a little sweet, with a barely set runny egg at the center.1
- Order: the peekytoe crab toast, which she found bright, heavy on dill and tingly with heat.1
- Order: the oven roasted prawns, and the roast carrot and avocado salad for the caramelization against a citrus dressing.1
- Avoid: the wood oven roasted Maine lobster, dry and fibrous in the claw. Avoid the strip steak, which she found woefully overcooked. And the fried chicken arrives under a hot sauce butter she says eats like habanero vinegar and swamps the bird.1
What locals & experts say
- Molly Fitzpatrick, The Infatuation (4 April 2025):
But if you optimize for small plates over big, veggies over seafood (and seafood over meat)—and pizza above all else, you can still have yourself a nice meal here.
1 - The same review, on the room: Fitzpatrick found it comfortable if dated, hung with shabby-chic chandeliers and set with mismatched plates and silverware.1
Good to know
- Booking: recommended, and the room takes big groups.
- The drinks menu is on a tablet, and Fitzpatrick says it keeps locking you out.1
- Timing: Fitzpatrick found the service moving in fits and starts, with dishes sometimes arriving all at once.1
Verdict
could-visit — The pizza is the best thing on this menu and the meat is where it falls down. That makes it a room you can eat well or badly in on the same night, depending on whether you follow Fitzpatrick's rule about small plates and vegetables. It seats a big party comfortably, and that is most of what it is good for.