NY · Fancy
The 10 best fancy restaurants in New York.
The birthday restaurant is the one people cite for years. That is the bar. Not the balloon. Not the complimentary dessert. The meal. Harry's list is ranked by Harry Score, and when you're paying for the scene, the card says so.
New York's fancy restaurant landscape is enormous and has a stratification problem. At the very top, the city has nothing to apologise for — the best tables in New York are among the best tables in the world. Below that, there is a vast middle tier of expensive restaurants that confuse price with quality. Harry's picks are from the tier where the food matches the bill.
What earns the price
Expensive ≠ good. Harry has opinions.| Top two price tiers | Only restaurants priced in the top two tiers. The price tier Harry falls back to when a source says nothing is the second-lowest, so every place here is priced high by a real source. |
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| Harry Score 75+ | A higher floor than Harry's other lists: at these prices the room has to be clearly better than fine. Critic coverage feeds the score, so a Michelin or broadsheet trail counts. |
| No warnings | Anything Harry rates a tourist tax or a false economy is out. A room that's mostly paying for the scene can stay if the food scores, and its card carries that verdict. |
Harry's ten — New York
Ranked by Harry Score.- 01Daniel
french · modern-european — 60 E 65th St, New York
4.7 across 3.4k Tripadvisor reviews, and Google lands in the same place; named by The Infatuation and World's 50 Best.
Occasion WorthyHarry
95
Worth It
78
- 02Jungsik
korean — 2 Harrison St, New York
4.6 across 1.0k Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
Occasion WorthyHarry
95
Worth It
78
- 03ATOMIX
korean — 104 E 30th St, New York
4.7 across 518 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
Occasion WorthyHarry
94
Worth It
78
- 04FREVO
modern-european — 48 W 8th St, New York
4.8 across 861 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
Occasion WorthyHarry
94
Worth It
78
- 05idashi Omakase
sushi · japanese — ALCOHOL & BYOB, 90 Min Per Session Please Be On Time
4.9 across 252 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; a $$$ sushi option.
Occasion WorthyHarry
93
Worth It
79
- 06Gabriel Kreuther
french — 41 W 42nd St, New York
4.6 across 1.3k Google reviews, and Tripadvisor lands in the same place; named by World's 50 Best and James Beard Foundation.
Occasion WorthyHarry
93
Worth It
77
- 07Aska
modern-european — 47 S 5th St, Brooklyn
4.6 across 592 Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
Occasion WorthyHarry
92
Worth It
77
- 08Le Bernardin
french · seafood — 155 W 51st St, New York
4.6 across 4.7k Google reviews, and Tripadvisor lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
Occasion WorthyHarry
92
Worth It
77
- 09The Modern
modern-european · french — 9 W 53rd St, New York
4.6 across 2.8k Google reviews, and Tripadvisor lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
Occasion WorthyHarry
92
Worth It
77
- 10Eleven Madison Park
modern-european · american — 11 Madison Ave, New York
4.4 across 3.3k Google reviews, and Tripadvisor lands in the same place; named by Michelin Guide and World's 50 Best.
Occasion WorthyHarry
91
Worth It
76
How this list is built Restaurants across New York in the top two price tiers with a Harry Score of 75 or more. Nothing Harry rates a tourist tax or a false economy. Chains with several branches get one entry. Ranked by Harry Score. No restaurant pays to appear. Scores last recomputed .