The 100 Best Restaurants in NYC - 2025

"Southern French and Italian, hand-rolled pasta"

"Seafood counter with beguiling simplicity"

"Omakase showing transformative power of ingredients"

"Sichuan peppercorns versatile and nuanced"

"Afro-Caribbean with Bronx upbringing touches"

"New Nordic cuisine playful and soulful"

"Korean set menu with crispiest fried chicken"

"Unimprovable roast chicken with salsa verde"

"Upper West Side Jewish deli since 1908"

"Tijuana-style birria tacos with drippy meat"

"Trattoria-style with crowd-pleasers and complex offerings"

"Piercingly intelligent and original Chinatown spot"

"Regional Indian cuisine technically proficient but playful"

"Red Hook jewel box unfussy and old-fashioned"

"Laid-back cafe with refined technique and unorthodox flavor"

"All cuts of the pig expertly cooked"

"Bold Spanish flavors nose-to-tail ethos"

"Lower Manhattan cool with excellent seafood"

"Wine geeks with discerning appetites destination"

"Adored pancakes and gutsy dinner"

"Homemade tofu trembling and transcendent"

"Dizzying assortment of hot-pot accouterments"

"Culinary riches of Albania and Kosovo"

"Sophisticated basement with intelligently quirky kitchen"

"Cozy living room Puebla and Oaxaca inspired"

"Fat inhalable sandwiches feats of culinary wizardry"

"Roast chicken thing of beauty"

"Classic French careful precise service charms"

"Regional Indian cuisines spice-heavy bone-in ghee-soaked"

"Garlicky olive-oil-blessed Italian American"

"Persian flavors alive with sharp contrasts"

"Natural wine and small plates world-class"

"Glamorous 1930s ocean liner opulent yet never-fussy"

"Old-school French bistro ageless"

"Storied restaurant finest incarnation restored elegance"

"Feather-light honey butter pancakes all hours"

"One of most reliable meals towering dining room"

"Encyclopedic menu roast duck benchmark salt-and-pepper squid"

"Quintessential New York dining room sumptuous food"

"Malaysian Hainanese chicken rice jasmine-infused"

"Fried onion burger squishy bun crisp-edged patty"

"Soulful ingredient-driven Mexican American hip-hop soundtrack"

"Reliable Taiwanese crisp-edged radish cakes soul-warming broth"

"Chef obsessed with source quality minute details"

"Refined tasting menu brilliant nuances bold flavors"

"Impeccably fresh seafood intimate Korean noodle bar"

"Dynamic Korean fine-dining Korean through and through"

"Dry-aged steakhouse signature mutton chop prime rib hash"

"Austrian fine dining crisp apple strudel schnitzel"

"Yakitori omakase U-shaped counter awe"

"Nyonya cuisine Chinese Malay flavors doting auntie"

"Central Asian hand-pulled noodles cumin lamb"

"Sri Lankan hoppers lamb curry flavors full force"

"French classics Gallic traditions downtown swagger"

"Bygone French bistro triumphant second coming"

"Feteer flaky layered bread showstopper"

"Agnolotti hand-rolled pasta wood-burning oven"

"Breadth of Myanmar cuisine Southeast Asian confluence"

"Remixed polished produce-driven cuisine unfussy convivial"

"Contemporary pizza old reverence clam version New Haven"

"Tiny Vietnamese funk sour fresh"

"Pork soup art form dweji gomtang"

"Ramen bowls healing powers tsukemen dipping broth"

"Lanzhou beef noodle soup halal"

"Wood-fired oven low-lit French Italian"

"Springy udon noodles elastic al dente"

"Fried calamari delicately breaded greaseless"

"Classic luncheonette old-school diner tuna melts"

"British gastro-pub understated direct intense flavors"

"Finest sandwiches finest cakes mortadella pickled pepper"

"Soul food whole snapper expertly fried"

"Middle Eastern vibrate explode gyrate garlic lemon spices"

"Persian family cuisine spice-scented tahdig saffron-stained"

"Vegetables yuba charred broccoli brilliant reinventing rules"

"Sushi omakase pristine largely unadorned"

"Omakase 14-course inventive excellent deals"

"Impeccable flies heads stinky tofu"

"Dosa idli vada South Indian"

"Thai American fish sauce chiles loud fiery flavors"

"Northern France Verjus influenced seasonal greenmarket"

"New York culinary history stylish reincarnation"

"Doubles aloo pie curry goat Trinidadian institution"

"Basque pintxos creative traditional"

"Neapolitan-style pizza puffy singed crust"

"Italian cooking attention to detail leafy green salad"

"Azerbaijani plov saffron fragrant"

"Pork wontons prickly chile oil New York treasure"

"Korean barbecue Haeundae cut short rib"

"Fiery Isan-style Thai seafood focus"