Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in New York City

This list covers 60 restaurants in New York City that hold a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award, including Daniel, Eleven Madison Park and Kabawa. The awards come from Wine Spectator. Many of these restaurants also hold Michelin stars, and several are in Midtown-Times Square and Tribeca-Civic Center.

We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries are in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.

How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here holds a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

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
Aquavit
New York City, United States
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Aquavit has served Scandinavian cooking in Midtown since 1987. Today Emma Bengtsson leads the two-Michelin-star kitchen, with lunch and two tasting-menu formats that bring seafood, preserved flavors and seasonal produce into a contemporary Nordic dining room.
Also recognized by AAA, La Liste, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining
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
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
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
Ci Siamo
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Ci Siamo occupies a handsomely tiled room inside Manhattan West, where Chef Hillary Sterling applies wood-burning technique and regional Italian instinct to a menu that rewards return visits. Ranked #39 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2025 and backed by Union Square Hospitality Group, it pairs serious Italian wine depth — 700 selections, strengths in Piedmont and Tuscany — with a format that runs from lunch through dinner daily.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining
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
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
Don Angie
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Established in 2017 on Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, Don Angie holds a Michelin star and ranks #17 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list. The kitchen's Italian-American format draws on Asian accents and creative hybrids — pepperoni fried rice, sourdough pasta in 'nduja — while a 200-label Italian-leaning wine list with 1,700 bottles in inventory gives the cellar genuine depth.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining
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
Essential by Christophe
New York City, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A Michelin-starred French contemporary restaurant on the Upper West Side, Essential by Christophe holds a one-star rating and ranks among Opinionated About Dining's top restaurants in North America. Chef Christophe Bellanca's kitchen fuses classical French technique with East Asian influences across an evening-only format. The wine program runs to 2,450 bottles with particular depth in France.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining
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
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
Huso
New York City, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Tucked behind a caviar boutique on Greenwich Street in TriBeCa, Huso is the more ambitious second act of chef Buddha Lo's New York presence. The tasting menu deploys French technique around cured fish eggs and seasonal produce, with a wine list of 1,500 selections and sommelier Michael O'Callaghan steering it. Opinionated About Dining ranked it #244 in North America for 2025.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report
Jean Georges
New York City, United States
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award
Jean Georges holds two Michelin stars and, where Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's French technique meets Thai-inflected flavor logic across an ever-evolving tasting menu. The dining room's curved white seating and sheer drapes overlook Central Park, framing one of Manhattan's most recognized fine-dining addresses. A member of Les Grandes Tables du Monde and a La Liste Top 100 entry with 95 points in 2026.
Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde
Joji
New York City, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A Michelin-starred omakase counter at the base of One Vanderbilt, Joji operates in New York's upper tier of Japanese tasting formats, with nigiri built on a Koshihikari-Nanatsuboshi rice blend and seafood sourced largely from Tokyo's Toyosu Market. Ranked #262 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list, it prices firmly at the luxury end of the Midtown sushi spectrum. Closed Mondays and Sundays; lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Joo Ok
New York City, United States
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Reached by freight elevator on the 16th floor of a Koreatown building, Joo Ok strips away the noise of Midtown to deliver a Korean tasting menu of disciplined precision. Chef Shin Chang-ho holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining North America recognition for 2025, placing the restaurant inside a small tier of Korean fine dining that bridges tradition and contemporary technique without fanfare.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Jungsik New York
New York City, United States
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Jungsik New York helped move Korean fine dining in Manhattan from novelty to serious dining category. The TriBeCa restaurant links Korean structure and fermentation with contemporary tasting-menu technique, backed by James Beard recognition, La Liste scoring, Opinionated About Dining placement, and a cellar noted for Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, California, Italy, and Germany.
Also recognized by AAA, James Beard Award, La Liste, New York Magazine
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
Kabawa
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Kabawa brings Caribbean cooking into New York City's tasting-menu conversation without sanding away its heat, generosity, or regional range. The counter-format restaurant from Paul Carmichael and Momofuku opened in March 2025 in the former Ko space, serving a three-course prix fixe with choices, extra side dishes, and recognition from the James Beard Foundation as a 2026 Best New Restaurant semifinalist.
Also recognized by Bon Appétit, Conde Nast, Eater, Esquire
King
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A West Village institution on a sunny corner of King Street, this southern French and Italian kitchen from River Café alumni Jess Shadbolt and Clare de Boer has held a place on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings every year since 2023. The daily-changing menu draws from the greenmarket, the room pairs bright artwork with gleaming mirrors, and the bar area fills fast — book ahead.
Also recognized by New York Times, Opinionated About Dining
Kochi
New York City, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Kochi brings the logic of Korean street skewers into a Michelin-starred tasting format on 10th Avenue. Chef Sungchul Shim threads fine-dining technique through dishes eaten with your hands, from Iberico pork done three ways to raw steelhead trout with pickled cherry tomatoes. Ranked #85 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it sits in a narrow tier of New York restaurants where informality and precision operate on the same menu.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
L’Abeille
New York City, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A French-Japanese tasting counter in TriBeCa, L'Abeille ranked #190 on Opinionated About Dining's North America list in 2025 and has held a place on that guide since 2023. Chef Mitsunobu Nagae, trained across Joël Robuchon properties worldwide, runs an open kitchen in a room dressed with velvet booths, Christofle cutlery, and a marble bar. Dinner is served Tuesday through Saturday from 5 or 5:30 PM.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, The Best Chef
La Tête d’Or
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Opened in November 2024 at One Madison Avenue, La Tête d'Or is Daniel Boulud's first dedicated steak restaurant, bringing French technique to the American steakhouse format. The Flatiron room features Art Deco design with walnut floors, marble, and blue velvet, while the menu pairs dry-aged and oak-grilled cuts with French sauces and a prime rib trolley that arrives tableside.
Also recognized by World's Best Steaks
Le Bernardin
New York City, United States
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award
Le Bernardin New York reigns as the city's premier seafood destination, where Chef Eric Ripert's three-Michelin-starred artistry transforms ocean treasures into transcendent cuisine. This well-known Midtown institution has maintained The New York Times' four-star rating for over two decades, offering an unmatched fine dining experience centered on the philosophy that "the fish is the star."
Also recognized by AAA, Eater, Forbes, James Beard Award
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
MAISON PASSERELLE
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Situated inside Printemps on Wall Street, Maison Passerelle is Chef Gregory Gourdet's downtown New York restaurant drawing on French, African, and Asian culinary traditions. The room pairs soaring frescoes and stained glass with an open kitchen and bold tilework. Named to Resy's Best of the Hit List in 2025, it represents one of Lower Manhattan's most compelling recent additions to the fine dining conversation.
Also recognized by Esquire, New York Times, Resy
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
Marea
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Opened during the 2008 financial crisis as a deliberate bet on unapologetic fine dining, Marea has held its position on Central Park South for over fifteen years, earning placement on La Liste's 2026 Top Restaurants list and consistent recognition from Opinionated About Dining. The focus is Italian seafood — crudo, house-made pasta, and whole fish — served in a room that draws power crowds without the stiffness of many peers at this price point.
Also recognized by Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
Nōksu
New York City, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Behind a code-locked door on West 32nd Street in Koreatown, Nōksu operates a black marble counter format that places modern Korean technique — particularly its squab prepared in the style of Peking duck — against a $$$$ price tier occupied by Michelin-starred peers. The restaurant earned its first Michelin star in 2024 and runs dinner service Wednesday through Sunday, with a wine program of 1,075 selections weighted toward France and California.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
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
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
Peak with Priceless
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Occupying the 101st floor of 30 Hudson Yards, Peak brings serious culinary intent to one of New York's most dramatically positioned dining rooms. Chef Rose Noel's New American menu — hiramasa with Kirby cucumber, roasted chicken with kabocha squash and kale pesto — holds its own against a wine list of 1,920 selections. Ranked #330 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list, this is not a view restaurant that happens to serve food.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
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
Per Se
New York City, United States
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award
Per Se is New York's formal French-contemporary counterpoint to the city's looser bistro revival: a tasting-menu room built on ceremony, cellar depth, and Central Park views rather than neighborhood spontaneity. Chef Chad Palagi leads the kitchen, with Thomas Keller as owner; recognition includes three Michelin stars in 2024, La Liste 92 points in 2026, and OAD North America ranking in 2026.
Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste
Peter Luger Steak House
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Established in 1887 at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge, Peter Luger Steak House has anchored Brooklyn's dining identity for over a century. The draw is simple: hand-selected, dry-aged USDA Prime Porterhouse, served in wood-paneled rooms by servers who have likely been there longer than most of their guests. Ranked No. 25 on Robb Report's 50 Best Steakhouses in North America (2025) and holding a Michelin Plate, it operates on cash only.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, World's Best Steaks
Rezdôra
New York City, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Rezdôra holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining Top 100 North America ranking for its precise, region-specific Emilia-Romagna cooking in Flatiron. The pasta program is the draw: handmade, technically demanding, and priced at $$$$. A wine list of 525 selections with deep Italian coverage and a $95 corkage makes it a serious destination for both food and bottle.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, New York Times, Opinionated About Dining
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
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
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 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
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
Txula Steak
New York City, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Inside Mercado Little Spain on Manhattan's West Side, Txula Steak brings Basque wood-fire tradition to New York through the José Andrés Group. The kitchen turns 60-day aged Txuleton ribeyes and Ibérico pork over a Spanish oven, grounding the menu in the charcoal-and-salt heritage of the Basque country. It is one of the more focused meat programs operating inside a food hall format in the city.
Also recognized by World Best Burgers, World's Best Steaks
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

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