Per Se corkage policy

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Originally posted by porkpa:
They've gone from an already high corkage price of $90 a bottle to an astonishing high(to me) $150.
At first glance its gouging. However if you are bringing a quality bottle that you might have initially purchased for a couple of hundred dollars which has appreciated in value, that they might have on their list for a $1,000 or more, you are still ahead of the game by bringing your own.

Only flaw with this is that you can't bring anything they have on list

I don't believe they allow you to bring bottles already on their list, which would be on par with the policy at The French Laundry. Regardless of the policy, however, it's generally considered poor form to bring a wine to any place that already has it on their list.

at that price, i'd bring in a bottle of hard liqour

or maybe i should be pretentious and bring in a bottle of mouton cadet.

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Originally posted by g-man:
at that price, i'd bring in a bottle of hard liqour

or maybe i should be pretentious and bring in a bottle of mouton cadet.

I just choose to not give them my business. Their wine list is outrageously overpriced and the corkage is equally outrageous. Plenty of great restaurants in NYC that are far more wine friendly.

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Originally posted by TPEwinedrinker:

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Originally posted by g-man:
at that price, i'd bring in a bottle of hard liqour

or maybe i should be pretentious and bring in a bottle of mouton cadet.

I just choose to not give them my business. Their wine list is outrageously overpriced and the corkage is equally outrageous. Plenty of great restaurants in NYC that are far more wine friendly.

i dont see the phrase baller mode in the statement you made. #yolo =)

You say that you can't bring a bottle that's already on the list. I went to their website to check out their list. The website is under construction and neither the list nor the menu is available.
Anyway, I much prefer Jean Georges.

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Originally posted by porkpa:
You say that you can't bring a bottle that's already on the list. I went to their website to check out their list. The website is under construction and neither the list nor the menu is available.
Anyway, I much prefer Jean Georges.

per se has a very deep list of trophy bottles

i would imagine that wouldn't be an excuse that they would allow you to bring a bottle they have when they would probably say, "you shoudl have called and asked"

and yes, I much prefer jean georges =)

Brought a bottle of 2000 Krug to Nobu Malibu. I would discover that it was on their wine list (for over twice what I paid). They were very classy and did not even mention it.
I felt guilty ... until we started drinking.

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Originally posted by Wine doc:
Brought a bottle of 2000 Krug to Nobu Malibu. I would discover that it was on their wine list (for over twice what I paid).

200% mark up seems very reasonable.

I thought that someone mentioned that if you bring a bottle that Per Se has on their list they will offer to hold your bottle for you while you eat, and then add a 'bottle storage cost' to your bill. So kind of them!

Machine- I heard of this happening at the French Laundry as well.
I was thinking about going to either Per Se or Daniel for wife's birthday next month. Any input is welcome

I think the main complaint of the person who reported this was that the restaurant offered the service but did not tell them in advance that there would be a charge.

I went to Daniel in summer 2011 for the standard tasting menu with wine pairings. Food was quite good, wine pairings went with the food quite nicely, but were not good or great wines per se, but still very much enjoyed. Still, I think I preferred my visits to 11 Madison, but all of my visits were before they jacked up prices and corkage. Have always wanted to try Keller's cooking, after seeing a tv show with him cooking a 20 course tasting menu for Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, and one other chef.

A number of years ago I had an opportunity to work at the FL for a coupla weeks. We made a very nice iced-tea. I'd bet that they probably do that at Per Se too.

Hey ... I'm not sayin' ... I'm just sayin'.

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Originally posted by TPEwinedrinker:
Only flaw with this is that you can't bring anything they have on list

Is same wine, different vintage ok?

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Originally posted by Maverick:
A number of years ago I had an opportunity to work at the FL for a coupla weeks. We made a very nice iced-tea. I'd bet that they probably do that at Per Se too.

Hey ... I'm not sayin' ... I'm just sayin'.

How much does their iced tea cost? What if I want to bring in my own iced tea?

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Originally posted by The Old Man:

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Originally posted by Wine doc:
Brought a bottle of 2000 Krug to Nobu Malibu. I would discover that it was on their wine list (for over twice what I paid).

200% mark up seems very reasonable.

Actually, it was over 300%, which I think is within the realm of reasonability - just glad I didn't have to shell out that much coin.

A little sharing has always done the trick in lieu of corkage... Yet again last night.

It feels right.

I always offer to share whatever the corkage policy.

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Originally posted by alan19:

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Originally posted by TPEwinedrinker:
Only flaw with this is that you can't bring anything they have on list

Is same wine, different vintage ok?

Yes