Bamboo 52

344 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019

Hip, poly-sexual lounge and sushi restaurant, Bamboo 52 recreates in the heart of the Theatre District the atmosphere a Thai beach resort, with an urban twist.

The front of the restaurant features a bar serving extravagant cocktails and tasty Asian hors d’oeuvres for a mixed crowd of Hell's Kitchen denizens, theatergoers and Broadway professionals.

The main room is prolonged in the back by a dining area furnished with plush sofas and Japanese-style low-rising tables where one can savor an excellent, albeit pricey, selection of sushis.

The loud music can sometimes get in the way of a friendly conversation around the dinner table. Some patrons resort to speaking with their loudest Staten Island accent to make themselves heard, while the more demure of us content themselves with looking cute, holding an oversized lychee-tini glass while grooving with nonchalance to the dance tunes spun by one of the many live DJ’s gracing the place.

If the hip ambiance can sometimes get a bit overwhelming, the excellent service certainly makes up for it, and the waitresses are so nice you’ll be more than happy to stick around for another round of sake-tini.

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