The Top 100 Restaurants Near Seis Vecinos
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Rank 1. Seis Vecinos
Central American Mexican
A corner room in a classic Bronx building fills with afternoon light and the smell of charred corn. The kitchen moves between Central American traditions—papusas, baleadas, enchiladas topped with smoky red sauce—while guacamole is mashed tableside in a molcajete. The welcome is genuine, the cooking straightforward, the sense of place unforced.
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Rank 2. Lechonera La Piraña
Puerto Rican Caribbean
- The Infatuation #23 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 3. 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 4. Melba's
Southern
Melba Wilson's Harlem dining room glows with the ease of a neighborhood gathering place, where Southern cooking feels both rooted and inventive. The fried chicken arrives darkly bronzed alongside eggnog waffles; mini-burgers swim in smoky-sweet sauce; spring rolls cradle black-eyed peas and collards. A fruit cobbler closes the meal with unironic comfort.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outsdanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
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Rank 5. Cocina Consuelo
Mexican
In a snug dining room that feels like a well-kept secret, Karina Garcia and her husband Eduardo Rodriguez serve food with the intimacy of their original Harlem supper club. The coarse corn tortillas and birria built around a prehistoric marrow bone suggest a kitchen comfortable with bold, unpretentious gestures.
- The Infatuation #9 · The 25 Best Restaurants In NYC
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Rank 6. Essential By Christophe
Contemporary French
Heavy iron doors open onto a sleek townhouse dining room where chef Christophe Bellanca marries French technique with Asian inflection—white asparagus with bergamot crème and herb vinaigrette, blue prawns with genmaicha tuille, black sea bass gilded in turmeric. The space hums with quiet confidence.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Christophe Bellanca
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Rank 7. Sylvia’s
Southern
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Winner · America's Classics: New York State
- Eater 2026 · The Best Classic Restaurants in NYC
- Time Out 2026 · The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
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Rank 8. Café Boulud
Contemporary French
A corner room on the Upper East Side with Art Deco polish hosts classical French cooking refined through seasonal technique and global inflection. Black sea bass wrapped in potato, vegetables in delicate balance, a tarte Tatin that knows its purpose—Paumier's kitchen executes the fundamentals with quiet confidence.
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Rank 9. AbuQir
Egyptian Seafood
At this Astoria seafood counter, fish arrive so fresh they stare back before the griddle claims them in smoke and wheat bran crust. The tagine swells with shrimp the size of blossoms, the pita exhales steam, and even the rice glows with seafood stock.
- The New York Times 2026 · #17 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 10. Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi
Pan-African
At Lincoln Center, Tatiana commands a room of dark wood and deliberate glamour where the pre-theater crowd mingles with the curious; Chef Kwame Onwuachi's West African-inflected menu—egusi dumplings, a towering pot of braised oxtail—reads like an edible autobiography, grounded and generous.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Kwame Onwuachi
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Rank 11. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 12. Çka Ka Qëllue
Albanian
Ramiz Kukaj's rustic Albanian dining room, decorated with folk photographs and traditional garb, serves fortifying meat and dairy dishes in the spirit of village hospitality. Burek and sarma arrive simple and comforting, built on bread, cheese, and the promise implied by the restaurant's name: whatever we have, we share.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times 2026 · #96 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 13. Mario's Restaurant
Historic Italian
- Eater 2026 · The Best Classic Restaurants in NYC
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The open kitchen at this Astoria taverna crackles with the rhythm of a neighborhood institution. Spinach pie arrives in flaky, sesame-studded sheets; whole branzino glistens under olive oil and herbs. It's the kind of place where servers slip into Greek if you seem to belong, where the food tastes like it knows exactly what it's doing and nothing more.
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Rank 15. Dar Lbahja
Moroccan
- The New York Times 2026 · #78 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2025 · Chicken Bastilla · Our New York Restaurant Critic Names Her Favorite Dishes This Year
- The Infatuation 2025 · #12 · NYC’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 16. Hamido Seafood
Egyptian Seafood
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Rank 17. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 18. Lechonera La Isla
Caribbean
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Rank 19. Marea
Seafood Italian
Central Park South's power crowd gathers in an airy rosewood dining room where the scene matches the ambition. Marea's seafood-focused Italian menu builds from raw fish—branzino scattered with pistachio and crispy garlic—through handmade pastas and delicate desserts that justify the elegance around you.
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Rank 20. Majorelle
French
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Rank 21. The Mark Restaurant
French
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Rank 22. The Leopard at des Artistes
Traditional Italian
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Rank 23. Oso
Mexican
A brick storefront near City College turns out Mexico City street food with real conviction—al pastor tacos with proper char, enchiladas verde blanketed in Oaxaca cheese, tortillas pressed fresh and tender behind an open kitchen. The menu is short and focused; the churros with chocolate and cinnamon caramel are reason enough to return.
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Rank 24. Casa Tua
Italian
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Rank 25. Cafe Sabarsky
Austrian Bakery
A Vienna transplant tucked into a Beaux Arts mansion on Museum Mile, all dark wood paneling and Otto Wagner textiles. The wiener schnitzel and Hungarian beef goulash anchor the menu, but the pastries—Linzer torte, Sachertorte, a layered feuilletine—are what justify the pilgrimage.
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Rank 26. Accra Express Restaurant
West African, Ghanaian
A modest steam-table spot on 125th Street celebrates jollof rice with uncompromising fervor, the grains smoking and insistent alongside iron-red stew that refuses restraint. The portions suggest abundance over refinement, a philosophy that feels honest in its directness.
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Rank 27. Charles Pan-Fried Chicken
Southern
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Charles Gabriel
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Charles Gabriel
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 28. Hutong
Chinese
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Rank 29. Taco Mix
Mexican
At Taco Mix, a narrow Harlem counter serves meat-forward tacos that spill past their tortillas—cecina, suadero, barbacoa with caramelized edges, and al pastor carved from the spit with pineapple. You eat standing at a ledge, shedding cilantro, in a space that has refined nothing but the fundamentals.
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Rank 31. Lungi
Sri Lankan Indian
At Lungi, chef Albin Vincent channels his grandmother's kitchen in Kanyakumari and Sri Lanka through dishes like pan-fried kingfish on banana leaf with fried makrut lime, and kothu roti—roti chopped and scrambled with meat and egg. The Upper East Side room hums with energy, and a carrot halwa spiked with warming spices closes the meal with grace.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
- The New York Times 2026 · #59 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 32. Cocotazo
Puerto Rican
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Rank 33. Tamales Lupita
Mexican
The narrow storefront on East 112th operates on the principle of arrival and luck: come early or settle for what remains of the day's tamales. Mole-streaked masa and lard-rich Oaxaqueño varieties emerge from their wrappings with the texture of custard, each one a small argument for restraint in seasoning.
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Rank 34. The Grill
American
The dining room gleams with the burnished confidence of old money and new ambition. Crab cakes arrive topped with pan-fried potatoes; duck skin crackles under the knife, yielding to silky fat beneath. This is American comfort as theater—tableside ceremony, lemon chiffon cake—for those accustomed to getting what they want.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The Best Steakhouses in New York City
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Rank 35. Angel
New American
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Rank 36. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 37. Ajo y Oregano
Dominican, Caribbean
A dining room of pink shutters and palm-green walls dishes up Puerto Rican stews in metal pots, their richness settling into your bones with each spoonful. The cuerito crackles audibly, and mofongo arrives as a sculptural pile of plantains crowned with shrimp, garlic sauce pooling at its base.
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Rank 38. Armani/Ristorante
Italian
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Rank 39. JG Melon
American
A corner saloon in a 1920s building draws crowds for its burger, though the kitchen acquits itself across the board—the chili cup arrives heaped with meat and cheese, the turkey club holds its own. Green-and-white checked cloths, a dark wood bar, and staff who seem genuinely glad you're here create the kind of timeless comfort that makes institutions.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation Cheeseburger · 25 Iconic Dishes That Define New York
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Rank 40. Trattoria Tra Di Noi
Italian
Crimson walls and red-checked cloth create the intimacy of a confidence shared; Chef Marco Coletta runs this Arthur Avenue trattoria with operatic precision, consulting the nightly blackboard for handmade spaghetti alla chitarra crowned with meatballs and pomodoro, ricotta cheesecake to close. A place that makes you feel like the secret is yours alone.
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Rank 42. Cafe Commerce
Contemporary New American
A revived neighborhood classic transplanted to the Upper East Side, where Harold Moore plates contemporary American cooking with French and Italian traces—sea scallops, beef carpaccio, steak Diane alongside returning signatures like sweet potato tortellini. The room carries an easy glamour suited to weeknight dining, and the four-layer coconut cake alone justifies the trip.
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Rank 44. Miss Mamie’s Spoonbread Too
Southern
A narrow storefront on 110th Street devoted to unapologetic Southern indulgence: baked turkey wings, Louisiana catfish, and fried chicken arrive alongside candied yams and collard greens, while house-made peach cobbler and sweet potato pie suggest the kitchen understands that dessert is not optional here.
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Rank 45. The Phraya
Contemporary Thai
Red lanterns cast the Upper East Side in Bangkok light at Tha Phraya, where regional Thai cooking moves beyond green curry into Northern sausage spring rolls and khao soi, Southern Phuket curries, and zabb hang—rice noodles tangled with pork and meatballs in house-made brown sauce. Cocktails named for temple festival games complete the immersion.
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Rank 46. Zaab Zaab
Isan-style Thai
A candy-colored room in Elmhurst houses Isan cooking that doesn't soften its edges. Larb ped udon arrives blistered with fried duck skin and lime leaves; whole fish fry and seafood-driven curries follow the same uncompromising path, all fermented fish sauce and heat. Come hungry and with company.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Bryan Chunton and Pei Shan Wei
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times 2026 · #38 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 48. Meju
Korean
Behind a fermented-foods shop in Long Island City, Chef Hooni Kim runs a counter where traditional Korean pantry staples—doenjang, gochujang, aged through his own decade-long practice—meet precise minimalism and Miyazaki beef. A final bowl of rice and kimchi, handmade ceramics throughout, and Kim's attentive presence transform an unassuming setting into something quietly unforgettable.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · Hooni Kim
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Hooni Kim
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Rank 49. Casa Della Mozzarella
Old-School Italian
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Rank 50. Al Badawi
Palestinian
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Rank 51. Caviar Russe
Contemporary French
A marble staircase ascends to this Madison Avenue perch where caviar—from modest Pacific Sturgeon to thousand-dollar Osetra tins—anchors a French-inflected menu of classical refinement. Agnolotti stuffed with chestnuts yields to truffle foam; Dover sole arrives delicately mousse-filled and dressed in curry cream. The experience traffics entirely in luxe.
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Rank 52. Patricia's
Italian
Exposed brick and high ceilings frame Patricia's spare take on Italian cooking, where a brick oven yields pizzas with properly charred crusts and the wine list surprises with obscure varietals. The seafood risotto arrives creamy and studded with mussels, clams, and squid—a dish that suggests ambition beyond the neighborhood trattoria.
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Rank 54. Sandro’s
Italian
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Rank 56. Le Jardinier
French
Chef Alain Verzeroli's dining room glows with olive velvet and trailing plants, a verdant setting that mirrors his vegetables-first approach to the plate. Grilled octopus arrives with green olives and romesco; salmon is coaxed with smoked chili and pak choi; the lemon tart carries a whisper of tarragon.
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Rank 57. Gallaghers
Steakhouse
A Midtown steakhouse since the late 1920s, Gallaghers grilss USDA Prime beef over hickory while its wood-paneled room hums with the rhythms of New York theatre-goers and regulars. Bone-in ribeyes arrive tender and charred; the dry-aged meat locker gleams behind glass like an artifact of steakhouse faith.
- World's 101 Best #87 · World's Best Steak Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The Best Steakhouses in New York City
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Rank 58. Xi'an Famous Foods
Xi'an-Style
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Rank 59. Levant
Egyptian Middle Eastern
A Steinway Street storefront styled like Cairo's back streets holds a white-domed oven that turns out feteer—those impossible, gossamer-layered pastries folded around basturma or sweet clotted cream. The place has the stripped-down intensity of a pizzeria married to the sensory maximalism of North African street food.
- The New York Times 2026 · #25 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2024 · New York’s 14 Best New Restaurants
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Rank 62. Le Rock
Brasserie French
Dim Art Deco glamour at street level in Rockefeller Center, where the Frenchette team serves a brasserie menu of seafood platters, duck confit with lentils, and profiteroles glossed in buckwheat honey fudge with genuine French technique and tableside theatricality. The bar moves at a clip; the crowds haven't stopped.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Restaurateur · Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The Best Restaurants in Midtown
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Rank 63. Aretsky's Patroon
New American
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Rank 64. LyLy Vietnam Cookhouse
Vietnamese
A corner of cheer arrives on the Upper East Side: orange checkerboard floors, mustard booths, paper flowers dangling overhead. The kitchen treats its Vietnamese basics—crispy spring rolls, crepes with pork belly, a pho brewed for twenty hours—with the seriousness they deserve, turning what feels like a neighborhood refuge into something genuinely worth the trip.
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Rank 66. Oceana
Modern Seafood
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Rank 67. Andrew Bellucci's Pizzeria
Pizza Shop
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Rank 68. Four Twenty Five
Contemporary
Benno and Vongerichten's Park Avenue dining room floods with daylight and restraint, a glamorous stage for cooking that roams Italy, France, and Asia without apology. A foie gras arrives with blood orange and warm spiced madeleines; even asparagus reads as a statement, while the chocolate tart at meal's end—layered with black cardamom and tonka—justifies its prominence.
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2025 · The 43 Best Restaurants in New York
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Rank 69. Napali Bhanchha Ghar
Nepalese
In a Jackson Heights storefront, momos arrive wrinkled and substantial, swimming in a soupy chutney of chicken broth and chiles that clings to dough in equal measure. The Nepali kitchen treats the dumpling as a two-part experience—one you eat and sip simultaneously.
- Eater 2026 · The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2026 · #67 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 71. Tán
Mexican
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · World's Best Brunch Venue
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Winner · North America's Best Brunch Venue
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · United States' Best Restaurant
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Rank 72. Renee's Kitchenette & Grill
Filipino
At Renee's Kitchenette, a Filipino stalwart in Woodside since 1992, whole eggplants disappear into omelets studded with pork, and ginger-streaked chicken soup arrives in modest bowls without ceremony. The cooking trades presentation for flavor—brown and unstudied, the food speaks for itself.
- The New York Times 2026 · #68 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The Infatuation Chicken Adobo · 25 Iconic Dishes That Define New York
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Rank 73. Ai Fiori
Italian
Fifth Avenue views and a marble bar set the stage for polished Italian cooking—Hiramasa crudo with sunflower cream, handmade pasta with braised rabbit. Service and linens match the formal room's marble and leather restraint.
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Rank 74. Tobalá
Oaxacan Mexican
A dimly lit room in Riverdale lined with Oaxacan pottery and clay masks sets the stage for cooking that respects tradition without performing it. House-made corn tortillas arrive with salsa verde and chile de árbol; the barbacoa tacos showcase lamb in its plainest form, while duck enmoladas swim in a dark mole negro layered with fruit and chiles. A focused mezcal program anchors the drinks.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Grub Street 2026 · The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)
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Rank 75. Covacha
Mexican
Cristina Castañeda's dining room thrums with family celebrations and the warmth of Jalisco's ranchos filtered through New York ambition. Crisp chicken quesabirrias dunked in birria broth, slow-roasted barbacoa meant for messy, generous build-your-own tacos—the cooking knows what it is.
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Rank 76. Noz Market
Sushi
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Rank 77. Dagon
Middle Eastern
Light floods through corner windows into a teal-tinged room where an off-center bar and long counter invite lingering. Middle Eastern flavors emerge across fresh breads, chicken liver mousse with date syrup, and lamb-filled cigars that taste best with tahini.
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Rank 78. Chick Chick
Korean
Chef Jun Park's narrow Upper West Side corner showcases Korean fried chicken with crisp amber skin glazed in black pepper soy. Open kitchen views and wood-lined walls frame plates of fried rice studded with sausage, tobiko, and kimchi.
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Rank 79. Pastrami Queen
American
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Rank 82. Charles Pan-Fried Chicken
Southern
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Charles Gabriel
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Charles Gabriel
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Rank 83. Sushi Yasuda
Sushi
At Sushi Yasuda, honey-toned wood and bamboo offer the only warmth in a deliberately austere room where punctuality is non-negotiable. The itamae controls your meal from behind the counter, assembling classical nigiri—bluefin, uni, sayori with shiso—with deliberate care that lets each piece's robust flavor speak. The place ignores fashion and rewards those willing to submit to its rhythms.
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Rank 85. Barney Greengrass
Deli, Appetizing, Breakfast
A venerable appetizing counter on the Upper West Side where smoked sturgeon—meaty yet buttery, cut with laser precision—is treated as the delicacy it has been for generations. The fish arrives the same way every time: a gesture of consistency that feels almost liturgical in a city that devours and discards.
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The narrow dining room glows with incense and dark wood, a cozy refuge where the kitchen executes a sprawling menu of curries and stir-fries with unusual care. Yum pla duk—crispy catfish draped in tart mango salad—and miang kha-na's brilliant tangle of lime, pork, and peanuts suggest a kitchen that understands Thai food's full range.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times 2026 · #60 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
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Rank 87. Orsay
Brasserie French
Art nouveau panels and brass fixtures transport you to a Paris of thirty years past—a brasserie where chicken liver mousse and artichokes vinaigrette arrive with unselfconscious mastery, the kitchen content to honor tradition rather than interrogate it. Service glides with the ease of a room that knows exactly what it is, which is comfort and competence, nothing more or less necessary.
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Rank 88. Persepolis
Persian
Linen-draped tables and big windows set a composed stage for silky spreads, fragrant stews, and grilled meats that define Persian cooking in the city. The eggplant halim—a creamy roasted dip layered with lentils and yogurt—and saffron chicken kebab served over cherry-studded rice confirm the kitchen's command.
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Rank 90. Mission Ceviche
Peruvian
Chef José Luis Chávez's first sit-down restaurant brings the energy of his market stalls into a clean, modern space where Peruvian ceviche—both traditional and Nikkei-inflected—justifies a visit alone. The pulpo al olivo, its tender octopus dressed in olive-forward tiger's milk with avocado and fried capers, suggests a kitchen that understands restraint.
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Rank 91. Chez Fifi
French
Wood paneling and white tablecloths set the stage for classical French cooking at this intimate Upper East Side room. Escargots arrive swimming in garlic-parsley butter, lamb comes settled atop carrot puree and wine-dark lentils, and the baba au rhum—finished tableside with a dramatic pour—arrives as the evening's rightful climax. A restaurant content to execute tradition without apology.
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Rank 92. Bayon
Cambodian
Minh and Mandy Truong's Upper East Side kitchen unfolds traditional Cambodian cooking with quiet sophistication: chive dumplings arrive golden and sharp with ginger soy, while thick rice noodles swim in red curry built on ground fish and fresh vegetables. The banh chao crepe—crisp, half-moon, studded with shrimp and chicken—begs to be wrapped in lettuce leaf by leaf.
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Rank 93. Marcel
French
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Rank 95. Eléa
Greek
Whitewashed brick and weathered beams frame a bi-level dining room where Mediterranean ingredients speak plainly—creamy spreads, whole grilled fish, a stuffed tomato alive with raisins and pine nuts. The cooking respects simplicity while occasionally reaching higher, as in a moussaka that feels both classical and refined.
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Rank 97. Phayul
Tibetan
Momos arrive fat and pleated at this Tibetan restaurant on Roosevelt Avenue, their beef filling brightened with scallions and meant for dipping in the ferocious house hot sauce. The stir-fried noodles pull just as hard—chewy strands and tender meat against crisp vegetables in a savory gloss. Generous portions, lively flavors, and the kind of place where you could order anything and land well.
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Rank 98. FIELDTRIP Harlem
NY Comfort Food
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · JJ Johnson
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · JJ Johnson
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: New York State · JJ Johnson
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Rank 99. Don Antonio
Neapolitan Pizza
A wood-fired outpost of a Neapolitan institution, Don Antonio channels four generations of pizza-making into dishes like the Montanara Starita—fried dough topped with house tomato sauce, smoked mozzarella, and basil—and frittatine, where fried spaghetti scraps meet ham and Buffalo mozzarella. The kitchen's lineage shows in every char and fold.
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #7 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 2026 · The Best Restaurants Around Times Square
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Rank 100. Ánimo!
Mexican