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15 Best dinner Restaurants in New York

The best 15 restaurants for dinner in New York — curated by TastyPals editors.

The best dinner restaurants in New York are Mitr Thai Restaurant, Soothr LIC, Glin Thai Bistro, and more. Start with Mitr Thai Restaurant if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Priya Sharma•15 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Mitr Thai RestaurantSoothr LICGlin Thai Bistro
15 Best dinner Restaurants in New York
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Top picks at a glance

#1Mitr Thai RestaurantThai • New York • value#2Soothr LICThai • Long Island City • moderate#3Glin Thai BistroThai • Fort Greene • moderate

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants for dinner in New York, sorted by Google rating and editorial judgment. Picks span New York, Long Island City and Fort Greene.

Quick picks

Mitr Thai Restaurant
Thai • New York
Mitr Thai Restaurant keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable thai plan.
Soothr LIC
Thai • Long Island City
Soothr's Long Island City outpost carries the East Village original's reputation for regionally rooted Thai cooking into Queens, and by most accounts it has settled quickly into the role of neighbo…
Glin Thai Bistro
Thai • Fort Greene
Fort Greene has quietly become one of Brooklyn's best Thai corridors, and Glin Thai Bistro, on Myrtle between Washington Park and Carlton, makes the case loudly.
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Editorial details
Author: Priya Sharma
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Mitr Thai RestaurantView →
  2. 2. Soothr LICView →
  3. 3. Glin Thai BistroView →
  4. 4. Mira Mediterranean & Hookah LoungeView →
  5. 5. Vintage Green RooftopView →
  6. 6. Dagg Thai RestaurantView →
  7. 7. Jerk House Caribbean RestaurantView →
  8. 8. Malii GramercyView →
  9. 9. Cloves Indian CuisineView →
  10. 10. Langan'sView →
  11. 11. RUA Thai - Thai Restaurant BrooklynView →
  12. 12. Sharif's FamousView →
  13. 13. KoyakiView →
  14. 14. Boucherie West VillageView →
  15. 15. Le Parisien BakeryView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Mitr Thai Restaurant
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Mitr Thai Restaurant
New York • Thai
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
Thai food
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Soothr LIC
Google
Soothr LIC
Long Island City • Thai
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
waterfront
Mood
Long Island City
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Glin Thai Bistro
Google
Glin Thai Bistro
Fort Greene • Thai
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
dinner
Mood
Fort Greene
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Mira Mediterranean & Hookah Lounge
Google
Mira Mediterranean & Hookah Lounge
Murray Hill • Mediterranean
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
Murray Hill

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.

Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

15 ranked picks

Soothr LIC — Soothr's Long Island City outpost carries the East Village original's reputation for regionally rooted Thai cooking into Queens, and by most accounts it has settled quickly into the role of neighborhood anchor rather than hype destination. The room is described as dramatic and dimly lit — the kind of atmospheric space that gives Thai cooking a sense of occasion it doesn't always receive in New York — and the kitchen is known for not dialing back the bold, layered flavors that define Thai regional traditions. That combination of serious cooking and a considered dining room has made Soothr a recurring reference point for Thai in the borough. The menu centers on dishes that reward attention. The khao soi is consistently the one diners and writers point to first — a northern Thai curry-broth noodle dish that, when done right, balances richness with aromatic complexity and contrasting textures; Soothr's version is widely reported to honor the classic rather than soften it for a broader audience. The grilled meats are noted for confident seasoning and char, the papaya salad is said to be adjustable to your actual heat tolerance (a detail worth flagging when you order), and the crispy-rice salad has developed a following among regulars who order broadly and share across the table. Practically speaking, Soothr fits multiple occasions: a date-night room where the setting does real work, and a mid-range table where a group can eat ambitiously without significant damage to the bill. Weekend evenings draw a crowd, so a reservation is the sensible move. Come with a group if you can, order the khao soi and at least one grilled plate, and be direct about your heat preference — the kitchen, by all reports, will meet you there. View restaurant →
Glin Thai Bistro — Fort Greene has quietly become one of Brooklyn's best Thai corridors, and Glin Thai Bistro, on Myrtle between Washington Park and Carlton, makes the case loudly. Chef-owner Sunny took over the old Ace Thai space and turned it into something far more deliberate — a flower-draped storefront opening onto a plant-filled room where every table gets fresh blooms and the window seats are upholstered in plush velvet. It earned a Michelin Guide nod in 2025, and the cooking, drawn from both northern and southern Thailand, backs it up. Start with the gui chai, crispy golden chive pancakes that walk the sweet-savory line. The kra pow nuer is the table anchor: short ribs braised 24 hours until the crust caramelizes and the meat gives way to a fork. Get the fried rice studded with crabmeat and egg, lifted by cilantro chili lime sauce, and the crab curry, which is genuinely packed with real crab — order rice alongside. At $$ prices, it's a smart group room. Note it's currently lunch-and-dinner weekdays, so plan accordingly. View restaurant →

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Mira Mediterranean & Hookah Lounge — Murray Hill isn't exactly where I expect to find myself at 3 a.m., but Mira keeps the lights on until 4, which already makes it an outlier in a neighborhood that usually rolls up the sidewalks early. The room shape-shifts: low, earthy, candlelit lounge by day, DJ-and-belly-dancing territory once the hookah comes out. And yes, this is a hookah lounge that takes its smoke seriously — fresh fruit heads, decent charcoal, cooling bases spiked with milk or Red Bull, if you're feeling reckless. The kitchen is no afterthought. Grilled octopus with olives and peppers, spicy tuna tartare on crispy rice, and short ribs braised to the falling-apart stage anchor a menu that wanders toward grilled branzino and truffle fries. Mains hover around $40, so this is a splurge-y night, not a bargain. The Mira Honey cocktail leans sweet-sharp and goes down dangerously easy. It's the first full restaurant from Champion Pizza's Hakki Akdeniz — a long way from a dollar slice, and it shows. Come for the late hours, stay for the octopus. View restaurant →
Vintage Green Rooftop — Vintage Green is the Upper East Side rooftop that does the harder thing — pairing a genuine view with a kitchen that reportedly takes the cooking seriously, rather than coasting on the terrace alone. The space is described consistently as greenery-draped and polished, the kind of room built for an evening that wants a little lift without leaving the neighbourhood. At a mid-range price point for the area, it positions itself as an accessible occasion restaurant: not a special-trip destination, but the kind of place the neighbourhood returns to when the weather is right and the mood calls for something that feels considered. The menu centers on a small roster of bistro and Mediterranean-leaning plates, and the orders that diners point to most often are the branzino a la plancha and the lobster frites — the two dishes that, by reputation, signal the kitchen's intentions are genuine. The branzino a la plancha is known as the seafood anchor, a classically-minded preparation that reviewers cite as evidence the kitchen isn't simply dressing up a rooftop view with crowd-pleasing shortcuts. The lobster frites carries enough ambition to read as the room's signature splurge. Alongside these, the chicken paillard — reportedly a Bell & Evans bird — is consistently described as a reliable, well-executed everyday plate, and the steak frites holds the bistro line without overreaching. Practically speaking, this is a room that skews better for a date or a small group on a warm evening than for a quick weekday dinner — the terrace is the point, and indoor seating is reportedly a different experience entirely. Reserve ahead and request the rooftop. If the occasion allows, the lobster frites and branzino together are the combination most cited as the case for why this particular rooftop bothers to have a kitchen. View restaurant →
Dagg Thai Restaurant — Here's the thing about a Midtown Thai spot a few steps from Grand Central: it could phone it in and still fill tables off commuter foot traffic. Dagg, open since 2018, mostly doesn't. The name supposedly means eating the warm, friendly way you'd feed close friends, which is a nice story to tell over a two-story room with an actual bar and creative cocktails — not the standard pad-thai-and-fluorescents arrangement. Go for the Dagg Haeng noodle, those QQ rice noodles with peanuts, beans and crispy pork that one reviewer called the best noodle they've ever had. The Pad See Eiw and Pad Thai are the crowd favorites, and the fried whole branzino with turmeric and garlic is the move for a table. Cocktails and full bar make it more of a night out than a takeout grab. The catch: it runs pricey for the genre — entrees around $18, roughly $60 a head. Hit the weekday lunch specials from $17, or the weekend bottomless brunch, and the math gets friendlier. View restaurant →
Jerk House Caribbean Restaurant — Let's be clear about what Jerk House is and isn't. It's not a date-night destination — it's a quick-casual jerk specialist with a handful of NYC outposts (Bronx, Harlem, two in Midtown) built for grabbing a foil-wrapped feast and getting on with your night. The 132 E 56th St location gets called spacious and cozy, but the smart money treats this as a takeout operation with limited seating. The seasoning blend is made in-house from scratch, and it shows in the jerk chicken, which reviewers consistently call tender and juicy with spice that's balanced rather than punishing. That chicken is the #1 most-liked item for a reason — start there at $17.50. If you're feeling flush, the oxtail meal ($26) is the splurge, and the Jerk Chicken Rasta Pasta gives you that creamy-spicy combination that ruins you for plain pasta forever. Portions run generous, prices mostly land between $16.50 and $20.50, and nobody's putting on airs. Exactly what you want at 11pm. View restaurant →
Malii Gramercy — Malii Gramercy occupies the kind of Second Avenue address that doesn't beg for attention, which suits it. The team behind it cut their teeth at Malii Thai Kitchen in East Harlem and When in Bangkok in Flushing, and that street-food lineage shows up in the cooking more than the room. The decor splits the difference between chic and casual — fine for a group, but it doesn't quite seal you off into your own private evening the way a date demands. Tables sit close enough that you'll overhear your neighbor's order. Come for the Lychee Duck Curry, a genuinely sumptuous thing with duck leg, eggplant and bell pepper, or the Clay Pot Rice, the chef's own recommendation. The Tom Kha leans rich, the Pad Thai earns its reputation. Mid-range pricing means you can order generously without flinching, and the $13.95 two-course lunch is a quiet steal. This is a weeknight room — solid, warm, dependable — rather than an anniversary one. Go hungry, go with friends, and let the curry do the talking. View restaurant →
Cloves Indian Cuisine — Cloves Indian Cuisine sits at 66 Madison Ave with a pedigree that deserves attention before you even walk through the door. Consulting Chef Vijay Bhargava carries a three-star New York Times reputation from his tenure at Raga, and Chef de Cuisine Ashish Negi comes up through Utsav — a kitchen that trained him in precision rather than volume. Owner Syed Haider has been building Indian restaurants in New York since the late 1980s, starting at Bombay Palace, and that institutional depth shapes what the room is attempting: mid-range pricing without mid-range ambition. The menu is where Cloves makes its case. The tandoori lamb chops have drawn early and consistent attention from diners — reportedly among the dishes the kitchen is already known for. The lobster masala signals that this is not a room defaulting to the predictable end of an Indian menu; it is a statement preparation at a price point where most kitchens wouldn't bother. Perhaps the most telling choice is the shrimp balchao, a Goan-inflected preparation that appears rarely on Manhattan menus. Its presence here suggests a kitchen with genuine regional range rather than a greatest-hits approach. The samosas round out the picture as a reliable opening — a dish that tells you quickly whether a kitchen is paying attention to the fundamentals. Cloves is the kind of room that rewards a reservation over a walk-in; the combination of chef pedigree and a menu built around considered cooking tends to attract exactly that kind of crowd. Start with the samosas, move to the shrimp balchao for something you are unlikely to find down the block, and anchor the meal with the tandoori lamb chops. View restaurant →
Koyaki — Koyaki is threading a needle that not enough restaurants attempt: a halal kitchen running through a Japanese-Korean framework, committed to both traditions without hedging. This isn't the kind of cross-cultural concept cooked up for a pitch deck — by most accounts, it reads as a place genuinely excited about the overlap between Korean street food sensibility and Japanese technique. The price point sits at the lowest tier, which means the proposition is almost unreasonably good on paper: interesting, specific cooking at prices that don't require a cost-benefit calculation before you order. The menu is short and focused, which tends to be a good sign. The Korean Street Corn is reportedly one of the dishes diners circle back to — it leans into the savory, creamy register that Korean-style corn is known for, and it functions well as an opener alongside the Edamame Cucumber, a simpler plate designed to sit lighter between heavier bites. The Yaki Rice Bowl with Sirloin Steak appears to be the anchor of the whole operation — yaki-style rice bowls are built around the toasted, slightly crisped bottom layer that gives the dish its character, and the sirloin brings the protein weight that makes it a proper meal. The Soba Noodles with Spicy Eggplant run in a different direction: cooler, earthier, with eggplant doing the work that braised vegetables do best in Japanese cooking. The Loaded Fries round out the menu as the kind of addition that makes sense at this price level — straightforward, crowd-pleasing, hard to argue with. Practical approach: two people can reasonably cover the Yaki Rice Bowl, the Soba Noodles, the Korean Street Corn, and still land a comfortable check. Weeknights are the call if you want a calmer room. Don't skip the Loaded Fries — at this price, there's no reason to. View restaurant →
Le Parisien Bakery — A French bakery wedged into West 46th Street, half a block off the Times Square churn — which tells you most of what you need to know about who's at the counter beside you. The room reaches for Parisian café and lands somewhere gentler: small, mostly counter-service, the kind of space where you grab and go rather than linger. Which is the rub for anyone hoping for a date here. There's no real architecture to a night — no second glass, no slow unspooling. You order, you find a seat if you can, you eat your croissant before it cools. And the croissants are flaky in the way that matters, the macarons delicate, the Napoleon a proper layered thing of puff pastry and cream. But the Times Square tax is real: one table reported $98 for four people's coffees and pastries. That's a lot for standing-room intimacy. Come for an afternoon pain au chocolat and an espresso, not for the evening you were planning. Open till midnight, which flatters its ambitions more than its seating does. View restaurant →

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