How to book Chez Fifi

Chez Fifi is a French restaurant in a townhouse at 140 East 74th Street, at the corner of Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side^1,2. Brothers Joshua and David Foulquier, the team behind Sushi Noz and Noz 17, named it after their late mother^3,4. It opened on December 10, 2024, and within a month Eater had put its roast chicken on a list of the best dishes in the city⁵.

Executive chef Zack Zeidman, who previously cooked at Café Altro Paradiso, runs an à la carte menu built on Parisian bistro classics with dishes from the Basque coast of northern Spain^1,3. Typical plates include foie gras terrine, deviled crab baked in the San Sebastián style, escargots, steak tartare, Dover sole and a whole roast chicken with foie gras jus, followed by chocolate mousse or baba au rhum^1,5. The wine list runs to more than 3,500 bottles, mostly French³.

The restaurant spreads over two floors⁵. Downstairs is a wood-paneled dining room with mahogany walls, beveled mirrors, floral drapes and booths, with white tablecloths on a dozen or so tables^4,6. Upstairs, the Salon de Fifi à l'Étage serves cocktails by Yumi Nemoto and a shorter menu of small plates^3,4. The Michelin Guide lists it and calls it the neighborhood's "hottest reservation"⁶.

Tables are released on SevenRooms on a rolling basis three weeks ahead at 10:00 a.m. Eastern, for parties of two to six; walk-ins are taken when there is room, and the restaurant asks guests not to dress too casually².