Explore the 2023 MICHELIN picks for New York

by OpenTable

Updated December 15, 2023

The MICHELIN Guide has been reviewing fine-dining restaurants around the world for over a century and awarding the best-of-the-best with a ranking through the coveted MICHELIN Star system. And for more everyday eating, there’s the MICHELIN Bib Gourmands: a guide to great spots that won’t break the bank. Check out this year’s selections:

Aquavit

4.6

4.6 (1936)

$50 and over

Nordic

Midtown East

About the restaurant

Two Michelin-starred and New York Times Three-starred Aquavit, located in Midtown Manhattan showcases seasonal, Modern Nordic fare and has been a pioneer of Nordic cuisine since opening in 1987. The restaurant has an extensive wine list as well as an aquavit infusion and cocktail program. The Dining Room serves a 2 or 3 course prix fixe menu for lunch and a 5 course tasting menu or a Chef's tasting menu for dinner.

Top review

Jae Sung

Dined 5 days ago

When I first entered Aquavit, everyone gave me a warm welcome. Since I wasn’t very familiar with this kind of restaurant, I needed a bit more time to settle in. Everyone at Aquavit served fresh, delicious food with polite and kind attitudes. The recommended wine paired perfectly with the food I ordered, refreshing all my senses. I’m very much looking forward to visiting again someday.

Casa Mono

4.7

4.7 (2816)

$50 and over

Spanish

Union Square

About the restaurant

Casa Mono and its sister restaurant, Bar Jamon, are located next to each other on Irving Place and 17th Street, just east of Union Square. Awarded three stars from The New York Times in 2015 and a Michelin Star in 2009 (and every year since), Casa Mono is a tapas bar restaurant inspired by the cooking of Spain’s Costa Brava.

***Keeping our guests and staff safe is our number one priority.
We are strictly following CDC, OSHA and NYC Health Department guidelines.***

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Garyvip

Dined 1 day ago

Amazing food and wine selections. Professionally run with everyone (and everything) top notch. Juan Pablo is the best!

Le Coucou

$50 and over

French

SoHo

About the restaurant

After taking the Parisian dining scene by storm, acclaimed chef Daniel Rose brings home the James Beard "Best New Restaurant" award for his very first stateside restaurant. Located in SoHo, the space is a gracious modern nod to fine European gastronomy, with crisp linens, fliberking candles, and whitewashed brick. Updating classical French cuisine with charm and verve, Rose shrinks the intercontinental divide separating the City of Light and the Big Apple, proving that the true essence of fine French dining can thrive in any time zone.

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OpenTable Diner

Dined on Jan 20, 2024

Beautiful place. Great service and delicious food. With the extensive and expensive vine list the menu could have a salad dish and a choice of a side dish or two.

Tempura Matsui

4.9

4.9 (637)

$50 and over

Japanese

Midtown East

About the restaurant

Welcome to Tempura Matsui –A Michelin One Star–
Tempura Matsui invites you to experience the fine art of cooking tempura. Within a serene setting, guests have a seat at our counter or tables and can view the delicate preparation of lightly frying fresh fish and vegetables.
We only serve Omakase Dinner Course for $280 per person at 2 specific times Tuesdays through Saturdays between 5:30PM and 8PM.
Also, we serve a Lunch Course for $160 per person at 12 noon only on Fridays and Saturdays.
Open irregularly on Sundays.
Tempura Matsui is designed to emulate a Japanese cottage with warm woods, slate floors. A five-seat bar allows guests to wait for their seats while enjoying a glass of wine, sake, cocktail, or beer.
You may make a reservation one month ahead and any cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to the reservation to avoid a $100 charge per person.

Top review

Jasonvip

Dined on Nov 19, 2024

It’s like being transported to Kyoto… legit authentic tempura omakase, including the highest level of hospitality I only find in Japan. A treasure.

Bar Primi Bowery

4.6

4.6 (1436)

$30 and under

Italian

Lower East Side

About the restaurant

Bar Primi is a corner pasta shop devoted to ‘primi piatti,’ the pasta course. What began as an idea for a small space in New York's East Village has since become an essential in chef and co-owner Andrew Carmellini's range: fresh pasta traditionally prepared and cooked to order. At Bar Primi, the main course is Primi Piatti. We use a variety of non-GMO semolina and specialty ‘00’ flours, organic eggs and handed-down techniques to create our menu of Traditional and Seasonal pasta dishes. We make more than a dozen different shapes and styles daily. This includes lumache and rigatoni from our imported extruder or ravioli and mezzalune cut and filled by hand. Family recipes and secrets are traded between Carmellini and Brooklyn-born chef-partner Salvatore Lamboglia who also offers a daily meat or seafood special in addition to a selection of shareable Piccolini and Antipasti, artisanal cheese, salumi and simple home-style desserts.

Top review

Mariannevip

Dined on Nov 26, 2024

Wonderful food, great service, fabulous bartenders and Cal at the front. Who could ask for anything more??? Bar Primi is the best!

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Popular dish

Orecchiette

Cotenna

4.6

4.6 (258)

$50 and over

Café

Greenwich Village

About the restaurant

Hearty meat dishes and tasty pasta take the stage at Cotenna. This cozy Italian restaurant serves an extensive menu that includes seafood dishes, grilled meat and traditional pasta favorites like spaghetti and meatballs. Diners get to enjoy their meal in a cozy interior complemented by wood paneling, dim overhead lamps and walls lined with wine bottles. Chef Roberto Passon ensures the richness of each dish by insisting on only using pasta made in-house.

Cotenna offers a fine selection of wine to pair with its menu. Its simple but casual ambiance makes it an ideal pick for everything, from a mid-week business lunch, to a group outing with friends. Open until midnight during the week, and 1 a.m. over the weekend, this restaurant is also an appealing choice for late night dining. Cotenna is open all week.

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Amy

Dined on Nov 24, 2024

Great dining experience. Small, intimate setting made it feel like we were invited to dinner. Service was amazing, thank you Tata for your great recommendations and making the evening fun. Food was so delicious. Highly recommend.

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Popular dish

Tagliatelle Bolognese

Enzo's of Williamsbridge

4.7

4.7 (245)

$30 and under

Italian

Morris Park

About the restaurant

Founded in 1998, Enzo’s of Williamsbridge is located in the Morris Park section of The Bronx, just minutes away from Arthur Avenue. For over 20 years, Enzo’s Restaurant has been serving the neighborhood — offering carefully crafted Italian cuisine where the ingredients are supreme and the commitment to excellence extends from the food to the gracious hospitality. Open for lunch and dinner, Enzo’s classic Italian menu has been recognized as one of the top in The Bronx! In addition to the main dining room, guests can enjoy the opportunity to experience a craft cocktail at the bar with some friends, have a quick lunch on the go, or grab an afternoon coffee with a colleague. Enzo’s also provides private rooms based on the size of the party and occasion with on and off premises catering services. Making each business, social, or personal event memorable and suited to your needs. Call to make a reservation, to place an order for pick-up, or to inquire about booking a private event with us!

Top review

Dined 5 days ago

Excellent service and ambiance. Veal Osso Buco was delicious and portions were large. 10/10 would recommend

Tredici SOCIAL

4.6

4.6 (549)

$30 and under

Italian

Bronxville

About the restaurant

the award winning team that brought you tredici, tredici STEAK and tredici NORTH proudly presents its fourth installment, tredici SOCIAL! A cozy contemporary of its three predecessors tredici SOCIAL is located in the picturesque village of Bronxville where Executive Chef Giuseppe Fanelli takes classic Italian dishes and puts his own creative spin on them, offering an inventive fare including handmade pastas, fresh seafood and fine steaks. Our bar program includes an extensive selection of wines by the glass and the bottle as well as one of Westchester’s most imaginative & innovative specialty cocktail list. Our dining room is accentuated by a zebra marble bar, red tile accent wall, classic tin ceiling and stainless steel light fixtures…like our cuisine, the design is a thoughtful examination which tantalizes the senses… We are open Tuesday – Sunday and we look forward to welcoming you!!!

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christina

Dined 4 days ago

The service was impeccable from the hostess to the bar tender to the waitress. The food and the cocktails were amaxing. You have to try the meatballs , we can’t stop thinking about them. Great hidden gem!

Kosaka

4.7

4.7 (517)

$50 and over

Japanese

Greenwich Village

About the restaurant

KOSAKA is located on a charming Greenwich Village street. KOSAKA brings the serenity and allure of a Tokyo sushi restaurant to Manhattan.
KOSAKA provides a unique combination of extraordinary food and an elegant appearance which fully embodies the Japanese Edomae Style.
As a Michelin star chef for the past ten consecutive years, chef Yoshihiko Kousaka is also a traditionalist in his preparation of sushi. He focuses on the seasonal assortment of exotic fishes flown in daily from Japan and sourced locally and he changes his offerings daily based on what is available at the fish market, both domestically and internationally. KOSAKA offers sushi bar omakase for $250 per person and table omakase for $225 per person.

Credit card required to reserve
Any cancellations or reservation rescheduling must be made prior to 48-hour of reservation to avoid $150 charge per person.

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OpenTable Dinervip

Dined on Dec 16, 2023

Amazing experience overall! The quality of food the service the intimate space… something to remember !

Alta Calidad

4.7

4.7 (418)

$31 to $50

Mexican

Prospect Heights

About the restaurant

Alta Calidad is located in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn where Chef Akhtar Nawab is cooking innovative Mexican cuisine. The Spanish translation of "Alta Calidad" means "high quality" and it's our goal to provide that with every dish that we serve. Our goal is to cook with pride and integrity and have a lot of fun doing it!! We're thrilled to be part of this amazing Brooklyn community and we want each of you to join us and participate in this exciting adventure! Alta Calidad is a Michelin Bib Gourmand award winning restaurant and Certified Minority Owned Business.

We encourage you to secure seating to dine indoors or on our outdoor patio. We look forwarding to hosting you soon!

Top review

JuliaL

Dined on Jul 17, 2024

The food was excellent. Service was fine, pleasant, timely, unobtrusive. The single problem--and the only reason I'd think twice about going back--was the noise. Absolutely deafening--and not from loud music--the acoustics in the place, high ceiling, hard surfaces. We ate early--615 and by midmeal, we, the waiters, and everyone in the restaurant, were shouting to be heard (4 people).

Sami & Susu

0 (0)

$31 to $50

Mediterranean

Lower East Side

About the restaurant

Sami & Susu is a Lower East Side restaurant and wine bar, inspired by family recipes and the many flavors of the Mediterranean. Our menu is seasonal, fun, and is updated regularly throughout the year.

Co-founded by Amir Nathan and Jordan Anderson in June 2020, Sami & Susu was born in the depths of the pandemic and first provided delivery and pickup service at a time when the restaurant industry was almost completely shut down. Within months, we gained a loyal clientele that encouraged us to open our brick and mortar restaurant in July 2021. We now serve dinner every night of the week!

In 2022 Sami & Susu was awarded with a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

Al Coro

4.3

4.3 (22)

$50 and over

Italian

Chelsea

About the restaurant

Located in the soaring restaurant space on the corner of 16th Street and Tenth Avenue in Manhattan’s west Chelsea, Al Coro is a fine-dining Italian restaurant built for celebrations! The restaurant is a collaboration between Chef Melissa Rodriguez and restaurateur Jeff Katz.

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OpenTable Diner

Dined on Nov 25, 2023

A wonderful experience of flavors, a beautiful ambiance with a tasteful feel for the holiday and a strong value for service. A pinnacle moment was experiencing the LORIGHITTAS Octopus, Tomato, Pancetta, Lovage dish. Well worth the time and value to visit Al Coro.

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