Where to get Easter brunch in NYC this year

The long-acclaimed chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s very first seafood restaurant, The Fulton, is serving a three-course brunch menu including a variety of signature and seasonal dishes like tuna tartare, a Maine lobster soft scramble, and a warm rhubarb apple pie, for $128 per person.

One of the city’s finest "secret garden" dining destinations will host a high tea on April 9. Ladurée’s Easter feast features beverages, mini-viennoiseries, macarons, tea sandwiches, fruit skewers with chocolate dipping sauce, a chocolate éclair and more chocolate treats to take home. 

Relatively new to The Carlyle hotel, Dowling’s is presenting a splurge this Easter Sunday. For $165 a guest, you’ll choose three courses from options like smoked salmon on rye, duck confit, roast leg of lamb and blueberry pie or a strawberry sundae for dessert. The Easter bunny is expected to make scheduled appearances at 12:30 and 2:30. 

The Langham hotel’s Ai Fiori is serving a three-course prix fixe with plenty of options in each category. Choose from a seasonal greens salad, burrata or fluke crudo to start, followed by lobster benedict or tagliata e uovo and finish with chocolate mousse or citrus olive oil cake. The prix fixe is $85 before drinks, tax and tip. 

The regular brunch menu, including brioche French toast, eggs florentine, burgers and Benedicts will be available at Bar Boulud on Easter, plus some à la carte holiday specials like grilled trout ($36) and rack of lamb ($52). 

Although we’re firmly planted in spring, the weather on Easter could still spring either way. Industry Kitchen has cozy outdoor dining for any event, plus à la carte specials like Colorado lamb chops, Scottish smoked salmon eggs Benedict and a wood-fired sunny side up egg flatbread, in addition to its standard weekend brunch items. 

Portale is offering a three-course prix fixe menu for $110 per person from 12 to 7pm on Easter Sunday. Menu items include burrata and bruschetta to start, pasta, fish, French toast and lobster Benedicts for the main and sweet treats like ricotta cheesecake and semifreddo.