Daniel is not just dinner; it’s a dining experience that begins when you enter the palatial front room and continues as you sip an old-fashioned cocktail in the romantic, low-lit lounge. From there, it’s on to the formal dining room where superstar chef Daniel Boulud serves sublime cooking in the most gracious of settings overflowing with flowers. Potato-crusted sea bass is a signature dish: a crisp, golden coat, fashioned from whisper-thin slices of potatoes, wraps the fish while it cooks and seals in the flavor. After dessert, there are petit fours, of course, and then the piece de resistance: warm madeleines.

Daniel Information:

• French menu. Dinner. Closed Sunday. Bar. Jacket required. Reservations recommended. Credit cards accepted.