Alex Eats World

If brunch is your meal, New York is your city. The only problem is, I can’t ever seem to get up, sober, before noon on Sundays in order to beat the rush. Based on the lines, seems like the rest of NY has the same problem. No matter, good food is worth the wait and Nice Matin was great.

Located in the upper west side, Nice Matin is situated in a beautiful neighborhood away from the hustle and bustle of New York City. Here you’ll see families pushing their babies in strollers and walking their dogs. I took advantage of the 30min wait and promptly proceeded to find two more restaurants to add to my list.

Once seated, our meal started with their complementary bread basket. This was no ordinary bread basket; it had moist mini-muffins, croissants and raisin bread among others. If this was the only thing Nice Matin served, I still could have written a full Yelp review and given it 5 stars.

The poached egg provencal was served with two eggs over a bed of ratatouille in a crisp pastry puff with tomato-cream sauce. If Thomas Keller of French Laundry was really the inspiration for the movie Ratatouille, this dish could spawn an epic 3-movie trilogy. Perfectly poached eggs poured its golden nectar over my ratatouille and the tomato sauce had the perfect amount of acid to pair with the yolk. No matter where I looked, the pasty puff was perfectly crisp and flaky.

My friend got the creamy parmesan polenta which was a beautifully presented plate. Unfortunately, I’m not a fan of polenta but my friend swore it was good. Per its namesake, this polenta was creamier than it usually is.

It’s hard to come back to the same restaurant in NY because there’s always the next one to try, but the food and unique brunch menu make this a tempting repeat.  Bravo Nice Matin.  Bravo.

Nice Matin
201 W 79th Street
New York, NY 10024