Lady Blue

Not your average cocktails…

Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
363 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

Come here for: the most beautiful over-the-top cocktails, delicious small plates

What are the vibes? Beautiful space for creative cocktails with a friend or date

About the Restaurant:

Lady Blue is a cocktail bar and restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. It is part of Hell’s Kitchen Hospitality restaurant group which includes: Mom’s Kitchen, Dolly Varden, Peachy Keen, Oliver’s and Halsey’s Tavern. Their aim is to deliver high quality dining experiences in a comfortable and warm environment in Midtown, Manhattan and Astoria, Queens. All of their restaurants are known for their fun decor, delicious comfort food and cool cocktails. Lady Blue is their newest concept and after my visit, I have visited every restaurant at each location.

What we ordered:

If you come here, you have to get into their cocktails. One of the staff members recommended the Up In Smoke cocktail with tequila, mezcal, lavender, lime and soda. I’m not a fan of mezcal, but I had to do it for the gram. It comes in vase shaped (after the fact my naive self realized it actually resembles a bong) with lavender clipped to it that lowkey looks like a joint. Our server, Kevin, lit the sage up with a torch. It was extra, but cool to watch. My friend ordered the Magic Mermaid with rum, butterfly pea flower, coconut, mint, lime and soda. This drink was really cool as well. You can watch my video on Instagram account here to show these drinks better than I can describe them.

Running late per usual (half MTA’s fault/half who I am as a person), my friend who arrived first took the lead on ordering a few bites for us (after I reviewed the menu and told her what to get). We chose the halloumi fries with greek yogurt, za’atar, molasses, herbs, honey, oysters Rockefeller (oysters prepared with parsley breadcrumbs, spinach, lemon aioli), sweet chili wings with palm sugar, toasted garlic, cilantro, served with cucumber labneh and one of the staff members recommended the salmon wonton cups with serrano pepper, avocado cream, scallion, micro cilantro, sesame seeds off the shared plates menu. She also recommended the goat cheese and vegetable flatbread with goat cheese, caramelized onions, mushrooms, arugula, fig-balsamic glaze.I’m not usually an oysters fan, but oysters Rockefeller are pretty good. The flatbread surpassed my expectations as well. The ingredients all paired really well together. The wings were great. I didn’t love the halloumi fries as much as I thought I would. Overall, we enjoyed all the food we shared.

We were pretty full after the shared plates, however, I was curious about their large plates. I have an innate need to try as much of a menu as possible. My friend’s boyfriend joined us and we ordered more food. He ordered the smashburger with cheddar cheese, brandy caramelized onions, bibb lettuce, tomato, and lady blue sauce. I ordered the steak frites, an 8oz ny strip, chimichurri sauce, with truffle fries instead of the fries it usually comes with. My friend ordered a Caesar salad. Aside from my steak being overcooked (I ordered medium, it was medium well), the meal was great and everyone enjoyed what they ordered.

We didn’t order any dessert, however, prior to getting our entrees we ordered two more cocktails. I tried them both. The Thai twist iced tea was very sweet, but really good and the golden sbaliato was delicious. I could do without the flowers on top though. Very pretty, but not practical. I highly recommend coming here for the cocktails.

I definitely recommend going to Lagano. The service is excellent and the food is delicious.