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The snazziest French bistro in NYC popped open in 2018, winning a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant, along with rave reviews and national buzz for chefs Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr. Frenchette’s dramatic black exterior reveals a warm wooden bar and cozy leather banquettes with remarkably friendly staff poised to welcome you at the door. Join the fans feasting on oysters and sausages, pommes frites, pillowy gnocchi Parisienne, and showstopping pistachio Paris-Brest, alongside the acclaimed natural wine list.

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• James Beard Award

  2025

The sophomore restaurant from Don Angie's Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli points its focus at the sea, taking a spirited spin on traditional coastal Italian-American favorites. We’re talking crab-and-mortadella dip spiked with dill, pasta alle vongole given a shot of heat with aji amarillo, and shrimp parm with a sweet and sour arrabbiata. Although the menu leans playful, the sexy dining room and serious cocktails that don’t take themselves too seriously (think: a martini made with “garlic bread” vodka) make this a decidedly grown-up second effort.

This NoHo outpost of the Los Angeles legend is firing on all cylinders again, and that means you can look forward to some exceptional vegetable-forward dishes that celebrate the best of California cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Think labneh on toast with grape jam and sea salt, pizzas topped with confit tomatoes and smoked mozzarella, and salads studded with burrata and honeynut squash. Enjoy it all with a classic cocktail or a glass of wine in the bright bi-level space done up in light woods.

Momofuku's first new NYC restaurant in years is reason enough to get excited. Another is internationally celebrated chef Paul Carmichael, who runs the show here by showcasing his Barbadian heritage through a three-course menu with dishes like jerk duck sausage and braised goat with spicy scallop creole. Custom mosaics, the open kitchen with counter seating, and a welcome roti platter set the tone for a relaxed, Caribbean home-like experience.

Legendary sushi chef Eiji Ichimura leads this intimate, 10-seat MICHELIN-starred destination in Tribeca. Once you're seated at the sleek wooden counter, you'll be enthralled by an Edomae-style seasonal omakase that can stretch to 20 courses and include a mochi rice cracker filled with uni and caviar along with aged nigiri and temaki. Eating it off exquisite plates made by acclaimed Japanese ceramicist Shiro Tsujimura makes an evening here all the more thrilling.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

Joël Robuchon alum Mitsunobu Nagae melds his Japanese heritage with French cooking at this MICHELIN-starred Tribeca gem. That means you might find dishes like foie gras crème brûlée stuffed in citrus or miso-marinated Japanese butterfish with baby artichoke on the seasonal tasting menu—or choose from à la carte options at the bar. Either way, you'll be seated in a space that's definition: Tribeca; an elegant room with velvet chairs and booths and a marble accent wall.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

When chef Ignacio Mattos debuted Estela in 2013, New York Times critic Pete Wells called it eccentric in a positive two-star review. That originality is what made the cozy downtown bistro an NYC icon with signature dishes like pillowy ricotta dumplings with thinly shaved raw mushroom and a simply perfect endive salad. Pair your meal with one of the creative cocktails or a pick from the extensive wine list—a meal here will immediately show you why Estela has held a MICHELIN Star for six-years running.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• World's 50 Best #79

  2022

This Lower East Side award-winner from pioneering pizzaiolo Anthony Mangieri was named the number-one pizzeria in the world by 50 Top Pizza in 2022 and 2024. Unsurprisingly, the pies—simple and classic on naturally leavened dough—are the stars at the bustling, elbow-to-elbow space. But don't miss the house-made gelato and fresh-fruit sorbetti, nor the standout wines from Campania.

The rolled lasagna at Don Angie launched a thousand Instagram posts when the West Village Italian-American restaurant from wife-and-husband team Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli opened in 2018. It was also named one of Esquire’s Best New Restaurants that same year, and the owners received James Beard Award nominations in 2019, 2020, and 2022. Ever since day one, the cozy, bustling dining room with classic black-and-white checkered floors and a curved bar has been one of the city’s most coveted reservations, with diners clamoring for said lasagna and other viral fare like hand-made, candy-striped buffalo milk caramelle and gussied-up chicken scarpariello.

Few places can top the New York-style pizzas turned out by talented pizzaiolo Scarr Pimentel at this Lower East Side trailblazer. Lines down the block form daily for slices of the exceptional pizza dough that's made with flour Pimentel mills himself—but those with reservations can slide right in. Get your pies with toppings like cremini mushrooms, cured anchovies, and hot honey for a meal that has captured the praise of The New Yorker, Eater, The New York Times, and more.

Noodles are the star at this Thai East Village gem that got raves from Eater and the New York Times after it opened in 2020. You'll find them in a host of regional dishes like the spicy ba mii pu (dry crab noodles) and chicken khao soi. Pair them with equally exciting cocktails like the tequila and tamarind syrup-based Pay-Thai in a neon-lit space that'll make you feel you're at one of Bangkok's famed street-food markets.

When alums from the wildly creative Wildair open a restaurant, you take notice. That's true of this buzzy West Village spot that Eater called the most exciting new wine bar in Manhattan. The food here is as exciting as the wine, so you should definitely plan on staying for dinner so that you can pair your bottle with lobster au poivre, beef tongue tonnata, and more dishes that blend French, Spanish, and Italian influences.

This sister restaurant to MICHELIN-Starred The Musket Room is an Italian and French bakery by day and swanky, white tablecloth dinner destination by night. Don't miss pastry chef Camari Mick's baked goods—think candied orange almond croissant—in the morning, and return at night for chef Mary Attea's hearty dishes prepared in a wood-fired hearth.

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• MICHELIN Plate

  2023

Head to this MICHELIN-Starred Nolita gem for the globetrotting tasting menu from Food & Wine Best New Chefs Mary Attea and Camari Mick. Expect next-level pastries and upscale dishes like jamón Ibérico and smoked mussels in a way that never feels stuffy. Few fine-dining restaurants in New York straddle the balance between casual and formal so effortlessly.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

Fabián von Hauske-Valtierra and Jeremiah Stone brought Paris's neo-bistro phenomenon to the Lower East Side at this trendsetting New American spot. Inventive but always tasty snacks, like sausage-stuffed fried olives with mornay sauce, showstopping desserts, and one of the city's best steaks are accompanied by rare natural wines that will leave you swooning.

A Brooklyn institution from 1879 until 2004, Gage & Tollner was reopened by restaurant vets Sohui Kim, Ben Schneider, and St. John Frizell in 2019 to great acclaim—including a spot on The New York Times's top 100 restaurants list. With classic dishes like oysters Rockefeller and chicken liver paté, as well as a selection of grass-fed, dry-aged steaks, the menu pays homage to the restaurant’s long history. Served in an award-winning dining room anchored by arched mirrors and a spacious dark-wood bar, Gage & Tollner nods to the past while feeling entirely modern (note the teeny 'tinis offered at happy hour).

Few places do Spanish food as well as this cozy Gramercy restaurant serving some of the city's best tapas since 2003. Star chef Andy Nusser makes the food he grew up eating in Spain, and dishes like garlicky razor clams, delicate bone marrow, and creamy scrambled eggs with uni have helped the restaurant score a MICHELIN star and a coveted three-star review from The New York Times.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

Chef Brian Kim originally opened Oiji in 2015 before leveling up with Oiji Mi in 2022 and leaning into modern and upscale Korean fare. The stunning dining room serves up lantern-style lamps and lattice-inspired walls, an elegant setting for the luxurious five-course prix-fixe menu. Don’t miss the namesake Oiji bowl arrayed with briny urchin and sweet prawn, lobster ramyun twirled with cool noodles, or soju cocktails in creative flavors, which all helped the restaurant earn a MICHELIN Star and a James Beard semifinalist nod for the chef.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

The original restaurant that brought celebrity chef David Chang to fame, Momofuku Noodle Bar is still going strong with locations in the East Village and Columbus Circle. Look for the sleek glass exterior and pull up a stool in the warm wood interior for ramen noodles, steamed buns, and soft serve. After more than 20 years, half a dozen James Beard wins and nominations, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand, it’s still a noodle icon.

James Beard semifinalist chef Brian Kim has a star hidden inside a star. His MICHELIN-Starred modern Korean restaurant Oiji Mi hides an omakase-style counter in the back, bōm, which has its own MICHELIN Star. Here, 18 seats pull up to a bold black-and-white marble slab for a Korean tasting-menu experience featuring custom grills. About a dozen or more courses include Wagyu, king crab, fatty tuna, and other luxuries rounded out with refined versions of the requisite banchan and soup.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

Get all the charm of Brooklyn dining plus a MICHELIN-Starred meal at Clover Hill in Brooklyn Heights. Chef Sam Rogers's tasting menu highlights his Latin heritage paired with his experience at fine-dining legends like noma and Per Se. The classic townhouse setting oozes with charm, and the elegant service matches. This is the perfect spot for a romantic celebration.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

This Flatiron restaurant is the very definition of celebrity chef Tom Colicchio's cooking: American fine dining informed by farmers market finds. Park yourself by the floor-to-ceiling windows along East 19th Street as you dig into plates of heirloom tomato salad and hen of the woods mushrooms alongside a superb bottle of wine—you'll know immediately why this restaurant has earned a James Beard Award and a three-star New York Times review.

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• MICHELIN Plate

  2023

• MICHELIN Plate

  2022

• MICHELIN Plate

  2021

Famed chef Angie Mar goes big on nostalgic ’80s and ’90s French-influenced dishes like oysters mornay and crêpes suzette at this sleek West Village restaurant. Expect the energy of The Beatrice Inn and the finesse of Les Trois Chevaux—a match you cannot beat.

Contemporary Parisian food meets Viennese traditions at this NoMad spot that Esquire and the New York Times named one of 2022's best new restaurants. Chef Markus Glocker leans on his Austrian childhood and French training to create showstoppers like salmon en croûte and schnitzel with lingonberries. The space evokes turn-of-the-century European café with glass and brass light fixtures, banquette seating, and a dreamy bar with a large backlit clock.

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• MICHELIN Plate

  2023

• MICHELIN Plate

  2022

The James Beard–recognized restaurateurs from Frenchette, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson, took over one of the oldest French restaurants in New York when they restored and reopened Le Veau d’Or in 2024. Take comfort in the wood-paneled walls, red leather booths, and red-and-white checkered tablecloths, and get ready for a polished prix-fixe menu of pâté en croûte, poached lobster, and île flottante, among others. Catch a nightcap at the cozy bar—it’s a tiny treasure with only five seats.

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• James Beard Award

  2025

Fredrik Berselius's legendary Scandinavian restaurant has nearly every accolade imaginable—two MICHELIN Stars, a three-star New York Times review, and four stars from Eater. Far from resting on its laurels, the Williamsburg tasting-menu destination continues to showcase the best, hyper-seasonal local ingredients through a boundary-pushing Nordic lens.

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• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2024

• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2023

• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2022

Even before The New Yorker raved about Strange Delight, this love letter to the famed oyster houses and cocktails of New Orleans was already making waves. Start with a glass of the creamy Ramos Gin Fizz, move on to a plate of charbroiled oysters with smoked garlic butter, and enjoy it all in a space that'll make you feel like you're at a NOLA oyster bar legend. After just one visit, this will become your go-to before or after a show at BAM.

Acclaimed chef Nozomu Abe leads this serene, two-MICHELIN-starred destination that's arguably one of the best sushi restaurants in town. Sit at one of two intimate wooden counters for an Edomae-style seasonal tasting menu that can stretch to 20 courses and include dishes like grilled sea perch with blue seaweed sauce. Delicate, cedar-lined walls and food presented on centuries-old Japanese ceramics make any meal here a singular, transportative experience.

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• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2024

• MICHELIN 2 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

Combining his Swedish upbringing and Ethiopian heritage, celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson gives New Yorkers an innovative, seafood-forward fusion spot that could only come from him. The two cuisines blend beautifully in dishes like berbere-cured salmon served with apple water and avocado that earned this Chelsea hotspot two stars from the NY Times. It's all served in a vibrant space with sculptures from famed artist and restaurant partner Derrick Adams on the walls.

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• JAMES BEARD Semifinalist

  2023

• MICHELIN Plate

  2023

Snagging a seat at this serene MICHELIN-Starred kaiseki in the East Village means you can look forward to one of the most intimate dinners in town. At just 12 seats at two counters facing each other, you'll be treated to dish after dish of seasonal Japanese cooking. You might find pink conger fish with rhubarb jam and shiso flowers or tempura Japanese beltfish, and no matter what, you should ask about the sake selection to make it an extra-memorable evening.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

From the same restaurant family as beloved bistro Frenchette, Le Rock jazzed up Rockefeller Center when it moved into the ground floor in 2022. Expect the same impeccable service, but true to the iconic skyscraper’s Art Deco style, even more over-the-top glamour in the design details. This is the scene for soignée seafood towers, saucy bison au poivre, and showstopping tarte tatin. No wonder Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr have been named James Beard Semifinalists for Outstanding Restaurateur.

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• James Beard Award

  2025

This MICHELIN-Starred sequel to Sushi Noz seats just seven people at a time for one of the most intimate omakase experiences in town. Chef Junichi Matsuzaki will lead you through 20+-course Edomae-style tasting, where the menu changes daily and includes seasonal ingredients imported from Tokyo. You might find dishes like lotus root dumplings or fermented sea urchin, but no matter what, this tasting will be one for the books.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

Two MICHELIN Stars and a three-star New York Times review mean few kaiseki meals rival the one you'll find at this charming, hidden restaurant in the Flatiron District. Acclaimed chef Hiroki Odo of Kajitsu fame turns out hyper-seasonal Japanese food, and you might find dishes like eel that's steamed, charcoal-grilled, and drizzled with a sansho-pepper soy sauce. Keep the night going at odo's adjacent speakeasy lounge with stellar Japanese-inspired cocktails.

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• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2024

• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

The original restaurant that brought celebrity chef David Chang to fame, Momofuku Noodle Bar is still going strong with locations in the East Village and Columbus Circle. Look for the sleek glass exterior and pull up a stool in the warm wood interior for ramen noodles, steamed buns, and soft serve. After more than 20 years, half a dozen James Beard wins and nominations, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand, it’s still a noodle icon.

For when you want to feel transported to a warm Japanese home complete with a sloping wooden roof and paper screens for windows, look no further than this MICHELIN-Starred Midtown gem. You'll be treated to a dazzling tasting menu where tempura is the star. Expect plates of lightly battered shrimp interspersed with pristine sashimi and an epic sake selection. Make sure to grab a seat at the kitchen counter for a memorable evening up close to the action.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

There's inventive, and then there's this Gowanus Italian restaurant. A special MICHELIN award for outstanding service is reason enough to visit, but dishes like jell-olives and fluke crudo in aged parmesan have set social media aflame and given New York a rare new take on Italian cooking.

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• MICHELIN Bib Gourmand

  2023

For when only the biggest blowout celebrations will do, this Midtown hotspot's ultra-luxe menu—where caviar, naturally, is the star—can't be beat. Go for one of the three MICHELIN-Starred tasting menus, where chef Edgar Panchernikov's showstopping plates of Japanese mackerel, white asparagus, and oysters are all topped with caviar. Velvet booths, floor-to-ceiling windows, and tall chandeliers only reinforce just how special it feels to eat here.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2021

Joël Robuchon disciple Alain Verzeroli came into his own at this bright and plant-filled Midtown restaurant that reflects the seasonal, produce-forward menu. Dishes like halibut with morels and a white asparagus veloute manage to be both unfussy but still destination-worthy, as proven by its MICHELIN Star.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2023

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2021

Le Bernardin and Per Se alum Sungchul Shim dazzles diners with a nine-course Korean tasting menu of grilled skewers you should eat with your hands. You can expect tons of imaginative dishes like croquettes in beet soup, all while seated in the elegant marble and wood-clad interiors of the MICHELIN-Starred Hell's Kitchen restaurant.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

This East Williamsburg gem is definition neighborhood restaurant. Nearly a decade after its opening, it's still doing some of the most audacious and exciting Taiwanese American in the city. Dishes like minced pork and rice lou rou fan and the shrimp and mortadella Nutritious Sandwich are non-negotiable, but after that, the playful menu is your oyster.

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• MICHELIN Bib Gourmand

  2024

• MICHELIN Bib Gourmand

  2023

• MICHELIN Bib Gourmand

  2022

The MICHELIN-Starred Kochi team's handroll destination is one of the most thrilling omakases you can experience in the city. Bites of grilled trout, king crab, and duck breast are so good that this Midtown restaurant, too, has its own MICHELIN Star.

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2024

• MICHELIN 1 Star

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• MICHELIN 1 Star

  2022

A decades-long devotion to Scandinavian fine dining has earned this Midtown staple two MICHELIN Stars and a three-star New York Times review. Minimalist interiors with undulating wooden ceilings accompany dishes that arrive on earthenware that's equally stunning. Sit back and dig into chef Emma Bengtsson's tasting menus full of creative takes on Nordic classics like flaky cod and asparagus in buttery Norwegian Sandefjord sauce.

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• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2024

• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2023

• MICHELIN 2 Stars

  2022