West Village · French · Seafood
An ambitious French seafood restaurant on Greenwich Street — whole fish, sauces, and a serious wine program
Capitaine is a French seafood restaurant on Greenwich Street built around classical sauce work — the kind of cooking that requires a brigade and a stockpot and cannot be faked. Whole fish comes out roasted and filleted at the table; the sauces are the reason to order it. The wine program is deep and skews French, and the service is formal in a way that has become rare downtown. It is expensive and it does not pretend otherwise. For a certain kind of dinner — an anniversary, a deal, a night that is supposed to feel like something — it is among the strongest new arguments in the West Village.
Capitaine is an ambitious French seafood restaurant on Greenwich Street — whole fish, sauces, and a serious wine program. Regulars order whole roasted fish and beurre blanc preparations.
Capitaine is priced at $$$$ — approx. $75+ per person, a special-occasion spend.
Capitaine does not list an online reservation system. Reservations required; books out well in advance
Capitaine is at 684 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10014, in West Village. Street parking on Greenwich St; garages on Hudson St