The Up Side of Down A subterranean restaurant in a hotel once meant only one thing: a Trader Vic's.

At this wonderful old-style subterranean Spanish restaurant on a residential block in Chelsea, stick with the classics - shrimp, chorizo, octopus, pork - and the sangria.

S Map Tucked under the landmark Dominion Building, this hopping subterranean Lebanese restaurant attracts budget noshers and cool hipsters in equal measure.

Suba, a stylish subterranean restaurant and bar with French and Spanish accents, opened recently on a previously deserted section of Ludlow near Delancey Street.

A formal, subterranean restaurant has a $55 fixed-price dinner menu created by a French chef.

This subterranean restaurant beneath an historic Hamtramck home offers classic Polish dishes like nalesniki (crepes) and golabki (stuffed cabbage).

The subterranean restaurant consisted of a series of cavernous rooms, long and narrow, vaulted in somber black masonry.

Atmosphere: The large subterranean restaurant is relaxed and attractive; through the glass windows in the back you can watch the chefs working in the kitchen.

One reason to search it out is a humble subterranean restaurant at No. 11 that produces some of the most authentically delicious Vietnamese food I have found in New York City.

The hotel's subterranean restaurant serves such Galician fare as scallops with Serrano ham, and tarta de Santiago, a dessert made with ground almonds.