The best restaurants for small plate in New York, curated by TastyPals editors.
Fast answers for diners searching for small plate restaurants in New York. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.
Tiny Tapas and Bites occupies a particular niche that New York does surprisingly poorly: the neighborhood spot above 200th Street that takes its food seriously.
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AURA Tapas & Cocktail Bar occupies a particular niche in the East Village ecosystem that First Avenue keeps generating: the Spanish-inflected room built equally around shareable plates and serious pours, where the cocktail program carrie…
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EZ Paella & Tapas suits a night out when you want spanish that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Salinas Restaurant is a spanish pick in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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London & Martin Co. is the kind of bar room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Sir Henry's is a three-floor bar on 8th Avenue that doesn't bother picking a lane — and the concept is specific enough that it actually works.
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BONSAII lands at 127 East 55th Street with a premise that Midtown doesn't often attempt seriously: a tapas bar built on the friction between Asian and Spanish culinary instincts, run by restaurateurs Kevin Cardenas and Ruben Cabrera, who…
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Al-Andalus is a concept with genuine historical weight, and alandalus — the restaurant — appears to take that seriously.
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Tasca NYC is not competing with the tapas density of downtown Manhattan, and that restraint appears to be the point.
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Enoteca suits a night out when you want spanish that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Boqueria Soho is the kind of spanish room in SoHo you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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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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Boqueria W40th suits a night out when you want spanish that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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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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Macao Trading Company is doing something specific in Tribeca and doing it without apology: a Portuguese colonial-themed bar and kitchen that commits to the concept all the way through — dim lantern light, exposed brick, back-room atmosph…
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VALERIE is a american pick in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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The Skylark - Rooftop Bar is a bar pick in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Lady Blue is a american pick in New York when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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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.
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The top restaurants for small plate in New York include Tiny Tapas and Bites, AURA Tapas & Cocktail Bar, EZ Paella & Tapas. TastyPals curates these picks based on occasion tags, Google ratings, and editorial judgment.
Tiny Tapas and Bites is among the top-rated options for small plate in New York, with a 9.8 Google rating and 439 reviews.
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