Emily Roy: the BEST restaurant in midtown. Deliciously strong drinks, yummy seafood apps, and a great scene often with live music!
Jimmy Chrabieh: Delicious food! try the macadamia goat cheese mango entree, and don't forget the pineapple creme brulee. To die for!
7th.List: New. What should i try? Drinks? 10 Cane - Mojito with hand-harvested sugar cane from Trinidad Food? Savor - Bronzed Swordfish with Warm Farro Salad, Rainbow Carrots, Jalapeño-Lime Compound Butter Read more.
Tracie D.: Amazing sandwiches (chicken and waffles to die for). Great local craft beer. Neighborhood spot fo sho.
Thrillist: Pullman Kitchen just unleashed its biggest, baddest "grilled cheese" of all time: "The Beast of Midtown East". It's a 13-layers with fried chicken, ham, bacon, and all kinds of other excellent stuff. Read more.
Mita M.: Fried chicken & cornbread waffle sandwich is to die for. Great neighborhood spot.
4. The Sea Grill
19 W 49th St (Rockefeller Center), New York, NY
Seafood Restaurant · Rockefeller Center · 48 tips and reviews
Kelli Umstead: Sit at the bar, you can have a nice cocktail, watch the ice skaters and the bar tender will charge your phone (if you have your charger). Lobster Mac and cheese was good and strong drinks.
Sophia Liu: Portobello Fries and Crab Cakes for first course are bomb. Main course: Cod a la Plancha! Just do it.
Glen Gilmore: You've had a healthy meal - treat yourself to a decadent dessert! (And French pressed coffee!)
5. Salon de Ning
7.9
The Peninsula New York, 700 5th Ave, New York (at W 55th St), New York, NY
Hotel Bar · Midtown East · 85 tips and reviews
Michelle Coudon: Remnants of old Shanghai glamour on Fifth Ave. As for the #drinks, the Ning Sling is nice but the boozy Blueberry is better. #cocktails http://michellec.tv
amico8: Nice out door Roof top bar try the malbec wine fantastic
Katie Flynn: Drink the Ning Sling a la Chuck Bass in Gossip Girl. It's $22, but huge and worth it!!!
Nikki Reed: Jalapeño Poppers , Mac n Cheese Balls, hand cut French fries, Caprese flatbread and spiked hot chocolate !
Melody Ewing: Derek is my favorite bartender in all of NYC. Charming Irish kid, attentive, with great stories!!!
Brian Michael: Great burger lunch special and beer!
7. The Campbell
7.8
15 Vanderbilt Ave (Grand Central Terminal), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · Midtown East · 269 tips and reviews
Janine B: Amazing service and strong drinks. What more could you want?
Lily Cutair: Swanky bar with a great 40's era vibe! In the mood for wine... try the Riesling, it's light and refreshing.
Tiffany & Co: Yes, Mr. Campbell once lived here; and you are invited to come up and have a cocktail in his 1923 Florentine-style living room. The gifted mixologist behind the bar crafts a marvelous martini.
10. Little Collins
667 Lexington Ave (btwn E 55th & E 56th St), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Midtown East · 441 tips and reviews
David Pessah: The best non boozy way to get smashed is The Smash. AvocaDo it.
Kristine: Just opened today! Delicious menu and friendly staff. Try the Sweet Uncle Fred--toasted banana bread with ricotta, strawberries, honey, and toasted almonds--and a piccolo latte. Happiness.
Katie Welch: Order "the smash" - avocado plus feta over toast w chili flakes and pepitas. Add a pour over coffee. Welcome addition to the neighborhood!
11. The Smith
8.7
956 2nd Ave (at E 51st St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Turtle Bay · 362 tips and reviews
Jessica Stark: Shareable snacks/apps for a slightly larger group: Hot Potato Chips & Beer Battered String Beans. Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie. Was amazing but LARGE--be prepared to share or take some home!
Jasmine Benun: Unisex bathroom, enter at your own risk.
AskMen: Aside from seafood towers & ceviche, the menu also includes smart comfort food like fried chicken & potato waffles, and St. Louis-style sticky ribs. Read more.
12. Bryant Park
9.5
W 42nd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Park · Midtown · 1229 tips and reviews
Becka Simon: Cleanest public bathroom EVER. The games, library, and outdoor concerts in the summer and shops in the winter make this one of the best parks in NYC
The New Yorker: “Many of the midday strollers in the park are office workers; they have the subdued mood of prison inmates released into the yard for their daily hour of sunshine and exercise.” —Victor Chen, 1974 Read more.
The Wall Street Journal: Try estimating the percentage of women here. On a recent weekday, it was 53%, according to the park's engineer, who considers that a success. "Women are more discriminating park users," he says. Read more.
Katie Schloss: Home to arguably the best modern art collection in the world, be sure to spend some time in the garden on a warm summer evening.
Time Out New York: The best museum to spend the day in boasts unparalleled holdings in 20th- and 21st-century art, the Sette MoMA restaurant, a plush movie theater and the MoMA Design Store. Read more.
MoMA: Amazing views of the Sculpture Garden from Terrace 5, the fifth-floor café, a great spot to relax and get a something to eat or drink.
14. Quality Meats
8.9
57 W 58th St (at 6th Ave), New York, NY
Steakhouse · Midtown East · 317 tips and reviews
Russ Allison: If you like beets, the beet salad is one of the best I've ever had. Deconstructed, with multiple surprises -- wow!
Serious Eats: Updated take on the classic steakhouse with sights like a four pound rib steak to share.
Kim Pham: Do not leave without trying the corn creme brulee. It is like nothing and everything you think it will be.
15. Grand Central Terminal
8.9
87 E 42nd St (btwn Vanderbilt & Park Ave), New York, NY
Rail Station · Midtown East · 1469 tips and reviews
Nate Bennett: Impossibly large. Come to see the architecture, the constellation murals inside, and the statues and gargoyles outside. Bring a wide angle lens :D
Gossip Girl: This is where it all begins. Or ends. Where S returned from boarding school, where B headed to Yale, and where D and S struck up an unlikely romance. (I Will Always Love You) Read more.
TOOTIT.com Online Magazine: Spot someone that looks good and then don't talk to them because that's what you were going to do anyway!