Cluny

Casual but elegant, this restaurant looks more like a modernist living room than a dining room. A filtered-air loft space, where smoking is allowed, is excellent for private conversations. Some choose to dine outside in the patio garden. Sinatra tunes and bossa nova add to the relaxed atmosphere. The menu emphasizes fish and fowl, from prawn risotto to spider crabs and duck magret. There are many salmon and codfish dishes, as well as "lamb cooked in two different ways." Beef seems to be a second thought, unlike in other Argentine restaurants, though it is well prepared. The extensive wine list runs more than eight pages, including the finest Argentine vintages from Catena Zapata as well as French imports at more than $250 a bottle. In the afternoon, there's a fine British tea service.

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