The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Murray's Bagels
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Rank 2. Eleven Madison Park
Contemporary
Eleven Madison Park is a temple of control where everything—the suits, the glassware, the vegan roll with its gossamer crust—bears the obsessive stamp of Daniel Humm's vision. A tonburi quenelle mimics caviar; a radish tostada gleams with pumpkin seed butter. The kitchen's plant-based luxury is audacious and complete, though animal proteins remain available for those who ask.
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Rank 3. Osteria 57
Seafood Italian
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Rank 4. Semma
Indian
Vijay Kumar's south Indian cooking at Semma arrives without apology or accommodation: mulaikattiya thaniyam crackles with the intensity of childhood memory, gunpowder dosa achieves an almost austere perfection, and lamb curry unfolds in layers of warm spice. The heat here is architectural, never decorative, and the staff navigates you through unfamiliar terrain with genuine enthusiasm.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Best Chef: New York State · Vijay Kumar
- The New York Times 2026 · #9 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 6. Sip & Guzzle
Japanese
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- 50 Best 2025 · #39 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #1 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 7. Via Carota
Italian
A West Village trattoria where rustic Italian cooking—charred vegetables, silken pasta, snow of Parmigiano—arrives with such seeming ease that you simply sit back and savor the meal. The wait stretches hours, the tables fill nightly, yet the food's unpretentious grace justifies the hunger.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- 50 Best 2025 · #18 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
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Rank 8. Family Meal at Blue Hill
New American
An intimate dining room where Dan Barber lets vegetables—sourced from his Stone Barns farm upstate—speak for themselves with minimal intervention. The single seasonal menu arrives family-style, grains and occasional proteins orbiting the produce, each plate marked by restraint and confidence in its raw material. Eating here feels like witnessing a cook who trusts what he grows enough to step back.
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Rank 9. Gramercy Tavern
Contemporary New American
A mahogany-lined institution where the bar seats are fought over at lunch and the dining room glows at night. The seasonal American cooking—pappardelle, impeccable proteins—speaks plainly but with confidence, matched to wood-paneled surroundings and service that knows when to hover and when to recede. A place equally at home with a first date or a closed business deal.
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Rank 10. COTE
Korean
Simon Kim's steakhouse fuses Korean beef reverence with American steakhouse grandeur, its dark, moody dining room anchored by a visible aging room downstairs. Meats arrive raw for inspection before tableside grilling, their umami deepened by kimchi and ssamjang in a ritual that feels both ceremonial and convivial.
- World's 101 Best #21 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
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Rank 11. Rezdôra
Emilia-Romagna Italian
A Flatiron dining room devoted to the pasta traditions of Emilia-Romagna, where handmade anolini and gramigna arrive in their plainest, most persuasive forms. The cooking here trusts simplicity—fried gnocco with cured pork, ragù finished with Parmigiano—and asks nothing more of you than appetite and respect for the region's canon.
- 50 Top Italy 2025 · #5 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Stefano Secchi
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Rank 12. Sushi Nakazawa
Sushi
At a ten-seat counter in Commerce Street, Chef Daisuke Nakazawa orchestrates omakase with restraint: tender fish, precisely seasoned rice, a whisper of wasabi and nikiri. The progression moves from Hokkaido salmon through live scallop to uni and a final fatty tuna handroll so finely chopped it dissolves on the tongue.
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Rank 13. Martiny’s
Japanese Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best 2025 · #75 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #23 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 14. Cosme
Modern Mexican
Cosme's moody dining room and polished bar serve seasonally inventive Mexican cooking, from uni tostadas with bone marrow to duck carnitas. The corn husk meringue alone justifies the price.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
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Rank 15. Atomix
Elevated Korean
Chef Junghyun Park's tasting menu unfolds in a subterranean counter as a series of meditations, each plate accompanied by written reflection on beauty and anticipation. Korean traditions meet refined technique in dishes like black banana with monkfish liver, in a room as warm as its servers.
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Rank 16. Mama's Too
Sicilian Pizza
- Time Out The Cacio e Pepe · The 18 best pizzas in the world right now
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #4 · 50 Top Pizza Slice USA
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 17. Clemente Bar
Vegan
- 50 Best 2025 · Best New Opening Award
- 50 Best 2026 · #15 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire 2024 · Martini of the Year: Clemente Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 18. KOSAKA
Omakase Sushi
A twelve-seat counter in a hushed room where Chef Masatomo Soma works with unhurried precision, letting each piece of fish—rosy seabass, golden-eyed snapper from Chiba—speak for itself, though never without a quiet flourish: shiso leaf, yuzu koshō, the kind of restraint that reads as generosity.
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Rank 19. César
Seafood
César Ramirez sustains a demanding precision night after night, refining raw ingredients—Danish hiramasa, North Sea turbot, California quail—into harmonious compositions at his minimal downtown seafood counter. The sauces are masterly, the service eager, and the open kitchen makes clear why this restrained space commands such focused attention.
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Rank 20. Shmoné
Neo-Levantine Mediterranean
A narrow Greenwich Village room where diners crowd the counter to watch Chef Eyal Shani work through seasonal Levantine cooking. Towering salads, hot Jerusalem bagels finished with olive oil, and bone-in beef short ribs with an almost austere tenderness define a menu built on vegetables and shareability rather than flourish.
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Rank 21. Arcane Estate Coffee
Panamanian
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Rank 22. Shinji’s
Japanese
- VinePair 2024 · Bar Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- 50 Best 2026 · #77 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 23. La Tête d'Or by Daniel
French Steakhouse
A glamorous Flatiron temple where French technique meets steakhouse tradition under Daniel Boulud's direction. Leather-lined bar, soaring ceilings, and tableside Caesar salads precede dry-aged beef and roving trolleys of prime rib—the kind of room where the architecture itself suggests money changing hands.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World's 101 Best #34 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 24. 4 Charles Prime Rib
Steakhouse
A Chicago steakhouse improbably tucked into a Village townhouse, where the prime rib arrives three ways and the sides—creamed spinach, roasted garlic, buttered potatoes—arrive as they should. The staff trades in genuine warmth, and the wine list extends beyond meat; dessert is dark chocolate pie in an Oreo crust. Sodikoff's restraint is the point.
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Rank 25. Don Angie
Creative Italian
Moody banquettes and brass accents frame a room where Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli orchestrate playful collisions: spicy pepperoni fried rice meets grilled calamari, paprika pasta wraps smoked mussels, mezcal braised chicken sits atop 'nduja. The cooking moves fluidly between Italian foundations and Asian detours, never settling into a single accent, which is precisely the point.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli
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Rank 26. Odo
Kaiseki Japanese
Behind a cocktail bar lies a hushed counter where Chef Hiroki Odo conducts kaiseki with precision and invention—a broth of tilefish brightened with yuzu, house-made soba studded with salmon roe. The service dissolves into the background, leaving only the clarity of carefully sourced ingredients and the subtle force of tradition meeting personal vision.
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Rank 27. Penny
Seafood
Marble counters run the length of the space, stacked with Champagne and white wine on ice. The kitchen celebrates pristine seafood—razor clams with giardiniera, stuffed squid with harissa, Dover sole in bordelaise—each dish dressed with restraint and precision. Arrive early; most seats hold walk-ins.
- 50 Best 2025 · #40 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Food & Wine 2025 · The Top 15 US Restaurants
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 29. The Gallery
Japanese
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- 50 Best 2026 · #3 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Bar Team
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Rank 31. COQODAQ
Korean
A buzzy Korean fried chicken den where reservations vanish fast, rewarded with a theatrical bucket feast that unfolds through crisp rounds and finishes with frozen yogurt. The gluten-free bird stays clean and light despite its indulgent choreography, paired with an ambitious champagne list.
- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality Management
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Simon Kim - Gracious Hospitality
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Rank 32. Milady’s
Cocktail Bar
- 50 Best 2025 · Julie Reiner · Industry Icon Award
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- Esquire 2023 · The Best Bars in America
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Rank 33. Kubeh
Persian Middle Eastern
Melanie Shurka's spare, light-filled room showcases heirloom textiles while honoring the hand-rolled kubeh she learned to make from Kurdish, Iranian, and Syrian women in Israel. The dumplings arrive tender and purposeful—filled with meat or mushrooms—alongside kuku sabzi's earthy Persian herbs and a cardamom-spiked Turkish coffee ice cream that closes the meal with quiet confidence.
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Rank 34. Apollo Bagels
California-Style
- BagelUp #14 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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A Chelsea bar where Spanish and Portuguese sensibilities meet in a glass: conservas and cocktails designed around unexpected ingredients like lemongrass liqueur and cava. The Seirēn Song Spritz arrives with tinned fish and tapas, a model of casual sophistication that doesn't announce itself.
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Rank 36. Kanyakumari
Indian
A compact south Indian seafood kitchen with a bar-forward buzz, where bold regional cooking—fried chicken, tender beef short rib with curry leaves—delivers genuine depth. The fish curry and ghee rice show restraint and care alongside the kitchen's louder pleasures.
- Eater Sleeper Hit
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 38. Cafe Zaffri
Modern Middle Eastern
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Rank 39. Borgo
Italian
In a dining room that feels both composed and unafraid, Borgo honors the Brooklyn ethos its chef helped invent—communal tables, daily-shifting menus, vegetables still wearing soil. The cooking speaks of patience and appetite for the gamy, the bitter, the flavors that require time to understand.
- Esquire 2025 · Wine Director of the Year · Lee Campbell
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Lee Campbell
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 40. Café Carmellini
Italian
Andrew Carmellini's fine-dining return occupies the Fifth Avenue Hotel with sapphire velvet booths and an open kitchen turning out Mediterranean-leaning dishes. A crab mille-feuille of delicate wafers and sweet meat in Meyer lemon sauce, or scallops in coconut-turmeric broth, suggest a chef working in layers of restraint and indulgence at once.
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Recommended
- 50 Best 2025 · #39 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 41. Schmuck
European/Middle Eastern
- 50 Best 2026 · Three Cents Best New Opening Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2025 · #59 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #4 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 42. Lysée
Korean
- Food & Wine 2023 · Best New Chefs · Eunji Lee
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Eunji Lee
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Eunji Lee
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Rank 43. Loring Place
Californian New American
At Loring Place, Dan Kluger applies his restless intelligence to California-inflected cooking that pivots on vegetables—wood-grilled broccoli arrives with orange and pistachios, pizzas emerge from the wood oven built from house-milled flour. The dining room, all mid-century geometry and bold stripes, feels like a deliberate rejection of downtown's usual theatrical clutter.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Dan Kluger
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 44. L’industrie Pizzeria
NY-Style Pizza
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #1 · 50 Top Pizza Slice USA
- Roadbook The Best Restaurants in New York City
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 45. bōm
Korean
Behind its sister restaurant, bōm presents Korean wagyu in a marble-countered room where grills work quietly at the bar, searing premium beef kept visible in a dry-aging chamber. The kitchen layers luxury ingredients—uni, caviar, truffle, crab—with equal ambition across savory and broth-based courses, a place where comfort and refinement coexist without apology.
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Rank 46. Oiji Mi
Korean
Brian Kim's modern Korean kitchen operates with uncommon restraint, letting the quality of striped jack hwe and tender lobster ramyun speak for themselves across five courses. The sleek dining room hums with attentive service; cocktails and wine arrive with equal intelligence. A place where technique and subtlety have displaced bombast.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Esquire 2023 · Martini Royale · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 47. Kabawa
Caribbean
A dark green dining room holds Chef Paul Carmichael's Caribbean vision: roti with curried chickpeas, fried plantain crowned with salt cod, seared black bass in yellow curry alongside pineapple-glazed sweet potato. This is tropical cooking refined into ceremony, each course a deliberate statement rather than a casual gesture toward the islands.
- Esquire 2025 · Chef of the Year · Paul Carmichael
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 48. Bartolo
Spanish
A West Village room of low beams and amber light draws you into its sense of intimate theater. Bartolo builds its kitchen around generous Spanish cooking meant for the table: grilled Iberian pork, braised oxtail, cristal bread with anchovies, ajo blanco touched with honeydew sorbet. The operation moves with the precision of a room that understands how to sustain a mood.
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Rank 49. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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The Eighty Six occupies a former speakeasy on Bedford Street, where heritage and precision converge around beef sourced from small producers and heritage breeds rarely found in America. Dry-aged in a salt-lined room below the bar, each steak is cooked by method—broiler, plancha, or binchōtan—chosen to honor the animal's character rather than convenience.
- World's 101 Best #12 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Eater 2026 · The Best Steakhouses in New York City
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Rank 51. Le Chêne
French
In a cramped West Village room where every plate draws eyes, the Duchênes execute classical French cooking with precision and weight—their pithivier a study in bronze-skinned architecture, their sauces (vin jaune, foie gras terrines) built on substance rather than whimsy. A curved bar absorbs walk-ins while a serious, deep wine list rewards those who linger.
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Rank 52. noda
Sushi
Behind the speakeasy bar sits an eight-seat counter where Chef Tsunoda composes his omakase with measured precision, each piece of nigiri a study in knife work and rice temperature. The dark room and thoughtful sake program suggest this is sushi designed less for spectacle than for the particular pleasure of restraint.
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Rank 53. Superbueno
Mexican-American
- 50 Best 2025 · #12 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #9 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- VinePair 2023 · Bar Program of the Year · The Next Wave Awards
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Rank 54. L’Americana
Italian-Inspired
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Takuma Watanabe
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Takuma Watanabe
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Rank 55. Midnight Blue
Japanese-ish
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Takuma Watanabe
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 4 Finalist · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Takuma Watanabe
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Rank 56. Kappo Sono
Kaiseki Japanese
Chef Chikara Sono works a few feet from your seat, presenting each course as it emerges, asking nothing but your presence and appetite. The restraint of kaiseki—seasonal precision, ingredient clarity, flavors that murmur rather than announce—becomes almost conversational at this sixth-floor counter.
- The New York Times 2026 · #24 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in New York
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- Esquire 2023 · The Best Bars in America
- Esquire 2023 · 1884 Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best U.S. Hotel Bar
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Rank 58. Ribalta
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 59. BONDST
Japanese-Inspired
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Rank 61. Che Li
Shanghainese Chinese
The narrow dining room at Che Li glows with red lanterns and imperial detail, perpetually crowded with diners working through a Shanghainese menu of chicken in Shaoxing wine and stir-fried rice cakes. The house fish stew—a Sichuan-inflected departure—arrives as a bracing, peppercorn-laden argument for asking your server what's worth eating.
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Chinese Cuisine Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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Rank 62. Claud
French-inflected New American
A few steps below street level, Claud glows with whitewashed brick and dark tile, its open kitchen framing an ingredient-focused menu of shared plates. Red shrimp sizzle in garlic oil, pork chops arrive with smoked onion jus, and a six-layer Devil's food cake demands a second spoon.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Joshua Pinsky
- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- Wine Enthusiast 2023 · Forward 50 Restaurants
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- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #1 · U.S. Latte Art Championship · Piyapat "Flook" Lapteerawut
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Championship · John Chau Ly
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #7 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Peace Sakulclanuwat
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- 50 Best 2026 · #71 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Esquire 2024 · The Best Bars in America
- Esquire 2023 · Cartagena · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 65. Le Basque
French/Spanish
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Rank 66. Katana Kitten
Japanese-American
- 50 Best 2026 · #52 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Top 4 Finalist · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Masa Urushido
- Time Out #18 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 67. La Devozione
Pasta Italian
Inside Chelsea Market, a century-old Italian pasta maker has opened a counter restaurant where thirty diners at a time face an avalanche of shapes and sizes—manicotti packed with sole and brown butter, penne tangled with rabbit, each plate arriving without restraint or pretense. It's a tasting menu built on the premise that pasta, made well and served generously, needs no apology.
- 50 Top Italy 2025 · #16 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 68. Chama Mama
Georgian
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Rank 69. Estela
Modern New American
Ignacio Mattos builds restive dishes from unexpected ingredients—endive hiding walnuts and aged cheese, arroz negro studded with squid—that feel both natural and precise. A lively downtown room where ingredient-driven cooking sustains its rebel energy after more than a decade.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · #34 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 70. Cove
Contemporary
Flynn McGarry's Hudson Square dining room rises with soaring wood ceilings and an open kitchen in constant flux. Seasonal cooking drawn from the team's Long Island farm—grilled black cod with mushroom rice, pumpkin schnitzel, huckleberry semifreddo—strikes a balance between playful invention and genuine restraint, flavors always in service to the plate rather than the other way around.
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- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 1 Pin
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 72. Junoon
Indian
Pendant lights and white marble set a refined stage where contemporary Indian cooking meets restless ambition, each plate a small argument for why tradition needn't mean stillness. Tuna puchka arrives jeweled with caviar; the Assamese tile fish curry hums with cilantro and restraint.
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- 50 Best 2025 · #95 · World's 50 Best Bars
- 50 Best 2026 · #45 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Time Out #24 · The 30 best bars in NYC right now
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Rank 75. Le B.
French
Angie Mar's Greenwich Village salon wraps diners in sapphire velvet and white linen for a French kitchen inflected with her Chinese sensibility. Terrines glistening with pistachio and kumquat, foie gras, seafood Wellington dressed in Sauternes cream—the sauces are rich and considered, the whole affair pitched toward occasion and intimacy.
- Esquire 2023 · Bemelman at the Ritz · The Best Martinis in America
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Angie Mar
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 76. Smithereens
New England Seafood
Down a flight of stairs in the East Village, Smithereens channels a New England seafood shack with a downtown edge. Chef Nick Tamburo works the grill—amberjack belly over binchotan, mackerel sharpened with seaweed and ginger—while sommelier Nikita Malhotra's mostly white list mirrors the cooking's brightness. The celery root float alone justifies the descent.
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- VinePair 2025 · Sommelier of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Nikita Malhotra
- The Infatuation 2025 · #7 · The Top-Rated New Restaurants
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Rank 77. Hawksmoor
British
- Esquire 2023 · Ultimate Vodka Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
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Rank 78. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 80. L’Appartement 4F
Parisian Bakery
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Rank 81. Crevette
Spanish-French Seafood
The dining room hums with purposeful energy, cream walls and white linens setting a composed stage for seafood that tastes like the Mediterranean got loud. Peekytoe crab agnolotti swims in tomato butter; whole Dover sole arrives burnished with bearnaise. This is coastal cooking stripped of pretense, built on good ingredients and the kind of brightness that makes you order another drink.
- Artful Living 2025 · The Top 5 Most Stylish Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 82. Librae Bakery
Middle Eastern Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- The Infatuation The Best Bakeries in NYC
- The Infatuation The Best Croissants In NYC
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Rank 83. The Musket Room
Contemporary
Beyond the glass doors on a crowded street, a cozy dining room with Danish chairs and wood tables opens onto a menu that shifts with the seasons. Chef Mary Attea's cooking moves between precision and comfort—razor clam chowder with leeks, mackerel suspended in tomato water, pork jowl in red eye gravy. The service knows what it's doing without announcing itself.
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Camari Mick
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Mary Attea
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Camari Mick
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Rank 84. Noz 17
Omakase Sushi
A seven-seat cypress counter glows softly in a serene downtown room where Chef Junichi Matsuzaki orchestrates omakase with disciplined restraint. Each nigiri arrives carefully composed to let pristine fish and rice speak equally, the intricately scored cuttlefish a standout that dissolves on the tongue. The sequence unfolds with the quiet confidence of someone who trusts his ingredients.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Vogue 2026 · A Definitive Guide to the Best Omakase in New York City
- Eater The Best Sushi Restaurants in Manhattan
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Rank 86. Raf's
Modern French
A narrow Elizabeth Street bistro where Chef Mary Attea layers Italian and French traditions with unhurried precision: mafaldine tossed with shredded rabbit and spring fava in lemon pesto, cast-iron Sicilian pizza meant for sharing, white chocolate budino that tastes like restraint perfected. The bar accommodates walk-ins; the kitchen rewards patience.
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Camari Mick
- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Mary Attea
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Jennifer Vitagliano and Nicole Vitagliano - Elizabeth Street Hospitality
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In the basement of a West Village townhouse, Kees pours classical cocktails—martinis, Collins, sours—with the restraint of someone who learned that elegance requires no embellishment. The space feels like a private study, all dark wood and low light, where a Comté spinach dip arrives as quietly as the next perfect drink.
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Rank 88. Bánh Anh Em
Vietnamese
People queue before this Third Avenue spot opens, drawn by Vietnamese cooking that repays the wait. The baguettes for bánh mì arrive warm and flaky; the pho layers brisket, tendon, tripe and steak over housemade noodles. Bánh cuốn and bánh xèo follow—dishes that taste like they've been perfected across decades, not invented last season.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation #20 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 89. Pranakhon
Thai
A two-story Thai restaurant in constant motion, where a long bar anchors the chaos and tables fill faster than reservations open. Yum kai salad arrives bright and herbaceous; mussels stuffed with curry paste custard and pork jowls in chili-lime dressing show a kitchen working both tradition and refinement. It's the kind of place where heat and precision matter equally.
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Rank 90. Elcielo
Colombian
Chef Juan Manuel Barrientos orchestrates a two-star tasting menu in the Virgin Hotel that channels tropical Colombia through dishes like shio koji duck with passion fruit sabayon. Floor-to-ceiling windows and theatrical touches—a bread tree, chocolate experience, coffee ceremony—transform the meal into something between fine dining and curated theater.
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Rank 91. Coppelia
Latin
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- BagelUp #2 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- Eater The Best Bagels in New York City
- The Infatuation #6 · The 19 Best Bagels In NYC, Ranked
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- BagelUp #9 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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Rank 94. Angel’s Share
Japanese
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Rank 96. Thyme
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 97. Moody Tongue
Sushi
A sushi counter where nigiri sets are deliberately paired with beers—ora king salmon with a watermelon saline, jumbo shrimp with an oak-aged Flanders Red. The careworn elegance and exclusive house lagers make this Chicago brewery's New York outpost feel like a deliberate detour.
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Rank 98. Casa Mono
Spanish
At Casa Mono, a small room on Irving Place, the kitchen breaks down whole animals and sends out tapas in a considered rhythm—scrambled eggs with uni, silky confit goat—that prioritizes the diner's experience over operational efficiency. The cooking reaches beyond its nominal Costa Brava roots with a refinement that suggests someone genuinely understands what good food is supposed to do.
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Rank 99. Yoshino
Sushi
Chef Tadashi Yoshida works behind a hinoki counter sourced from a 300-year-old tree, each gesture precise and deliberate. His omakase balances pristine nigiri with cooked preparations—notably a saba maki that arrives with theatrical sizzle—while handmade chairs and knives from master craftsmen signal an obsession with materials that borders on architectural. The meal demands your full attention.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Vogue 2026 · A Definitive Guide to the Best Omakase in New York City
- Eater The Best Sushi Restaurants in Manhattan
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Rank 100. Pastis
French