Aquavit
Scandinavia, two-star, three blocks from Bergdorf's.
Aquavit · open Monday through Friday · lunch 12pm to 2pm · dinner Monday through Thursday 5:30pm to 9pm · Friday until 9:30pm
- The host is expecting you. A confirmed table, held for your party.
- Card authorized, charged only on confirmation. Never before.
- Refund window: 24 hours before service. After that, non-refundable.
It is not a Resy problem. It is a prime-time problem.
Aquavit on East 55th is the only two-Michelin-star Scandinavian dining room in America. Emma Bengtsson runs the kitchen and the dining room has held its stars for over a decade. The room is calm, the menu is a tasting, the herring is the herring.
Resy lists the room. The 7-to-8:30pm slots clear first; later seatings and earlier ones stay open longer. The café in front (Café Aquavit) runs an à la carte menu from the same kitchen and is the practical door.
How we work this room.
Pay when we get you in.
Your card is authorized when you submit the request. We charge it only when we confirm your table. No confirmation, no charge. Ever.
Authorize, do not captureThe host is expecting you.
You walk in to Aquavit and the table is yours, held for your party at your time.
Confirmed for your partyOne posted price.
$375 for non-members. $100 for members. One number, every night, every party size. No auctions, no surge, no Friday markup. Whatever the room is doing, the price does not move.
No auctions. No surge.Five steps, start to seated.
You ask.
Tell us the night, the time window, the party size. Two minutes on this page. Card on file, not charged.
We confirm the request.
An operator reviews the request, checks the room, and sends a confirmation that we are working it. Usually within thirty minutes.
We work the room.
We reach the floor manager directly, by phone or by text, depending on the night. We do not refresh Resy. We make a call.
You are confirmed.
We charge the card and send your confirmation — the time and the name to give the host.
You eat.
Walk into Aquavit, give your name at the host stand, sit down. The room takes it from there. We do not see you again until the next request.
Scandinavian, New York, Tier II.
Tonight, tomorrow,
or three months out.
We work this restaurant every day. You pay only when we confirm your table.