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8 Best Restaurants in Murray Hill, New York

The best restaurants in Murray Hill, New York — Mediterranean, Breakfast and Korean and more, each rated 4.0★ or higher. Top pick rated 9.8★. Curated by TastyPals.

The best restaurants in murray hill in New York are Mira Mediterranean & Hookah Lounge, Hole In The Wall - Murray Hill, KJUN, and more. Start with Mira Mediterranean & Hookah Lounge if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Priya Sharma•8 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
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8 Best Restaurants in Murray Hill, New York
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#1Mira Mediterranean & Hookah LoungeMediterranean • Murray Hill • value#2Hole In The Wall - Murray HillBreakfast • Murray Hill • value#3KJUNKorean • Murray Hill • value

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants in Murray Hill, 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

Mira Mediterranean & Hookah Lounge
Mediterranean • Murray Hill
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.
Hole In The Wall - Murray Hill
Breakfast • Murray Hill
Hole In The Wall - Murray Hill is a global restaurant in Murray Hill in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
KJUN
Korean • Murray Hill
Murray Hill is nobody's idea of a dining destination, which makes KJUN feel almost like a dare.
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Editorial details
Author: Priya Sharma
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

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  1. 1. Mira Mediterranean & Hookah LoungeView →
  2. 2. Hole In The Wall - Murray HillView →
  3. 3. KJUNView →
  4. 4. ScarpettaView →
  5. 5. Ci SiamoView →
  6. 6. Refinery RooftopView →
  7. 7. Monkey BarView →
  8. 8. The Flatiron Room Murray HillView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Mira Mediterranean & Hookah Lounge
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Mira Mediterranean & Hookah Lounge
Murray Hill • Mediterranean
9.9/10
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value
Best for
dinner
Mood
Murray Hill
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Hole In The Wall - Murray Hill
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Hole In The Wall - Murray Hill
Murray Hill • Breakfast
9.9/10
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Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
Murray Hill
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for KJUN
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KJUN
Murray Hill • Korean
9.9/10
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Price
value
Best for
dinner
Mood
Murray Hill
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Scarpetta
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Scarpetta
Murray Hill • Italian
9.9/10
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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.

8 ranked picks

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 →
KJUN — Murray Hill is nobody's idea of a dining destination, which makes KJUN feel almost like a dare. Chef Jae Jung — a Top Chef alum with time logged at New Orleans institutions Herbsaint and Dooky Chase's — opened this Korean-Cajun hybrid on Lexington Avenue and, by most accounts, made it stick. The two-story space at 334 Lex is reportedly draped in Mardi Gras beads and vintage Jazz Fest posters, with gas-style lanterns setting a moody tone. Downstairs runs like a New Orleans bar — loud, unapologetic — while upstairs is reservations-only and operates at a quieter register. The price point, for a concept this specific, is the kind of cheap that usually signals a catch. The catch, from everything I've been able to gather, doesn't seem to exist. The Japchae Boudin Balls are what KJUN is consistently known for, and the logic behind them is worth understanding: boudin is already a high-efficiency sausage, and threading Korean glass noodles through it reportedly gives the filling a springy interior beneath a crisp fried shell. The Seafood Jjajangmyun centers on the combination of squid ink and jjajang sauce — a pairing diners describe as simultaneously oceanic and deeply savory, the fermented backbone of the jjajang anchoring the brine of the seafood. The Fried Chicken, marinated in gochujang and buttermilk and reportedly fried twice, arrives alongside cast-iron cornbread and a honey-based sauce that regulars describe as the kind of finish that makes the whole menu feel intentional rather than gimmicky. Practical note: book upstairs if the goal is actual conversation; walk in downstairs if you want the bar experience and don't mind waiting. The boudin balls and jjajangmyun are the opening moves — let the fried chicken close it out. At this price level, ordering for the table costs less than a single cocktail at most bars within walking distance, so there's no reason to edit yourself. View restaurant →

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Refinery Rooftop — Let's be clear about what Refinery Rooftop is actually selling: Empire State Building views through a retractable glass roof, set inside an industrial-chic room of vaulted brick and warm wood that reportedly sidesteps the generic rooftop-bar aesthetic more successfully than most. Three consecutive USA Today wins for America's #1 Rooftop Bar signal that the room consistently delivers on its central promise — and that promise is occasion, full stop. This is where you bring the friend visiting from out of town who needs to see New York the way it's supposed to look, or where a post-work drink accidentally turns into a full evening because nobody wanted to be the first to leave when the sky went orange and the glass roof was open. The kitchen, operating at a price point that won't cause cardiac arrest, keeps things in crowd-pleasing territory — which is exactly the right read for a room where the view is doing the heavy lifting. The Guac & Chips is what regulars point to first, reportedly bright and acid-forward rather than the refrigerator-cold afterthought that haunts lesser rooftop programs. The Hummus holds down the bar-snack corner reliably. The Grilled Chicken Panini is known for punching at its price, and the Chips + Cheese Dip is the kind of shareable that diners consistently report disappearing faster than anyone planned for. The Three Cookies To-Go on the menu tells you exactly how the kitchen reads the crowd — people here want to feel good, not challenged. Practical reality: book a rooftop deck table specifically, not just bar access, and reserve at least 48 hours out — walk-in lines on weekends are indifferent to hunger and optimism alike. Aim for arrival before sunset. That's when the glass roof does what it's supposed to do, and everything else becomes the excuse to stay. View restaurant →
Monkey Bar — Murray Hill doesn't collect much editorial ink, and Monkey Bar is the kind of place that makes you wonder why critics keep bypassing the neighborhood. What stands out in researched accounts isn't the room hedging with a safety menu — it's the deliberate range of the thing. Truffle Monkey Bread alongside King Crab Rangoon alongside Otoro Tartare with Caviar: on paper that reads like a fever dream, but the consistent word from diners is that the confidence of the lineup makes you lean in rather than squint. The crowd reportedly skews young-ish and money-adjacent without tipping into stuffiness, and at a price-one level for cooking this ambitious, it seems to pull off something genuinely rare — a menu with real range that doesn't require a painful reckoning with the bill. The dishes that keep coming up in the conversation about Monkey Bar are telling. The King Crab Rangoon is known for reframing a takeout staple with enough actual crab that it reads as the real thing rather than filler. The Truffle Monkey Bread is described as pull-apart excess — aromatic, glossy, the kind of shareable that reportedly disappears before the table has fully agreed to order it. The Otoro Tartare with Caviar is where the menu signals it's operating at a different register entirely; fatty tuna and cold caviar is a combination that reads like a flex on paper and apparently delivers on it based on consistent diner reports. The 16oz Dry-Aged New York Strip anchors the heavier end of the menu — blunt and unapologetically beefy — while the Lobster Spaghetti is consistently described as decadent without crossing into heavy. Book for a Thursday if you can swing it, and if the layout allows, the bar area is reportedly where the room reads best. A practical order based on what diners flag most: start with the Rangoon and Monkey Bread, run the Otoro Tartare as a middle course, then split the Lobster Spaghetti and call the Strip based on your mood. That sequence covers the menu's full argument in one sitting. View restaurant →

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