The best things to order at NYC Restaurant Week’s top spots for winter, 2024

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. 

Our prix fixe pick: The chili garlic prawn, goat do pyaza, saffron rice and the carrot halwa cake for $45 at dinner. Baar Baar's prix fixe also begins with a canapé. 

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, and a three-course dinner for $60 this Restaurant week. Entreés like The Bar Room’s marinated octopus salad and its herb-roasted beef typically run from $29 to $48 alone. 

Our prix-fixe pick: The steak tartare with crispy potatoes and the crispy salmon with heirloom carrots for $45 at lunch. The sunchoke soup with scallops and seaweed, grilled beef short rib with braised beans and cabbage and the coconut and roasted pineapple donut for $60 at dinner. 

Chocobar Cortés opened its South Bronx location in 2021 after establishing its first spot in San Juan in 2013. Its everyday menu incorporates chocolate into all manner of items, like the Chocobar salad bowl with chocolate vinaigrette, the grilled cheese with cheddar and chocolate butter and the chocolate-laced pancakes, waffles and French toast.

Our prix fixe pick: The croquetas de jamón serrano and the chopped cheese for $30 at lunch. The alcapurria de carne, pollo mole and the churros con chocolate for $45 at dinner. 

Harlem's Contento was one of the best new restaurants of the year when it opened in 2021, and it's still a favorite for its Peruvian-influenced menu and lenghy wine list. 

Our prix fixe pick: The scallop ceviche, the spicy mussels marineros and the chocolate flan for $60 at dinner. 

One of NYC’s best brunch spots also does a great dinner service that includes recipes “from somewhere in the Mediterranean.” This restaurant week, Dagon will serve a $30 two-course lunch and $45 three-course dinner specials with plates like hummus, chicken schnitzel and kefta kebabs. 

Our prix fixe pick: The hummus and the schnitzel for $30 at lunch. The crispy duck breast salad, the dry-aged beef kefta kebabs and the labneh cheesecake for $45 at dinner. 

Delmonico's is back after 196 or a couple of years, depending on who's counting. It's as grand as ever after a light facelift, and it feels as important as it is comfortable this restaurant week. 

Our prix fixe pick: The Maine crab cake, steak frites and chocolate layer cake for $60 at dinner. Restaurant Week's supplements are seldom worth the extra cost, but $20 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 four-course lunch is $98 and a five-course dinner is $168.

Our prix fixe pick: The Arctic char tartare, the hanger steak and the chocolate cream pie for $60 at 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 august Carlyle hotel. The newer of the two, which opened in 2021, is also pretty fancy, rather chic and absent those pesky Gen Zs youthing up the place with their well-established love of shrimp cocktail and wedge salads. 

Our prix fixe pick: Tha endive salad, chicken paillard and the New York cheesecake for $45 at lunch. The crème fraiche polenta, venison osso bucco and the flourless chocolate torte for $60 at dinner. 

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. 

Our prix fixe pick: The somtum corn salad and coconut crab curry for $45 at lunch and the mussels with lemongrass, choo chee skate and the ice cream bolan for $60 at 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 there’s plenty to catch at the number one ranked spot in its cuisine category. 

Our prix fixe pick: The Long Island fluke tartare and the fried swordfish sandwich for $45 at lunch. The half-dozen oysters, roasted Faroe Island salmon and the Fulton cookie for $45 at dinner. 

Four, five and six years ago, this was one of the toughest tables in town, but, as they say, time heals all reservation blockades, and unambigiously-titled Frenchette is as charming as ever, with actual availability. 

Our prix fixe pick: The gnocchi parisienne, duck cassoulet and the chocolate mousse for $60 at lunch. 

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: The sweet potato soup and the dry-aged hamburger sandwich for $30 at lunch. The white winter salad, pork belly and the Pavlova for $60 at dinner. 

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 winter. 

Our prix fixe pick: The winter appetizer platter with crispy seaweed rolls, jimaca dumplings, stuffed shitake mushrooms and zucchini rolls, the spicy tofu cutlets in chili and soy bean sauce and the matcha cheesecake for $60 at dinner. 

Hearth's a go-to from way back, having first opened in 2003, its cozy space a rustic respite from the frenetic, bar-saturated seats that surround. As always, its Restaurant Week selections include real-deal Hearth classics. 

Our prix fixe pick: The ribollita, garlic bread, grass-fed beef and ricotta meatballs with polenta and the dark chocolate mousse bar for $45 at dinner. Hearth also has an optional wine pairing for $29 per person.  

Now in its sixth year on Cobble Hill’s Court Street, Portuguese-Goan cuisine tops the titular tables at this neighborhood standby tucked down a few steps below sidewalk level. 

Our prix fixe pick: The croquetas de bacalao, pork belly vindalho and the pasteis de nata for $45 at dinner. 

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 diver scallop crudo and the gyro spiced lamb pita for $45 at lunch. The pikilia, branzino filet and the pistachio baklava for $60 at dinner. 

​​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: The stuffed plantains, red peppa jerk chicken and the rum raisin bread pudding for $60 at dinner. 

New to Brooklyn as of 2022, Kru is bringing its “modern interpretation of hundred year-old Thai recipes” to Restaurant Week this winter. Its operators are also co-owners of Fish Cheeks, which appears above. 

Our prix fixe pick: The savory fruit bite, duck confit with sweet plum dressing and the red curry-rubbed half branzino for $45 at dinner. 

A top Restaurant Week destination if there ever was one, Le Rock at Rockefeller Center was one of the best new restaurants of 2022. Its four-course prix fixe includes some of the French flavors and preparations that first made the shining spot a favorite last year. Le Rock follows Frenchette (above) from the same team. 

Our prix fixe pick: The chicken liver mousse, potage dubarry, duck confit and the profiterole for $60 at dinner. 

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. 

Our prix fixe pick: The chicken liver mousse and the duck confit for $30 at lunch. The pâté de campagne, coq au vin and the gâteau chocolat aux 3 ganaches for $60 at dinner. 

One of the best new restaurants of 2021, LittleMad serves Korean-American cuisine in a sleekly industrial space anchored by a lively open kitchen. 

Our prix fixe pick: The beef tartare mille feuille, the Long Island duck and the rice pudding for $60 at dinner.  

This truly beautiful viewstaurant soars among the best of them, held high above FiDi. It's menu has changed more than a few times in its six-ish years among the clouds, and its winter Restaurant Week options include some real winners. 

Out prix fixe pick: The hamachi crudo, bavette and the selection of American cheeses for $60 at lunch. 

This erstwhile media magnet with new-American menus still gins up visions or curmudgeonly columnists and otherwise surly writer-types for a very niche type of New Yorker. Set a set-menu deadline at the longrunning institution this season. 

Our prix fixe pick: The shrimp and littleneck clams and the bulgogi steak salad for $45 at lunch. The tarte flambé, steak frites and the chocolate lava cake for $60 at dinner. 

This neighborhood charmer is new to both Restaurant Week and New York City, having opened in Williamsburg at the end of the summer. Its present menu is self-billed as new-American with French roots. 

Our prix fixe pick: The hearth-broiled oysters with Camembert, the ricotta gnudi and the baked Alaska for $45 at dinner. 

Noreetuh modern Hawaiian restaurant is one of a relative few in its genre, and certainly unique in Restaurant Week. Its standard fare includes spam musubi, big-eye tuna poke and mochiko-fried chicken. 

Our prix fixe pick: The big-eye tuna poke, mochiko chicken loco moco and the pineapple upside-down cake for $45 at dinner. Noreetuh also has a $28 wine pairing for Restaurant Week. 

Sometimes you’re going to end up around Penn Station, the Garden, Herald Square and all the big stores over there, and this is a good bet in the area. Piggyback brought its predecessor, Pig & Khao’s, downtown aesthetic several blocks north in 2019, and its Southeast Asian-influenced preparations are on the menu for winter Restaurant Week. 

Our prix fixe pick: The lumpia Shanghai and the lemongrass chicken for $28 at lunch. The honey butter wings, whole fish and the s'mores sundae for $60 at dinner. 

A shining neighborhood staple for all-day dining and remote work, The Queensboro’s wide-reaching regular menu includes raw bar items, salads, sandwiches, burgers, steak, fish, and practically anything you’d wish. 

Our prix fixe pick: The pork and shrimp dumplings, Arctic char and the root beer cake with chocolate ice cream for $45 at dinner. The Queensboro also has $30 bottles of wine for Restaurant Week. 

One of this restaurant critic's 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: The Szechuan cold noodle with chicken, the mala wontons and the mapo tofu for $30 at lunch. The chicken with Szechuan pepper sauce, the sweet and sour pork ribs, the snow pea shoots with garlic and the Chongqing chicken for $60 at dinner. 

Tribeca Grill was an early Restaurant Week adopter 32 years ago, when inaugural venues were serving $19.92 lunch specials for a few summer days. That’d be about $44.29 today, so this generally palate-pleasing new-American mainstay still sounds like a pretty good deal for 2024. 

Our prix fixe pick: The Caesar salad, grilled mahi-mahi and the chocolate torte for $45 at dinner. 

You can spot Wayan’s lovely facade a mile away, and its verdant bar-adjacent seating area and ornately appointed back dining room are just as pretty. Some of its also photogenic and delicious daily bites include satays, lobster noodles and fan-favorite corn fritters.

Our prix fixe pick: The sautéed shrimp, ayam goreng and the rice pudding for $60 at dinner, week one. Wayan's menu will change each week thereafter.