A new French brasserie called Delphine has checked into the Ace Hotel NoMad, bringing an 80-seat, two-floor dining room with oysters, steak au poivre, and martinis wheeled tableside from a chilled carafe to 16 W. 29th Street. The restaurant spans a ground-floor bar, open-kitchen view, and main dining room, with an upper-level perch overlooking the action below.
The exact opening date is not entirely settled. According to WhatNow, Delphine opens inside Ace Hotel NoMad on October 29, while Eater NY describes the restaurant as having already checked into the hip hotel this October. Eater places the address at 16 W. 29th Street, near Fifth Avenue, matching the location WhatNow reports.
Delphine comes from four hospitality veterans: Karim Amatullah, Lionel “KyKy” Conille, Mino Habib, and Mathias Van Leyden, per the same WhatNow report. Amatullah brings more than 20 years of hospitality experience, including a front-of-house role at Cipriani, while Conille is a nightlife entrepreneur whose past projects include PM, Provocateur, and Merkato. Habib and Van Leyden previously worked together on Loulou Petit Bistro & Speakeasy and Le Petit Village — a pairing Eater also notes in its own rundown of the ownership group.
Classic Plates, Modern Flourishes
Jarett Brodie oversees the menu, which the seed report describes as combining classic French dishes with modern flavors: oysters on the half shell, steak tartare, foie gras torchon, steak au poivre, and moules marinières. Eater's own menu rundown lists oysters on the half shell with Champagne-yuzu mignonette, yellowtail crudo, and escargots as starters, followed by steak au poivre with pommes frites — broadly consistent plates described from two separate vantage points.
The room itself leans into vintage glamour. Delphine features a vintage-inspired design with modern touches — brass fixtures, distressed mirrors, dark red tones, and curved furniture — plus a white-and-gold ceiling and framed fashion illustrations, the WhatNow report notes. The upstairs section offers an intimate seating area overlooking the main floor below.
Martinis on a Cart, Cocktails at the Bar
The signature move is the Delphine martini, available with gin or vodka and served tableside from a chilled carafe — the kind of theatrical pour that is clearly meant to be part of the show. The bar menu rounds things out with Champagne by the glass alongside a French 75, Negroni, Sidecar, and Boulevardier, giving the room a lively dining atmosphere to match its tableside flourish.
Hours lean toward an all-day brasserie rhythm: breakfast runs daily from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., and dinner service starts at 5 p.m. and runs until late. Delphine arrives as part of a wider wave of fall 2026 New York restaurant openings, with Eater NY's October roundup also tracking debuts like Brasserie Boulud, Table Mercato, and Caputo Bagels across the city.
Part of a Bigger Brasserie Moment
Delphine is not the only French-leaning concept to land in New York this season. Eater's fall preview flagged a broader slate of anticipated openings, and the Observer highlighted Cafe Charmant, a coastal brasserie built around steak frites and salade niçoise, as part of that same seasonal push. Nation's Restaurant News has separately reported that Catch Hospitality Group opened Cafe Charmant in New York City, while WhatNow reported that Serafina Restaurant Group announced its own French-American grand brasserie, Brasserie Cognac Américain, from chef Michael Lomonaco. Another hotel brasserie, Buddy & Son, was reported by WhatNow and Eater as opening inside the Public Hotel on the Lower East Side from chef Jake Epstein and former Gjelina Group CEO Shelley Armistead.
For now, Delphine positions itself as a new dining destination inside one of NoMad's more recognizable hotel addresses, betting that oysters, steak au poivre, and a cart full of martinis are enough to pull neighborhood diners off the sidewalk and into its red-toned dining room.
