Megu

Motto: “MEGU continuously strives to leave a memorable impression by welcoming, serving and thanking each guest with the utmost genuine and personalized hospitality.”

Philosophy: Meaning “blessing” in Japanese, MEGU presents modern Japanese cuisine, sushi, and sumibi aburiyaki—a grilling technique using bincho-tan, a special charcoal found only near Kyoto and prized for its superior purifying properties.  MEGU is a brand and an image of high quality environment that delivers the quality of exceptional things:  outstanding food, brilliant design and first class service.  MEGU is a harmony of all the finest and rarest ingredients found from around the world.  Both MEGU’s menu and design concept are a blend of traditional and modern Japanese times.  Authentic and avant-garde  ingredients are combined to suit every palate.  The overall décor is filled with customary Japanese interior accents, complimented with a contemporary ambiance.

MEGU’s concept is well-defined as sophisticated organic dining—in which the producer and customer are brought together in celebration—with the best in service and cutting-edge yet serene aesthetics.  The MEGU team has carefully selected the best American Kobe Beef available in the U.S.  Other Japanese condiments such as salt, soy sauce and 6 varieties of miso are also carefully selected, special for MEGU cuisine.

MEGU has a team of selected chefs and does not employ the idea of a star chef.  Instead, it has a collection of chefs who work as a team—the ingredients are the stars.

Some of MEGU’s signature dishes include: MEGU Original Crispy Asparagus, MEGU Oriental Salad, Crispy “Kanzuri” Shrimp, Salmon Tartare, Kobe Beef Carpaccio with Basil, Foie Gras in Crispy Kobe Beef Croquettes, MEGU Kobe Beef Slices “Ishiyaki” and Kobe Beef Skewers.

MEGU offers an extensive wine list with over 600 offerings of wine that perfectly compliment the cuisine – a rare and unique offering for a Japanese restaurant.  MEGU New York has won the Wine Spectator award two years in a row in 2006 and 2007, and MEGU Midtown recently won the same award in 2007.  Megu also offers 60 varieties of sake from Japan, each available by either glass or bottle.

Yasumichi Morita from Japan’s Glamorous Co. has designed a unique and amazing interior for all New York locations – MEGU New York and MEGU Midtown.  In his first United States project, Morita was commissioned to design the two-tiered, 13,000 square-foot MEGU New York space.  Blending ultra-modern design with ancient Japanese details, the end result is truly astonishing: white porcelain columns—made of over 5000 interlocking rice bowls and sake vases—greet guests upon entry and line the upper walls overlooking the main dining room.  In the upstairs Kimono lounge, stacked bolts of over 450 rolls of antique kimono fabric cover the walls, while white leather banquets with soaring eleven-foot backs provide an intimate setting for pre-dinner cocktails.  The Kimono lounge also features floor to ceiling glass walls overlooking the dining room.  Below, a giant temple bell, or bonsho, weighing over 800 lbs. is suspended from the ceiling and provides the centerpiece in the soaring main dining area.  The centerpiece also features a signature ice Buddha sculpture, elevated over a pool of water that is rebuild every night to ensure the customers of a spiritual and purifying experience.

The rich fabrics, the highest grade wood materials, and the artistic integrity were upheld in the construction of MEGU Midtown.  It is pure luxury to match the standard of Trump World Tower.  Unlike MEGU New York, MEGU Midtown is more intimate and to express the rich design of Megu, they made the design rise vertically.  Almost everything about the design in the main dining room points from the ceiling to the floor.  The lamp pillars, the family crests that cascade from top to bottom, and the 27 foot long hand drawn mural of tigers.  When the guests arrive they walk up the stairs to the mezzanine and then descend to the main dining room when their reservation is ready.  In the waiting bar there is illuminated photographic art conveying the “heart of Japan,” on 7 foot Kimono fabric pedestals.  The visual delights at MEGU Midtown in terms of design are, the lamp pillars, the family crest emblems, the open sushi and Teppan-yaki kitchens, and the 500 pound Crystal Chandelier.  Using the high ceilings and the wall-to-wall windows they have created another distinct and wonderful space.

Our RW menus are available until September 5th, Don’t miss this chance to enjoy the greatest value offered in New York City!!!  Check out our menus for Lunch & Dinner!!

Lunch for $24.07 (MEGU Midtown location only)

Choice of Appetizers

MEGU Original Crispy Asparagus

Madai Oriental Salad, Homemade Spicy Dressing

Yellowtails Carpaccio, Chili Kanzuri Sauce

Chef’s Mixed Green Salad, MEGU Dressing

Choice of Entrée

Sirloin Beef Steak

Silver Cod with Yuzu Miso

Four Herb Crusted Premium Chicken

MEGU Sushi Roll Combination

Choice of Dessert

Greentea Crepe

Yuzu Crème Brulee

New York Cheesecake

Chocolate Cake

Ice Cream/ Sorbet

MEGU New York & Midtown Dinner for $35.00

Choice of Appetizers

Crispy Kanzuri Shrimp

Madai Oriental Salad, Homemade Spicy Dressing

MEGU Original Crispy Asparagus

Choice of Entrée

Premium Kobe Washugyu Sirloin Steak

Silver Cod with Yuzu Miso

Chef’s Choice Nigiri Sushi and Half Roll

Choice of Dessert

Greentea Crepe

Mango & Coconut Mousse, Yuzu Anglaise

Saikoro Cube Chocolates

Kellari

Our goal is to make sure that your event, or a Private event at your house, is a great success. We bring our Greek hospitality to you and make sure your event runs smoothly and without a hitch.

We offer private and semi-private rooms. Please take our Virtual Tour

We offer a wide range of catering capabilities:

• Cocktail Parties, Lunch, Brunch
• Dinners Parties
• Catering buffet style parties
• Last-Minute Corporate Catering
• Delivery to your space
• Office catering setup
• Wedding Catering
• Event Planning & Venues
• Audio Visual Rentals
• Live band & DJ’S

What do we have to offer you!

All the ingredients for success are here: beautiful surroundings, easy accessibility, and most importantly, superb cuisine.

• MAIN ROOM seats 120
• WINE ROOM 50-80 persons
• ZANTE ROOM 50 persons
• BAR LOUNGE 10-50 persons
• DINNING ROOM seats 220

Traditional Greek seafood.

Signature Dishes

Fresh whole imported grilled fish.

Appetizers

Variety of Savory traditional Mezedes (small plates or starters) and raw and marinated assorted Saganaki dishes prepared with Greek cheeses.

Main Courses

Grilled whole fish, lamb, steak and other specialty entrees. The menu starts with dips like melitzana, smoked eggplant with black sesame, and skordalia, and is followed by a unique selection of raw and marinated fish like the signature Greek barbouni, a red mullet soaked in vinegar, rosemary and olive oil. Traditional whole fish is sold by the pound and grilled with lemon and olive oil, but the kitchen also offers more ambitious dishes like sinagrida, a red snapper grilled in grape leaves with pumpkin, almonds garlic and greens.

Wine

Greek for “cellar,” Kellari offers 250 wines by the bottle and dozens by the glass – ample choice for pairing up with an extensive menu of contemporary Hellenic fare.

Hospitality

Above the bar at Kellari, the words “Enter as Strangers, Leave as Friends” are printed on a placard. And it is this feeling of warmth and hospitality that pervades the entire experience at Kellari, an impossibly cozy Midtown gem, with wood-beamed cathedral ceilings and walls warmed in sunset hues.

Catering-Events

Seating Capacity 220, with semi private rooms for up to 50-80 people, including A/V capabilities.

Like most Greek restaurateurs, we love where we live and live to celebrate both our location and our ingredients, from the land, air and sea. KELLARI is our interpretation of the best we have come to know in the Greek culture of family where it is best and most often celebrated, at the dinner table.

At KELLARI rarely you will find your favorite regional classics as you have eaten them in restaurants throughout Greece. What you will find delicious is simple food that tastes as good as you remember from your last visit to Greece.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Here at Kellari we strive in the Greek fashion to shorten the time and distance any ingredient spends from the soil, or the water, or the air, to the plate.

We purchase directly from Greek and Mediterranean importers fish, oil, cheese, balsamic vinegar, sea salt and beans because they are so distinct and virtually indispensable to the creation of a great Greek meal.

We fervently believe in the inherent quality, freshness and greatness of our regions ingredients purchased from local, predominantly organic, farmers and friends, many of them from forgotten or heirloom varietals.

Our desserts are like none you have ever eaten in Greece, yet they feel and taste totally Greek.