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Minetta Tavern

“4.5 across 2.9k Google reviews; listed in the Michelin Guide.”

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Minetta Tavern

french · hamburger · New York

Michelin Guide

4.5 across 2.9k Google reviews; listed in the Michelin Guide.

Harry HungryHarry's headline verdict, 0–100. How good the place actually is, once the loud reviews and the timid critics have cancelled each other out.
Worth ItWorth-It Score, 0–100. Whether the bill is fair for what lands on the table. High means good value; low means you're paying for the postcode.
Verdict: Paying for the Scene
$$$ · ClosedToday · 17:00 — 00:00G4.5TY4.1MS
Score breakdown

Sources used

Google4.5 ★2.9k reviews
Yelp4.1 ★2.7k reviews

Signal confidence

95%Strong · 2 sources

WarningYou're getting an experience. Whether you needed it is up to you.

Is Minetta Tavern worth it?

Paying for the Scene. Harry scores Minetta Tavern 77/100 for quality and 72/100 on the Worth It scale for New York. One caveat: You're getting an experience. Whether you needed it is up to you.

Minetta Tavern has the numbers you'd expect from a room that's been a celebrity draw for years: 2,874 Google reviews at 4.5 and 2,675 on Yelp at 4.1, a gap that usually just means Yelp's crowd is harsher, not that anything's actually split here. The Michelin listing backs up the idea that this isn't only hype — there's a real kitchen behind the scene. No Tripadvisor rank to gauge tourist draw against, but with this volume on both major platforms, it's clearly a crowd-pleaser as much as anything else, burger and bistro fare included.

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