Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Brooklyn from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Brooklyn
Our guide counts five exceptional wine programs in Brooklyn, and that figure is citywide. Star Wine List awards, extensive lists and natural-wine programs appear on individual restaurants in more than one neighborhood.
Ops Pizza in Bushwick is a natural-wine pizzeria with an exceptional wine program and an extensive wine list. The kitchen serves wood-fired sourdough pies. In 2026 it holds a 50 Top Pizza USA ranking of 17 and an Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats in North America Recommended award.
Il Leone in Park Slope serves wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizzas with naturally leavened dough and seasonal toppings, including Maine lobster on the Isola pie. Service is a la carte. The wine program includes natural wine, and the restaurant holds a Star Wine List award for 2026.
Vato in Park Slope is a modern Mexican tortilleria with Basque-influenced Northern Mexican cooking at dinner. Sourdough flour tortillas are made in-house, and the menu runs a la carte and in small plates. The wine program includes natural wine, with craft cocktails alongside. Awards for 2026 are a Michelin Plate and a Star Wine List.
Balera in East Williamsburg is a coastal Italian restaurant serving Roman-style mattarello pizza, with a la carte and small plates. The list is extensive. For 2026 it holds a Michelin Plate and a place on Grub Street's Best Food of 2026 (So Far).
Set menus on this page include a 16-course edomae omakase, a six-course tasting counter and a Nigerian communal tasting menu. Where a Michelin award appears on these restaurants, it is a Plate.
Enso in Williamsburg is a 10-seat omakase counter with a 16-course edomae-style sushi menu, including snow-aged fish and caviar. Chef Nick Wang works in a counter format, with layered otsumami and nigiri. The wine program has a sake program and craft cocktails. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2025.
6 Restaurant in Carroll Gardens takes its name from a six-seat tasting counter and a six-course menu. Executive Chef Nico Bouter cooks contemporary dishes with European and South American inflections, and the main room also has an a la carte menu. The restaurant holds a Michelin Plate for 2025.
Dept of Culture in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) serves a modern North-Central Nigerian tasting menu at a communal table, where the chef hosts and shares stories with diners. Chef Ayo Balogun's restaurant was a James Beard Award Semi Finalist in 2025. Opinionated About Dining names it for Casual in North America in 2025 and Recommended in 2026.
Arthur in Greenpoint is a playful French bistro with Parisian precision and locally inspired dishes, including brioche martinis and snails, in the former Fulgurances space. Formats include a la carte and a tasting menu. The wine program includes natural wine. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2026 and a place on Grub Street's Best Food of 2026 (So Far).
Brooklyn Winery in Williamsburg makes wine on site, Van Brunt Stillhouse in Red Hook produces small-batch whiskey and Greenhook Ginsmiths in Greenpoint uses vacuum distillation for gin. Red Hook Barrel Yard in Red Hook is a waterfront complex for wine and cider, with spirits soon.
Brooklyn Winery in Williamsburg produces its wines on site and serves food pairings with them. It is an urban winery making wine outside traditional wine country, in a borough known for craft spirits.
Red Hook Barrel Yard in Red Hook is a 40,000-square-foot waterfront complex in our guide, built for wine and cider, with spirits to follow. It looks out on New York Harbor, downtown Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, and it showcases New York-grown fruit.
Van Brunt Stillhouse in Red Hook is a distillery reviving Brooklyn's historic distilling tradition. Its farm-to-bottle whiskey is produced in small batches using grains grown in upstate New York, within the Red Hook spirits corridor.
Greenhook Ginsmiths in Greenpoint uses vacuum distillation at lower temperatures to retain the delicate character of its botanicals. The producer is part of a concentration of artisan businesses in Greenpoint and makes American Dry Gin.
Brooklyn has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Enso in Williamsburg holds a Michelin Plate for 2025. Taqueria El Chato in Greenpoint holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2025, and Olmo in Bed-Stuy holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026.
Williamsburg holds 21 venues in our guide, the largest neighborhood total in Brooklyn. Greenpoint is second in that ranking, Park Slope is third, and Bushwick is fourth. Red Hook and Fort Greene follow them in the ranking, tied with each other.
Tasting menus in our guide are at Enso in Williamsburg, 6 Restaurant in Carroll Gardens, Dept of Culture in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) and Arthur in Greenpoint. Enso runs a 10-seat edomae omakase. 6 Restaurant uses a six-course menu at a six-seat counter. Dept of Culture serves a Nigerian tasting menu at a communal table. Arthur has a tasting menu beside a la carte service.
Our guide counts two Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence in Brooklyn. Other wine recognition includes Star Wine List awards for 2026 at Il Leone and Vato in Park Slope and Third Time's the Charm in Red Hook.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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A tiny Cambodian restaurant in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Bong earned a spot on Resy's 2025 Best of the Hit List for its direct, sour-forward take on Khmer cooking. The menu moves between traditional preparations and sharper modern interpretations, staying close to the cuisine's brash flavor profile throughout. Find it at 724 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
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Ranked #16 on the 50 Top Pizza USA 2025 list, Pizza Secret brings traditional Neapolitan technique to Park Slope, Brooklyn. Founded in July 2018 by pizzaiolo Rosario Granieri, whose background spans Eataly and Rossopomodoro, the pizzeria operates at the more serious end of New York's Neapolitan conversation. Located at 72 5th Ave, it draws a crowd that knows what it's looking for.
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Salsa Pizzeria Napoletana & Street Food on Clifford Place brings Neapolitan pizza techniques into conversation with Latin street food energy, landing in a Greenpoint neighborhood that has developed a serious appetite for independent, craft-driven dining. The setting runs family-friendly without the corporate-casual formula that defines so many Brooklyn pizza chains. It occupies a specific niche: traditional Neapolitan pies with a Latin inflection, served in a room that rewards regulars over one-time visitors.
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At 103 Saratoga Ave. in Brooklyn, Olmo draws its menu from the street-food culture and home kitchens of Mexico City, served across communal tables in a room defined by light wood and white walls. The cooking leans nostalgic without being precious: chicharrón preparado and eggplant milanesa share space with lacto-fermented crudités, grilled branzino, and a carne asada finished with smoky chipotle béarnaise.
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Sal Tang's on Hicks Street brings Cantonese-American cooking into a dining room dressed in red lanterns, paper mâché dragons, and cherry blossom wallpaper. The kitchen leans into nostalgia without getting stuck there, updating familiar dishes like wonton soup and beef and broccoli with a considered hand. It reads as a reliable neighborhood anchor in Carroll Gardens, suited to weeknight dinners and returning regulars alike.
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Taqueria El Chato in Brooklyn serves Mexico City–style tacos in a compact Greenpoint storefront. Signature plates include trompo al pastor, the vampiro (crisply fried tortilla with melted cheese and salsa verde) and a fiery chorizo taco. The kitchen turns out handmade corn tortillas, lively roja and verde salsas, and generous fillings that combine tender suadero and slow-braised lengua. Awarded a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand in 2024, El Chato pairs strong value with bold, immediate flavor—think sweet pineapple, annatto-chile pork and the sharp bite of raw onion and cilantro in every bite.
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A six-seat tasting counter and six-course menu give this Carroll Gardens spot its name and its logic. Executive Chef Nico Bouter runs contemporary dishes with European and South American inflections alongside a full à la carte menu for the main room. Exposed brick, dark blue walls, and an open kitchen make it equally suited to a considered date night or a meal with friends.
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Arthur brings a Parisian bistro sensibility to New York, threading French technique through a New American frame in a city where that crossover has long defined the upper-middle tier of serious dining. The kitchen operates in a register that feels neither nostalgic nor trend-chasing, a balance that rewards regulars and first-timers alike. For a city with many ambitious French-inflected rooms, Arthur holds its own lane.
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Bad Cholesterol is a Brooklyn-based pop-up pizza team operating outside the conventional restaurant circuit, where format flexibility and ingredient intent define the experience more than a fixed address. It sits in a Brooklyn dining culture that rewards sourcing discipline and counter-culture production methods over formal dining room polish. Follow their schedule closely, pop-up timing shifts, and the window to catch them is narrow.
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Balera brings Roman-style pizza and a focused wine program to New York City, operating in a tier of Italian casual-serious dining where the food is the point rather than the occasion. The format sits closer to a neighbourhood enoteca than a destination restaurant, making it a reliable choice when the city's grander Italian rooms feel like too much architecture around the food.
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Bao House (宝屋) has held a place on the Opinionated About Dining Casual in Asia list for three consecutive years, reaching as high as #51 in 2023. Operating as a food truck format in Beijing, it represents the kind of stripped-back, technique-driven casual dining that OAD's panel consistently rewards. For the Beijing casual scene, it is a reliable reference point.
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Barker Cafeteria at 395 Nostrand Ave operates in the daytime sandwich and cafeteria tradition that has long anchored the eating habits of Central Brooklyn. Serving the Bed-Stuy corridor with a format built on familiarity and function, it represents a category of neighbourhood food institution that national dining guides rarely cover but locals depend on daily.
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Best Pizza puts Williamsburg’s slice culture in conversation with older New York pizzeria habits and Italian regional cues rather than chasing maximalist toppings. Frank Pinello’s shop has recognition from Opinionated About Dining’s 2026 North America Cheap Eats ranking, giving it a useful signal in a city where pizza fame often runs ahead of evidence.
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Border Town brings serious masa craft to New York City's taco scene, framing Mexican corn traditions through the lens of a city that now demands the same rigor from its taquerias as it does from its omakase counters. The tortilla here is the argument, not the backdrop. For a city eating its way through a genuine reckoning with what Mexican food can be, Border Town is a useful place to start.
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Confidant operates out of a Sunset Park industrial complex at 67 35th Street, placing it within Brooklyn's emerging corridor of chef-driven New American concepts. The address alone signals intent: this is not a restaurant chasing foot traffic. With limited public-facing data and an address embedded inside a multi-tenant building, Confidant functions closer to the allocation model than the walk-in tradition.
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Dept of Culture on Nostrand Avenue brings Nigerian cooking into one of Brooklyn's most culturally layered corridors, where chef Ayo Balogun works in a register that sits apart from the city's formal fine-dining circuit. Recognised by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it occupies the casual end of a growing conversation about West African cuisine in New York, earning.
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Diljān is an Afghan bakery at 330 Hicks St, Brooklyn, focused on breakfast and brunch with quick-bite pacing and signatures like cream cheese naan and halwa sticky bun.
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Enso Brooklyn brings edomae-style omakase to Williamsburg's Berry Street, where Chef Nick Wang's counter format moves through layered otsumami and precisely sourced nigiri, blue mackerel cured in Okinawan sea salt, Hokkaido sea urchin over rice, at a pace that reflects the discipline of the tradition rather than the speed of the neighbourhood. À la carte options keep the bar and garden accessible without diluting the counter experience.
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A fast-casual Thai noodle shop on Bushwick's edge, Gigi Curry & Noodle Bar at 264 Bleecker Street pulls from the bold, heat-forward traditions of Thailand's northeast. The format is counter-service and unfussy, aimed at the kind of regular neighbourhood eating that doesn't require a reservation or a special occasion. It sits within a Brooklyn block that has developed a genuinely varied roster of independent food operators.
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A few steps from Fort Greene Park, Glin Thai Bistro brings northern and southern Thai cooking to one of Brooklyn's most food-conscious neighborhoods. The menu moves between regional Thai traditions with high-quality ingredients and disciplined preparation, from crispy chive pancakes to 24-hour braised short ribs with a caramelized crust. It occupies a specific niche in the Myrtle Avenue dining corridor: unhurried, ingredient-focused, and rooted in place.
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A slate-blue facade off the Franklin Avenue subway stairs marks one of Crown Heights' most quietly consistent neighbourhood restaurants. Hart's runs a tight Mediterranean menu from a compact kitchen, with Chef Nick Perkins drawing on escabeche technique, bitter greens, and well-sourced fish to produce cooking that rewards repeat visits.
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On Smith Street in Carroll Gardens, Hungry Thirsty has taken over the space once held by Ugly Baby and built its own following around southern Thai cooking. The menu moves through salads, curries, stir-fries, and sides with a directness that reflects the regional tradition it draws from. The bold interior, fried branzino, and soy-marinated egg dishes have made it a fixture on Brooklyn's Thai dining circuit.
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Michelin Selected for 2025, Henry Norman Hotel occupies a converted industrial building on North Henry Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The property sits within the borough's growing tier of design-conscious boutique hotels that trade on neighbourhood character over brand recognition. It represents a considered alternative to the larger flag-brand options closer to the waterfront.
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Penny Williamsburg sits on North 8th Street in the heart of Brooklyn's most-watched neighbourhood, earning Michelin Selected recognition in the 2025 hotel guide. The property occupies a tier of independently minded Brooklyn hotels that trade on neighbourhood integration over chain-scale amenities. Its Williamsburg address places guests within walking distance of the borough's most concentrated stretch of restaurants, bars, and music venues.
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A Michelin Selected hotel in the Greenpoint district of Brooklyn, The Box House Hotel occupies a converted industrial building on Box Street. The Michelin recognition places it in a curated tier of New York accommodations valued for character over convention, and its position in north Brooklyn puts guests within reach of the borough's densest concentration of independent restaurants, bars, and cultural venues.
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Aloft New York Brooklyn occupies a sharp-edged position in Downtown Brooklyn's accommodation tier, where the borough's rapid commercial and residential densification has drawn a crop of design-conscious, mid-scale hotels to Duffield Street and its surroundings. The property sits within walking distance of the Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO, making it a practical base for both business travelers and those crossing over from Manhattan.
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The Livingston is a JDV by Hyatt property in Brooklyn, positioning itself within the borough's growing tier of design-conscious independent-branded hotels. Its dining programme anchors the guest experience, placing it alongside Brooklyn properties that prioritise culinary identity over amenity volume. Check the EP Club Brooklyn guide for peer comparisons and booking context.
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The Livingston - JDV by Hyatt occupies a corner position on Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn, placing guests within walking distance of both the Brooklyn Bridge and the borough's increasingly dense dining scene. As part of Hyatt's JDV (Joie de Vivre) portfolio, the property trades chain uniformity for neighborhood-rooted character, making it a practical anchor for visitors who want Brooklyn access without crossing back to Manhattan each night.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Brooklyn.
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Esquire selected The Double Windsor in Brooklyn for its 2026 Best Bars in America list.
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Bar Heretic enters Brooklyn’s cocktail conversation at a moment when the borough rewards bars with a clear point of view rather than theatrical secrecy. Public venue data is limited, so the useful read is comparative: treat it as a cocktail-led stop to assess against Brooklyn peers for drink technique, room energy, and booking friction before building a night around it.
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Bar Rêve on Smith Street sits at the quieter, more considered end of Brooklyn's cocktail scene, a bar where the programme prioritises technique over spectacle. Located at 222 Smith St in Carroll Gardens, it draws drinkers looking for something more deliberate than the neighbourhood's louder options. Check their current hours and booking approach before visiting, as details shift seasonally.
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Echo Lake occupies a specific corner of Brooklyn's bar scene where cocktail technique and neighbourhood atmosphere converge without theatre. The programme rewards those who pay attention to what's in the glass rather than what's on the walls. For drinkers who take craft seriously, it belongs in the same conversation as the borough's most considered bar programmes.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Brooklyn.
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In a borough better known for craft spirits, it represents a distinct strand of New York's drinks scene, one where wine is made, not just poured.
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The address alone places it within walking distance of Brooklyn's broader spirits corridor.
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Van Brunt Stillhouse operates from the Red Hook waterfront in Brooklyn. The distillery sits within a broader Red Hook spirits corridor that has redefined what small-batch American production looks like outside Kentucky and Tennessee. Visit for the programme, stay for the sense of place.
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Red Hook Barrel Yard belongs to Brooklyn’s working-edge drinking culture, where production spaces, waterfront warehouses, and tasting rooms sit closer to maker economies than polished Midtown hospitality. With for hours, pricing, awards, or winemaking, the editorial value is contextual: use it as a lens on how urban wine and spirits venues translate place when the vineyard is elsewhere and the barrel room is in Brooklyn.
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