This chic Franco-Indian restaurant/lounge is a hit with the velvet rope crowd.
From January 2006 100 Very Best Restaurants
THE SCENE. The downstairs lounge with its orange chaises and pulsating house tracks attracts a Euro crowd that sips cocktails like the Naughty Angel. Upstairs in the cream-and-beige dining room (reached by a trippy catwalk), downtown hipsters, museum curators, politicians, and sports stars revel in Vikram Garg's Indian-influenced French fare.
WHAT YOU'LL LOVE. The dramatic space, attentive service, interesting wines by the glass, and food that gives "fusion" a good name.
WHAT YOU WON'T. The ambient noise, from conversational din and music that isn't loud but plays on. In some dishes, the Indian and French flavors cancel each other out.