Reviews
In 2013, Zagats gave it a food rating of 24, with a decor rating that was the second-highest on the Upper East Side, at 27.[1]
In 2000, Forbes gave it four stars.[14] In a 2002 review in The New York Times, entitled "A Frump Does Something About It", William Grimes gave it one star and wrote that: "The Carlyle Restaurant used to feel like one big frayed cuff. Now it takes its rightful place alongside the dining rooms in Manhattan's finest hotels."[15] The following year he gave it two stars.[16]