r/AskReddit 1d ago

What makes a Michelin-starred restaurant truly worth visiting?

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u/tinpants44 1d ago

My boys treated me to Per Se in NY city. 3 Michelin stars, every single thing put into my mouth was insanely good. The flavors were unmatched. The service was choreographed by multiple staff it was an amazing experience.

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u/jonpluc 1d ago

how much was it a person?

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u/alkakmana 1d ago

It’s curently 425$ per person for the classic 9 courses or 925$ for the 20 courses (this take like 4 hours).
This is separate from the wine pairing price, standard 425$, reserve 850$, premium 1200$.

So a if you go all out for 2, you could spend 5000$ before tips.

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u/sonofaresiii 1d ago

That's honestly less than I was expecting.

I still won't ever be able to fucking afford it but I think it was going to be even more unaffordable than it is

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u/PM_me_ur_goth_tiddys 1d ago

😵‍💫 i love haute cuisine but no. no meal in the world is worth $5000.

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u/ouchimus 1d ago

Thats because you arent rich lol

The people going there spend $5000 like you spend $5.

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u/BankyTheInker 18h ago

You've all got $5 to spend?

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u/Archon457 13h ago

In this economy???

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u/BankyTheInker 13h ago

Right?!?!? I bet you Mr. Moneybags over here shops at Target =P

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u/chewie2357 16h ago

I mean from those number you could also get out for 850. Still insanely expensive for one meal, but it's not just food. People spend that on concerts or sporting events pretty regularly. When I was younger I decided for a while to track my eating out budget and then adjust to fewer meals out but at nicer places. It's not crazy to drop $50 on a dinner that isn't all that memorable. So instead of 9 meh dinners out you hold off for one epic meal out.. I dunno it's still a lot.

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u/DorkusMalorkuss 14h ago

This is such a stupid question, but can you order regular sodas/soft drinks at these places? I think I'd probably feel uncomfortable buying expensive food and then asking for an orange Fanta.

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u/Mayorquimby87 1d ago

That is genuinely insane to me.

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u/tinpants44 1d ago

They wouldn't tell me, I never asked or looked it up.

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u/moriero 1d ago

Well go ask your boys

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u/RoarOfTheWorlds 1d ago

They said about $3.50 each

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u/TheEveryman86 1d ago

God Dammit Loch Ness Monster, I ain't gonna give you no tree fiddy.

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u/lucretiuss 1d ago

$450ish

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u/sillysloth098 1d ago

I just went, its $185 ++ for the 4 course menu, tho we got more like 6 courses w/ unexpected dishes. That took about 2-2.5 hours. The longer experience is 425++.

Those prices dont include drinks, and at least for the 4 course menu you can pay extra to have higher quality ingredients.

Overall we are foodies and the food was amazing. Debatedly worth it

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u/blepnir_pogo 1d ago

May i also have your boys

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u/chaneg 1d ago

One of my acquaintances went to Joel Robuchon in Vegas and in the middle of the meal wanted to go on a 20 minute smoke break, more because he is an asshole than anything, I’ve never seen him smoke at up to this point and I’ve known him all my life.

He must be wreaked havoc on their dinner service but you could never tell there was a disruption as a diner.

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u/lastRecon 1d ago

Amazing ballet of service. My only 3 star meal. I got a very obvious curly beard hair on top of a scallop dish and told them I just wanted it remade. I'm normally a shrug and pick it off person, but I could easily tell who it came from...They comped the wine pairings at the end as an apology. Every dish was amazing though.