Innovative Australian-Korean tasting menu; excellent value & praised desserts.
Will Hartman reviews Acru, a Greenwich Village restaurant offering a unique blend of tasting menu and bistro prix fixe. The Australian-Korean inspired cuisine features dishes like scallops with uni and golden tilefish.
Acru in Greenwich Village offers a unique dining experience that artfully blends a formal tasting menu with a more relaxed bistro prix fixe. With culinary influences from Australia and Korea, the restaurant showcases innovative dishes such as scallops with uni and golden tilefish, all presented in a cozy and intimate setting. Desserts are a particular highlight, with options like a cereal-flavored ice cream bar and spicebush pavlova. The restaurant is also noted for its exceptional value and knowledgeable service, making it a promising spot for a special occasion.
Acru offers an Australian-Korean inspired tasting menu with a prix fixe option, praised for its inventive dishes and excellent value. Highlights include the beetroot with caviar and the golden tilefish, while desserts like the cereal-flavored ice cream bar are also a hit. However, one reviewer found the food to be unremarkable, neither good nor bad.
"Customers particularly enjoyed the beetroot with caviar, golden tilefish, and various desserts like the cereal-flavored ice cream bar and spicebush pavlova."
Customers generally have a positive experience at Acru, with many praising the innovative tasting menu and the excellent value it provides. The service is noted as knowledgeable, contributing to an overall enjoyable dining experience.
Important Note
One reviewer found the food to be neither good nor bad, stating that none of the dishes stood out.
"This user suggests Acru as a suitable option for casual fine dining."
Positive"This user strongly advises against Acru, stating that none of the food stood out and was neither good nor bad."
Negative"This user suggests Acru in West Village, noting its reasonable tasting menu and that its sous chef came from the highly-rated Atomix."
Positive"Acru was suggested as a potential restaurant for a special date night, in response to a request for recommendations."
Neutral"Acru offers an inexpensive, good tasting menu. It has very well-executed versions of familiar flavors with some Aussie twists."
Positive"Acru is recommended."
Positive"Suggests Acru as a dining option."
Positive"The commenter suggests Acru as a potential option for the user's request for inventive, modern restaurants."
Neutral"A simple recommendation for Acru."
Positive"Had a great time at Acru during restaurant week, finding the special menu excellent, particularly a dessert called 'golden gaytime'."
Positive"Recommends ACRU in Greenwich Village, describing it as an Australian-inspired tasting menu spot and sister restaurant to Atomix."
Positive"Agrees that Acru is great, alongside Claud and Olmstead."
Positive"Acru in greenwich village is a pretty new place by chefs from atomix I believe their tasting is around $100 and is excellent."
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