Eleven Madison Park
Worth it if you only have one day and you're traveling as a couple.
Short answer
Is Eleven Madison Park worth it?
Eleven Madison Park deserves a place on most first itineraries.
The answer depends on your budget, time and travel style; the breakdown below shows who gets the most value.
Daniel Humm's three-star tasting-menu landmark on Madison Square Park, mostly plant-based but with meat and fish back on the menu since October 2025.
How to do it right
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Book the moment reservations drop, ~4 weeks out
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Tickets/reservations release in advance and sell out
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Formal, long tasting format
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A soaring Art Deco room and a long, theatrical tasting menu that's still vegetable-forward but, since October 2025, lets you choose dishes built around fish and meat too.
Is it a fit?
Go if
You only have one day
Short trip or not, keep Eleven Madison Park.
You're traveling as a couple
As a couple, Eleven Madison Park is an easy yes.
You're traveling solo
Solo, Eleven Madison Park is an easy yes.
Food is a reason to travel
Eleven Madison Park rewards a trip built around food & drink.
Think twice if
You're traveling with kids
With kids, skip Eleven Madison Park.
You're watching the budget
Eleven Madison Park can strain a tight budget. Go only when it is a priority.
You're planning for two
Eleven Madison Park offers some romance, but not enough to make it the reason to go.
The plates that decide it
- The full tasting menu (now with plant-based or fish/meat courses) — a set journey — choose your path through it and surrender to the sequence
- The honey-lavender duck — a returning EMP classic, back on the menu since the October 2025 reintroduction of meat
- Trying to order à la carte — the experience is the set menu; don't fight it
Plan it well
- Cost
- Tasting menu ~$385 per person, before pairings (bar tasting ~$225)
- Timing
- Book the moment reservations drop, ~4 weeks out
- Booking
- Tickets/reservations release in advance and sell out
- Allow
- 3–3.5 hours
- Accessibility
- Formal, long tasting format
Consider instead
Keep exploring
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Sources and method (2)
- On its 20th anniversary (Oct 14, 2025) it reintroduced fish and meat, including the honey-lavender duck; the full tasting is 8-9 courses at $365, with a 5-course at $285 and a bar tasting at $225, still offerable fully plant-based. elevenmadisonpark.com ↗
- Three-Michelin-star tasting-menu restaurant on Madison Square Park; the 2021 shift to all-vegan was reversed in October 2025. restaurantonline.co.uk ↗