The Scene
Sophisticated dining isn't what Times Square is known for, but this cavernous, beautifully designed restaurant, which occupies two floors of the W Hotel, is just that. A school of Brancusi-like minnows overhead and a huge glass facade that overlooks Broadway's TKTS booth keep the eye entertained.

The Food
Extensive raw bar and sushi selections supplement the New American seafood menu. The kitchen is strongest in straightforward preparations, like a meaty crab cake with tomato aioli and a clam and lobster chowder with truffle-laced croutons. In other places, a surplus of ingredients creates dissonant results, like cumin-dusted tuna over squash, baby broccoli and fingerling potatoes or an otherwise excellent salmon with a parsnip puree, lentils, mushrooms and pesto. Desserts deserve notice, especially the apple cider cake and sour-cherry almond cake.