Designed by Space Copenhagen, a Danish interior design firm for minimalism, fused with urban New York. An artsy hotel, this one has carefully curated art objects across common areas, bars and rooms for an inviting stay.
The first New York outpost for Joie de Vivre boutique hotels is nested in between Chinatown, Little Italy and the Lower East Side for a unique and authentic city expeirence.
Chef John DeLucie and lead pizzaiolo Erasmo ‘Mino’ Lassandro offer a tasty menu of wood-fired pizzas, pastas, free range chicken, NY Strip Steak, Atlantic Salmon and Wood Fired Rosemary Wings.
An all-female team serves up over 150 bottles of champagne, wines and wine cocktails, often sourced from small producers, with bites and a raw bar to pick from.
Farm fresh gelato at Albero (L’Albero Dei Gelato)! They use ingredients from small farmers and sustainable producers with both sweet and savory gelatos.
A New York classic, Owners Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith have made-from-scratch custard base with local eggs and dairy, mixed in with the likes of candy, snacks and pantry staples aplenty.
Swing by Italy via Brooklyn with a flora and fauna decked backyard, where you can pair strong drinks and cocktails with burrata and pastas and the seasonal favorite cacio e pepe.
A hard-to-find speakeasy inside a Japanese restaurant. The Eastern inspired drinks and angelic murals on the walls give this speakeasy bar a more lounge feel for quiet, date nights.
Down a hidden street, this is a performance stage, with quirky cocktails paired with unique glassware. Inspired by the European apothecary culture and the world of absinthe, this is a unique experience.
An architect's dream, this all brick, glass, and steel 22 story hotel is industrial elegance at its finest, evoking the soul of New York's garment district.
Modern American cuisine with artistic touches to seasonal foods in a fine dining setting overlooking Columbus Circle and Central Park. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hell's Kitchen hotspot known for its Mexican flare and strong tequilas now delivers cocktails in a variety of sizes... from let's-sip to omg-we're-drunk.
Not your ordinary Indian restaurant, this one has traditional flavors in a funky and homely setting. The Hindi term Babu Ji, means self appointed neighborhood ambassador, and one who knows his way around town.
Sumptuous isles of desserts will tantalize you for this bakery specializes in cakes. But they have a working space, a savory snack collection and terrific coffee too.
A family-friendly plant based and kosher catering menu throughout Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan with no delivery fees, which can be ordered by emailing catering@beyondsushinyc.com or calling 718-606-2179.
On the elevated 14th floor of the delightful Library Hotel, the Bookmarks Lounge (and adjacent Poetry Room and Writer's Den) is calming bliss with literary themed drinks with vine and brickwork finery.
Stratis Morfogen ensured Brooklyn Chop House have indoor swag and outdoor elevated patios over the cobblestone streets, plexiglass partitions from Avantguards, and a fully digital menu for sumptuous bites. And of course, dumplings!
This soda fountain in Carroll Gardens has your childhood favorite sundaes gone adult! Pretzel rods, massive dessert bowls, velvety ice creams, ice cream cookie sandwiches and the classic sundaes from your childhoods, reborn.
What started off as a pie place is an all American classic. By hand, from scratch, seasonal, local, fresh, American food with seasonal berry pies worth indulging in, bite by bite.
A French and Senegalese cafe, restaurant, and bar which serve tasty traditional Senegalese cuisine alongside classic French cafe fare. And that too, in charming Brooklyn!
Created by Ivo Diaz, The Nomad and Eleven Madison Park mixologist, and Chef Isbelis Diaz, Casa Ora is a family-owned and operated Venezuelan-American restaurant in East Williamsburg.
With a carefully curated menu, Chef Jason Hall adds his own unique twist on classic French-Mediterranean cuisine of the coastal cuisine of Southern France, with inspirations from Italy, Spain, and Greece.
With tea leaves imported straight from Uji, Japan, this place promises a pink and green themed ambiance for your insta pics as you wait for a matcha drink.
Chef Charlie Palmer’s progressive American cooking focuses on meat here, with seasonal menus with produce from the surrounding Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Clinton Hall’s massive location at 36th Street is now open for indoor feasts and delicious drinks. Enjoy great Supercraft beer, hard seltzers, wine and a full bar menu alongside delicious food from Executive Chef Darryl Harmon.
The neighborhood Italian spot is doing more than just selling wine and cocktails at retail prices - they have quarts of sauce and daily homemade pasta for a fresh feel that can be recreated at home. Like the good old days.
With accolades aplenty (World's Best Bars #1 amongst many), on-the-go comes in signature iced latte style cups which gives cocktail-eering a merry vibe.
This spot will take you back to your childhood as you slurp away on pistachio and nutella flavored scoops of ice cream alongside sundaes, milkshakes and pies. Ah, to be a kid forever.
With a museum-like studio, this gallery hosts seasonal contemporary artists are of top notch quality, often commanding lines down Chelsea through several blocks!
The art of cocktails is a science, epitomized in this institution of New York that has deservingly won Best American Cocktail Bar and World’s Best Cocktail Menu at Tales of the Cocktail Spirited awards.
A Michelin star vegetarian restaurant? Amanda Cohen makes this possible by conjuring beautiful, tasty and magical dishes from candy from the dirt - get it?
A plant based vegan pizzeria by acclaimed Chef Matthew Kenney, serving up delicious bites like potato mushroom almond cauliflower or cashew cheese pizza!
Crossfit is all about functional movement, and the trained instructors and trainers here make your workout worthwhile. Extremely work intensive, be prepared to sweat!
Tucked behind a fortuneteller's lair is a legendary speakeasy bar. Vintage in style, with velvet drapes, overhead luggage racks and backlit artwork, it serves the strongest of cocktails.
Virgin oil haven in West Village aside, the curbside morning and evening pickup of everything from cocktails to coffee is a bonus, giving it a neighborly homey feel.
Obsessed with rice culture? This is the spot. Chef JJ Johnson formed Fieldtrip as a community-based dining experience that celebrates rice culture with a variety of dishes based on it. All rice is freshly milled, unbleached and not enriched.
With views of the Statue of Liberty, Michael Ayoub's wood-fired pizzas, salads and sandwiches are a treat to summers in the city. Plus, a happy hour with drink specials.
Gertie has been converted into a relief center which provides packed dinners and meals and supplies to those who have been adversely affected by COVID19 in the culinary industry, which includes hundreds of hospitality workers.
Golden interiors your thing? Check out the nightly hotspot, a club open when all others are not. Famous for it’s golden skulls, gold leaf chandeliers and pulsating music.
A vibrant, celebrity and nightlife studded hotel that is still cozy and charming, this one includes custom-designed, handcrafted furnishings and rotating collection of 20th
century art from Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The Australian restaurant and cafe Hole in the Wall has a new Flatiron location at Hotel Henri with both indoor and outdoor dining under the hotel's awning. Their Murray Hill flagship boasts high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling glass walls, too.
A Soho and LES hotspot, this cozy, quieter hotel features various amenities in each of the luxurious rooms like deep soaking tubs, plush Tempur-Pedic beds and balconies.
Sandwiches and grilled meats and more in recipes influenced by indigenous Guaraní peoples. With mbeju, a cheese-stuffed flatbread made of manioc dough, the flavors are all earthy from the mountains of Paraguay.
A classic traditional Italian restaurant with a legacy of fine culinary cuisine, originating from different parts of regional Italy, but predominantly Sicily.
Conceived as a custom kitchen for discerning chefs "the Lab", offers fresh, unique flavors in classy and sumptuous flavors, all with a unique spin on the Italian method of artisanal ice cream making.
Ever tried an authentic Japanese cheesecake? Soft, airy and bouncy (even called Bouncy Cheesecake), these are in a handful of flavors with a 15 minute wait time for freshly made ones that are always served warm. Get ready to salivate.
Modern American cuisine in Hudson Yards with a hip hop and contemporary ambiance from the Delicious Hospitality Group which has many fine outposts in the city already.
When Italy arrives in New York. Mo’s rich, creamy, classic gelatos come in an array of classic and twist flavors from the master gelato-maker in Italy.
This massive and quirky rooftop bar and lounge has an “urban amusement park”, dazzling views, a rotating carousel, an oversized topiary garden, and funniest of all, "Foreplay", a golf course with flirty animal sculptures.
Eggless ice cream made with little air marries with the founder Pooja Bavishi's South Asian upbringing. So we have with strongly spiced flavors at a food festival vendor-turned-Cobble Hill parlor.
One of the oldest and most iconic clubs of New York, a quintessential, gigantic space and ultra lounge, Reservations are highly recommended for weekly famous DJ performances.
Adulting is hard, so this spot makes us go back to childhood when cereal is all we ate. Desserts and caked themed around desserts, this is an adult playground.
With a quirky set of weekly changing flavors from burnt honey to durian (!), the toppings include honey brittle or sesame caramel to round off your ultimate, tasty and texture driven ice cream experience
Super casual neighborhood bar with amazing customer service, chilled out bartenders, strong and funky cocktails and a hearty plate of sides or a full on brunch. Chill, and enjoy.
A hotel made like a playground, with the best of views, disparate meeting and fun spaces designed with funky décor, with countless amenities and opportunities for fun exploration.
Owned by New York Sports Clubs, this gym studio tracks your body's essential measurements with a specific body scan, working with you on FX Barre and Box & Bell classes and vigorous fitness exercises.
Alongside a fabulous takeout menu with Greek wines and gourmet bites, Spiro Menegatos converted the adjacent plaza to a picturesque expansive garden patio.
Epitomizing what Soho is known for: fashion, design, art, and culture, this propery is for those willing to explore, indulge and have a feast for their eyes and a fun time for themselves.
This spot actually the food served, making sure the peas and beets and greens are as fresh as they get. Ideal for drinks, snacks, desserts and bites aplenty, akin to a fun, modern day picnic in a charming environment.
For lovers of literature, the impeccably designed bar pays homage to Oscar Wilde, with glamor, gold, famous quotes and a prize for being the longest bar in New York.
Nomad's intimate bar has had it's patent granted! Well, at least cocktails are legal to-go. With a diabolical menu of inventive liquors and combinations, the choices are relentlessly good.
Peaches HotHouse is an urban “country cafe” that reminds you of the fun of Nashville, with shrimp and grits, fried green tomatoes, Nashville style hot chicken, and a Southern vibe to dance for!
A pretty mirrored studio with 60 bikes, followed with a spa style locker room with luxurious skin care, complimentary brew and fruit, and a lounge to relax in.
Williamsburg’s favorite spot for American home food with fried chicken, baked goods and an award-winning apple pie (as well as award-winning doughnuts!).
A minimalistic, contemporary and stylish hotel in New York with pods for beds (i.e. bunkbeds). Plus a host of cool common areas, a rooftop bar and a stellar restaurant.
Rahi, (meaning traveler in Hindi) is an artisanal Indian restaurant which fuses traditional Indian flavors and ingredients with contemporary New York style.
Founded by former New York City Ballet dancer Brynn Jinnett, this fitness program gives you a slick body with a unique pulley system that targets many muscle groups.
With a slogan 'The Art and Science of Coffee', the pillars of coffee are complete with a manufacturing unit. This is also home to the best cookie of New York, by Serious Eats.
Your spot for seeing A-listers looking for a quiet cocktail in an artsy ambiance. This is the spot where the city's glitterati flocks for a night out, or where fashion parties are held and inhibitions shed.
Restaurant, bar, club and event space all in one! A one-of-a-kind multi-level nightspot with 10,000 square feet to spread out at, which spans two floors.
Dessert monsters, look no further. A dessert only tapas spot where traditional confections are remixed with an Asian flair with superfoods like matcha, green tea, yuzu and kobacha. Get ready to salivate.
Intimacy at its finest. Hoteliers Hank and Brandon Freid took their indoor, intimate dining experience at The Sanctuary Hotel to the roof. Plus, inventive takes on sushi are always welcome.
Welcome to the home of Bingsoo - mountain high piles of shaved ice in funky flavors! Along with an array of lattes with adorable art by talented baristas.
Popularly touted as 'The Queen of Soul Food', it was founded in 1962 by Sylvia Woods, in 1962 and has since become a community favorite in Harlem, also known as the world's kitchen owing to its global inspired soul food.
A lounge and bar that doubles up as a rotating art gallery! Asian-inspired light bites and exquisite and artfully crafted cocktails with natural ingredients.
TAP stands for Tapioca crepe, Açaí, Pão de queijo, some of Brazil’s most traditional foods. With a laidback beachside vibe transporting you to Rio de Janeiro, it serves savory and sweet tapioca crepes,
Home of inventive, flavorful and funky ice cream and taiyaki waffles, a slice of taste and history from Eastern Asia. Taiyaki is a Japanese style fish shaped cake, which is the base of the ice cream!
Ten Hope Outdoor Garden opens it's 2,500 square-foot vine-laced open air patio provides ample seating in a green environment with fresh air, fresh food and with entry from the street.
A building with rich history (including being the oldest skyscraper), this hotel preserves old world glamour and charm and architecture and combines it with modern luxury.
Known as "The Home of The Clobster Roll" and the home of all things crab, the crabs are steamed daily and served alongside the Crabby Shack Beer Sauce, a local's favorite.
Located inside the Crosby street Hotel, the bar serves drinks and food all day long, but is highly recommended for the cozy and comforting afternoon tea.
Nested in the 50 Bowery, the placement of this rooftop in Chinatown gives a cinemascope view of midtown, and a unique view of the Manhattan Bridge and bits of Brooklyn.
Rated best bar in the world, the ground floor Taproom is a pub style setup with beers and tap, while the second floor Parlor boats of 72 historically-accurate cocktails by talented mixologists.
Doughnut lovers rejoice. This place makes small batch, hand crafted yeast doughnuts to order in funky and inspired flavors with ingredients like habanero, maple bacon, and even frozen doughnuts for the summer!
A club in a hotel? Don't sweat, this lobby has a prominent disco ball which showcases why it turns into a dance floor by night. Try the Sunday night dance party in The Ballroom.
A hotel themed after a library, this one is for book lovers, with each room adorned with a collection of art and books relevant to one distinctive topic.
Located in the heart of one of the most creative campuses, the seasonal fashion exhibits, are a synchrony of history, art and fashion, often telling tales of familiar brands.
Luxury hotel in the heart of the city’s most prestigious shopping, entertainment and cultural district, with iconic architecture, a pool and a swanky rooftop.
An exemplary New York icon hosting world leaders, dignitaries, and Hollywood royalty. Whether you are staying or visiting, sip and shop on its marbled floors under magnificent crystal chandeliers.
Simultaneously creative and glamorous, the checkerboard floors and velvet red curtains will welcome you into a red-lit and red themed hotel designed by Matthew Rolston and Danny Meyer.
19 foot ceilings in New York? The empty looking Chinatown street is a mock ship, with reclaimed decor from maritime origins and old sails from a yacht club. Aye aye, cap'n.
For those who seek classiness, history and grandeur. In 1904, John Jacob Astor IV founded The St. Regis New York and it has maintained it's legacy ever since.
A speakeasy style restaurant and home away from home with Ethiopian and Mediterranean inspired cuisines, South African wine tastings, fair trade Ethiopian coffees and teas, live music, art previews, film screenings and more.
Flavors might not get wild but they are deep, indulgent, and especially the vegan and newer oat milk-based ice creams, with the former in coconut base.
Breathtaking views of Manhattan aren't new, but this one rises 1,776 feet above the site of the former World Trade Center for a unique view indeed. Plus it doubles up as a meeting space for business travelers.
While it has many locations in New York, the Lower East Side (LES) spot is something else - pop rock cotton candy atop frothy bubble tea with s'smores and ice cream? YES!
The bakery that was established in 1946 has a legacy of delicious and finely crafted desserts, including the classic series of pies for holiday seasons.
A stylish hotel with contemporary design and minimalism at its finest, with cubby style rooms, self check in and check out, and a funky robot for luggage storage!