Signature Dishes at GPH's Waikiya Restaurant

Where: 2 Lexington Ave [map], New York, ny, United States, 10010

8/28/2007 at 10:47 AM
Tags: Hotel Restaurants, Ian Schrager, Gramercy Park Hotel

Finally, the restaurant atop Gramercy Park Hotel has opened. Wakiya is helmed by executive chef Yuji Wakiya and features "innovative and original Chineses cuisine of Shanghai, Szechwan, Canton and Beijing."

Apparently, famed sushi chef Nobu Matsuhisa recommended Wakiya to Ian Schrager, calling his food "the best Chinese food anywhere." Once Ian Schrager traveled to Tokyo to taste Wakiya's Shanghai-inspired cuisine, he was beyond impressed. He was also in dire need of a restaurant since his original plans with Alan Yau had fallen through.

So far, the reviews on the place have been good. The NY Post said it was "a terrific new Chinese restaurant" although the reservations line is a bit reminiscent of Schrager's old Studio 54.

There were no set menus available for us to take a look at but we did get a list of some of the restaurant's signature dishes:

· Cold Dishes - spicy beef salad with yuzu dressing, seared washu beef with black beans, or  bang bang chicken  

· Soups - seafood hot & sour soup  

· Dim Sum - shanghai soup dumpings

· Hot Dishes - Fiery Pepper Hunt (lobster), tong tsu sea bass, or the sea bass or soft shell crab with golden sand, or the Grilled Washu steak

· Noodles - XO omelet fried rice

Should you wish to dine here, the place is opened from Monday through Saturday from 5:45 to 11:15pm and on Sunday from 5:45 to 10:15pm.

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