Beauty & Essex New York City

Beauty & Essex sits on Essex Street. It is a five-minute walk from the Tenement Museum and fills a multi-room layout that differs from the quiet residential blocks nearby.

The menu leans on modern, contemporary fusion, trading the minimalist aesthetic common to the area for a crowded, high-energy environment. While the room runs smart and elegant, it lacks the intimacy found in the smaller bistros throughout the Lower East Side. You choose this venue for the spectacle and the volume, not for a private corner. It is a fifteen-minute walk from the relative serenity of Chinatown, and its scale makes it the better choice for large groups who find the neighborhood’s tighter, more traditional dining rooms claustrophobic.