Unique Dining Experience
Unique Dining Experience
Page 2The Flatiron Room
If your idea of a good time is listening to live jazz while drinking hard-to-find whiskey, plan your next night out at The Flatiron Room.
Cosenza's Fish Market
Stop by the sidewalk oyster bar at this Arthur Avenue fish market for freshly shucked shellfish. Sometimes, they even have sea urchin.
Calabria Pork Store
Calabria Pork Store is a deli in the Bronx with lots and lots of sausages hanging from the ceiling.
Sushi Nakazawa
Sushi Nakazawa isn't as buzzy as it used to be, but it's still one of your best options for special-occasion sushi.
Llama San
Llama San is a Nikkei restaurant in the West Village from the people behind Llama Inn. It’s pricey, but the food is incredibly delicious.
Ichiran
This popular ramen chain from Japan is known for its "privacy booths." The Midtown location is a great place to get some alone time with a bowl of noodles.
Kono
At this sleek, serious yakitori spot in Chinatown you’ll have bites of food so simple and perfect they’ll move you near tears.
The Russian Tea Room
The Russian Tea Room is an NYC institution in Midtown that's part art museum and part restaurant, and it's a popular destination for afternoon tea.
Dollar Hits
Dollar Hits is a Filipino BBQ spot in Woodside where you can choose from over 20 skewers that range from pork intestine to tempura quail eggs.
LittleMad
LittleMad is a Nomad spot where you can supplement the French/Korean dishes with caviar, uni, and truffles. It's a fun place, and there's nothing else like it.
Burger Joint
Burger Joint is behind a red velvet curtain inside a Midtown hotel. The burgers here used to be worth the wait. They’re not anymore.
Saga
Saga’s themeless tasting menu is eclipsed by the FiDi restaurant’s other extravagances. Fortunately, you can always reserve a spot at Saga’s upstairs bar, Overstory, for the same 63rd floor view.
Bird Dog
Bird Dog is an Italian-Southern restaurant in the West Village with a room that feels like an NYC studio apartment.
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.
Surf Bar
If you want to eat fish tacos and enjoy tropical drinks in a beach shack with a sand floor, head to Surf Bar in Williamsburg.
Where To Take Someone You Don't Like Talking To
When you're planning a night out with someone who excels at tedious conversation, choose one of these spots.
River Cafe
The River Cafe is a nice spot for '90s-era fancy food with a breathtaking view of the Manhattan skyline.
Mắm
Mắm serves northern Vietnamese street food in a small, cozy space on Forsyth street in Chinatown.
11 NYC Spots Showing Outdoor Movies
Find that Snuggie you bought in 2009 and stash some gummy bears in your tote—you’re going to the movies, baby (sort of).
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.
Dinner Party
Dinner Party is an unpretentious, intimate restaurant in Fort Greene with a new prix-fixe menu every week.
Dept. Of Culture
This fantastic Bed-Stuy restaurant serves a rotating prix-fixe meal inspired by the owner’s upbringing in the Northern Nigerian state of Kwara.
Keens Steakhouse
Keens is a classic Midtown steakhouse filled with historical artifacts. Even if you don’t care about Albert Einstein’s smoking pipe, you’ll have a great meal here.
Atoboy
Atoboy serves a $75 prix-fixe menu in Flatiron, and it's a wonderful place to casually nerd out over expertly-made Korean food.