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Caribbean•Upper West Side•value
Bar Manje
Bar Manje is an easy caribbean option in Upper West Side in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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10.0
Based on 70 reviews
Best Restaurants in Upper West Side, New York: 19 Picks for 2026
Restaurants in Upper West Side, New York — sorted by rating and curated by TastyPals.
Dining in Upper West Side, New York.
19 restaurantsAvg rating 9.4Updated July 2026
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Mediterranean•Upper West Side•moderate
Florentin
Florentin takes its name from the bohemian Tel Aviv neighbourhood and its cooking philosophy from a wider Mediterranean arc — French, Italian, Greek and Middle Eastern influences pulled into a single coherent kitchen.
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9.8
Based on 393 reviews
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Mediterranean•Upper West Side•moderate
Dagon
Dagon has arrived on the Upper West Side as something the neighbourhood rarely produces: a genuinely ambitious Israeli and Eastern Mediterranean kitchen that diners are treating as a destination rather than a convenience.
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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9.6
Based on 2433 reviews
4
Contemporary•Upper West Side•moderate
Pig and Khao
Pig and Khao suits a night out in Upper West Side when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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9.6
Based on 1338 reviews
5
Halal•Upper West Side•value
Halal Chicks and Platters
Halal Chicks and Platters is a halal restaurant in Upper West Side in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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9.6
Based on 790 reviews
6
American•Upper West Side•moderate
Westville Upper West Side
Westville has built a quiet reputation across Manhattan for market-vegetable-forward American cooking that treats the side dish as the actual star of the meal, and its Upper West Side location carries that philosophy with the same casual…
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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9.6
Based on 443 reviews
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Seafood•Upper West Side•splurge
The Shell Seafood Kitchen & Bar
The Shell Seafood Kitchen & Bar arrived on Amsterdam Avenue with a clear point of view: Mediterranean-inflected seafood — Italian, French, and Spanish in its bones — served with the kind of hospitality that co-founder Val Crovetto has bu…
seafooddinnerupscale
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9.6
Based on 268 reviews
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French•Upper West Side•moderate
French Roast
French Roast on the Upper West Side has built its reputation not on ambition but on something rarer: consistency.
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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9.4
Based on 4181 reviews
9
Italian•Upper West Side•moderate
Canto Upper West Side
The Upper West Side has long had an identity problem — too residential for downtown ambition, too genteel to court the scene.
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9.4
Based on 970 reviews
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Spanish•Upper West Side•moderate
Tasca NYC
Tasca NYC is not competing with the tapas density of downtown Manhattan, and that restraint appears to be the point.
small platesdinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 459 reviews
11
Seafood•Upper West Side•moderate
The Mermaid Inn Upper West Side
The Mermaid Inn's return to the Upper West Side — this iteration at 335 Columbus Ave — carries the particular weight of a neighborhood actually wanting something back.
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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9.4
Based on 378 reviews
12
American•Upper West Side•moderate
The Grand Feast
At 854 Amsterdam Avenue, where Cafe Roma once held court between 101st and 102nd streets, Chef Jose and maître d' Felipe have built something the Upper West Side quietly needed: a family-run room organized around the classical French and…
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9.4
Based on 221 reviews
13
Caribbean•Upper West Side•value
Patrick's on the Hill
Patrick's on the Hill is a caribbean restaurant in Upper West Side in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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9.4
Based on 81 reviews
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American•Upper West Side•moderate
The Wolfe
The Wolfe is a american pick in Upper West Side in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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9.2
Based on 260 reviews
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American•Upper West Side•moderate
Jacob's Pickles
Jacob's Pickles is not trying to compete with the destination restaurants that migrate uptown on reputation alone — it is trying to be a neighborhood institution, and by most accounts it has succeeded on those precise terms.
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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9.0
Based on 7404 reviews
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American•Upper West Side•moderate
Maison Pickle
Maison Pickle is the Upper West Side doing what it does best when it stops apologizing for not being downtown: leaning into comfort with full conviction and zero irony.
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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9.0
Based on 3697 reviews
17
Ethiopian•Upper West Side•moderate
Massawa
Massawa is a sensible ethiopian call in Upper West Side in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
group dinnerdinnerspicy
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9.0
Based on 758 reviews
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American•Upper West Side•moderate
The Smith
The Smith suits a night out in Upper West Side when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff. If Unable to identify signature dishes is your kind of order, that is a good sign.
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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8.8
Based on 5476 reviews
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American•Upper West Side•moderate
The Milling Room
The Milling Room is a american pick in Upper West Side in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
UWS dinnerfamily dinnerdinner
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8.8
Based on 1072 reviews
Common questions about dining in Upper West Side
What are the best restaurants in Upper West Side, New York?
The top restaurants in Upper West Side include Bar Manje, Florentin, Dagon. TastyPals curates these picks based on Google ratings and editorial judgment.
What is the highest-rated restaurant in Upper West Side?
Bar Manje is among the highest-rated restaurants in Upper West Side with a 10.0 Google rating across 70 reviews.
TastyPals curates picks based on Google ratings, community reviews, and editorial judgment. Learn how we choose →
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