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.

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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.

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9.8

Based on 1802 reviews

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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…

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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…

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9.8

Based on 349 reviews

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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

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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.

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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.

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Mexican•New York•value

LOS TACOS No.1

Los Tacos No.

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9.6

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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.

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9.6

Based on 8874 reviews

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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.

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9.6

Based on 5796 reviews

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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.

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9.6

Based on 1962 reviews

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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.

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9.6

Based on 1432 reviews

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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

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Korean•Williamsburg•moderate

Sungold

Sungold arrives in Williamsburg at an interesting intersection: Korean technique and Japanese sensibility, both organized around live fire.

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9.6

Based on 1279 reviews

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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.

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9.6

Based on 1233 reviews

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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.

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9.6

Based on 937 reviews

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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, the year the…

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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.

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9.6

Based on 670 reviews

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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.

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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…

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9.6

Based on 644 reviews

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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

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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.

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9.6

Based on 375 reviews

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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.

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9.6

Based on 292 reviews

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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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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.

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9.4

Based on 18973 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 5340 reviews

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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…

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9.4

Based on 5223 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 5060 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 4457 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 4355 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 4257 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 2803 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 2484 reviews

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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

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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.

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9.4

Based on 1708 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 1663 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 1547 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 1206 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 1159 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 965 reviews

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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…

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9.4

Based on 688 reviews

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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…

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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.

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9.4

Based on 572 reviews

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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.

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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.

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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.

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9.4

Based on 490 reviews

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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.

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9.4

Based on 371 reviews

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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.

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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.

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9.4

Based on 264 reviews

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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…

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9.4

Based on 245 reviews

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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.

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Porta 23

Porta 23 opened 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 somewhere betw…

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9.4

Based on 188 reviews

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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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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.

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9.4

Based on 127 reviews

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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.

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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.

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9.2

Based on 51821 reviews

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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.

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9.2

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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.

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9.2

Based on 4279 reviews

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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.

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9.2

Based on 4268 reviews

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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.

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9.2

Based on 3132 reviews

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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.

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9.2

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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.

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9.2

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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.

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9.2

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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

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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.

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9.2

Based on 1711 reviews

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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.

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9.2

Based on 1575 reviews

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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

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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.

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9.2

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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.

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9.2

Based on 1020 reviews

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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.

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9.2

Based on 845 reviews

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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.

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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.

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9.2

Based on 602 reviews

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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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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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Tootles & French

Tootles & French is a sensible greek call in Astoria in New York when you want something that usually lands well.

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9.2

Based on 354 reviews

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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9.2

Based on 194 reviews

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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.

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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.

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9.0

Based on 7117 reviews

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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.

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9.0

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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.

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9.0

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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.

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9.0

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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.

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9.0

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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.

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9.0

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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.

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9.0

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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.

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9.0

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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.

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9.0

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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

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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.

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9.0

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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

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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

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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.

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9.0

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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.

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9.0

Based on 1601 reviews

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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.

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9.0

Based on 1149 reviews

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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.

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9.0

Based on 1024 reviews

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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8.8

Based on 15815 reviews

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103

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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

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104

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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

Website Menu Rate

105

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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

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106

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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.

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8.8

Based on 3950 reviews

Website Menu Rate

107

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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

Website Menu Rate

108

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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

Website Menu Rate

109

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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.

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8.8

Based on 1444 reviews

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110

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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.

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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.

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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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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

Website Menu Rate

114

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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…

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8.6

Based on 2280 reviews

Website Menu Rate

115

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.

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8.6

Based on 1413 reviews

Website Menu Rate

116

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

Website Menu Rate

117

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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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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

Website Rate

119

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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

Website Rate

120

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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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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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

Website Menu Rate

123

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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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Common questions about Group Dinner in New York

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.