Eleven Madison Park: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Eleven Madison Park is a New York tasting-menu restaurant where a vegetarian can eat every course. It is no longer a plant-based-only room. Chef Daniel Humm announced in August 2025 that animal products would return on October 14, 2025, and the kitchen now cooks fish, meat, and its signature duck beside a plant-based path through the same menu. Older directories still call it fully vegan. Check before you assume.

You’ll find it at 11 Madison Avenue, on the northeast corner of East 24th Street, across from Madison Square Park. Humm owns the restaurant and runs it himself. In 2021 he partnered with Magic Farms in upstate New York, where growers raise produce for the seasonal menus.

At select courses, you choose between dishes. One choice on the restaurant’s own site is to eat the whole menu plant-based. That’s the route for a vegetarian or vegan guest. Courses change with the season and the restaurant keeps its food menu offline, so I can’t name a dish for you. Tell the team at booking that you want the plant-based menu. Staff confirm dietary restrictions by email before your reservation and again at your table.

Two formats are on offer. The Full Tasting Menu runs six courses at $385 per guest, mixes plated and communal dishes, and lasts two to three hours. In the lounge, the Bar Tasting Menu runs four to five courses and takes about two hours. The FAQ lists it at $255 per guest in one answer and $225 in another, so confirm the price when you book. Wine pairings start at $125. You can bring your own bottle for a $75 corkage fee, up to four bottles.

The kitchen situation is the open question. The restaurant doesn’t publish a prep policy, and it doesn’t say whether the plant-based dishes get their own space. If cross-contact matters to you, say so in the booking notes and again to your server.

Reservations run through Resy. The restaurant opens each month’s tables on the first of the month before, so November tables open on October 1. Sold-out dates have a Resy waitlist. All sales are final, and the restaurant doesn’t cancel or reschedule bookings. The restaurant doesn’t add gratuity, so you leave what you like at the end. There’s no dress code. A table in the main dining room seats up to seven.

Dinner runs Monday through Thursday from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday adds a lunch seating from noon to 1 p.m., with dinner from 5:30 to 11 p.m. The bar keeps its own hours, 5 to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Stop in for cocktails and light à la carte snacks, and note that counter seats go to walk-ins on a first-come basis.

This is a splurge. At $385 before wine, tax, and tip, the price shuts out most diners on most nights. If you want this meal, book on the first of the month, ask for the plant-based menu in the reservation notes, and read the dietary confirmation email when it lands.