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Circling Back: Buddakan

By Diner's Journal   Jul 06, 2007

News came early last month that Michael Schulson, the executive chef at the restaurant Buddakan, had left that post, creating uncertainty about whether the kitchen would perform with as much skill as before. But when I returned to Buddakan recently for dinner, I was struck less by changes in the quality of the food than by [...] FULL REVIEW

Buddakan

By Gotham Gal   Jun 17, 2007

Truthfully, I had absolutely no interest to ever set foot inside Buddakan but alas, I did. I am not a big fan of larger than life Disneyland type restaurants. It isn't about the food it is about this manufactured vibe... FULL REVIEW

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Buddakan

By Sweet Napa   Sep 12, 2006

Buddakan is big. It’s 16,000 square feet and seats 325 people for food and drinks. I tried to take pictures of the main dining room to capture its immensity, but this one from the the New York Times review does it much better justice. We sat in the “library” off to the side, which was more intimate but no less stylish, with glowing book spines lining the walls. FULL REVIEW

Buddakan

By New York Journal   Sep 07, 2006

Of the two restaurants that Stephen Starr transplanted from Philadelphia last year, Buddakan seems to have been the more successful. Morimoto, on the other hand, didn’t quite live up to Starr’s promise that it would be “far more interesting than any restaurant New York has seen.” It even achieved the rare distinction of a “Don’t bother” rating from Andrea Strong, who hardly ever visits a restaurant she does not like FULL REVIEW

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Graduation Feasting, The Finale: Who Can Eat All This Trendy Asian Fusion Food? Buddakan!

By The Amateur Gourmet   May 16, 2006

Who is responsible for the lavish meals you see displayed before you on my website? No, I don't mean financially: financially we owe our gastronomic livelihood to my father who slaves away in his Margate office almost ten hours a day so we can nosh on amuse bouches and petit fores. No, the question I raise is who is the Rasputin that whispers the restaurant suggestions into his ear: who is the motivating force behind our extravagant outings to the city's finest? The prosecution has narrowed it down to two suspects: me and my mother. FULL REVIEW

My Dinner At Buddakan

By The Strong Buzz   Apr 03, 2006

When I first walked into Buddakan, I was ready to hate it. It was hot on the heels of a fairly disappointing experience at Stephen Starr’s other New York transplant, Morimoto, and I was poised to tear the place apart. But then I looked around. The place was gorgeous—too gorgeous. FULL REVIEW

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Buddakan

By Restaurant Girl   Mar 24, 2006

When word spread about Buddakan, a practical legend in his hometown of Philadelphia, I threw on my hot off the Barneys' sales rack miniskirt and scurried down to his Meatpacking pied-a-terre. In my wildest dreams, I never imagined he actually owned the entire block. Rumor has it this mega-restaurateur, Stephen Starr, had magically transformed a 16,000 square foot lumber company into a dazzling two-floor dining mecca where the Asian fusion sizzles and all of Buddakan's a stage. A theatrical maze of candlelit corridors and room for every mood, his sleek sexy palace was a feast for the eyes and mouth. FULL REVIEW

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Buddakan friends and family 882 liveatjrllian stars

By AugieLand   Mar 06, 2006

Cocktails: Rhyme spiced rum, root beer leaf, ginger soda, Tranquility citrus vodka, lemongrass infused oolong tea. I'll be having the tranquility again, it had nice harmony while making sense as a lead-in to the coming meal. FULL REVIEW

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Manhattan Transfer

By Diner's Journal   Feb 14, 2006

When does conventional confidence bleed into the grander realm of what the Greeks called hubris? Perhaps when a restaurateur (i.e. Stephen Starr) from a smaller, less glamorous culinary environment (i.e. Philadelphia) enters a city with many big, theatrical Japanese restaurants (i.e. Matsuri, Megu, En Japanese Brasserie, Nobu 57) and says that his own entry in this field “is going to be far more interesting than any restaurant New York has seen.” FULL REVIEW

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