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Semma
“4.2 across 1.6k Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; named by James Beard Foundation and NYT.”
Accolade★ MichelinOne Michelin star
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Semma
south-indian · indian · New York
★ MichelinJBF · Best Chef: New York '25NYT 100TIME OUT #13
4.2 across 1.6k Google reviews, and Yelp lands in the same place; named by James Beard Foundation and NYT.
85/100Harry 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.
Smart Spend. Harry scores Semma 85/100 for quality and 78/100 on the Worth It scale for New York. No paid placements, no affiliate links — just the arithmetic.
The awards case for Semma is about as stacked as it gets: a Michelin star, a James Beard win for its chef, and the NYT naming it the single best restaurant in New York for 2025. What's notable is that the review-site numbers don't inflate to match — Google sits at 4.2 across 1,644 votes, solid but not a runaway, with Yelp and Tripadvisor a touch higher on much smaller samples. That's less a red flag than a reminder that a huge, mixed general-public base rates differently than critics chasing the best South Indian cooking in the city — go in expecting ambition, not a universal-crowd-pleaser score.