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The Good, the Bad, and the Tacky of Hudson Yards

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The Shops at Hudson Yards, the mall within the New York mega-development, is not a place where I would want to spend much time, even though it’s jam-packed with potentially exciting restaurants.

Luckily our critics Robert Sietsema and Ryan Sutton took one for the team and spent a lot of time — days upon days — at Hudson Yards over the past two months to review a plethora of restaurants and stands. Their collection of reviews and guidance to the space — part of the most expensive development in American history — dropped on Eater New York this week. What do the best restaurants money can buy offer New Yorkers?

The Good News:

Robert’s list of the best things you can find around the mall for under $20, often “located in obscure corners, along lanes that hold no further interest” and his first look at José Andrés’ Spanish market.

Kawi: “...it’s heartwarming to see a superstar operator show up to a $25 billion complex that’s become a bastion of bland steakhouses and use it to represent dishes that are still largely underrepresented, or undervalued, throughout the country’s fine dining scene.”

Milos Wine Bar: ”To dine at Estiatorio Milos in Hudson Yards, one of the city’s most expensive seafood restaurants, is to witness the efforts of a small army...To dine downstairs at Milos Wine Bar, however, is to witness a very different ballet, and arguably a more compelling one.”

The Bad News:

Wild Ink: “In place of classic bulgogi, diners are treated to a veritable Frankenstein of a dish, an unholy triad recalling microwaveable Hot Pockets, airline Korean food, and hospital-quality Welsh rarebit.”

TAK Room: “The a la carte format in this case lets the 1 percent flex their wealth — amid the company of their privileged brethren — without the burden of a four-hour meal or throngs of destination diners seeking culinary enlightenment. It’s just dinner.”

Estiatorio Milos: “Constant incongruities on a bill at Milos feel more like the work of an unscrupulous bookie than an honest act of hospitality.”

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