The Best Restaurants in Jersey City
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The best restaurants in Jersey City, according to the experts: The New York Times, NJ.com, and AAA have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Korai Kitchen comes out on top.
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15 Fox Place and Bistro La Source hold the next two places. NJ.com shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AAA next.
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Rank 1. Korai Kitchen
Indian
The bottle gourd for their signature lau chingri comes from the parking lot out back, which tells you most of what you need to know about this small Bangladeshi-Indian neighborhood eatery in Jersey City. The chef and her daughter run the room, the cooking is homestyle but precise, and the dish landed on a New York Times list of the year's best across the country. A James Beard semifinalist, and NJ.com's top-ranked restaurant in the state.
The awards
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2025 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- NJ.com NJ.com: #1 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2026 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times 2025 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- NJ.com #1 · New Jersey’s 99 greatest restaurants, ranked
- The New York Times 2026 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 2. 15 Fox Place
Italian
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Rank 3. Bistro La Source
French
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 5. El Ranchero Taqueria
Mexican
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