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🌳 Upper West Side, New York City
25 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 25 Restaurants
✨ Family, Central Park, Brunch, Bagels
Central Park, Lincoln Center, and real neighborhood dining. Family-friendly with a lived-in charm.
Known for: Central Park, Lincoln Center, Zabar's, Absolute Bagels
Don't miss: Zabar's, Absolute Bagels, Jacob's Pickles
💡 Sunday brunch then Central Park is peak UWS living.
Top 10 in Upper West Side
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Per Se
French / American Tasting Menu · Michelin 3-Star, James Beard Outstanding Restaurant
Thomas Keller's three-Michelin-star temple above Columbus Circle is the most expensive restaurant in New York, and for the right diner, it justifies every dollar. The nine-course t...
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2
Jean-Georges
French · 2 Michelin Stars
Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Columbus Circle flagship has two Michelin stars and Central Park views that make every dinner feel like a movie. The egg caviar is one of the most famou...
96
3
Central Park
Tourist Attraction
843 acres of green in the middle of Manhattan. Bethesda Fountain, Bow Bridge, The Mall, Belvedere Castle, and Strawberry Fields. Enter at 72nd St west side for the best first impre...
96
4
Tatiana
Afro-Caribbean American · NYT 4 Stars
Kwame Onwuachi's Lincoln Center restaurant that earned a rare four-star New York Times review and immediately became the hardest reservation in NYC. Afro-Caribbean flavors filtered...
94
5
Essential by Christophe
French · 1 Michelin Star
One Michelin star for a French tasting menu on the Upper West Side, which is not a sentence anyone expected to write. Christophe Bellanca's intimate restaurant serves $175-$255 men...
93
6
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
34 million specimens across 26 interconnected buildings. The iconic dinosaur halls, the blue whale in the Hall of Ocean Life, the Rose Center for Earth and Space (Hayden Planetariu...
90
7
Barney Greengrass
Jewish Deli / Appetizing
The self-proclaimed Sturgeon King has been smoking and slicing fish on the Upper West Side since 1908. The sturgeon is buttery and mild, the nova is silky perfection, and the scram...
89
8
Levain Bakery
Bakery
Levain Bakery started on West 74th Street with 6-ounce cookies that weigh more than some steaks. The chocolate chip walnut is the signature — gooey center, crispy edges, and a suga...
87
9
Zabar's
Deli & Market
More than a deli, Zabars is an Upper West Side institution and a shrine to the art of Jewish-New York food shopping. The smoked fish counter is world-class, the babka is transcende...
87
10
Mama's Too
Pizza · TimeOut Best
UWS pizza shop with supremely thick, cheesy square slices that went viral for a reason — the spicy spring square with hot honey is aggressively good. The pepperoni square has crisp...
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All 25 Restaurants in Upper West Side
Pig and Khao
Thai Filipino
86
PopUp Bagels - Upper West Side
Bagels
86
Cafe Luxembourg
French Bistro
85
Jacob's Pickles
Southern Comfort
84
The Heights Bar & Grill
Rooftop Bar
80
Tom's Restaurant
Classic Diner
80
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