With detailed reviews of hundreds of New York's top restaurants in painstakingly-sorted detail, our NYC.com guide to eating in New York will whet any appetite. You can find the best Asian cuisine or the best Philly cheesesteak, as well as our unbeatable suggestions for romantic destinations, dining deals, and neighborhood legends.
There are plenty of fish in the sea, which has naturally translated to a rich and bountiful seafood industry in New York City. They might be caught locally or flown in from the far end of the earth, but as long as you stick with these NYC.com expert picks, you're sure to be in for fresh, delicious aquatic fare.
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New York's celebrity chefs offer world-class cuisine in attractive settings with legendary service at their top-ranked restaurants. These are venues that you'll never forget and will want to visit over and over. After all, New York has a higher concentration of famous chefs than any other city.
Romantic dining in New York offers so many wonderful possibilities. Wondering where to take that special someone on an important occasion? NYC.com offers you a full list of editor picks for romantic dining with impressive cuisine and service.
New York's most popular and highest-ranked restaurants, all described and reviewed in depth here. Read about the absolute best restaurants in New York, the celebrity chefs, their five-star properties and their supremely high standards.
Although quite a number of brunch locales in New York City offer all-you-can-drink brunches, given the ever-changing breakfasting environment and brunch menu offerings, we can provide the list below with a caveat: Brunchers beware, and call in advance to determine whether these fine locales are still offering the all-you-can-drink option.
A handpicked selection of esteemed restaurateurs, The Restaurant and Bar Collection is more than the finest dining in New York City. It is the single most important destination for dining in the country. Boasting award-wining establishments from the likes of Chefs Thomas Keller, Masa Takayama, Michael Lomonaco and Marc Murphy, as well as entrepreneur Rande Gerber, this collection is world-renowned dining at its best.
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Gourmet magazines present what was probably a longtime coming for a city where what parents have, their children inevitable get.
Some of the world's finest breads, cakes, pastries and confections can be found across New York City. Read about where to buy these great products from New York's best bakeries.
Finger-lickin' good barbecue can be had all over NYC, with differing levels of authenticity. Check out all our recommendations here.
Whether you seek the perfect omelette with toast, a cappuccino or latte, a crossaint with jam or a bagel with schmear, or anything else, our recommendations guide you to the perfect way to start your day.
New Yorkers love to brunch on the weekends, and visitors should try to be a bit aggressive to jockey for a table as the natives do. Most visitors aren't accustomed to making reservations for brunch, but at many of the most popular brunch places, do call in advance to make reservations. Brunches are relatively affordable, and some include a Bloody Mary or Mimosa with the fixed-price brunch.
Seems everyone is opening a burger joint these days, but not all burgers are equal in stature. Our list of best selections guides you to the most sizzling burgers in town.
A select few restaurants come with the ultimate pleasure: bringing your own beer/booze (or wine, really). We've done the research, pounded the pavements, and found the best restaurants to match your favorite wine to your favorite cuisine!
We beat buffalo in tangy and spicy wings, and NYC.com takes you to the finest wing establishments.
Whether you prefer old-school Cantonese cuisine or seek out the latest Sichuan or Xinjiang-style barbecue or western-style glitzy fusion, NYC.com knows all the best places.
The best of the best come to New York to seek fame and success, and it's no different with chocolatiers and candy men. Check out our collection of the best places to satiate your sweet tooth!
Looking for a place to sit and drink a cup of Joe? Perhaps somewhere with wireless internet so you can leverage your caffeine addiction against the risk of a java spill that reduces your laptop to a paperweight? These are the out-and-out best coffee shops in New York City—and therefore, very likely, the world!
Towering platters of intriguing appetizers as well as sky-high sandwiches abound at classic New York delis. There are pickles galore, corned beef, pastrimi and a smorgasbord of other famous offerings to be had.
The most delicious and sinful chocolate, pastries, and other confections to be found in New York, a city well-known for its sweet tooth!
Although there is still a timeless almost classic quality to the New York diner experience, hearkening back to Edgar Hopper's "Nighthawks" painting from 1942, the number of diners in Manhattan has been falling of late, with the number in Brooklyn now exceeding the number in Manhattan. Our NYC.com list below covers a wide variety of them that are still thriving, from the upscale to the greasy spoon.
Whether a luxurious four-star dinner at
Le Bernardin or a simple brasserie meal, you'll find the best of Gallic cuisine utterly enchanting in New York.
It wouldn't be America if we didn't fry the living bajeezus out of things, and these restaurants have mastered that particular art with a deft culinary aptitude that keeps the favored meat steeped in flavor.
New York's history has always been a mosaic, a patchwork landscape, and the German immigrants were one of the strongest and longest waves in the city's history. They brought with them an even-longer-standing tradition of homeland cooking, the unmistakable flavors of their native country, and to this day, you can still find amazingly faithful German cuisine at these great restaurants.
Whether you're on a health kick or just want to get maximum nutritional value out of your meal, we can recommend a number of places where you'll get lots of vitamins—and great flavor to boot.
For those reluctant to partake of the time-honored tradition of New York's omnipresent hot dog carts, we've selected the absolute best of the burgeoning hot dog scene in the city. You're sure to relish these tasty American classics!
New Yorkers love ice cream and gelato, and there's no shortage of fantastic places to get all the frozen delights you love.
With two bright stripes of Manhattan playing host to the city's biggest concentrations of the best in Indian cuisine, New York has always been marked by its love affair with the spicy fare. From Little India to the East Village's 6th Street and everywhere else, these are the places that sate the craving for chana masala, tandoori chicken, and all those other delicious dishes.
You'd be hard-pressed to find better Italian food outside of the country itself than can be had at New York's finest and most authentic Italian restaurants!
Fish so fresh you would swear it was just flown in from Tsukiji in Tokyo: and it was! Read our recommendations for sushi, sashimi, ramen, yakitori and kaiseki.
Looking for a place to eat with the kids? These kid-friendly restaurants in New York City are recommend for their appealing menus, kid-friendly portions, creative themes, convenient locations, and reasonable prices.
When an area of a city builds a reputation for hosting the best restaurants for a particular cuisine, the neighborhood lets you know. Just like Chinatown, K-town (Koreatown) is rife with unbelievable Korean fare. Here, you'll find the best of the best, both in K-town and around the five boroughs.
If there's a more contentious food in America, we're not aware of it. Meatballs are the topic of many one-up battles between families, friends, and even these New York restaurants—as chosen by your New York City Experts—that feature the best of the best.
Transport yourself to the Zócalo of Mexico City or to the Yucatán or even Puebla or Veracruz—you'll enjoy the many diverse dishes of regional Mexican cuisine in New York, whether at white-tablecloth establishments or humble taco trucks.
For every corner of the world, there is a corner of New York! Check out these hand-picked restaurants to find the city's best Moroccan cuisine.
No other city in America has so many top-notch steakhouses. You'll find every cut of beef imaginable at New York's superior steakhouses, served with flair and panache. Expect a dizzying array side dishes, excellent wines, and atmosphere like nowhere else.
You might just think you're at Jim's Steaks in Philly at some of these places.
The best pizza on either side of Italy can be found in New York City, and while opinionated New Yorkers are quite particular about their pies we offer you a number of top selections to choose from.
Williamsburg's eclectic personality is mirrored quite heavily by its breadth of restaurant offerings. As usual, the cream rises to the top with the New York City Experts!
For a city of so much cement and asphalt, New Yorkers see an awful lot of greenery on a daily basis. And that's not including the greens they eat every day, like the amazing salads from these local favorites.
With so many New Yorkers having roots in the South, it's become harder and harder for restaurateurs to pull off bad soul food and get away with it. And while the city may be north of the Mason-Dixon, these restaurants prove that authentic soul food is never more than a subway away.
New York's love affair with Spanish food has paid off handsomely, with unbelievably good restaurants cropping up all over, each one better than the last. But you'll find the very best right here.
We like to make the distinction between great Japanese restaurants and places to get sushi because—as most New Yorkers have found out the hard way—the two aren't necessarily the same. Here's where to get your sushi on in the best possible fashion.
Once an underrepresented slice of world cuisine, Thai food can now be found in startling numbers around the city. Luckily, we've put together a list of sure-fire hits for those craving their Thai fix.
While dinner in the Theater District can be a multi-course fixed price affair, it need not be. With so many vibrant new restaurants on and around Broadway, you'll find all types of cuisine to please any palate!
Find yourself working in or near Tribeca? Here are some of the best take away lunch joints. We even snuck in a few places in Hudson Square and SoHo for when the weather is nice!
What are generally referred to as as cheap eats in dining guides these days are everywhere to be had in the East Village. In some instances, the dining recommendations we make here are really better suited for take-out, while others are super cheap and great if you are pressed for time and just want to eat on-the-go. Finding a sit-down lunch or dinner in New York City that is tasty and under $10 is like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack. You may never find one, but some of these East Village dining options sure can help.
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Note: Prices do not include beverages, tax or gratuity.New York City's many hotels are all in on the ever-escalating restaurant game, and with only a few exceptions, hotel restaurants are expertly-staffed, beautifully decorated, superbly executed bastions of culinary excellence. Here, your New York City Experts provide an extensive, comprehensive guide to the city's hotel restaurants.
Have dinner at exciting venue, whether at a steakhouse, or a live music venue, or soul food & jazz, or with a Broadway show, and even consider a chauffeured limousine or a carriage ride en route!
Find a great place to have Christmas dinner—or just another night on the town—and secure your seat with NYC.com's online reservation system!
