1. Perrine
8.3
2 E 61st St, New York, NY
French Restaurant · Upper East Side · 3 tips and reviews
Haifa Alshammari: perrine salad, campanelle al tartuffo, roasted salmon and the creamy mashed potatoes worth to try🤤 loved the service too 👍🏻
Andrew C: Did not have restaurant week menu on weekend, so pricier than planned... but definitely worth it - all the food and service and atmosphere was wonderful (even as a hotel restaurant)!!!
SMA: If you are going for breakfast .. I recommend pancakes 😋
2. Shake Shack
9.1
Madison Square Park (Madison Ave & E 23rd St), New York, NY
Burger Joint · NoMad · 1236 tips and reviews
Brendan Spiegel: The shack gets hot dog props for daring to go Chicago-style in Manhattan, loading their all-beef Viena dogs with relish, onion, cucumber, pickle, tomato, sport pepper and celery salt. Read more.
Anuj Mathur: burger and fries? think again. burger and shack-cago dog is the way of the wise (potato bun, sport peppers and celery salt).
Chefs Feed: "Try the Shack-cago Dog, a Vienna all-beef dog topped with relish, onions, cucumbers, pickles, tomatoes, sport peppers, celery salt, and mustard, all served on a poppy seed bun." - Chef Jim Botsacos Read more.
Charles Guerrero: Great selection of beer and perhaps the greatest Waffle fries known to man. The nachos, pretzel, wings, and tater tots are pretty great too.
Michael G.: Good NE IPAs available
Micah Chiles: $10 happy hour burgers until 6. Great 🍻 on tap or take away
7. Shake Shack
8.8
215 Murray St (btwn West St & North End Ave), New York, NY
Burger Joint · Battery Park City · 332 tips and reviews
Alex Fish: Shack burger, cheese fries with cheese on the side, and a root beer...perfection
Mari: No lines on the weekends.
Village Voice: This famous shack probably has the best downtown burger, and the Wall-nut Street shake (chocolate truffle cookie dough, walnuts and cherries mixed into vanilla custard) is a force to be reckoned with.
Shayna A: Really cool light-sculpture! constantly changes colors
Mike Bloomberg: Today, I was here to unveil "Red, Yellow and Blue" by NYC-based artist Orly Genger. The exhibit runs through September 8, 2013.
Windows Live Photo Gallery: From inside the park, you can get a great angle on the surrounding buildings for a Panoramic Stitch. Outside the park on the west side, looking south, is a fantastic shot of the Flatiron Building.
Todd H: Pizza sub with all the veggies is excellent.
Thompson Hotels: Have you tried the secret menu? Our concierge’s favorites: the Wrecking Ball (A Wreck + spiced meatballs) and the Fireball (meatball sub topped w/ hot chili). #delicious
amNewYork: Started in Chicago in 1977, it's as commonplace as Subway in some Northeastern cities. Try: “A Wreck,” made with roast beef, salami, turkey breast, ham and melted Swiss cheese ($5.80)
10. The Standard Grill
8.4
848 Washington St (at W 13th St), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Meatpacking District · 383 tips and reviews
Jessica Wickham: Great brunch, avocado on toast and super green juice
The Wall Street Journal: Thinly cut fries are subtly seasoned. Burgers ($15) are made with brisket and topped with bacon and white cheddar. And the turkey club sandwich ($11) is always popular. Read more.
The New York Times: Recommended: Country pâté, snow pea and radish salad, charred octopus appetizer, swordfish, rainbow trout, chocolate mousse. Read more.
11. Beauty & Essex
8.6
146 Essex St (btwn Stanton & Rivington St), New York, NY
Tapas Restaurant · Lower East Side · 579 tips and reviews
Alex Synamatix: Crazy restaurant! It's like a speakeasy in a diamond shop. Great food as well. Definitely recommend going.
Teresa Cantwell: Free champaign in the bathroom. Okay
Thrillist: Beauty's got a nightly selection of crostinis (burrata, bone marrow...) called "Jewels on Toast", which unlike family jewels, your date will actually want to polish off. Read more.