The best things to order at NYC Restaurant Week’s top spots for winter 2026

Redefining what hotel dining could be is Brass. Found inside the Evelyn Hotel, the brasserie serves playful contemporary cuisines finessed by chefs Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske. The Art Deco styling of the space, with its tulip chandeliers, massive geometric murals and a grand piano in the center of it all makes a worthy find. 

What to order: The RW mains hit every animal in the kingdom, we are talking chicken, steak and even two kinds of fish. We say opt for the bird—the duck, that is—by ordering the Long Island Duck Breast with black garlic for an additional $10 more. 

Expect to pay: $60 dinner

SEA by Jungsik? You mean the sister restaurant to Jungsik, the very first Korean restaurant in the U.S. to receive three Michelin stars? Yes, the very one. While Jungsik explores Korean ingredients in a fine dining setting, SEA dives headfirst into cuisines found across South East Asia in a more casual sense, with chili jam eggs, tom yum noodles and crisp pork belly with a side of nam jim.

What to order: You get four courses to choose from, but the aformented pork belly should be one of them. 

Expect to pay: $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

This is about as fine dining-adjacent as Restaurant Week gets, it is literally adjacent to the super-fancy Modern after all. Just think of it this way: The Bar Room’s caviar hot dogs typically run at $39, so eating at this Michelin-starred revue for RW is a steal. 

What to order: We say fork over the additional $20 for the spinach tagliatelle as its showered with black truffles.

Expect to pay: $45 lunch; $60 Sunday brunch/lunch; $45 dinner; $60 dinner

Housed in the stellar landmark Art Deco tower, 70 Pine Street, Crown Shy follows in the footsteps of the late great James Kent (NoMad, Eleven Madison Park). Executive chef Jassimran Singh has since taken over the reins, continuing to follow the path of seasonal cuisine that draws inspiration from around the world.

What to order: Well before she opened her own bakery on Williamsburg's waterfront, pastry chef Renata Ameni got on all of our radars with her dessert program at Crown Shy, particularly her scoop of satsuma ice cream festooned with a beret of toasted marshmallow. It still exists here for good reason, so order it. 

Expect to pay: $45 lunch; $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

One of New York's oldest steakhouses (and first restaurant in the city) goes to Delmonico's. An institution through and through, the OG hall of steak is credited with creating a whole slew of dishes from the domed Baked Alaska dessert to a go-to of the brunch table, the Eggs Benedict. 

What to order: Restaurant Week's supplements are seldom worth the extra cost. But $33 more yields the titular signature steak, the Signature Delmonico Ribeye.

Expect to pay: $60 lunch; $60 Sunday lunch/brunch; $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

This truly beautiful viewstaurant soars among the best of them, holding court high above FiDi. But Danny Meyer's Manhatta doesn't just dazzle with views, as the dishes do their part, thanks to newly appointed executive chef Michele Brogioni. 

What to order: The Dry Aged Burger with koji onion is top rank in our books, and we aren't just saying that because you have to eat it at a higher altitude. The dry-aged patty comes with caramelized koji onions, a sharp American cheese and a squirt of shiitake mayo.  

Expect to pay: $60 lunch; $60 Sunday lunch/brunch

This British import finally made its way over the pond in the fall of 2021, and quickly became one of our favorite places to get a steak in this town. Inside the cavernous dining hall, you can find chilled crab claws and oysters, tartares and roasted bone marrow, and enormous collection of dry-aged steak, seared over the live-fire.

What to order: Pick from sea (Smoked Salmon) and land (Rump & Side) before finishing with something sweet (the Sticky Toffee Pudding).

Expect to pay: $45 lunch

From Wilson Tang of Nom Wah fame, 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. 

What to order: Big eaters can certainly be satiated with an order of the Half Roasted Cantonese Duck, flush with a medley of veggies, carrots, jicama and butternut squash.

Expect to pay: $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

At Bar Mercer, chef Preston Clark cooks the food he likes to eat, and in turn, we like it too, with branzino bar sliders and beer-battered fish alongside a meaty Berkshire Pork Chop. It all goes down in a neighborhood-like tavern that's up to Soho standards, meaning the walls are sleek, the lighting is sexy and the food is as comforting as they come. 

What to order: Clark also oversees the kitchen at Lure Fishbar, so selections of the sea is kind of his forte. We don't think you could go wrong with the fluke or the Branzino A La Plancha as your choice of main.

Expect to pay: $45 Sunday lunch/brunch; $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

Marcus Samuelsson's Hav & Mar bridges his Ethiopian and Swedish upbringings. 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 a whole branzino sidekicked with tikkil gomen, beets and green beans. 

What to order: The first course calls for the Swediopian, a berbere-cured salmon that swims in an apple water and ash sauce. 

Expect to pay: $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner

New York's best Thai restaurant of 2025, Kru is notable for its "vibrant revitalization of 100-year-old Thai recipes," thanks to the hard work of husband-and-wife Chefs Ohm Suansilphong and Kiki Supap. Expect a meal that is unapologetic when it comes to spice and flavor.

What to order: If you come for lunch, you can get a bite, a small appetizer and a main for just $30. For the first nibble, we say go for the Crabmeat Satay.

Expect to pay: $45 dinner; $45 Sunday dinner; $30 Sunday lunch

Dutch for ''North District," The Noortwyck was founded by a pair of Eleven Madison Park vets without the fine dining prices attached. For Restaurant Week, we recommend using your saved coin and putting it toward one of the many wines, specially curated by sommelier Cedric Nicaise. 

What to order: Restaurant Week is the time to go for luxury, no? Then you have to get the Black Truffle Agnolotti.  

Expect to pay: $45 Sunday brunch; $60 dinner

Daniel Boulud's Le Pavillon is a French oasis in the sky. We mean that quite literally as the interior houses 10,000 pounds of lush black olive trees. At his stunning, Michelin-starred revue in midtown, you can expect seafood-heavy dishes and everything seasonal attuned to the ways of French cuisine. 

What to order: Pasta as a starter? Yeah, why not? Plus, the Lobster Torchietti comes with plenty of the poached crustacean.

Expect to pay: $60 lunch

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: There are four different desserts to end the meal on, including the Pear Upside Down Cake cooked with a spiced red wine. 

Expect to pay: $60 lunch; $60 Sunday brunch/lunch 

Kawana Jefferson tells the story of low country cuisine, from Charleston, South Carolina, sailing all the way to Chesapeake Bay. As a result, you can find soulful seafood made with sweet sips to match at her Prospect Gardens restaurant. 

What to order: Chicken & Shrimp Cornbread Waffle combines a little of everything that we love—fried chicken and shrimp on a savory jalapeño-scallion waffle. 

Expect to pay: $60 Sunday Lunch/Brunch $60 dinner; $60 Sunday dinner