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6 Best Restaurants in Fort Greene, New York

The best restaurants in Fort Greene, New York — Thai, Italian and Mediterranean and more, each rated 4.0★ or higher. Top pick rated 9.8★. Curated by TastyPals.

The best restaurants in fort greene in New York are Glin Thai Bistro, SUKH, Evelina, and more. Start with Glin Thai Bistro if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Priya Sharma•6 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
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6 Best Restaurants in Fort Greene, New York
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Top picks at a glance

#1Glin Thai BistroThai • Fort Greene • moderate#2SUKHThai • Fort Greene • moderate#3EvelinaItalian • Fort Greene • moderate

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants in Fort Greene, New York. Whether you're a local or visiting the neighbourhood for the first time, these picks give you a reliable starting point sorted by quality and review depth.

Quick picks

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.
SUKH
Thai • Fort Greene
Fort Greene does not need another Thai restaurant running through the Bangkok-greatest-hits routine, and Sukh — opened in 2023 by the team behind Prospect Heights' Nourish — has no interest in bein…
Evelina
Italian • Fort Greene
Evelina is a italian restaurant in Fort Greene in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Editorial details
Author: Priya Sharma
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Glin Thai BistroView →
  2. 2. SUKHView →
  3. 3. EvelinaView →
  4. 4. OleaView →
  5. 5. Colonia VerdeView →
  6. 6. Walter'sView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Glin Thai Bistro
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Glin Thai Bistro
Fort Greene • Thai
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
dinner
Mood
Fort Greene
SUKH
Fort Greene • Thai
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
dinner
Mood
Fort Greene
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Evelina
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Evelina
Fort Greene • Italian
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
dinner
Mood
Fort Greene
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Olea
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Olea
Fort Greene • Mediterranean
9.9/10
TastyPals Score
Price
moderate
Best for
dinner
Mood
Fort Greene

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.

6 ranked picks

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 →
SUKH — Fort Greene does not need another Thai restaurant running through the Bangkok-greatest-hits routine, and Sukh — opened in 2023 by the team behind Prospect Heights' Nourish — has no interest in being one. The concept here is specific and committed: Thai train station food, the kind hawked from platform carts in Phuket and Chiang Mai, given a proper table in Brooklyn. The room reportedly reflects that thesis with dark-stained wooden benches, linen-covered windows, and old leather luggage mounted on the walls. The menu, printed like a vintage newspaper, annotates dishes with their regional origins in a way that reads more food anthropology than marketing. At price level two, that seriousness of intent comes without the bill that usually accompanies it. The dishes Sukh is known for reward straying from the familiar. The Hor Mok — a steamed branzino custard with crab — is consistently cited as a showcase of the kitchen's commitment to traditional technique, a preparation that prioritizes precision over accessibility. The Gai Tod Nam Pla has built a reputation as fish-sauce-brined fried chicken that diners describe as a different category from standard versions. The Kang Keaw Wan Gai is reportedly a green curry that earns its color, while the Sukh Pad Thai represents the kitchen's take on the canonical noodle dish within this more regionally grounded context. The Pla Tod Samun Prai — herb-fried fish — is frequently described as one of the menu's most aromatic plates, grounded in market-style Bangkok cooking. Regulars reportedly anchor their meals in the smaller plates before moving to mains, with the Hor Mok and Gai Tod Nam Pla together forming a strong opening. Weeknights are said to offer a more focused room; weekends fill the benches quickly. Bring a group of four, plan to order broadly, and book ahead. View restaurant →

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Olea — Fort Greene has been quietly accumulating restaurants that feel like they belong to the neighborhood rather than to a moment, and Olea reads as the clearest example of that. The menu centers on Mediterranean-inflected cooking that takes plant-forward dishes seriously without turning them into a statement — a posture that, based on consistent reporting from the room, holds across both brunch and lunch services. The price point sits at genuinely accessible for the borough, which means Olea functions as an actual neighborhood anchor rather than a destination that prices out the people who live two blocks away. That accessibility, combined with a menu that reportedly satisfies both committed omnivores and the vegetable-first crowd at the same table, is why the room draws the kind of regulars that accumulate rather than cycle through. The kitchen's reputation is sharpest at the edges of the meal. The Spicy Cauliflower Pickles are known for the kind of briny, assertive opening that resets the palate before anything more substantial arrives — diners consistently cite them as a non-negotiable start. The Gilda Skewers draw on the Basque pintxo tradition, a format built around the balance of brine and fat, and the menu positions them as a natural companion to the pickles. At brunch, the Tsoureki Greek French Toast is the dish people reference most: it takes the enriched, slightly sweet bread central to Greek Easter baking and reportedly transforms it into something custardy and substantial enough to justify rearranging your morning. The Cretan Cookies close the meal on a note that reinforces the Mediterranean throughline with what reads as genuine intention. Practical notes worth knowing: weekday brunch is reportedly less pressured than weekends, when walk-in patience is genuinely tested. The Olea Beef Sandwich is the lunch anchor if you're going midday. The move, based on what regulars describe: open with the Spicy Cauliflower Pickles and Gilda Skewers, let the Tsoureki Greek French Toast carry brunch, and close with the Cretan Cookies. Book ahead for weekend brunch. View restaurant →
Colonia Verde — Fort Greene does not lack for ambition, but Colonia Verde does something the borough's more congratulated rooms routinely fumble: it holds a specific culinary geography and refuses to let it blur. The menu centers on Latin American cooking refracted through a contemporary Brooklyn lens — Brazilian moqueca sitting beside Peruvian-inflected aguachile, the Picanha anchoring the protein section with the kind of confidence that comes from committing to a tradition rather than gesturing at it. At a mid-range price point, the room is reportedly the kind of place where people linger, and the demographic that has developed opinions about Fort Greene seems to have claimed it accordingly. The Aguachile de Camarón is widely cited as the right place to start — an assertive, brine-forward preparation that the kitchen is known for calibrating toward genuine coastal heat rather than spectacle. The Squash Moqueca draws consistent attention as the dish that converts skeptics: the coconut-and-dendê base is the engine of Brazilian moqueca tradition, and diners consistently report that it holds its own against the meat-forward options. The Picanha, Brazil's prized fat-capped cut that American steakhouse culture largely overlooked until recently, is handled here with the fat cap intact — a detail that signals the kitchen understands why the cut matters. The Cast Iron Blackened Pork Chop is known for serious crust rather than superficial caramelization, and the Trout Ceviche rounds out the cold-side offerings for a spread that, ordered collectively, maps a significant range of Latin American technique. The practical move: come as a group of four, lead with the Aguachile de Camarón and Trout Ceviche as shared openers, then anchor the table with the Picanha and Squash Moqueca. Thursday and Sunday are the reported sweet spots for avoiding weekend waits — and ask specifically about the back garden when it's in season. View restaurant →

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