The best things to order at NYC Restaurant Week’s top spots for winter 2025

Attractively appointed and anchored by a fantastic fresco familiar to diners all over NYC, Baar Baar contemporary Indian restaurant’s everyday offerings include dahi puri, tandoor-smoked pork belly, and swordfish tikka, in addition to items prepared by its frequent guest chefs. 

Pre fixe offering: $45 dinner; $45 Sunday dinner

This is about as fine dining-adjacent as Restaurant Week gets, it is literally adjacent to the super-fancy Modern after all. The Bar Room’s caviar hot dogs typically run at $38, so this week is a steal. 

Pre fixe offering: $45 lunch; $60 Sunday brunch/lunch; $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

The latest from Wilson Tang, Cha Cha Tang blends New York and Hong Kong Cantonese cuisine. Think siu mai and crispy turnip cakes sitting alongside the Bacon & Egg Pearl Noodles, aka their riff on beef chow fun. 

Our prix fixe pick: Sweet & Sour Siu Mai with pineapple salsa. Opt for the wine pairing (an extra $25 more) for a little vino with your dumplings. 

Housed in the stellar landmark Art Deco tower, 70 Pine Street, Crown Shy is a collaborative effort between the late great James Kent (NoMad, Eleven Madison Park) and Jeff Katz (former general manager at Del Posto). Driven by the seasons, Crown Shy is rooted in European technique but draws inspiration from around the world 

Our prix fixe pick: Branzino with squash mole for $60 at dinner.

One of New York's oldest steakhouse is Delmonico's. In business since 1837, the grand steakhouse made its return in 2023 after a multi-year closure. But even still, it is as grand as ever. 

Our prix fixe pick: Restaurant Week's supplements are seldom worth the extra cost, but $29 more for the titular signature steak here is the rare exception. 

One of New York City’s best restaurants, Gramercy Tavern’s experiences are divided in two: the casual tavern section up front and the dining room in the back. Each are a treat, and it's unique to offer Restaurant Week in the typically more expensive latter, where a five-course dinner is $175.

Pre fixe offering: $60 lunch; $60 Sunday brunch/lunch 

If Bemelmans, one of the best bars in NYC, is still too much of ‘a thing’ at the moment, consider Dowling’s, also at The Carlyle hotel. The newer of the two, which opened in 2021, is pretty fancy and chic in its own right. 

Pre fixe offering: $45 lunch; $60 dinner

The green environs are reason enough to make a visit to Fandi Mata. But chef Javier Vazquez Mariño’s eclectic Mediterranean fare is enough to keep you coming back.

Our prix fixe pick: Soppressat Pizza with spicy cured pork and chile honey at dinner for $60. 

Fabulous Fish Cheeks Thai restaurant has been a Time Out New York favorite since it first opened in Noho in 2016. It’s no stranger to specials, both as a repeat Restaurant Week listee, and at its daily happy hour from noon to 6pm. 

Pre fixe offering: $45 lunch; $60 dinner

Among limestone-clad building environs is Francie. The Michelin-rated restaurant pulls from both France and Italy, all of it coming together in the luxurious open kitchen.

Our prix fixe pick: Rigatoni with hot Italian duck sausage. 

What we said about this Tribeca restaurant in 2018 still rings true to this day, "Everyone wants a taste of Frenchette." The inaugural solo project of chefs Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson, the modern Parisian brasserie drives home French classics in a more refined setting.

Prix fixe offerings: $45 lunch; $60 dinner 

The East River and bridge views from The Fulton’s two dining levels are breathtaking even to longtime locals who’ve seen ‘em all. The restaurant's specialty is seafood, and lots and lots of it. 

Our prix fixe pick: $45 lunch; $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

The restaurant by the same famed name at this historic address was among the first to join the event back in 1992. Move your reservation-clicking finger right away (or try your luck as a pop-in), or you might have to wait another 32 years for lunch and dinner deals at one of 2021’s best new restaurants. 

Our prix fixe pick: $45 lunch; $45 Sunday lunch/brunch 

It is not every day that one of NYC’s best vegetarian restaurants offers deals for multiple days, but that’s why NYC Restaurant Week is such a celebratory time of year. HanGawi’s largely plant-based menu changes seasonally, so expect something fresh this season.

Pre fixe offering: $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

The latest from Marcus Samuelsson, Hav & Mar bridges his Ethiopian and Swedish upbringing. At the helm, chef Fariyal Abdullahi masters the seafood-centric menu with Ethiopian variations of her own, evident in the bread basket scattered with teff and injera and seared char with berbere oil.

Our prix fixe pick: The first course calls for the berbere-cured salmon with apple water and avocado for $60 at dinner.

The retro yacht interior at this sexy subterranean restaurant might make you forget you’re docked in Soho. Dishes that have become rote at so many fish-focused eateries—seared yellowtail glazed in dashi, a lobster roll stuffed with sweet meat—are executed here with the dazzling skill usually reserved for more ambitious menus.

Our prix fixe pick: For a seafood feast in one, order the Lobster Fra Diavolo with squid ink tagilatelle, shrimp, calamari and spicy tomato. 

Mediterranean restaurant Iris opened its sprawling space in midtown in 2021. The critically acclaimed, beach-y, beige spot makes a mean eggplant moussaka, fried lamb’s tongue and branzino. 

Our prix fixe pick: The spiced lamb flatbread, branzino filet and the pistachio baklava for $60 at dinner. 

From restaurateur Salil Mehta (Laut, Wau, Kebab aur Sharab) and chef Dipesh Shinde (who opened the latter with Mehta in 2022) comes Kanyakumari. The menu follows the journey from Mumbai to Kanyakumari, picking up goat biryani from Bangalore to saucy clams from Goa along the way.

Our prix fixe pick: The steamed Prawns Gassi for $60 at dinner. 

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Japanese and Italian come together at Kimika. Chef Christine Lau balances both worlds here, found in porchetta with miso mustard and dry-aged ribeye with sesame ponzu. 

Our prix fixe pick: The mochi bomboloncini is a perfect end to any dinner, priced at $45. 

​​Time Out New York Best of the City award winner Kokomo was also one of our favorite restaurants of 2020. The stylish Caribbean spot’s lengthy everyday menu includes slow-braised oxtail, jerk chicken and coconut curry mussels. 

Our prix fixe pick: $30 lunch; $60 dinner

Kru is bringing its “modern interpretation of 100-year-old Thai recipes” to Restaurant Week. Its operators are also co-owners of Fish Cheeks, which appears above. 

Our prix fixe pick: The savory fruit bite, young jackfruit salad and the beef tongue "massaman" curry for $45 at dinner. Or pop in for lunch, albeit two courses, for $30.

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While glimpses of Angie Mar's formerly shuttered Beatrice Inn appear here and there, Le B is carving a lane all its own. With its four-star rating from Forbes, the supper club is known for haute French cuisine married with flavors from the East. 

Celebrity chef Daniel Boulud's Le Gratin was another one of 2022's best new restaurants. Its lovely space is equally well-suited to workday lunches and romantic dinners, and it's serving both with selections from its Lyonnais-inspired menus this Restaurant Week. 

Pre fixe offering: $45 lunch; $60 dinner

This truly beautiful viewstaurant soars among the best of them, held high above FiDi. A Manhattan in hand at Manhatta? We couldn't get more New York if we tried.

Out prix fixe pick: The hamachi crudo, American Wagyu with smoked tomato and chocolate sabayon tart with a crispy feuilletine for $60 at lunch. 

One of our most-ordered menu items for all of 2023, Shan's Chongqing chicken is on the Smith Street Szechuan spot's menu this Restaurant Week. 

Our prix fixe pick: For $60 you can get a whopping five course at Shan. We vote for the Beef with Grilled Pepper Cold Jelly and the Black Truffle Pork Soup Dumpling to start.