📍 Upper West Side, New York City
58 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 58 Restaurants
Columbus Avenue brunches, corner bagel shops, and a few serious tasting-room experiences near Lincoln Center and the park.
Top 10 in Upper West Side
1
Per Se
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
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
843 acres dropped into the middle of Manhattan, and the whole city orbits it. Bethesda Fountain, Bow Bridge, The Mall, Belvedere Castle, Strawberry Fields. Enter at 72nd St west si...
96
4
Essential by Christophe
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
5
Florentin
An Upper West Side bistro on Amsterdam serving New American Mediterranean cooking seven days a week. The branzino gets the polite nods, but the schnitzel sandwich is the one people...
91
6
Lily's Roasters
A coffee shop on West 86th Street on the Upper West Side, roasting its own beans as the name suggests. Details beyond that are scarce, but a perfect regular rating marks it as a we...
91
7
American Museum of Natural History
34 million specimens across 26 interconnected buildings. The dinosaur halls, the blue whale in the Hall of Ocean Life, the Rose Center for Earth and Space (Hayden Planetarium), and...
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8
Dagon
Modern Israeli cooking on the Upper West Side, named for the Phoenician and Philistine god of agriculture. Executive chef Ari Bokovza works the Levantine end of the Mediterranean, ...
90
9
Lyla's Bodega
Lyla's Bodega is a Latin American spot on West 83rd Street on the Upper West Side. Details are thin, but it reads as a casual neighborhood counter for Latin American cooking off Am...
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10
Beer Run
A craft-beer bar and bottle spot on Columbus Avenue in the Upper West Side, the kind of neighborhood corner where the tap list and the fridge do the talking. It leans into rotating...
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All 58 Restaurants in Upper West Side
Barney Greengrass
89
The Consulate
88
72nd Eatery
88
Levain Bakery
87
Zabar's
87
Mama's Too
86
Beacon Theatre
86
Pig and Khao
86
PopUp Bagels
86
Nice Matin
86
Tasca
86
The Owl's Tail
86
Scarlet Lounge
86
Kefi
85
Dizzy's Club
85
Cafe Luxembourg
85
Tavern on the Green
85
Covacha
85
Gray's Papaya
84
Jacob's Pickles
84
Absolute Bagels
84
The Dead Poet
84
Prohibition
84
George Keeley
84
Nobody Told Me
84
Da Capo
84
H&H Bagels
83
Gazala's
83
Maison Pickle
83
Westville
82
Rosetta Bakery
82
Joe's Steam Rice Roll
82
e's Bar
82
Bodega 88
82
Allure Cocktail Lounge
82
Parla
82
Sandwell
82
Lenwich
82
Chaotic Good Cafe
81
The Heights Bar & Grill
80
Tom's Restaurant
80
PlantShed
80
Plowshares Coffee Roasters
80
Solid State Coffee
80
Amsterdam Ale House
80
The Gin Mill
80
Charlotte Cafe
79
Picky Barista
79
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