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Ethiopian•Flatiron•moderate
Cafe Massawa
Cafe Massawa is an easy ethiopian option in Flatiron in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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10.0
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Best Group Dinner Restaurants in New York: 124 Picks for 2026
The city dinners best suited for wider ordering, bigger tables, and plans that want movement.
124 restaurantsAvg rating 9.2Updated July 2026
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Top picks for group dinner in New York
Fast answers for diners searching for group dinner restaurants in New York. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.
Cafe Massawa
#1 pick
Cafe Massawa
Ethiopian | Flatiron | moderate
Strong pick for group dinner.
O2 Hot Stone BBQ House - Koreatown NYC
#2 pick
O2 Hot Stone BBQ House - Koreatown NYC
Korean | Koreatown | moderate
Known for Seafood Pancake.
#3 pick
Isla & Co - Williamsburg
Brunch | Williamsburg | moderate
Strong pick for brooklyn night out.
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Korean•Koreatown•moderate
O2 Hot Stone BBQ House - Koreatown NYC
O2 Hot Stone BBQ House - Koreatown NYC is a korean restaurant in Koreatown in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room. Seafood Pancake and Popcorn Chicken also give you a decent sense of the menu.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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10.0
Based on 75 reviews
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Brunch•Williamsburg•moderate
Isla & Co - Williamsburg
Isla & Co - Williamsburg is an easy contemporary option in Williamsburg in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnercool
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9.8
Based on 1802 reviews
4
Greek•Astoria•value
Mimoza Restaurant & Lounge
Mimoza Restaurant Lounge is making a case that Astoria's 30th Avenue corridor still has room to surprise you — not through reinvention, but through the kind of stubborn regional specificity that most gastropubs abandon the moment they in…
dinnergroup dinnergreek
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9.8
Based on 557 reviews
5
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Mediterranean•Lower East Side•moderate
Motek West Village
Motek has built a reputation as one of downtown New York's more confident rooms for Israeli and Eastern Mediterranean cooking — polished without being precious, and priced at a level that doesn't punish you for ordering the way the menu…
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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9.8
Based on 349 reviews
6
Ethiopian•New York•moderate
Addey Ababa
Washington Heights doesn't need another Ethiopian restaurant that plays it safe, and Addey Ababa doesn't offer one.
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9.8
Based on 269 reviews
7
Japanese•Lower East Side•moderate
Kaki
Kaki is the kind of japanese room in Lower East Side you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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9.8
Based on 221 reviews
8
Greek•SoHo•value
Selene
Selene is a sensible greek call in SoHo in New York when you want something that usually lands well. Grilled Octopus and Sea Scallops also give you a decent sense of the menu.
group dinnerdinnergreek
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9.8
Based on 54 reviews
9
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Mexican•New York•value
LOS TACOS No.1
Los Tacos No.
Tacoscasual nightgroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 15500 reviews
10
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American•Lower East Side•moderate
Essex
Essex has operated as a reliable anchor of Lower East Side dining for years, and its reputation rests on a straightforward premise: a roomy, energetic American room that knows how to run a high-volume service without the wheels coming off.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 8874 reviews
11
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Chinese•Flushing•moderate
GAN-HOO BBQ
GAN-HOO BBQ is a dependable chinese option in Flushing that a lot of diners already know and return to.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.6
Based on 5796 reviews
12
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Italian•Chelsea•moderate
Da Andrea Chelsea
Da Andrea has spent years building a reputation as Chelsea's most reliable answer for Emilia-Romagna cooking — the pasta-forward, northern Italian tradition that prioritizes technique and generosity over trend-chasing.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 1962 reviews
13
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Mexican•New York•value
Taqueria by El Prieto NYC
Taqueria by El Prieto NYC is a mexican restaurant in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Tacoscasual nightgroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 1432 reviews
14
Ethiopian•New York•moderate
RAS Plant Based
RAS Plant Based is a ethiopian restaurant 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 1361 reviews
15
Korean•Williamsburg•moderate
Sungold
Sungold arrives in Williamsburg at an interesting intersection: Korean technique and Japanese sensibility, both organized around live fire.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 1279 reviews
16
Mexican•New York•value
Cuerno
Cuerno occupies the cavernous bones of the Time-Life Building at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, and by most accounts it pulls off something Midtown rarely attempts: convincing you the neighborhood outside doesn't exist.
Tacoscasual nightgroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 1233 reviews
17
Italian•Chelsea•moderate
Lulla NYC
Lulla NYC is the kind of italian room in Chelsea you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 937 reviews
18
Greek•Park Slope•value
Tziki
Tziki opened in Chelsea in 2024 with a founding story that's worth paying attention to: four friends with roots in Athens, Chios, Kefalonia, and Cyprus decided the city needed souvlaki done the way Athens has been doing it since 1924, th…
group dinnerdinnergreek
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9.6
Based on 692 reviews
19
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Greek•Astoria•value
Fresco’s Grand Cantina
Fresco's Grand Cantina isn't trying to blend into Astoria's established Greek-and-Mediterranean corridor — it's doing something deliberately louder and more inclusive.
dinnergroup dinnergreek
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9.6
Based on 670 reviews
20
Korean•Koreatown•moderate
Seoul BAP
Seoul Bap arrives on K-town's 32nd Street corridor with a clear point of view: this is not a greatest-hits Korean kitchen calibrated for the tourist gaze.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.6
Based on 661 reviews
21
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Contemporary•Williamsburg•moderate
Santa Fe BK
Santa Fe BK is doing something genuinely rare in Brooklyn: it's transplanting New Mexico's deeply regional food culture — the Christmas-style chiles, the hand-pressed flour tortillas, the sopapillas — into Williamsburg with co-owner John…
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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9.6
Based on 644 reviews
22
Ethiopian•New York•moderate
Benyam
Benyam is a Harlem Ethiopian restaurant that positions itself as something more than a place to eat — it's a statement about Black creative life on the northern end of Manhattan.
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9.6
Based on 447 reviews
23
Chinese•Chinatown•value
Bao Noodle House 包之面
Bao Noodle House sits at the edge of Chinatown on Bowery doing something the neighborhood's newer arrivals rarely attempt: cooking Fujianese-rooted food without softening it for outside audiences.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 375 reviews
24
Chinese•Chinatown•value
Grandma’s Dumpling House
Grandma's Dumpling House, tucked into 24 Pell Street in the heart of Chinatown, is doing something specific and deliberate: Northern Chinese dumplings made by hand, wrapper by wrapper, without machines and without shortcuts.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.6
Based on 292 reviews
25
Ethiopian•Greenpoint•moderate
Bersi Ethiopian Restaurant
Bersi is, first and foremost, a plant-forward Ethiopian kitchen built around a genuine point of view rather than a compromise position.
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9.6
Based on 233 reviews
26
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Korean•Koreatown•moderate
miss KOREA BBQ
Twenty-two years into its run on West 32nd Street, Miss Korea BBQ has become the room other Koreatown spots are quietly measured against — not because it chases trends, but because it doesn't.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.4
Based on 18973 reviews
27
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Mexican•Chelsea•moderate
LOS TACOS No.1
Los Tacos No.1 opened inside Chelsea Market in 2013, founded by Tijuana native Christian Pineda alongside two California collaborators who were, by all accounts, genuinely frustrated by the state of tacos in New York City.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 5340 reviews
28
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Mexican•New York•value
Amor Loco
Amor Loco operates at a price point that makes it genuinely accessible rather than transactional — rare for New York, rarer still for a Mexican kitchen that appears to be cooking with real conviction rather than performing a broadly pala…
Tacoscasual nightgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 5223 reviews
29
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Mexican•Chelsea•value
Mamasita Bar & Grill
Mamasita Bar & Grill keeps showing up in the right conversations in Chelsea when people want a reliable mexican plan.
Tacoscasual nightgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 5060 reviews
30
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Contemporary•Williamsburg•moderate
Fandi Mata
Fandi Mata suits a night out in Williamsburg when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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9.4
Based on 4457 reviews
31
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French•Chelsea•moderate
LOULOU
LOULOU is doing something quietly radical in a neighborhood that defaults to either art-world expense-account dining or fast-casual grab-and-go: it's making French-leaning contemporary food feel genuinely personal.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 4355 reviews
32
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Greek•New York•value
Shuka
Shuka is a sensible greek call in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
group dinnerdinnergreek
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9.4
Based on 4257 reviews
33
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Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Mountain House Flushing 川山甲
Mountain House Flushing 川山甲 is an easy chinese option in Flushing in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.4
Based on 2803 reviews
34
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Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Jiang Nan Flushing
Jiang Nan Flushing is a sensible chinese call in Flushing in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.4
Based on 2484 reviews
35
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Ethiopian•Flushing•moderate
Bunna Cafe
Bunna Cafe is an easy ethiopian option in Flushing in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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9.4
Based on 1969 reviews
36
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Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Shoo Loong Kan
Shoo Loong Kan operates with a specific kind of institutional confidence — the quiet kind that comes from a Chengdu-born chain that knows its audience and doesn't negotiate on the fundamentals.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.4
Based on 1708 reviews
37
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Chinese•Flushing•moderate
CHELI FLUSHING浙里
CHELI FLUSHING浙里 is an easy chinese option in Flushing in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.4
Based on 1663 reviews
38
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Greek•Astoria•value
Inca Paisa Restaurant Astoria
Inca Paisa on Broadway is doing something Astoria genuinely needed: holding two culinary identities — Colombian and Peruvian — in the same room without collapsing either into a greatest-hits approximation.
dinnergroup dinnergreek
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9.4
Based on 1547 reviews
39
Peruvian•New York•moderate
Tumi Peruvian Restaurant NYC
Tumi Peruvian Restaurant NYC is a peruvian restaurant in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
seafooddinnergroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 1206 reviews
40
Chinese•Chinatown•value
Jin Mei Dumpling
Jin Mei Dumpling is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 1159 reviews
41
Greek•New York•value
White Olive
White Olive is a greek restaurant in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
group dinnerdinnergreek
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9.4
Based on 965 reviews
42
Mexican•Chelsea•value
Taqueria On Tenth
Chelsea has no shortage of tacos, but Taqueria On Tenth is doing something the neighborhood's brunch-and-boutique corridor rarely bothers with: operating at a single-dollar-sign price point that actually respects the tradition it draws f…
Tacoscasual nightgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 688 reviews
43
Peruvian•New York•moderate
Harlemite Peruvian Cuisine
Harlemite Peruvian Cuisine occupies a specific and necessary lane on Lenox Avenue in Central Harlem — a traditional Peruvian kitchen helmed by Chef Gabriel in a neighborhood where that culinary tradition is rare, planting ají pepper heat…
seafooddinnergroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 593 reviews
44
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Italian•Lower East Side•moderate
Taverna Di Bacco
Taverna Di Bacco is running a quietly subversive operation on the Lower East Side: a contemporary Italian-inflected kitchen at a price point that, by all accounts, refuses to make you feel like you compromised.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 572 reviews
45
Chinese•Chinatown•value
Fu Zhou Wei Zhong Wei Jia Xiang Feng Wei
Fu Zhou Wei Zhong Wei Jia Xiang Feng Wei is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 521 reviews
46
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American•Lower East Side•moderate
BETTY
Betty lands on the Lower East Side as the kind of contemporary room the neighborhood keeps promising and rarely delivers — grown-up without being airless, convivial without leaning on irony.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 518 reviews
47
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Korean•Koreatown•moderate
Oncheon NYC
Koreatown on 32nd Street runs on volume — the BBQ joints, karaoke staircases, late-night tofu soup spots keeping the block humming past midnight.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.4
Based on 490 reviews
48
Chinese•Chinatown•value
North Dumpling 北方锅贴
North Dumpling 北方锅贴 is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 371 reviews
49
French•Lower East Side•moderate
Le Jardin Bistro NYC
Le Jardin Bistro's move from Cleveland Place — where it held court for over 27 years as a SoHo institution — to 95 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side is one of the more consequential relocations in recent New York French dining.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 289 reviews
50
Greek•New York•value
Gaia Restaurant
Gaia Restaurant is a sensible greek call in New York when you want something that usually lands well. Hamachi Crudo and Octopus also give you a decent sense of the menu.
group dinnerdinnergreek
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9.4
Based on 264 reviews
51
Peruvian•New York•moderate
INKAICO Peruvian Kitchen
At 447 Bergen St in the Slope-adjacent stretch of Brooklyn, INKAICO Peruvian Kitchen plants its flag as something specific: a Latino-owned room where Chef Miguel Aguilar — Lima-born, Bobby Flay-trained, and carrying genuine family legacy…
seafooddinnergroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 245 reviews
52
Chinese•Chinatown•value
Phoenix Palace
Phoenix Palace landed at 85 Bowery as a sister concept to Potluck Club, and by most accounts it arrived without the usual hedging of a new opening.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 244 reviews
53
Greek•Astoria•value
Porta 23
Porta 23 opened in 2023 on 23rd Avenue with a premise that still reads as genuinely unusual for Astoria's Greek-heavy dining corridor: a kitchen that threads New American cooking through a distinctly Brazilian sensibility, landing somewh…
dinnergroup dinnergreek
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9.4
Based on 188 reviews
54
Ethiopian•New York•moderate
Awaze
Awaze arrives in New York with a focused ambition: to bring Ethiopian cooking to a mid-price audience without flattening its edges.
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9.4
Based on 149 reviews
55
Greek•New York•value
Delos Greek Restaurant
Delos Greek Restaurant is an easy greek option in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation. TARAMOSALATA and HTAPODI also give you a decent sense of the menu.
group dinnerdinnergreek
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9.4
Based on 127 reviews
56
Peruvian•New York•moderate
Brasa Peruvian Kitchen
Brasa Peruvian Kitchen is an easy peruvian option in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation. Tuna Ceviche and Spicy Mango Shrimp also give you a decent sense of the menu.
seafooddinnergroup dinner
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9.4
Based on 109 reviews
57
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Contemporary•Chelsea•moderate
Chelsea Market
Chelsea Market is a contemporary pick in Chelsea in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 51821 reviews
58
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Greek•Astoria•value
Taverna Kyclades Astoria
Taverna Kyclades has held down a block on 31st Avenue in Astoria long enough that its reputation no longer requires any marketing.
dinnergroup dinnergreek
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9.2
Based on 5229 reviews
59
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Mexican•New York•value
Vida Verde - Tequila Bar
Vida Verde Tequila Bar on West 55th Street is not positioning itself as a neighborhood taqueria, and the space makes that clear before you've ordered a drink.
Tacoscasual nightgroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 4279 reviews
60
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Peruvian•Upper East Side•moderate
Mission Ceviche
Mission Ceviche is a sensible peruvian call in Upper East Side in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
seafooddinnergroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 4268 reviews
61
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Korean•New York•moderate
BIB GOURMAND
Cho Dang Gol
Cho Dang Gol occupies a specific and deliberate position in Koreatown that is worth understanding before you book.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.2
Based on 3132 reviews
62
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Chinese•Chinatown•value
Shu Jiao Fu Zhou
Shu Jiao Fu Zhou is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 3060 reviews
63
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Chinese•Flushing•moderate
JUQI
JUQI is a sensible chinese call in Flushing in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.2
Based on 2538 reviews
64
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Korean•Koreatown•moderate
Anytime Kitchen
Anytime Kitchen is a sensible korean call in Koreatown in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.2
Based on 2414 reviews
65
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Greek•New York•value
Skinos
Skinos occupies a genuinely unusual position in the Financial District — a Greek restaurant steps from One World Trade Center at 123 Washington Street that seems to function equally well as a neighborhood regular and a full-scale celebra…
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9.2
Based on 1906 reviews
66
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Italian•Chelsea•moderate
Zia Maria Chelsea
Zia Maria Chelsea has figured out something that most Italian-adjacent spots in this city fumble repeatedly: restraint is not timidity.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 1711 reviews
67
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Chinese•Chinatown•value
1915 Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles & Dumplings
1915 Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles & Dumplings is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 1575 reviews
68
Greek•New York•value
Avra Rockefeller Center
Avra Rockefeller Center is a greek restaurant in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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9.2
Based on 1146 reviews
69
Latin American•Williamsburg•moderate
Tabare Williamsburg
Tabare is doing something Williamsburg has needed for a long time: treating Uruguayan food as the main event rather than an asterisk on a pan-Latin menu.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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9.2
Based on 1112 reviews
70
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Peruvian•New York•moderate
Artesano
What Artesano seems to understand — and what separates it from a lot of Peruvian restaurants working New York right now — is that the cuisine demands range.
seafooddinnergroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 1020 reviews
71
Greek•New York•value
Pylos
Pylos is a greek restaurant in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
group dinnerdinnergreek
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9.2
Based on 845 reviews
72
Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Alley 41 蜀巷
Alley 41 sits on a side street off Flushing's Main Street by design — the owner modeled the space on the narrow lanes of his Sichuan hometown, and that intention carries through into the architecture.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.2
Based on 832 reviews
73
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Mexican•New York•value
LOLITA
Lolita is not trying to be New York's definitive taqueria, and that restraint is precisely what makes it interesting.
Tacoscasual nightgroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 602 reviews
74
Ethiopian•New York•moderate
Haile
Haile is making a case that deserves attention: Ethiopian cooking, practiced with conviction and without softened edges, represents some of the most genuinely communal dining available in New York right now.
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9.2
Based on 566 reviews
75
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Greek•Astoria•value
Truth Restaurant Astoria
Truth Restaurant Astoria is a greek restaurant in Astoria in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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9.2
Based on 441 reviews
76
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Greek•Astoria•value
Tootles & French
Tootles & French is a sensible greek call in Astoria in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
dinnergroup dinnergreek
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9.2
Based on 354 reviews
77
Ethiopian•New York•moderate
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
Lalibela has built a reputation as the Ethiopian restaurant for people who are done approximating the experience — and the distinction matters.
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9.2
Based on 343 reviews
78
Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Chuan Bistro 三杯叙
Chuan Bistro 三杯叙 is a sensible chinese call in Flushing in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.2
Based on 340 reviews
79
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Italian•Lower East Side•moderate
Fossetta
Fossetta is a italian pick in Lower East Side in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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9.2
Based on 195 reviews
80
Korean•Koreatown•moderate
TAL Bistro & Bar | Koreatown NYC
TAL Bistro & Bar is worth tracking if you care about what happens when a NYC nightlife operation decides to take food seriously.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.2
Based on 194 reviews
81
Peruvian•New York•moderate
Nuyores
Nuyores is a peruvian restaurant in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
seafooddinnergroup dinner
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9.2
Based on 135 reviews
82
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Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Nan Xiang Soup Dumplings - Flushing
Nan Xiang Soup Dumplings - Flushing is a dependable chinese option in Flushing that a lot of diners already know and return to.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.0
Based on 7117 reviews
83
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Korean•Koreatown•moderate
Jongro BBQ
Jongro BBQ is a dependable korean option in Koreatown that a lot of diners already know and return to.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.0
Based on 5514 reviews
84
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Middle Eastern•Park Slope•moderate
ilili NoMad
ilili NoMad is the kind of middle eastern room in Park Slope you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Shared platesgroup dinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 4226 reviews
85
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Indian•New York•moderate
BIB GOURMAND
Dhamaka
Dhamaka has built a reputation in New York precisely by refusing to make Indian food legible to a midtown palate.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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9.0
Based on 3683 reviews
86
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Chinese•Chinatown•value
Shanghai 21
Shanghai 21 is a sensible chinese call in Chinatown in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.0
Based on 3463 reviews
87
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American•Chelsea•moderate
Cookshop
Cookshop suits a night out in Chelsea when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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9.0
Based on 3246 reviews
88
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Korean•Koreatown•moderate
Woorijip
Woorijip doesn't ask you to sit down and be taken care of — it asks you to grab a tray, make decisions fast, and eat like you mean it.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.0
Based on 3033 reviews
89
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Korean•Koreatown•moderate
Her Name is Han
Her Name is Han is an easy korean option in Koreatown in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Korean BBQgroup dinnerlate night
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9.0
Based on 2837 reviews
90
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Chinese•Chinatown•value
Uncle Lou 快樂人
Uncle Lou 快樂人 is an easy chinese option in Chinatown in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.0
Based on 2621 reviews
91
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Greek•Astoria•value
Mom's Kitchen & Bar
Mom's Kitchen & Bar is an easy greek option in Astoria in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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9.0
Based on 2575 reviews
92
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Middle Eastern•New York•moderate
Au Za'atar - Midtown East
Au Za'atar in Midtown East is doing something quietly radical for the neighborhood: it's positioning Lebanese breakfast and brunch as a destination in their own right, not a secondary offering bolted onto a dinner menu.
Shared platesgroup dinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 2518 reviews
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Mediterranean•Chelsea•moderate
Jack's Wife Freda
Jack's Wife Freda 2 in Chelsea operates in a register that's genuinely rare: a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern-inflected room that doesn't announce itself as a concept or lean on the kind of consulting-chef theatrics that tend to age po…
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9.0
Based on 2428 reviews
94
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Peruvian•New York•moderate
Kausa
Kausa is an easy peruvian option in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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9.0
Based on 1795 reviews
95
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Greek•Astoria•value
The Bonnie
The Bonnie is an easy greek option in Astoria in New York to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinnergroup dinnergreek
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9.0
Based on 1682 reviews
96
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Italian•Williamsburg•moderate
Aurora Brooklyn
Aurora Brooklyn is the kind of italian room in Williamsburg you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 1601 reviews
97
Italian•Chelsea•moderate
Bocca di Bacco Chelsea
Bocca di Bacco Chelsea is the kind of italian room in Chelsea you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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9.0
Based on 1328 reviews
98
Google
Chinese•Chinatown•value
King Dumplings
King Dumplings is a sensible chinese call in Chinatown in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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9.0
Based on 1149 reviews
99
American•Williamsburg•moderate
Sweetwater
Sweetwater lands in a Williamsburg landscape crowded with rooms that seem more interested in their own concept than in the people sitting inside them.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 1024 reviews
100
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Greek•Astoria•value
Sotto la Luna
Sotto la Luna is a sensible greek call in Astoria in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
dinnergroup dinnergreek
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9.0
Based on 899 reviews
101
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
102
Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Nong Geng Ji 农耕记 · 湖南菜
Nong Geng Ji 农耕记 · 湖南菜 is a sensible chinese call in Flushing in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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9.0
Based on 265 reviews
103
Google
Steakhouse•Williamsburg•moderate
Peter Luger Steak House
Peter Luger Steak House is a steakhouse pick in Williamsburg in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 15815 reviews
104
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Japanese•Chelsea•moderate
Buddakan
Buddakan suits a night out in Chelsea when you want japanese that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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8.8
Based on 5826 reviews
105
Google
American•Chelsea•moderate
Friedman's
Friedman's is the kind of american room in Chelsea you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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8.8
Based on 4496 reviews
106
Google
Chinese•Chinatown•value
Wo Hop
Wo Hop is a sensible chinese call in Chinatown in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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8.8
Based on 4474 reviews
107
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American•Williamsburg•moderate
Sunday In Brooklyn
Sunday In Brooklyn suits a night out in Williamsburg when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 3950 reviews
108
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American•Lower East Side•moderate
Freemans
Freemans is a american pick in Lower East Side in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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8.8
Based on 2371 reviews
109
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Contemporary•Lower East Side•moderate
Dudleys
Dudley's has settled into the Lower East Side with the kind of confidence that suits the neighborhood — unpretentious in price and posture, but clearly serious about what comes out of the kitchen.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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8.8
Based on 1840 reviews
110
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American•Williamsburg•moderate
The Commodore
The Commodore suits a night out in Williamsburg when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 1444 reviews
111
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French•Williamsburg•moderate
Francie
Francie has figured out something most Williamsburg openings never quite land: a clear sense of its own identity.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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8.8
Based on 717 reviews
112
Italian•Lower East Side•moderate
Forsythia NYC
Forsythia NYC is the kind of italian room in Lower East Side you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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8.8
Based on 433 reviews
113
Google
Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Zhou Yu
Zhou Yu is a chinese restaurant in Flushing in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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8.8
Based on 73 reviews
114
Google
Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Shanghai You Garden
Flushing doesn't hand out loyalty cheaply, and Shanghai You Garden has spent enough time on the Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue circuit to become what regulars around here recognize as the real thing: a Shanghainese room that plays the…
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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8.6
Based on 2491 reviews
115
Google
Italian•Williamsburg•moderate
Lilia
Missy Robbins opened Lilia in Williamsburg and has since built what is, by most credible accounts, New York's most consistently respected pasta destination — a distinction that rests not on a single breakout moment but on sustained kitch…
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 2280 reviews
116
Spanish•Williamsburg•moderate
Blend Williamsburg
Blend Williamsburg is a spanish pick in Williamsburg in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Brooklyn night outgroup dinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 1413 reviews
117
Middle Eastern•New York•moderate
Zou Zou’s
Zou Zou's is making a specific argument about what Middle Eastern cooking can be in New York, and it's an argument worth tracking down.
Shared platesgroup dinnerdate night
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8.6
Based on 1383 reviews
118
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Chinese•Chinatown•value
Dim Sum Palace
Dim Sum Palace occupies a corner of the Chinatown grid where the clientele skews local and the prices stay honest without apology.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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8.6
Based on 872 reviews
119
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Chinese•Chinatown•value
Joe's Shanghai
Joe's Shanghai keeps showing up in the right conversations in Chinatown when people want a reliable chinese plan.
Chinatown crawllunchgroup dinner
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8.4
Based on 6183 reviews
120
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Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Asian Jewels
Asian Jewels is a chinese restaurant in Flushing in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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8.4
Based on 3071 reviews
121
French•Chelsea•moderate
Café Chelsea
Café Chelsea is the kind of french room in Chelsea you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Gallery nightdate nightgroup dinner
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8.4
Based on 665 reviews
122
Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Lao Ke Le Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant - Soup Dumplings Dim Sum Wonton
Lao Ke Le Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant - Soup Dumplings Dim Sum Wonton is a chinese restaurant in Flushing in New York that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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8.4
Based on 248 reviews
123
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Contemporary•Lower East Side•moderate
The Delancey Rooftop
The Delancey Rooftop suits a night out in Lower East Side when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Lower East Side dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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8.2
Based on 2338 reviews
124
Google
Chinese•Flushing•moderate
Golden Lake Pavilion
Golden Lake Pavilion is a sensible chinese call in Flushing in New York when you want something that usually lands well.
Flushing feastgroup dinnerlunch
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7.8
Based on 2250 reviews
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Best Group Dinners in New York
The New York restaurants most built for broad ordering, louder tables, and nights that work better with more people.
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What are the best restaurants for group dinner in New York?
The top restaurants for group dinner in New York include Cafe Massawa, O2 Hot Stone BBQ House - Koreatown NYC, Isla & Co - Williamsburg. TastyPals curates these picks based on occasion tags, Google ratings, and editorial judgment.
What is the best group dinner restaurant in New York?
Cafe Massawa is among the top-rated options for group dinner in New York, with a 10.0 Google rating and 137 reviews.
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