The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
Eater NY · updated July 2026 · 38 restaurants. Read the original list.
Restaurants on this list
- A&A Bake Doubles and Roti — Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
- Abuqir — Astoria, Queens
- Adda — East Village, Manhattan
- Al Badawi — Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
- Balthazar — SoHo, Manhattan
- Bong — Crown Heights, Brooklyn
- Borgo — NoMad, Manhattan
- Cafe Commerce — Upper East Side, Manhattan
- Carnitas Ramirez — Alphabet City, Manhattan
- Chama Mama — Chelsea, Manhattan
- Charles Pan-Fried Chicken — Harlem, Manhattan
- Claud — East Village, Manhattan
- Ernesto’s — Lower East Side, Manhattan
- Filé Gumbo Bar — Tribeca, Manhattan
- Gallaghers Steakhouse — Theater District, Manhattan
- Golden Diner — Two Bridges, Manhattan
- Grand Central Oyster Bar — Midtown East, Manhattan
- Hamburger America — SoHo, Manhattan
- Hyderabadi Zaiqa — Murray Hill, Manhattan
- Kabawa — East Village, Manhattan
- L’Industrie Pizzeria — Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- La Piraña Lechonera — Longwood, The Bronx
- Le Bernardin — Midtown, Manhattan
- Le Veau d’Or — Upper East Side, Manhattan
- Lei — Chinatown, Manhattan
- Lilia — Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Mắm — Lower East Side, Manhattan
- Nepali Bhanchha Ghar — Jackson Heights, Queens
- Noz Market — Upper East Side, Manhattan
- Red Hook Tavern — Red Hook, Brooklyn
- Rolo’s — Ridgewood, Queens
- Sky Pavilion — Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
- Sunn’s — Chinatown, Manhattan
- Superiority Burger — East Village, Manhattan
- The Four Horsemen — Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Una Pizza Napoletana — Lower East Side, Manhattan
- Via Carota — West Village, Manhattan
- Zaab Zaab — Elmhurst, Queens
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