When putting together this holiday guide to the best high-end restaurants in New York City, the inKind team considered a lot of different factors. What are their main course offerings? How hard (or easy) is it to get a reservation? Is the menu chef-chosen, or decided by the diners? All of these questions helped us narrow down our list of some of the best high-end restaurants in NYC.
All of the spaces featured in this guide are available on the inKind app, where you can earn 20% back when you pay for your meal using the app.
Soda Club is the Avenue B-based Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded Vegan Wine & Pasta Bar. Featuring more than 200 natural and organic wines from around the globe— curated by Co-Owner & Wine Director Drew Brady—Soda Club serves plant-based Italian dishes focusing on fresh pasta.
Soda Club has been featured extensively across The Michelin Guide, Eater NY, Time Out, Thrillist, The Infatuation, and many more for its friendly service and date-night atmosphere.
Our Recommendation
Start your meal off with their infamous Focaccia. Their pastas are very shareable, and we recommend placing an order for the Tagliatelle and the Bucatini.
Seafood lovers can rejoice at this critically acclaimed high-end restaurant. Located just steps away from Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, this beloved restaurant provides exceptional hospitality, an award-winning wine list, and executive Chef Tim Jocz's world-class cuisine. You'll love the stunning interiors of Oceana as you dine on their elevated market-driven dishes. Chef Tim Jocz's vision for Oceana is rooted in highlighting seasonal ingredients in an elegant, modern American seafood restaurant.
Our Recommendation
Order one of their seafood towers to experience the very best of oysters, shrimp, and lobster, and pair it with an expertly grilled swordfish or roasted Cod.
Margot Brooklyn is a neighborhood restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn from Halley Chambers and Kip Green. It is highly seasonal, featuring seafood, vegetables, and pasta. The menu changes regularly and has nightly specials, alongside large format dishes to share. The beverage options include natural wine and creative cocktails.
Margot brings French flare with a twist, emphasizing the importance of locally grown produce. Driven by such, their menu shifts as the seasons change.
Our Recommendation
Their Black Pearl Oyster Mushrooms are nothing short of spectacular. Always fresh and served with an orange glaze, they're sure to please any crowd.
American Cut in Tribeca offers a traditional steakhouse experience, paying homage to the historical culinary past of New York City. Helmed by LDV Hospitality in partnership with Chef Marc Forgione, American Cut describes their dining experience as "captur[ing] the nostalgic glamour of yesteryear" while also adapting this ambiance to "today's modern social life."
Serving a menu full of classic steakhouse food like seafood towers, oysters, and expertly prepared chef cuts of meat, American Cut provides a luxurious and refined steakhouse experience. Equally as impressive as their menu is the intimate and upscale dining room it's served in. American Cut cultivates an atmosphere of nostalgia for the quintessential steakhouse dinners of decades past with their hanging chandeliers, plush leather booths, and pops of gold layered over rich red brick.
Our Recommendation
To get an authentic steakhouse experience you have to plan your dinner around a great cut of meat. Order the Chef's Cut Pastrami Ribeye and pair it with a delicious side and smoked cocktail from their drink menu.
With the opening of 53, Ahmass Fakahany, founder & CEO of the Altamarea Group, is artfully blending the varied taste profiles of Asian cuisine – from his almost 10 years living in Asia – with the ethos and artistic vibe of New York City, in a modern, three-level, lifestyle setting.
53 introduces an elevated blend of Asian cuisine with a contemporary edge in a chic lifestyle setting. Featuring an exquisite marriage of Asian flavors and unique dishes, 53 is a New York restaurant conceived by the Founder Ahmass Fakahany and team behind the award-winning Marea and Ai Fiori. The menu is spearheaded by acclaimed Singapore-born Chef Akmal Anuar, who began his culinary journey in his parents' hawker stand in Singapore, led one of Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants (Asia's No. 1) and created some of the top contemporary Asian restaurants in Dubai.
Our Recommendation
Start off your meal with a customer favorite, the rich and savory Eel Club and when you're ready to wrap things up, go for the Mango Pudding.