Otium

Danny Estrada

Take ALL my money! Ive spent double at the new Jose Andres restaurant kitty cat corner to here and wasn't nearly as thrilled or entertained with that experience. Sorry JA, i know you do good work, but Otium is amazing. Every damn thing ordered was an experience. New favorite place? Yes! Super fun dining and drinking experience? Yes! A lot of financial workers happy hour and private event spot.... Yeah, but i totally see why. - naan/ flat bread with butter and an order of bone marrow reduction. 10 outta 10 - seasonal heirloom tomato tart. 20 outta 10. A summer treat apparently. - gnocchi, seared and buttery 15 outta 10 - world best roasted chicken 10 outta 10 (its chicken hard to rate higher then 10) - the side of otium potatos and crispy shallot rice chefs kiss outta 10. They have 200 dollar fancy steaks, I'm coming back. Im rich! For food.

Caleb Fornari

I really wanted to give this place 5 stars. Unfortunately this visit didn't quite measure up, but I would give 4.5 if I could. We arrived approx. 10 mins prior to our reservation and were asked to wait at a table in the bar/lobby area. No problem there, we were early after all. However we were given drink menus, but nobody ever came to take a drink order. We waited for around 25 minutes total with no drinks and nobody acknowledging us. Finally our waiter noticed us and apologized and we were seated right away. Once seated, everything was impeccable. They even gave us a table right in front of the kitchen with a beautiful view of the operation and a nice card congratulating us for the occasion we were celebrating. Service and staff were all excellent. While the ambience and service we great the food is the real highlight here. Served family style yet still elegant and refined. Sophisticated but not even a little bit pretentious. It's clear that a lot of thought has been put into the food here. We had the salmon tartare for an appetizer. It was excellent, reminiscent of Asia but grounded in familiar flavors. For mains we had the Lamb and the Aged Duck. The Lamb was great but the Duck was exceptional. Their dry aging program is definitely working. I have tried duck all over the world including Peking in Beijing and this was the best I have ever had. A real masterpiece. The wine list was good, perhaps a little light on "By the Glass" selections. However it was clear that the choices that were available were all of high quality. I tried a few reds and both were excellent examples of their type.

Rebecca Seamans

Fantastic service and a delicious meal

Matthew

Otium is a special place. It’s a bit busy and buzzy for a reason. A lot of thought went into this place from the elegant design to the open kitchen to the thoughful wine list to the fantastic cocktails to the memorable food. Don’t miss the sweet corn agnolotti (when in season). Same for the dover sole with fried capers. Wow. Special thanks to sommeliers Christine and Joey for a great recco on a white french wine from the Jura region. It is pricey but yet, this place should be on your list.