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I paid $120 for a fine-dining experience narrated by AI. High-brow restaurants should take notes.

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I paid 0 for a fine-dining experience narrated by AI. High-brow restaurants should take notes.

  • I paid $120 to experience Venhue’s 90-minute, tech-forward tasting menu.
  • The five-course meal, which was narrated by AI-generated videos, had plenty of surprises.
  • I’m not sure I got the point of the flashing video screens, but the food and drinks were great.

Given my New York dining experiences typically revolve around whoever has the best happy-hour deals, fine dining isn’t my expertise.

But I was intrigued by Venhue. The Manhattan restaurant, which opened in October, markets itself as a 90-minute communal dinner party with a $109 unpretentious tasting menu.

When I learned the dining room is surrounded on all sides by screens with AI-generated text-to-photo and text-to-video content, I was skeptical about how unpretentious it would be. It sounded pretty tech-bro-y to me.

Despite my holdups, my curiosity won out, and I made a Wednesday-night reservation at the East Village spot.

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