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The best things to order at NYC Winter Restaurant Week’s top spots for 2023

Reserve now for tables through February 12.

Amber Sutherland-Namako
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Amber Sutherland-Namako
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New York City Restaurant Week comes but twice a year, and reservations for the winter, 2023 edition are open now. Tables are available for brunch, lunch and dinner at hundreds of restaurants citywide from January 17-February 12. This year’s price points are $30, $45 and $60 for two and three-course lunch and dinner menus on the days of each venue’s choosing. 

With so many sensational new restaurants, romantic spots and NYC classics, and so little time to taste them all, it can be hard to narrow the field. We’ve taken a loupe to the lot to spotlight the top options. These are the best things to order at the best places to visit during NYC Restaurant Week this winter.

NYC Winter Restaurant Week 2023's best reservations

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • Financial District

Celebrity chef Daniel Boulud’s Time Out New York five-star Lyonnaise restaurant, which also appeared on our list of 2022’s best new openings has a three-course lunch prix fixe from Monday-Friday for $45 until the extended date of March 3. 

Our prix fixe pick: The tarte flambée, roasted quarter chicken and the chocolate mousse for $45 at lunch. 

  • Restaurants
  • American creative
  • Flatiron
  • price 4 of 4

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. A three-course lunch will be available from Sunday-Friday until February 12. 

Our prix fixe pick: The celery root soup, Snowdance Farm chicken and the dark chocolate mousse for $60 at lunch. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Contemporary American
  • Midtown West
  • price 4 of 4

This is about as fine dining-adjacent as Restaurant Week gets. The Bar Room at the Modern, literally adjacent to the super-fancy Modern, is serving a two-course lunch for $45 Sunday-Friday all RW long. Entreés like The Bar Room’s charred octopus and its hand-cut tagliatelle with black truffles typically run from $29 to $49. 

Our prix fixe pick: The steak tartare with crispy potatoes and the glazed veal cheeks for $45 at lunch. 

 

  • Restaurants
  • Williamsburg

Time Out New York Best of the City award winner Kokomo was also one of our favorite restaurants of 2020. The stylish Caribbean spot is serving a three-course dinner for $60 Monday-Friday for all of RW. 

Our prix fixe pick: The coconut curry mussels, red peppa jerk chicken and the bread pudding for $60 at dinner.

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  • Restaurants
  • Thai
  • Noho
  • price 2 of 4

Fabulous Fish Cheeks Thai restaurant has been a Time Out New York favorite since it first opened in Noho in 2016. It’s still terrific seven years later, and it's serving $45 lunch and $60 dinner deals Monday-Friday until February 12. 

Our prix fixe pick: The miang pla, zabb wings and coconut crab curry for $60 at dinner. 

  • Restaurants
  • Seafood
  • Financial District

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 there’s plenty to catch on its $60 two-course lunch and three-course dinner menus from January 17 to February 12.

Our prix fixe pick: The petite seafood plateau, za’atar-crusted salmon and the cookie plate for $60 at dinner. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Contemporary American
  • Financial District
  • price 4 of 4

The lovely space adjacent to Le Gratin at The Beekman hotel is, like its neighbor, as pretty as any place in town, with colorful glasswork and the right lighting to highlight the gently kaleidoscopic effect. Three courses of new American cuisine are on the menu for $60 at dinner Monday-Friday until February 12. 

Our prix fixe pick: The bouchot mussels, roasted cod and the chocolate ganache cake for $60 at dinner. 

 

  • Restaurants
  • Indian
  • East Village
  • price 3 of 4

Attractively appointed and anchored by a fantastic fresco familiar to diners all over NYC, Baar Baar contemporary Indian restaurant’s $45, three-course dinner runs from Sunday-Friday throughout RW. 

Our prix fixe pick: The Kolkata jackfruit cutlet, beef short rib curry, and the mango and chili sorbet for $45 at dinner. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Jackson Heights

Back from a short break just in time for Winter Restaurant Week’s January 17 start date, The Queensboro is firing up $45, three-course dinner menus from Sunday-Friday until February 12. 

Our prix fixe pick: The chips and French onion dip with smoked trout roe, the carnitas with charred broccoli rabe and potatoes gratin and the Vietnamese tiramisu for $45 at dinner. The Queensboro also has a selection of $30 wine bottles for the occasion. 

  • Restaurants
  • Contemporary American
  • Tribeca
  • price 4 of 4

Tribeca Grill was an early adopter, when inaugural venues were serving lunch for $19.92 for a few summer days. Thirty-one years later, that’d be about $42.27, so this generally palate-pleasing spot’s three-course dinner for $45 Monday-Friday from for the duration of Restaurant Week isn’t too shabby for 2023. 

Our prix fixe pick: The Caesar salad, the red wine-braised short ribs and the New York cheesecake for $45 at dinner. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Mediterranean
  • Midtown West

Mediterranean restaurant Iris opened in a sprawling space in midtown in 2021. The critically acclaimed, beach-y, beige spot is serving a two-course lunch for $45 and a three-course dinner for $60 Monday-Friday from January 17-February 12. 

Our prix fixe pick: The pikilia and the branzino filet for $45 at lunch. The lamb meatballs, moussaka and the and the baklava for $60 at dinner.

  • Restaurants
  • Contemporary American
  • Harlem
  • price 2 of 4

This corner spot has two strips of sidewalk seats and plenty of space inside where you can still catch a glimpse of the weather through large windows. Selections from its Spanish and Italian-influenced menus appear on its $60 dinner menu Sunday-Friday all Restaurant Week long.

Our prix fixe pick: The bacalao croquettes, mafalde short rib ragu and the olive oil cake for $60 at dinner.  

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  • Restaurants
  • Mediterranean
  • Upper West Side
  • price 3 of 4

Daniel Boulud has dining destinations all over the globe, including a few NYC locales participating in Restaurant Week this season. Book Boulud Sud’s three-course $60 Mediterranean dinner specials Sunday-Friday from January 17-February 12.

Our prix fixe pick: The chicken liver mousse, braised lamb shoulder and the chocolate mousse for $60 at dinner. 

  • Restaurants
  • Gowanus

The team between local favorites French Louie and Buttermilk Channel is approaching Victor Mediterranean restaurant’s second year on the banks of the Gowanus Canal. The stylish neighborhood destination is serving a three-course dinner for $45 Monday-Friday throughout Restaurant Week. 

Our prix fixe pick: The smoky eggplant and feta dip, half chicken with anchovy salsa verde and charred chicories and the chocolate budino for $45 at dinner. An optional wine pairing is also available for $20 per person.

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  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • Flatiron

La Brasserie took over the Park Avenue South space made famous by Anthony Bourdain last year. The French restaurant is serving a three-course $45 dinner Sunday-Friday until February 12. 

Our prix fixe pick: The salade verte, duck confit and the île flottante for $45 at dinner.

  • Restaurants
  • Mediterranean
  • Flatiron
  • price 2 of 4

Ilili Lebanese restaurant first opened on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan 16 years ago and its proximity to a few office-concentrated areas makes it a nicer-than-normal weekday, work from work destination. The Restaurant Week regular has a three-item lunch prix fixe for $45 Monday-Friday until February 12. 

Our prix fixe pick: The baba ghannouj, makenek and the roasted chicken breast for $45 at lunch. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Indian
  • Carroll Gardens

Now in its sixth year on Cobble Hill’s Court Street, Goan cuisine tops the titular tables year-round, and $45, three-course lunch specials abound from Monday-Friday until February 12 this Restaurant Week.

Our prix fixe pick: The kera na kebab, mutton dhansak and the roda auntie’s cranberry kulfi for $45 at lunch. 

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • Restaurants
  • American
  • East Village
  • price 2 of 4

Noreetuh modern Hawaiian restaurant has three-course dinners Wednesday-Friday and Sunday (plus Sunday brunch) for $45 all Restaurant Week long. An optional two-course wine pairing is an additional $28 per person. 

Our prix fixe pick: The bigeye tuna poke, mochiko chicken loco moco and the pineapple upside-down cake for $45 at dinner. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Upper West Side

One of NYC’s best brunch spots also does a great dinner service that includes recipes “from somewhere in the Mediterranean.” For Restaurant Week, a two-course lunch is $30 and a three-course dinner is $60 Sunday-Friday from until February 12.

Our prix fixe pick: The hummus and the Dagon burger for $30 at lunch. The Israeli salad, the schnitzel and the labneh cheesecake for $60 at dinner. 

  • Restaurants
  • Pan-Asian
  • Chelsea

Sometimes you’re going to end up around Penn Station, the Garden, Herald Square and all the big stores over there, and this is the only best restaurant in the area. Piggyback brought its predecessor, Pig & Khao’s, downtown aesthetic several blocks north in 2019, and it’s serving a Southeast Asian-influenced $28 two-course lunch Tuesday-Friday, and a $60 three-course dinner Tuesday-Saturday all Restaurant Week long. 

Our prix fixe pick: The Korean honey-butter wings and the pulled pork for $28 at lunch. The lumpia Shanghai, Malaysian fried chicken and the s’mores sundae for $60 at dinner. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Flatiron

Winter Restaurant Week is in bloom at Il Fiorista, which pulls multiple duties as a restaurant, bar, florist, boutique and destination for crafty classesAnd, like your windowsill annuals, its $30 Sunday Brunch and $60, three-course dinner prix fixe Monday-Friday won’t last forever: it ends at the conclusion of RW on February 12.

Our prix fixe pick: The trout tartare toast, marinated tilefish and the almond torte for $60 at dinner. 

  • Restaurants
  • Korean
  • Midtown East
  • price 2 of 4

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, and you can sample a three-course variety in its elegant environment for $60 at dinner Monday-Friday from January 17-February 12.

Our prix fixe pick: The winter appetizer platter, the stuffed eggplant in chili sauce and the mocha cake with vegan vanilla ice cream for $60 at dinner. 

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  • Restaurants
  • Korean
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • price 2 of 4

Danji is one of the best restaurants near Times Square, with items like wild yellowtail sashimi and bulgogi beef sliders. And its chic, intimate interior betrays its chaos-adjacent location. Danji has a $60, three-course dinner Sunday-Friday from January 23-February 12.

Our prix fixe pick: The korean fire chicken wings, sizzling bibimbap and the sorbet for $60 at dinner.

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