Located in The Strand Hotel, in the heart of the Fashion District, The Strand American Bistro delivers new American cuisine, with contemporary influences. Chef Kelvin Fernandez has created a menu that reflects the influences of his past, with an intuitive nod towards current, and evolving trends. As trends in the fashion industry are forever changing, there will always be those classic styles that remain timeless. Cuisine is very much the same way, and Chef Kelvin demonstrates this with his recent menu.\t(646) 736-5765
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Posted by Footloose on 04/11/2012
Not sure what/who they want to be.
Great concept and beautiful space. Friendly staff and atmosphere. Very limited menu with small portions. So the concept is that this is a tapas place. However, they do not have the various dishes to chose from like a tapas would and it's not tapas pricing. The prawn starter was delicious and well presented. The main dish was well prepared but disappointing. It's disappointing to see a perfectly cooked slice of fish cut in half just for the sake of cutting it. There was really no need to cut the already modest slice. Looks like they did it to appear as tapas. It's a great space but they should figure out if they truly want to be tapas. If so, expand the choices and lower the prices to properly reflect portions. It would be a perfect establishment to bring clients, but not when I have to apologize to my clients for the portions.