Lady Delilah, LA’s No-Photos Supper Club, Lands in Chelsea

A Los Angeles supper club that celebrities love is about to open under West 14th Street. Lady Delilah, a New York spinoff of the H.Wood Group’s Delilah, opens Tuesday, November 3, at 353 W. 14th Street near Ninth Avenue in Chelsea. It’s the company’s first New York restaurant, per Eater New York.

H.Wood is run by co-founders John Terzian and Brian Toll. Out West, the group is known for flashy rooms with a strict no-photos policy and a guest list that has included Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kylie and Kendall Jenner, and Drake, according to Eater. Terzian and Toll opened Delilah in 2016, then expanded to Las Vegas, Miami, and Dallas. They also ran Delilah as a summer residency in Montauk.

The New York room is a 10,000-square-foot subterranean space with an Art Deco look. Eater reports that guests come in through an archway entrance lined with white tile meant to echo New York subway stations. Inside, the design leans on vintage oak details, plush seating, chandeliers, and tiled vaulted ceilings. There’s a main dining room with space for live music and performances, plus two private dining rooms.

And yes, the no-photos rule made the trip east. Eater says Lady Delilah will uphold the policy that made the original a magnet for famous guests who’d rather not see their dinner on someone’s feed.

In the press release, Terzian and Toll described the idea this way: “Our vision was to design a space that celebrates the theatrical romance of the past, where eating, drinking and dancing come together effortlessly.”

The food falls to H.Wood’s culinary director, chef Michael Teich, who is overseeing a menu Eater describes as modern American bistro. The bar will pour cocktails and spirits, and it will offer bottle service.

For anyone planning a visit, the restaurant opens at 5 p.m. and runs until late, Tuesday through Sunday. Reservations are available on OpenTable. The source doesn’t list prices, a full menu, or a closing time, so expect more detail once the doors open.

The opening adds another high-profile, design-forward dining room to the stretch of West 14th Street near Ninth Avenue, just as the fall season gets going. Whether a place built on exclusivity and a ban on phones plays the same way in New York as it does in Los Angeles is a question the first few weeks of service will start to answer.