Star Wine List Restaurants in New York City

63 Clinton

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star

At 63 Clinton, chef Sam Clonts and Raymond Trinh turn their Southeastern Arizona upbringing into a Michelin-starred New York tasting menu. Sonoran flavors, whole-animal butchery and seasonal ingredients give the Lower East Side restaurant a point of view beyond generic contemporary dining.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Ai Fiori

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Grand Award

On the second floor of the Langham Hotel on Fifth Avenue, Ai Fiori translates the cooking traditions of the French and Italian Riviera into a Midtown dining room defined by marble, thick linens, and a wine list of 1,750 selections across 8,000 bottles. Ranked #235 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list and awarded Star Wine List's top position in 2025, it occupies the formal end of New York's Italian fine dining tier.

Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Atera

New York City, United States

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Atera holds two Michelin stars and an AAA 5 Diamond rating, placing it among a small tier of New York tasting-menu counters where Danish-influenced technique and seasonal ingredients converge. Chef Ronny Emborg's menu spans numerous courses that move between delicacy and richness, anchored by a wine program of 1,500 selections across 7,000 bottles. Dinner runs nightly at 77 Worth Street in Tribeca.

Also recognized by AAA, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Atoboy

New York City, United States

A Gramercy set-menu counter where Modern Korean cooking meets French technique at an accessible price point. Atoboy's $75 format and Opinionated About Dining recognition place it in a distinct tier below the city's Korean tasting-menu flagship while offering a sharper, more relaxed alternative to both. Ranked #115 in North America by OAD in 2025, it remains one of NoMad's most consistent reservation targets.

Also recognized by New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Atomix

New York City, United States

2 Michelin stars

Atomix is where New York's Korean fine-dining conversation becomes precise, formal, and deeply contemporary. The counter format, illustrated course cards, and Junghyun Park's modern Korean cooking turn the meal into a study of accompaniment, sequence, and cultural translation rather than a conventional luxury tasting menu.

Also recognized by James Beard Award, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, New York Times

Balthazar

New York City, United States

Open since 1997, Balthazar has held SoHo's French brasserie position long enough to become the template other American bistros measure themselves against. The dining room — mirrored walls, worn leather banquettes, the ambient roar of a full house — reads as a credible transatlantic transfer. Its seafood program, in-house bakery, and all-day format make it one of New York's most reliable addresses for classic French fare without the formality of the city's Michelin-heavy French tier.

Also recognized by Eater, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List

Benoit

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Alain Ducasse's New York bistro occupies the storied La Côte Basque space on West 55th Street, pairing oak-panelled walls and red velvet banquettes with an unabashedly classical French menu. Cassoulet, pâté en croûte, and rum baba anchor a list that reads like a Parisian brasserie's greatest hits. The wine program, recognised by Star Wine List as #1 in 2024, runs to nearly 1,700 selections with particular depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the Rhône.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Borgo

New York City, United States

Andrew Tarlow's first Manhattan venture, Borgo opened in September 2024 on East 27th Street with a trattoria-style menu that changes monthly. Recognized by New York Magazine's 43 Best Restaurants in New York (2025) and awarded a White Star on Star Wine List, the restaurant pairs wood-oven Italian cooking with a natural-leaning wine list and a roving martini cart — a confident debut for a restaurateur better known for Brooklyn.

Also recognized by Eater, James Beard Award, New York Magazine, New York Times

Bridges

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star

Bridges occupies a warm, amber-toned room on Chatham Square in Chinatown, where chef Sam Lawrence draws from global culinary traditions to produce a menu that resists easy categorisation. Awarded a Michelin Plate in 2025 and recognised by Star Wine List, the restaurant operates at a mid-premium price point that places it well below the city's starred tasting-menu circuit while cooking with comparable ambition.

Also recognized by Esquire, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Café Boulud

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Café Boulud holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining recognition at its relaunched Upper East Side address on 63rd Street and Park Avenue. The prix fixe format moves between classic French technique, seasonal market cooking, and international influences, with a wine list of 825 selections and 8,000 bottles in inventory rated Star Wine List number one in 2024.

Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Café Carmellini

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Housed inside NoMad's Fifth Avenue Hotel, Café Carmellini is Andrew Carmellini's return to formal fine dining after more than a decade building a more casual portfolio. The room, designed by Martin Brudnizki, sets a Gilded Age register with double-height ceilings and jewel-toned banquettes. The menu moves between Italian and French traditions, anchored by signatures like Duck-Duck-Duck Tortellini and squab en croûte with foie gras.

Also recognized by Esquire, Forbes, James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining

Carbone

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Carbone in Greenwich Village is New York's defining address for mid-century Italian-American dining, where tuxedoed captains, plush banquettes, and a menu of red-sauce classics command prices and reservation scarcity that place it well above the neighbourhood's casual trattoria tier. Ranked #307 on Opinionated About Dining's North America list in 2024 and holding a Star Wine List White Star, it operates at a consistent remove from fashion.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Casa Mono

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Casa Mono holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining top-500 ranking, operating from a compact Irving Place address with tapas rooted in the Costa Brava tradition. Lunch and dinner run daily until midnight, with cuisine priced in the $40–$65 two-course range and a 4,800-bottle Spanish wine inventory. For New York's Spanish dining tier, it is the benchmark casual counter.

Also recognized by New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Chez Fifi

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Open since winter 2024, Chez Fifi has secured one of the Upper East Side's hardest reservations — a wood-paneled French bistro at 140 E 74th Street with a 4,200-bottle cellar ranked three times by Star Wine List in 2025. The menu draws from classic French and Spanish traditions, with escargots, braised lamb, and a tableside baba au rhum anchoring a room that seats roughly a dozen tables under white linen.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Claud

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A few steps below street level on East 10th Street, Claud has become one of the East Village's most closely watched dinner reservations. Ranked #1 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in both 2024 and 2025, it operates at the intersection of French-leaning bistro technique and ingredient-forward New American cooking, with a wine program running to 1,400 selections and 5,000 bottles in inventory.

Also recognized by Eater, Esquire, James Beard Award, New York Magazine

COQODAQ

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

At 12 E 22nd St in Flatiron, COQODAQ pairs gluten-free Korean fried chicken with a 950-label Champagne list across 4,440 bottles — a combination that earned a 2024 Michelin Bib Gourmand and the top spot on Star Wine List 2025. The format is deliberately compact: a set bucket meal with consommé, two rounds of chicken, perilla noodles, and yogurt soft serve. Demand routinely outpaces reservations, and a walk-in line forms most evenings.

Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Corima

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star

Where the Lower East Side meets Northern Mexico: Corima opened in 2024 at 3 Allen St and quickly earned recognition on Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in North America list. Chef Fidel Caballero runs both à la carte and a 13-course tasting menu, anchored by agave spirits, sourdough tortillas made with Sonoran wheat, and technique that draws on Basque and Japanese influences as readily as Chihuahuan desert tradition.

Also recognized by James Beard Award, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Cote

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star

America's only Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse, Cote occupies a dark, atmospheric room in the Flatiron District where tableside grills and dry-aged A5 Wagyu reframe what a steakhouse can be. The Butcher's Feast at $65 remains the entry point. Ranked No. 2 on Robb Report's 50 Best Steakhouses in North America 2025 and holding a Michelin star since 2024, it draws a global following without straying from its core premise.

Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List

Crown Shy

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Crown Shy occupies the ground floor of 70 Pine Street, one of Lower Manhattan's landmark Art Deco towers, bringing a Michelin-starred Modern American menu to the Financial District's lobby level. Chef Jassimran Singh leads a kitchen rooted in European technique with global inflections, backed by a 7,000-bottle wine inventory and consistent recognition from Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings since 2023.

Also recognized by New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List

Daniel

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Daniel Boulud’s Upper East Side restaurant offers seasonal French cooking by Executive Chef Eddy Leroux. Guests can choose prix-fixe, tasting or vegetarian menus in the formal dining room, or visit the Lalique-designed bar and lounge.

Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

Eleven Madison Park

New York City, United States

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Eleven Madison Park is where New York fine dining's old signals of luxury meet a plant-based tasting-menu format built around provenance, restraint, and a serious wine program. Daniel Humm's kitchen carries major recognition, including OAD's 2026 North America ranking, La Liste scoring, Star Wine List inclusion, and Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership, but the more interesting story is how the room tests what luxury means without meat at the center.

Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

Estela

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Estela helped define New York City’s modern downtown dining grammar: Mediterranean and contemporary cooking filtered through sharp acid, oil, grain, seafood, and a room that runs closer to a lively wine bar than a formal dining room. Its Michelin star, 2026 OAD Casual in North America ranking, and Star Wine List recognition keep it in the serious conversation without sanding off the looseness that made it matter.

Also recognized by New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List

Four Twenty Five

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Positioned on Park Avenue inside a glassy midtown tower, Four Twenty Five pairs Jonathan Benno's classical precision with Jean-Georges Vongerichten's spice-driven global range. New York Magazine named it among the 43 best restaurants in New York for 2025, and Esquire ranked it among its best new restaurants of 2024. The result is a rare midtown address that earns serious critical attention rather than coasting on location.

Also recognized by Esquire, New York Magazine, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining

Frenchette

New York City, United States

Frenchette arrived in TriBeCa in 2018 and has since grown into the ageless French bistro it always promised to be, earning a 2025 James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur and a place on La Liste's global ranking. Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr run a 100-seat room at 241 West Broadway where classic bistro cooking, smoked trout beignets to tarte au chocolat, sits alongside quietly confident service and a wine program recognised with a White Star from Star Wine List.

Also recognized by James Beard Award, La Liste, New York Magazine, New York Times

Frevo

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Frevo holds one Michelin star and consecutive Opinionated About Dining North America rankings (#174 in 2024, #186 in 2025) from an 18-seat counter in the West Village. Chef Franco Sampogna runs a dinner-only tasting menu that fuses French technique with Brazilian influence, drawing on Japanese-sourced proteins, long-aged European cheese, and a Star Wine List White Star-recognized cellar of 2,500 bottles weighted toward Burgundy, Italy, and Spain.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, The Best Chef, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Gabriel Kreuther

New York City, United States

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Two Michelin stars, an AAA Five Diamond rating, and a La Liste score of 93 points position Gabriel Kreuther among Midtown Manhattan's most serious fine-dining addresses. The kitchen channels French-Alsatian technique through a menu that runs from foie gras terrine to hay-smoked duck, while a 10,000-bottle cellar with particular depth in Alsace, Burgundy, and Bordeaux makes it as strong a wine destination as a culinary one.

Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

Gramercy Tavern

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Thirty years into its run, Gramercy Tavern remains one of New York's most dependable American restaurants — a Union Square Hospitality Group landmark that holds nine James Beard Awards and a La Liste ranking, serving seasonal farm-to-table cooking across two distinct formats: a walk-in Tavern and a reservations-only Dining Room. Chef Michael Anthony leads a kitchen anchored in local sourcing, backed by a wine list of 2,225 selections and sommelier depth that few American restaurants match.

Also recognized by Esquire, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

Junoon

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A long-running Flatiron Indian restaurant with consistent Opinionated About Dining recognition and a wine program strong enough to earn a Star Wine List White Star. Junoon pairs a 300-selection cellar with a menu that works spice architecture as deliberately as any French kitchen works sauce. Lunch and dinner service runs Tuesday through Sunday at 19 W 24th St.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Le Coucou

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Le Coucou brings classical French cooking into SoHo with the kind of precision and confidence that earned it a Michelin star and a place among Opinionated About Dining's top restaurants in North America. Chef Daniel Rose, an American who cooked in Paris's Second Arrondissement, applies Gallic technique to a room that reads as much downtown New York as it does brasserie. The wine program runs to 3,500 bottles with particular depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and Loire.

Also recognized by Esquire, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Le Pavillon

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Daniel Boulud's seventh New York restaurant occupies One Vanderbilt with a Michelin star, a 7,500-bottle wine list, and a menu built around seafood and vegetables rather than the traditional French canon. The dinner format opens into a full Think Vegetables Think Fruit tasting option, making this one of the few $$$$ rooms in Midtown where produce leads the multi-course logic. La Liste ranked it 79 points in 2026.

Also recognized by Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Lei

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Lei is a Chinese American wine bar on Doyers Street in Manhattan's Chinatown, recognized by Star Wine List's White Star and Resy's 2025 Hit List. The room fills fast — bottles stacked floor to ceiling, tables spilling into the alley — while the kitchen produces focused modern Chinese small plates alongside a deep list of low-intervention wines.

Also recognized by Bon Appétit, Chinese Restaurant Awards, Eater, Esquire

Lord's

New York City, United States

A Greenwich Village restaurant from the team behind Dame, Lord's brings a nose-to-tail British ethos to New York with hearty English classics, cozy banquettes, and a wine program recognized by Star Wine List. Ranked #242 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2025 and recommended by Pearl, it occupies a niche rarely filled this convincingly on the American side of the Atlantic.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Manhatta

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Sixty floors above the Financial District, Manhatta occupies one of Manhattan's most commanding dining rooms, with panoramic views that take in the full sweep of the city skyline. Chef Justin Bogle leads a New American kitchen ranked among North America's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining, backed by a wine program of 1,570 selections and a sommelier team that includes Wine Director Sydney Fusto.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Marc Forgione

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A TriBeCa address with serious wine credentials, Marc Forgione occupies a specific position in New York's New American scene: dinner-only, chef-driven, and built around a wine list that Star Wine List ranked #1 in 2024. Opinionated About Dining has placed it among the leading North American restaurants in consecutive years. The cooking is American in constitution, European in reference, and grounded in a neighbourhood that rewards that kind of ambition.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Naro

New York City, United States

Occupying a discreet rink-level address at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Naro has built one of the more consistent records in New York's modern Korean dining scene since appearing on Opinionated About Dining's North America list in 2023. Chef Nate Kuester's kitchen holds a Michelin Plate and a 2025 La Liste score of 77 points, placing the restaurant in a competitive bracket that rewards precision over spectacle.

Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Noreetuh

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A ten-year East Village fixture, Noreetuh brings Hawaiian-inflected cooking to a dimly lit, Polaroid-lined room on First Avenue. The kitchen runs a fun, unfussy menu anchored by musubi, glazed pork ribs, and mochiko fried chicken, while the wine program — a 3,000-bottle cellar with particular depth in German Riesling — earns recognition well above the restaurant's casual price point. Michelin Plate holder and ranked by Opinionated About Dining since 2023.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Noz 17

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star

A Michelin-starred omakase counter in Chelsea, Noz 17 is the downtown sibling of the Upper East Side original, with a seven-seat cypress bar and a procession of nigiri and otsumami that Opinionated About Dining ranked 38th in North America in 2024. Chef Junichi Matsuzaki's free-wheeling sequence keeps the format unpredictable in the clearest sense: product-driven, technically precise, and quietly serious about Japanese sushi tradition on New York terms.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Nudibranch

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Since opening in the East Village, Nudibranch has built a following around New American cooking with deep Korean and Spanish cross-currents, earning a spot on Esquire's Best New Restaurants list in 2022 and the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America ranking in 2025. The wine program, overseen by Wine Director Sammi Schachter, holds a White Star from Star Wine List and runs to 605 selections. Two-course pricing sits in the $40–$65 range, placing it at a midpoint well below the city's high-ticket tasting-menu tier.

Also recognized by Esquire, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

One White Street

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A Michelin-starred farm-to-table address in a 19th-century Tribeca townhouse, One White Street pairs a 6,000-bottle cellar with a menu built around produce from the team's upstate New York farm. The wine program ranks among the more decorated in the city, with three consecutive Star Wine List top-three finishes. Dinner runs à la carte or tasting menu format, with a market operating next door.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Pasquale Jones

New York City, United States

On Mulberry Street in Little Italy, Pasquale Jones has earned a permanent place in New York's serious pizza conversation, appearing on 50 Top Pizza USA every year since the award launched and. The kitchen runs on wood fire, turning out Neo-NY style pizza alongside meats and fish from an open hearth.

Also recognized by 50 Top Pizza, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Penny

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Penny opened above Claud in 2024, converting the East Village building's bright second floor into one of New York's most closely watched raw seafood counters. Chef Joshua Pinsky works from little more than a binchotan grill and a refrigerator, and the restraint shows in every dish. With a 6,000-bottle wine list anchored in Burgundy and Champagne, the bar-only format rewards early arrivals and walk-in diners equally.

Also recognized by Esquire, Food & Wine, James Beard Award, New York Times

Pinch Chinese

New York City, United States

Pinch Chinese occupies a sweet spot in SoHo that most Taiwanese and Chinese spots in New York don't: Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition, a Star Wine List #1 ranking, and food that draws its reference points from Flushing rather than the neighbourhood's gallery-district surroundings. Soup dumplings, spicy wontons in house chili oil, and a scallion pancake martini make it one of the more complete casual Chinese packages in the city.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Place des Fêtes

New York City, United States

Place des Fêtes brings the Oxalis team's French-leaning sensibility to a casual Clinton Hill wine bar format, ranking #41 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2024 and #92 in 2025. The kitchen handles seafood, grilled toast, and vegetable-forward plates with the same seriousness applied next door, while the bar pours natural wines from small Spanish and European producers.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Red Hook Tavern

New York City, United States

Red Hook Tavern arrived in Brooklyn's rapidly evolving waterfront neighbourhood carrying the credibility of the Hometown BBQ team and a dry-aged burger that has drawn repeated recognition from Opinionated About Dining, ranking #52 in Casual North America for 2025. The kitchen runs a tight, focused American menu inside a room that feels like a tavern has always occupied this corner of Van Brunt Street.

Also recognized by Eater, James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Saga

New York City, United States

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Perched on the 63rd floor of a Wall Street Art Deco tower, Saga holds two Michelin stars and a wine list of 8,000 bottles with strengths in Burgundy, France, and Italy. Chef Charlie Mitchell brings a Southern-inflected American menu to one of New York's most architecturally compelling dining rooms. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday; the bar at Overstory on the 64th floor rounds out the evening.

Also recognized by La Liste, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Relais Chateaux

Sartiano’s

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Sartiano's occupies a prime position inside SoHo's Mercer Hotel on Prince Street, drawing a crowd that leans toward the well-dressed and well-connected. Holding a 3-Star Accreditation from the World's Best Wine Lists awards, it operates at the intersection of scene and substance. The address alone places it inside one of Manhattan's most competitive dining corridors.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Smithereens

New York City, United States

Opened in November 2024, Smithereens brings a subterranean New England seafood sensibility to the East Village, with Chef Nick Tamburo's tight, seafood-forward menu championing under-appreciated species like bluefish, mackerel, and whiting. A Star Wine List White Star and 2025 Resy Hit List pick, it occupies a dimly lit, counter-and-table space at 414 E 9th St with a wine program built almost entirely around high-energy whites.

Also recognized by New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Resy, Star Wine List

Sushi Nakazawa

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Sushi Nakazawa's ten-seat Commerce Street counter has ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top North American restaurants every year from 2023 through 2025, placing it firmly in New York's upper tier of omakase dining. Chef Daisuke Nakazawa's 20-course format draws on Jiro Ono lineage and sources fish both locally and from Japan, with wine director Dean Fuerth overseeing a 1,580-bottle list strong in Champagne and Burgundy.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

Sushi Noz

New York City, United States

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

A two-Michelin-star Edomae-style omakase on the Upper East Side, Sushi Noz operates at the precise end of New York's high-end sushi market. Chef Nozomu Abe presides over a 200-year-old hinoki counter in a hushed, temple-like room, where seasonal otsumami give way to nigiri of considerable technical discipline. Ranked 29th in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it belongs to a small peer group of counters where Tokyo-calibre sourcing meets Manhattan pricing.

Also recognized by La Liste, New York Times, OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining

Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

At Lincoln Center, Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi plants Afro-Caribbean cooking inside one of New York's most storied cultural addresses. Oxtail marinated for over a day, egusi dumplings filled with crab and sea bass, and suya-dusted pastrami map a diaspora that runs from West Africa through the Bronx. La Liste awarded it 92 points in both 2025 and 2026; the Michelin Plate followed in 2024.

Also recognized by Chef's Table, Esquire, James Beard Award, La Liste

Terroir

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Occupying a former cheese production facility on Harrison Street, Terroir Tribeca is a 65-seat wine bar from the team behind Hearth, built around bottle-lined counters and a darkly polished interior that feels closer to a wine cellar than a bar. The focus here is naturalistic: producers, provenance, and the kind of food that earns its place on the table rather than decorates it. In a city of $$$$ tasting menus, it represents a considered alternative.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards

The Bazaar

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Where most steakhouses along the NoMad corridor default to white tablecloths and tradition, The Bazaar by José Andrés operates on a different register entirely: large-cut meats over live fire, Japanese Wagyu served on sizzling Ishiyaki stone, and small plates shaped by molecular technique. Located on the second floor of the Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad, it earns a White Star recognition from Star Wine List, signaling a wine program that runs well beyond a standard steakhouse list.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Steaks

The Four Horsemen

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star

A Williamsburg wine bar and restaurant built around natural wine and seasonal New American plates, The Four Horsemen holds a 2022 James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine Program and ranks #26 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list. With 40 seats and a list spanning over 750 bottles, it operates in a tier where the wine program and the cooking carry equal weight.

Also recognized by Eater, James Beard Award, New York Magazine, New York Times

The Grill

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Grand Award

Housed in the landmarked Seagram Building, The Grill is Midtown's definitive mid-century chophouse, operated by Major Food Group inside one of New York's most architecturally significant dining rooms. The all-American menu anchors around tableside-carved prime rib, crab cakes, and a celebrated lemon chiffon cake, backed by a wine list of 3,515 selections and floor service pitched at a theatrical register.

Also recognized by New York Magazine, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report

The Modern

New York City, United States

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

The Modern sits inside New York's museum-district version of fine dining: contemporary American cooking shaped by French technique, a formal dining room overlooking MoMA's sculpture garden, and a looser Bar Room for à la carte eating. Recognition from Michelin, La Liste, Forbes Travel Guide, AAA, OAD and New York Magazine places it firmly in the city's serious tasting-menu conversation without making the room feel sealed off from Midtown life.

Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, New York Magazine

The Musket Room

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star

On a well-worn stretch of Elizabeth Street in Nolita, The Musket Room operates in the tier where tasting-menu ambition meets genuine flexibility: omnivore or vegan menus alongside à la carte options, all driven by seasonal sourcing under Chef Mary Attea. Ranked #207 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list, it holds a position well above its neighbourhood's casual baseline and closer to the city's serious contemporary dining set.

Also recognized by Food & Wine, James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

The Noortwyck

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

On Bleecker Street in the West Village, The Noortwyck occupies the neighbourhood-restaurant tier that sits well below the grand-tasting-menu circuit yet above the casual bistro crowd. Opened by Eleven Madison Park alumni Andy Quinn and Cedric Nicaise, it earned a place on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list and draws a wine-serious, repeat clientele with a France-anchored list of 400 selections.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Torrisi

New York City, United States

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Housed in the landmark Puck Building on Mulberry Street, Torrisi is Major Food Group's Michelin-starred reimagining of New York's Italian-American dining tradition. Ranked #69 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it draws on the city's deli culture, Chinatown, and immigrant communities to produce food that reads as deeply local. The wine program runs to 850 selections and 4,700 bottles, with particular depth in Italy and Burgundy.

Also recognized by Esquire, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report

Union Square Cafe

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Among New York's farm-to-table institutions, Union Square Cafe occupies a specific position: a restaurant where sourcing discipline and seasonal cooking have been consistent practice for decades, not a recent rebranding. Now at 101 E 19th St under Chef Lena Ciardullo, it holds an Opinionated About Dining Casual North America ranking and carries one of the city's more serious wine programs, with 865 selections and 10,250 bottles in inventory.

Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Wolfgang’s Steakhouse

New York City, United States

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

The kitchen dry-ages USDA Prime Black Angus on-premise, and a 420-selection wine list — recognized by Star Wine List in 2024 — anchors a lunch and dinner program priced firmly in the upper tier of New York's steakhouse market.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Steaks