We did not like The Downtown 140! The dishes were expensive small and not that good. I had the Seafood combination. It was hard to find the substance through the shells and it had no taste. Before it, I had raw oysters. I asked for the small ones. They were 3 dollars each and they were so small, I could hardly find them with my fork. Don't ask for the small ones unless you like pretty shells with hardly anything in them.
My wife, who is French, had Osso Bucco . She was disappointed. The quantity was very small and while she knew about the smoked flavor she wished she had not ordered it. The smoked flavor was not for her. For 35 dollars, there was hardly nothing there.
The gnocchi looks "dry". Our guest didn't finish them.
The only thing I liked was the service, the ambiance ( noisy, we had to scream to talk) and the Perfect Manhattan.
I got back to my hotel and was still so hungry that I ordered a pizza.
I won't be going back!