About

RESTAURANT NICHOLAS

BAR N

CHEF'S TABLE

Restaurant Nicholas

Since 2001, Restaurant Nicholas has been one of the premier restaurant destinations in America. With his no-nonsense approach to New American cuisine, Chef Nicholas Harary and his wife Melissa have redefined modern fine dining absent of the big city. Located in Red Bank, NJ, an hour south of New York City, Restaurant Nicholas has garnered some of the highest praises from all avenues of the food industry including; four stars from the New York Times, and a 29/30 in both food and service from the Zagat Survey (2005-2010). In 2008, AOL named Restaurant Nicholas one of the top 11 restaurants in the country. In 2011, Restaurant Nicholas was included in Gayot’s list of the Top 40 Restaurants in the US.

At the age of twelve, Chef Harary was bussing tables at a local pizza joint to earn money for video games. By the age of seventeen, he was enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America and was its youngest graduate. At twenty-three years old, Chef Harary was the youngest person to ever achieve head sommelier position at Jean-Georges in NYC. At the age of twenty-five, Chef Harary and his wife Melissa took their combined years of restaurant experience to the coastal town of Red Bank to open Restaurant Nicholas. At thirty years old, it was announced that Chef Harary’s Restaurant Nicholas was one of three New Jersey restaurants to ever receive a coveted four-star rating from the New York Times.

Restaurant Nicholas is currently celebrating its 10 year anniversary and has achieved nationwide recognition for its carefully crafted menus, exquisite cuisine, hospitable service and décor. In addition to dining in the restaurant, guests enjoy visiting the namesake bar, Bar N, where bartenders serve signature martinis and meticulously crafted seasonal cocktails.