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Name: The Ten Bells
Address: 247 Broome St, New York, NY, United States, 10002
Telephone: (212) 228-4450
Price range: $30 and under
Rating: 4.6

The Ten Bells

4.6

58 Reviews

$30 and under

Tapas / Small Plates

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Romantic, casual, comfortable natural wine bar. Unusual selection from small producers matched with an international tapas menu, charcuterie and oysters

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Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Tapas / Small Plates, Basque
Hours of operation
Dinner Sunday 3:00pm-12:00am Monday-Friday 5:00pm-2:00am Saturday 3:00pm-2:00am
Phone number
(212) 228-4450
Website
http://tenbellsnyc.com/
Dress code
Business Casual
Executive chef
Francisco Javier ORTEGA
Catering
The Ten Bells has 2 private rooms that can fit 35 people for sit down dinners or 60 people for cocktail parties

Location
247 Broome St, New York, NY 10002
Neighborhood
Lower East Side
Cross street
Orchard and Ludlow
Parking details
Street Parking
Public transit
J,M,Z and F trains at Essex street stop
Additional
Banquet, Bar Dining, Beer, Counter Seating, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Marinated Mixed Olives$5.00
Boquerones$6.00
Grilled Cheese Bikini$8.00
Empanada$7.00
Tortilla$5.00
Croquettes$7.00
Stuffed Mussels$8.00
Shrimp Nacho$9.00
Raclette Tartine with Pear Radish Pesto$8.00
Jamon Pantomaca$8.00
Salmon Tartar$12.00
Hand Cut Steak Tartar$12.00
Crab Mea + Avocado$14.00
Shiitake Mushroom + Shrimp Salad$9.00
Foie Gras Terrine$14.00
Mac + Cheese$8.00
Papas Bravas$5.00
Pulled Pork Sandwich$9.00
Mushroom Casserole$8.00
Slab Bacon with Lentils$8.00
Pulpo a La Fiera$14.00
Meatballs$8.00
Brandada$10.00
Lamb Stew$12.00

What 58 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.6

4.6 based on all time ratings

4.4Food
4.3Service
4.5Ambience
4.4Value

Noise • Moderate

58 Reviews

T
Tominga
London
3 reviews
4.0
3 reviews
Dined on March 8, 2020
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Good value, lovely food, great natural wine and attentive service.
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MargaretS
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on March 3, 2020
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
A variety of interesting and tasty dishes, nice ambiance.
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EllyC
New York Area
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on February 22, 2020
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Always a good time!
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Berry
New York Area
2 reviews
3.0
2 reviews
Dined on February 18, 2020
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
We were put in the back room. Long waits between very small dishes. This wasn’t a great dinner yet we walked away with close to $100 per person.
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RafaV
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on January 29, 2020
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The Ten Bells delivered a flavorful and accessible experience in a warm atmosphere where our team could enjoy food and conversation. The intimacy, discussion, and laughter we shared in the space you created was incredible. Thank you for honoring my special request - one of our teammates took it home as a keepsake of our night!
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MarcC
Toronto
3 reviews
vip
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on January 18, 2020
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Best service in NYC !
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MonicaV
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 29, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Had a great time at Ten Bells! Threw a party for my fiance's 30th birthday in the back room with about 20 guests! The room was cute, atmosphere perfect and we enjoyed great service from Fernando. He was knowledgable and helpful with wine choices and attentive throughout the night bringing us fresh glasses and lots of water! would def recommend for small gathering of people who love natural wine :)
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SarahM
Chicago
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on December 22, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We had a lovely dinner at The Ten Bells. We were a large group and they accommodated us at a long table. The food was uniformly delicious and the service was attentive. Will definitely come back!
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RosalynB
New York Area
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on December 6, 2019
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
Was happy with everything except the volumn and type of music played. Would have loved Spanish guitar or Spanish singing. Hate to have to shout over dinner
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NataliaM
New York Area
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on November 29, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Always lovely, great atmosphere and authentic Spanish tapas.
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SteveO
Chicago
6 reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on November 26, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The happy hour specials are great. We then ordered a ton more of food and I was shocked by how inexpensive it was. The staff is wonderful and helpful. If you get a chance defenitly try this place.
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
11 reviews
vip
5.0
11 reviews
Dined on October 8, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great! A good happy hour
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NataliaM
New York Area
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on August 23, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Loved this little jewel that I wouldn't have found if not for their oyster happy hour! great service and nice atmosphere. will be back soon :)
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TatjanaK
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on August 21, 2019
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
Great food and a cozy atmosphere. The bar was packed but The dining area was pretty nice. The quality of food was very good and the price of both food and wine was very reasonable. The service was a little slow, but other than that: I’d go back!
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BeanTownDiner
Greater Boston
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on August 3, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Delicious food and great wine. We had a huge group and the wait staff accommodated us expertly. I will absolutely be back!
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Tylito
New York Area
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on July 30, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Amazing as it always is!!! The food, service, scene and the eclectic crowd make this a wonderful experience every time I go!!
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Elised
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on July 29, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Great authentic spanish food but not only, extensive choice of wines, great service, very nice evening
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Tylito
New York Area
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on May 3, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Unique place with an eclectic vibe, old world charm, new world spirit and delicious foods that range from the freshest oysters on the half shell to sumptuous tapas to a wine list that will satisfy any palate. Excellent, knowledgeable, and attentive service and perfect location.
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GKNY27
New York Area
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on May 1, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
Great night all around. Went for a birthday with a bunch of friends and the setting was perfect. Food was fantastic.
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ClassySuzy1
New York Area
50 reviews
vip
4.0
50 reviews
Dined on April 14, 2019
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Very pleasant locale, a winebar with an interesting selection of wines emphasizing Spanish (no liquor), tapas and oysters with a happy hour deal of $1 oysters. Unfortunately on our visit they had only of the three kinds of oysters that they usually offer. Tapas were creative and excellently executed. All reasonably priced. Very pleasant staff.
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ciscokid16
New York Area
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on April 4, 2019
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Nice.. but very LOUD! Service was very good.. nice guy - Nick. Food was good. Very Dark inside.. can be very tight in terms of seating. Overall a good experience.
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sarahw
New York Area
10 reviews
vip
5.0
10 reviews
Dined on March 29, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Favorite restaurant in the city but boy does it get crowded
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SaraD
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on March 24, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Wonderful wine bar with both great wine and fantastic tapas! The octopus and the steak tartare are among my favorites. Super knowledgeable and helpful staff.
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PaulineT
Dublin
18 reviews
4.0
18 reviews
Dined on March 23, 2019
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Good wine, good food, and nice service!!
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OT
OpenTable Diner
New Orleans
7 reviews
5.0
7 reviews
Dined on March 16, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We had a party of ten for a birthday celebration and they gave us the beautiful back room to ourselves. The atmosphere was intimate, the service was friendly and timely, and the food/drink was delicious. The salmon tartare, the crab meat and avocado, the croquettes, and the shrimp nachos were our favorites from the night. Would definitely recommend for large groups. So fun!
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EdnaD
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on February 19, 2019
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
The Happy Hour was great. The location was accessible to my friends for a get-together. The ambiance had a nice old-world feel to it, but a tad dark. The waiter forgot our dessert until we reminded him, but up until that point, service was good and prompt. The long table could have been "partitioned" better so that we were not too close to the next group. The food was delicious. Overall, I gave it 4 stars for the reasons stated above. I will go back again.
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MaryM
New York Area
16 reviews
vip
5.0
16 reviews
Dined on January 7, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
My husband and I, though older than most of the Lower East Siders that frequent The Ten Bells, love this place. The tapas are fantastic, and the wine selection is splendid. The atmosphere is perfectly comfortable and cozy, like your favorite bar, the service is friendly and relaxed. Recommend the chorizo and the raclette on bread with pear! To boot, the place is a great value.
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on January 5, 2019
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Birthday. Very nice and attentive. Would absolutely recommend
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on December 9, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Amazing place! Thank you for making my birthday celebration so special! Enjoyed it to the fullest!
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AmandineS
San Francisco
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on November 29, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Really good service with a good French style service ! We order some wine which was not cold like we like, so the server offers us a first glass of white wine. So good wine ! Food was good. Good recommandation about the burrata with honey for our dessert. Chocolate moelleux was amazing too. Really good diner there, we will come back ;)
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BKeater
New York Area
8 reviews
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on November 25, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
We reserved last minute for our party of 6 and the perfect cozy table was ready and waiting for us in the back. It's louder and more crowded in the front area so I was nervous about how comfortable we were going to be. Apparently there was no need to be! The back area for larger parties was cozy and quieter--the perfect place to catch up with friends on a rainy night. The service was great too! Our waiter was very accommodating with all of our varying preferences for wine and food and helpful. All in a all, a fantastic night!
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OpenTable Diner
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on September 29, 2018
1. Overall 1
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 4
Incredibly rude service... couldn’t even get a word in with the server who made the entire experience almost unbearable.
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jdanyc
New York Area
16 reviews
vip
5.0
16 reviews
Dined on September 16, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great wine selection. Go as a group and get some bottles to try the really fun stuff. Service is busy but friendly and attentive. And they know their wine.
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IsabellaP
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on May 20, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 5
This is my all time favorite spot for a chill yet hip vibe, in which you don't sacrifice quality of food or quality of wine. I don't know what it is, but this place keeps drawing me back for whenever I need that perfect downtown wine bar experience, without the snobbery.
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
10 reviews
vip
5.0
10 reviews
Dined on January 13, 2018
1. Overall 5
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
My entire party of 10 people was late by 30-40 minutes (some even later) which is often the breaking point for any restaurant! I received nothing but kindness and patience from Ten Bells though. The service was impeccable in this regard.
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OpenTable Diner
Greater Boston
7 reviews
3.0
7 reviews
Dined on September 1, 2017
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 4
Food and ambience was really good. We ordered a Rose but the description on the wine menu didn't mention that it had orange. It wasn't bad, but was very unexpected, so one of the couples with me didn't like it.
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ToddW
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on June 26, 2017
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Great local spot to grab after work dinner and a drink. Very cool vibe. I did not eat but the food looked great from afar. Highly recommend it.
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rellim73
Dallas
47 reviews
vip
4.0
47 reviews
Dined on June 23, 2017
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 4
Super fun, casual venue with an awesome selection of natural wines and good tapas style food. I love the peppers stuffed with tuna! The place can get quite loud, so one should realize that the vibe is more of a bar than a restaurant.
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OpenTable Diner
New York Area
18 reviews
vip
5.0
18 reviews
Dined on April 7, 2017
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Cute quiet birthday dinner. Food and wine was amazing. Obsessed with the crab and avocado plate and the mac & cheese!
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WillP
New York Area
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on February 25, 2017
1. Overall 3
2. Food 4
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 4
The wine we had was wonderful, a suggestion from the server. The food was quite good. Our first and last interactions with the staff were disappointing. Checking in for the reservation was confusing - no clear person to speak with, servers and bartenders all rushing by, no one asking us if we needed help for several minutes. When I got the attention of the bartender he seemed slightly annoyed and curt. Our server during the meal was fine, not particularly warm or inviting, but not rude. Leaving at the end of the meal, less than 90 minutes after we arrived, a different server asked us to leave as she needed to seat a large party where we were located. Granted she may have been seeing if she could move us elsewhere. I had been looking forward to Tell Bells for a while, as I work in restaurants and with natural wine but the service won't have me rushing back.
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247 Broome St, New York, NY 10002

Additional information

Cross street
Orchard and Ludlow
Neighborhood
Lower East Side
Hours of operation
Dinner Sunday 3:00pm-12:00am Monday-Friday 5:00pm-2:00am Saturday 3:00pm-2:00am
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Tapas / Small Plates, Basque
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Business Casual
Parking details
Street Parking
Public transit
J,M,Z and F trains at Essex street stop
Executive chef
Francisco Javier ORTEGA
Additional
Banquet, Bar Dining, Beer, Counter Seating, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Website
http://tenbellsnyc.com/
Phone number
(212) 228-4450
Catering
The Ten Bells has 2 private rooms that can fit 35 people for sit down dinners or 60 people for cocktail parties

The Ten Bells

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Additional information

Happy Hour

Oyster$1.00

Carafe of Wine (50cl)$15.00

Meats

Chorizo Picante$6.00

Bresaola Carpaccio$10.00

Hot Sopressata$8.00

Jamon Serrano Navidul 18 Months$10.00

Wild Boar Cacciatorini$8.00

Salchichon Iberico$8.00

Cheeses

Landaff$8.00

Bonne Bouche$8.00

Weston Wheel$8.00

Oma$8.00

Cayuga Blue$8.00

Kunik$8.00

Oysters

St. Simon$2.50

Matunuck$2.50

Barnstable$2.50

Tapas

Marinated Mixed Olives$5.00

Boquerones$6.00

Grilled Cheese Bikini$8.00

Empanada$7.00

Tortilla$5.00

Croquettes$7.00

Stuffed Mussels$8.00

Shrimp Nacho$9.00

Raclette Tartine with Pear Radish Pesto$8.00

Jamon Pantomaca$8.00

Salmon Tartar$12.00

Hand Cut Steak Tartar$12.00

Crab Mea + Avocado$14.00

Shiitake Mushroom + Shrimp Salad$9.00

Foie Gras Terrine$14.00

Mac + Cheese$8.00

Papas Bravas$5.00

Pulled Pork Sandwich$9.00

Mushroom Casserole$8.00

Slab Bacon with Lentils$8.00

Pulpo a La Fiera$14.00

Meatballs$8.00

Brandada$10.00

Lamb Stew$12.00

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