Lower East Side
Lower East Side
Page 3North Dumpling
North Dumpling makes extra-gingery dumplings for $3.50 a pop. It’s one of our favorite dumpling counters in Chinatown.
Banchan by Sunny
Banchan by Sunny is a pop-up at People's Wine on the Lower East Side serving a large variety of banchan and other Korean dishes.
Matsunori
Matsunori is a 10-seat, BYOB sushi counter where you can try a great $68 omakase with a date.
Rebel Restaurant and Bar
Rebel is a Haitian spot on the Lower East Side that always makes you feel like you're at a house party.
Gugu Room
For a fun night out, get some small plates and cocktails at this mostly-Filipino spot on the LES.
Taikun Sushi
Taikun is an eight-seat omakase bar on the Lower East Side that serves a 13-course dinner for $85.
Parcelle
If you care about wine and talk about it often, you’ll like hanging out at Parcelle on the Lower East Side.
Jajaja Mexicana
Jajaja is a plant-based Mexican chain where you can eat some great food that just happens to be vegan
8282
Korean spot 8282 might just become your favorite LES hangout for fried chicken, gochujang margaritas, and delicious upscale anju and banju.
Lobby Lounge
Lobby Lounge is a fancy cocktail bar from the people behind Estela in the Nine Orchard hotel on the Lower East Side.
La Caverna
La Caverna is a Mexican restaurant on the LES where you can eat tacos and smoke hookah in a basement built like a cave.
Le Dive
Le Dive is a busy little wine bar in a very busy part of the Lower East Side, and it's a great spot to drink, snack, and take in a scene.
Kuih Cafe
Kuih Cafe is open Friday through Sunday on the Lower East Side, and we encourage you to stop by for some kuih or a slice of durian cheesecake.
Una Pizza Napoletana
This LES restaurant is serving the best Neapolitan pies in NYC—and possibly the rest of the world, the Twittersphere, the Metaverse, and any other vaguely habitable place.
Lullaby Bar
The next time you're looking for a bar that has house-party energy and interesting cocktails, head to Lullaby on the Lower East Side.
Double Chicken Please
Double Chicken Please is a fun cocktail bar and restaurant on the Lower East Side with creative drinks on tap and a great hot honey fried chicken sandwich.
Pig & Butter
Pig & Butter is a tiny restaurant on the Lower East Side that serves brunch all week long.
Le French Diner
We like this tiny French restaurant on the Lower East Side so much we almost didn’t want to tell you about it.
Wu’s Wonton King
Wu’s is a big restaurant on the LES where you can get a whole roasted suckling pig and sit around a big round table. Plus, it’s BYOB.
Dhamaka
Dhamaka is an Indian restaurant in Essex Market on the Lower East Side serving fantastic regional specialties that are hard to find elsewhere in NYC.
Wildair
Wildair is a casual wine bar on the Lower East Side, attached to the acclaimed tasting menu restaurant Contra.
Cervo’s
Despite the wait times, we wholeheartedly recommend having a fun, seafood-dominated meal at Cervo’s on the Lower East Side.