3 Upper East Side Restaurants Among Best In NYC, New Ranking Says

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Get ready to compete for dinner reservations, Upper West Side.

The New York Times released its definitive ranking of the 100 best restaurants in New York City on Tuesday, and to no one's surprise, three popular Upper East Side eateries have made the cut.

To create the ranking, three interim restaurant critics — Priya Krishna, Melissa Clark and Brian Gallagher — went through the city's culinary scene with a fine-toothed comb, touring and eating at around 200 restaurants worth considering, according to the New York Times.

Each critic returned with a list of winners and then continued to narrow down the list until it represented the best of the best, across boroughs, price points, and cuisines, according to the New York Times.

The top 10 restaurants were ranked in order, and then the remaining 90 were unranked, according to the New York Times.

Here are the Upper East Side eateries that made this year's list.

Daniel

Cuisine: French, Tasting

Address: 60 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065

What New York Times critic Priya Krishna says: "Glide through the revolving doors on 65th Street and enter a world where well-coiffed servers still set plates down in unison, and roast duck is carved and pressed tableside. Daniel has reinvented itself a few times, but its appeal remains the same: Here is a classic French restaurant where the food will always be careful and precise, the service is designed to charm and the whole experience will make you feel like a fabulous Upper East Side socialite. The famed chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud, who runs several other restaurants in New York, still walks the dining room regularly, as if taking a victory lap around his most prized accomplishment."

Le Veau d’Or

Cuisine: French

Address: 129 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10065

What New York Times critic Priya Krishna says: "The triumphant second coming of this bygone French bistro has retained much of the charm of the original. Inside the transporting, low-slung dining room outfitted with checkered tables and various bovine decorations, you can choose from a prix fixe menu of expertly prepared French standbys like steak frites, pâté en croute and a duck magret with skin so crisp it might shatter. This past year, the city has seen a renaissance in classical French dining. Le Veau d’Or is the most exciting of the bunch."

Sushi Noz

Cuisine: Sushi Omakase

Address: 181 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075

What New York Times critic Melissa Clark says: "New York is the kind of town where a person looking to splash out hundreds of dollars on a sushi omakase dinner has a long list of fine options. But those who like their sea creatures pristine and largely unadorned flock to Sushi Noz, where the chef Nozomu Abe graciously presides over an artful parade of seasonal dishes in a hushed yet welcoming room lined with hinoki wood. First come the otsumami, small jewels of appetizers — chunks of octopus with triggerfish, lobes of custardy, saline uni with their deep-sea creaminess, silky slivers of vinegared crab — followed by nigiri so skillfully wrought that they may, for better or worse, have you thinking about taking the plunge again soon."

See the entire ranking from the New York Times here.

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