When my wife and I visited Manhattan last year, there were a couple of restaurants we wanted to visit, but their booking sites told us they were completely booked out. So I checked every day, and sure enough they both had cancellations, and we could go to both of them on the dates we wanted to.
It was a month before. Go on their site and you can see what date is available is today and figure out if itâs 30 days exactly. I reserved a month before for a Friday night. For the week in May we were in Paris they seemed to have availability during the week for a bit longer than the weekend.
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Last October Korus was working with a new chef who started in April 2022 and I thought one or two of the dishes out of seven or eight were not totally successful. But the chef is trying new things and most dishes were amazing. We were there with friends who loved it, but I plan to return this November and see how itâs doing. We love Yann and Afrae (the owners) and will not cross off our list a place weâve enjoyed so many times because of one or two dishes. And we always love the ambiance!
As to Fulgurances, because their concept involves rotating chefs, Iâve learned through a lot of trial and error to wait until a chef is well ensconced and see how good the reviews are.
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Well, youâre absolutely right Andy that the decor at Virtus is beyond many restaurants, and certainly better than Pianovins which is classically spare. However, our experience of the dinner tasting menu at Virtus (which I thought was bland and uninspired) vs. the lunch tasting menu (where we were âwowedâ) was the complete reverse of yours. So that says to me that itâs really impossible to predict how any particular meal will go!
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Just an update @Ziggy: Iâve been stalking Parcellesâ reservation site quite assiduously, since I will be in Paris the 2nd week of September and want to go back. Today, they are offering tables at the end of August, two weeks out. But nothing a month or 30 days out (as has been their previous pattern). Iâll keep a look-out and report back if they open a bigger window.
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