Kingsley

Awesome service ! Best Riesling I’ve ever had ! Good was pretty good too ! The revered mushroom dish is quite buttery, but tasty enough.

A cozy gem in the city, romantic, quaint, quality. Went for ladies’ night on a Friday night, and were treated well by the entire staff. I had the ricotta salad, perfect light salad– tangy with fresh ricotta– to start. Then, the main dish you must have: the Wagyu beef, perfectly seasoned, buttery, juicy piece of meat. Ask about where the meat comes from– an excellent purveyor! Finished with the Popcorn Crème Brulee… A deconstructed crème brûlée with a buttery taste. It stays intact without the ramekin through the chef’s gastronomy techniques. (The owner came out and described the food with such passion– very impressive!) Beautiful presentation as well.

Amazing. Get the halibut and the mushrooms. They apologiezed to me because my food took an extra ten minutes. Reason was that the chef wasn’t impressed with the dish and wanted to re-​cook to perfection. Best thing I’ve ever had. Please go here. You will fall in love.

This beautiful restaurant unfortunately lacked in their value and food. My fiancé and I ordered a dish with a poached egg, bacon, and poached egg which was $ 14 and it was actually 4 bites. Extremely over priced for tiny dishes. We actually went to anther restaurant after we left (78 $ bill for 2 brunches 2 drinks and 1 fried ricotta dish!!)
They just need more balance. The service was amazing, the décor is unforgettable however, I dine out for dishes that I cannot/​will not make and delicious food. 1 tiny poached egg on a shallow bowl of frisée 4 chunks of bacon and 1 slice of French bread is not worth $ 14. Will not be going back nor would I recommend this restaurant to anyone.

Nice ambience and décor. The service is a bit too slow. The waiter should be taking entrée orders as soon as he puts in the drinks. Additionally the food was too simple and hen was dry. They need to step it up on service and food.

A great new (ish) place in alphabet city. As soon as you walk in, you know this is a more grown-​up and sophisticated place than many other places in this area. The bar has cushy comfortable stools that let you relax and enjoy their serious cocktails. Many of their signature cocktails looked great. The bartender, clearly experienced and knowledgeable, was happy to make different versions of classic cocktails we requested and even made nice suggestions to use other brands of sprits to taste the difference. We love it when they get nerdy about spirits.
The food was also great. Charred octopus (though slightly too burnt) and guinea hen were so delicious. Others at my table had bone marrow, fava beans, pork, and wagyu; and said they were all very good. Yuzu curd and citrus were yummy. So overall, we were very happy with the food and wine. One thing that confused me is that they have 4 – 5 sakes on the drink list, along with some japanese style dishes. (I didn’t order those as I have a preference for more traditional food when it comes to Japanese food and drinks.)
The negative for that night was the service. S L O W. We sat down close to 9pm, so the place suddenly got full. But we waited for a long time for our wines by the glass (not cocktails). And after we ordered, there was a longer wait before this little starter (complimentary) and another period of wait durations before our appetizers and entrees were brought. No one cleared our starter plates; so when appetizers were brought, there was no room. I’d probably go back for an earlier dining time to avoid the same slowness :-)

Wow, what a place!
I must confess, I had a hard time here, mainly because the chef made it so difficult to make a choice!
We began at the bar, choosing from a wide variety of available cocktails and liqueurs. My wife described roughly a drink she had; the bartender did an amazing job to recreate (pear liqueur, St Germaine, vodka and a splash of Champagne). Not only did she make it, but the word spread to others — ask for the Lisa and they may make you one! Other top shelf liquors, including Redbreast and Monkey 47, were available.
The starters and miss were all amazing, making it so so difficult to choose! Dining with my wife and another couple, we chose several off the list — octopus, morels (to die for!), fava beans –only to call our waiter back to place a second order of starters. Moving to our mains, we found that the chef has a strong believe in sustainability and local ingredients. The menu was all sourced with the greater NY region, exceptionally fresh and flavorful. We chose the spot pork, wagu beef, and the spring lamb, though we begrudgingly passed up the highly recommended Halibut. The pork was unlike any other I have had, flavor, moist and exceptionally tender. All my dinner mates made similar comments on their dishes, as the forks flew back and forth between us sharing each others dinner. Desert moved to cheesecake and popcorn crème brûlée (yes, popcorn), presented in a deconstructed manner that provided a surprising burst of flavor.
Unlike many places that now try to overwhelm with quantity and standard fares, the chef focuses on quality and a tight delivery of what she wants to share with you. The owners were there that night as well, adding to the energy. The combination of the Chef, the owners and their combined approach to make this a memorable place, one that is presented for you, not as a «fast food», output driven restaurants we see popping up all over the city.
Best of all, this is a place you can call «your» restaurant. It may sound like a cliché, but the environment, the friendly atmosphere, and the cozy confines, makes it feel like your neighborhood place to meet and eat. We never felt rushed, we felt as if we were dining with friends and had been going there forever. Just a note — if you can only go for a drink or two, check out the bar menu — wonderful!
While there are always places to go to across the city, this will become our go to place, one we take close family and friends to share in the same experiences we had. Go there, experience what we did — I think you’ll be as satisfied as we were.
Can’t wait to return!

Amazing service! Server recommended a great wine! Dinner was great! We plan to come back to do a tasting menu! Still waiting for our desert which I bet will be great!

Embark on a culinary journey to explore the impressive menu at Kingsley, a modern American restaurant in Alphabet City of NYC that was voted as OpenTable’s #1 restaurant «Fit for Foodies.» Opened in December 2015, this hidden gem by the talented young Chef Roxanne Spruance seamlessly fuses seasonal, market-​driven ingredients to all of its mouthwatering offerings.
Charred Octopus ($ 14)
Pieces of perfectly charred octopus that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside sit atop a bed of dandelion greens with pine nut butter. The foamy garlic milk adds a dimension of fun.
Roasted Bone Marrow ($ 14)
Rich bone marrow topped with shallot, tarragon, braised beef tongue, and tempura bites has all the flavors and texture you will ever desire. Wash down the richness of the dish with a shot of date-​sherry.
Morel Mushrooms ($ 17)
Well-​seasoned, chewy morel mushrooms is garnished with wood sorrel and dashi. You will want a spoon to eat this vegetarian dish to soak in all the poached egg yolk underneath the mushroom.
Chawanmushi ($ 15)
A classic dish found at a Japanese restaurant, Chef Roxanne’s chawanmushi (egg and dashi custard) has elevated to a new level. The fruity and savory flavors from king crab, green strawberries, buddah’s hand, rhubarb, and lovage are addicting to your palate.
Celeriac Agnolotti ($ 17)
Experience the ultimate flavor-​and-​texture firework in your mouth with this dish, which fuses rich seared foie gras, savory mesquite cake, and celeriac agnolotti with crunchy sunflower and sweet black pepper gastrique.
Mushroom Noodles ($ 15)
This glazed wide rice noodle dish is reminiscent of pad see ew, but with much more complex and sophisticated taste. Enjoy the variety of wild mushrooms sauteed in sweet soy sauce with Asian broccoli and silky rice noodle.
Scallops ($ 32)
Three beautifully seared, plump scallops maintain tyeir perfectly juicy and tender textures on the inside. The colorful beets are pleasing both to the eyes and the mouth. The flavor of the dish is further enhanced by the likes of horseradish, white soy ponzu, and wasabi
Monkfish ($ 29)
The monkfish, while slightly on the dry side, is drizzled with citrus-​y, yuzu glaze and mint yogurt. The fish sits on a bed of crunchy green almonds and English peas.
Yuzu Curd ($ 13)
The combination of thick, rich yuzu cream with pâté sucree, or pastry dough enriched with egg yolks and suga, is absolutely irresistible. The garnish on top is even more elaborate — rhubarb, crunchy pistachio, thin, crispy sugar «wall,» and a whisk of cotton candy that just melts in your mouth. You got yourself the perfect dessert to wrap up this amazing culinary journey.

Great food appalling service. The staff had no rhythm, 4 different people took care of our table. We waited for 20 minutes after finishing our main course and had to ask for the dessert menus.
The charred octopus was great, loved the sweetbreads too– but couldn’t possible put up with that service again. Won’t be going back.

Great space, great service and amazing food!
Wine
Octopus
Waygu
Pork
Sweet breads
Dessert
All around amazing experience!

Was excited to dine here last night to try the chefs tasting menu with wine pairing. Overall experience of the food, the service, and ambiance was 3stars at best. Tasting is made with regular menu items so nothing special. They included the amuse bouche as part of the 9 courses. Took over 3.5 hours to get through the meal because of slow service. The person delivering the plates didn’t know how to describe it and so a second person came around to re-​explain. The octopus was rubbery and smaller pieces were burnt. The wagyu dish was overly salted. The dessert was a blood orange sorbet with other citrus bits but left a bitter drying taste in your mouth. The wine pairing of a late harvest Riesling was better on its own than with the dessert.
Restaurant has potential as the menu items read really well and the décor is simple and nice. But they should not offer a chefs tasting at this price if they are not able to service it properly. Perhaps better if you order a la carte.

Kingsley is a home run. I recently was crusing be and realized the restaurant had flipped over and I want to try out this new spot. The staff were friendly and courteous and they did a great job designing the new introit. The menu is defiantly geared to more adventurous eaters. I had never had marrow or sweetbreads before and I was so glad I tried them. The wagyu was equally expertly prepared. Not spec was left on any plate.

If you’re looking for a new, classy joint in Alphabet City, Kingsley should be the next restaurant you try.
The service was stellar and the staff was super friendly, attentive and able to speak to all of the items on the menu, which is important since you most likely don’t encounter their ingredients on the reg.
Kingsley is the type of restaurant where you want to sample every dish on the menu, so I’d recommend going with someone that is NOT a picky eater and you can share dishes with.
The ambience is nice and not what you usually experience at restaurants in this neighborhood, super clean and not too noisy.
If you read other reviews, it’s clear that Kingsley is known for having awesome cocktails — the mixologist even made us our own cocktails (not on the menu) with vodka, cucumber and some other magical awesomeness.
My friend and I split the following dishes: (yes, we went all out, don’t judge)!
–Fluke Crudo, Malted Cauliflower Soup, Mushroom Noodles, Roasted Bone Marrow and the Celeriac Agnolotti (seared foie gras)
–Monk Fish with melted leeks, fingerling potatoes, grapefruit, caviar, chives and the Wagyu Basses-​Côtes, nori dusted, smoked whipped potato and forbidden rice.
–Chocolate dessert
I loved everything but my favorites were the Malted Cauliflower Soup, Mushroom Noodles, Roasted Bone Marrow and Wagyu Basses-​Côtes.

Went last Friday. As I was making a reservation, in person, I asked a couple coming out how it was and they responded, ‘ok.’ I thought they were just being funny, but I confirmed a few hours later that it was just ‘ok.’
Great atmosphere, an upgrade from Back 40. Staff was super nice and bar was well stocked.
Food was underwhelming. Started with the fluke crudo and charred octopus, shared the mushroom noodles for a second and had the wagyu steak and scallops for our entrée. All the food tasted like it was over salted or maybe just not very fresh. Took most of the steak home in favor of a burger around the corner. Steak was pretty good in my egg burrito the next day.

Sweetbreads
Bone marrow
Escargots w/​custard
Soup
Agnolotti
Wagyu beef
These were our choices for the night, along with their Napoleon cocktail. Everything was good.
I would in all fairness give it a 3.5 (if Unilocal would allow it), because portions are VERY small (esp. the agnolotti) given pricing, and the sweetbreads were not perfectly prepared (too crunchy).
Overall this is a v nice place that could be the top east village spot. But for the foodies I still recommand Tuome.

The food and service were fantastic. A nice higher end/​classier restaurant for the neighborhood. Had the bone marrow to start. Eat in and then finish it as a shot as they recommend, it’s worth it. Had
The Chicken Napoleon and the Pork for entrees, both excellent. The mustard spätzle with the porn is amazing. There isn’t a dish on the menu I wouldn’t want to try. We will definitely be back to try the rest. An excellent wine and cocktail list as well.

Try walking by the huge front windows of Kingsley and not feel the overwhelming curiosity to step foot inside. The environment screams of good taste as feelings of warmth and intrigue begin to take over while Toots serenades you in the background. As I walk in, I am greeted by numerous friendly staff and escorted to a beautifully lit bar with many exotic choices to peruse. Another thing that instantly grabs my attention is the couple sitting next to me that is using a bone marrow as a funnel. Yes you read correctly, a funnel. After bartender consultation, I learn that the dish is complimented with a sherry shot to wash down the remainder of the goodness… Brilliant! Needless to say, that was my first course!
Before getting to the food (wait for it), the cocktails are nothing shy of passionately created masterpieces. The utilization of flavor is astounding and the bartender’s skill in presentation made me wonder why the hell I haven’t been treated this way from age 21. I thoroughly enjoyed the two cocktails that I couldn’t help but annihilate. I’d be lying to you if I said I wasn’t going to try all the drinks on the menu at some point soon.
So you’ve read all this so far waiting to hear about the food, right? Well here it is. The menu is thoughtfully arranged in three segments depending on just how big you want to go… I’d go big here because life’s just too short not to. Each segment gets slightly larger to accommodate just how hungry your hippo may, or may not be. As mentioned earlier, I started with the bone marrow after the demonstration my neighbors put on for me. BY FAR the most ridiculously delicious marrow I’ve ever had. If you’re more of the conservative type, this is your chance to bust down the boring door and step into a world of awesomeness… Or don’t and they’ll be more for me. Other enticing first courses included grilled octopus and fluke crudo.
Second course was chef’s agnolotti. If you’re a foie gras fan, then please do this… The little mesquite cake that it comes with is the only way I ever want to eat foie gras moving forward.
Deciding your third course is like watching your kid try and decide which puppy he wants at the pet shop. After a lot of tears and anxiety, I went with the beef… The experience was nothing short of life changing. Cooked perfectly, melted in your mouth and the potatoes… The potatoes… Ok, it’s one thing to smoke your mash potatoes, but then you have to go ahead and make them the consistency or whip cream? Have you ever seen a grown man lick his plate? This dish never makes me want to attempt to cook a steak again. Thanks Chef Roxanne Spruance! YOU WIN!
Bottom line: If you’re tirelessly searching for a truly unforgettable meal that will send you home with a happy tummy, wallet and significant other… Kingsley is the answer my friends. Be apart of the know from the get go!

Great place and all the staff here so so nice, I love it it’s so cozy and the place kind of welcomes you. I feel this is the new place to hangout from now on. Thank you guys.

Kingsley is the brand new restaurant of the very talented chef Roxanne Spruance. This is foodie heaven with perfectly executed dishes that are so tasty you want to lick the plate. The ingredients are super fresh, Chef Roxanne combines them in unexpected ways that blew my mind. I have been fortunate to have dined at the best that NYC has to offer over the past 25 years and I am telling you Kingsley belongs in the top ranks. The wine list had plenty of outstanding affordable options that were delicious. The octopus especially sticks out as one of my favorite dishes. And to top it all off, the mixologists are world class. I plan to return to Kingsley often.