4.7 across 3.4k Tripadvisor reviews, and Google lands in the same place; named by The Infatuation and World's 50 Best.
95/100Harry HungryScoreHarry's headline verdict, 0–100. How good the place actually is, once the loud reviews and the timid critics have cancelled each other out.
78/100Worth ItScoreWorth-It Score, 0–100. Whether the bill is fair for what lands on the table. High means good value; low means you're paying for the postcode.
Occasion Worthy. Harry scores Daniel 95/100 for quality and 78/100 on the Worth It scale for New York. No paid placements, no affiliate links — just the arithmetic.
What's notable about Daniel isn't any one accolade but the pile-up of them: a Michelin star, an NYT 100 Best nod, a World's 50 Best discovery pick, a JBF nomination, and an Infatuation UES rec, all pointing the same direction. The review data backs it up rather than undercutting it — Google, Yelp, and Tripadvisor all sit between 4.5 and 4.7 across thousands of reviews each, which is a lot of volume for a room at this level and suggests it's not just critics who buy in. The one asterisk: the $$$$ price tier here isn't confirmed, so go in expecting to verify that yourself.