NYC Restaurant Week Prix Fixe Lunch & Dinner Deals

Reminder to make reservations now for NYC Restaurant Week, January 21 to February 9. That’s really three weeks but who is counting.

It’s your annual chance to sample more than 500 participating restaurants with a Prix Fixe two-course lunch or or three-course dinner.

All but 100 of the participating restaurants are in Manhattan, and include such top-rated gold star destinations as Gramercy Tavern and historic steakhouse Delmonico’s.

History of NYC Restaurant Week

NYC Restaurant Week originated in 1992 as a one-time event to revive the city’s dining industry in the quiet days after the Christmas/New Year’s holidays, featuring 95 restaurants in its first run.

Following early success, it became an annual affair and expanded to twice a year – winter and summer – in 2002. Over the years, the event has evolved to attract millions of locals and tourists alike, all seeking a taste of fine dining at an affordable price.

Restaurant Week is such a great idea that it’s been copied in cities around the world, from Anchorage to Warsaw.

NYC Restaurant Week reservations are now open.

Menu pricing is –

Two-course prix-fixe lunch: $30, $45 or $60 – restaurants can offer only one price for Restaurant Week, so choose accordingly.
Three-course prix-fixe dinner: $30, $45 or $60 – restaurants can offer only one price for Restaurant Week, so choose accordingly.
Beverages, taxes and gratuities extra.
On site dining only, although some restaurants may offer take-out and delivery with special arrangements.

ecoXplorer tips

Lunch reservations are easier to get than dinner
Mid-week reservations are easier to get than weekends.
Find the restaurant you want and contact them directly, or via a reservations system like OpenTable, instead of booking through the NYC Tourism site.

NYC Restaurant Week overlaps with NYC Broadway Week, also three weeks, when you can get 2-for-1 tickets to top Broadway shows including

Aladdin
The Book of Mormon
Wicked
Moulin Rouge

See the full list here.

Get tickets now, since the most popular shows sell out first.

It is easier to get tickets for matinees than evening performances, and easier to get mid-week tickets than for the weekend.

These restaurants on the Upper East Side are participating – click the links to see the menus.

Blue Mezze Bar
A La Turka
Cafe D’Alsace
Uva Next Door
Dowling’s at The Carlyle
Philippe by Philippe Chow
Maya
Café Boulud
Korali Estiatorio
Anassa Taverna
Felice 83 and Felice 64
Doc Watson’s
Tha Phraya
Treadwell Park Altesi Ristorante
JoJo
T Bar
Cacio e Pepe
Amali
La Pecora Bianca
La Voglia
Sojourn Social
Sojourn
Jacques Brasserie
Wonderland Bar

These restaurants on the Upper West Side are participating – click the links to see the menus.

Sarabeth’s
Cibo e Vino
Marlow Bistro
Maison Pickle
Carmine’s
The Shell Seafood Kitchen
Lincoln Ristorante
Arte Cafe
Nougatine at Jean-Georges
The Wolfe
French Roast
Prohibition
Crave Fishbar
Dagon
Tasca NYC
La Sirene
Nice Matin
Tarallucci e Vino
Bar Boulud
Rosa Mexicano
Eléa
Harry’s Table by Cipriani
Jacob’s Pickles
Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ
Sempre Oggi
Pappardella
The Ribbon
Amélie
Felice Columbus
La Pecora Bianca
Celeste
The Consulate
The Shell Seafood Kitchen
Lincoln Ristorante
Arte Cafe
Nougatine at Jean-Georges
The Wolfe
French Roast

These Downtown restaurants are participating –

Morton’s the Steakhouse (136 Washington St.)
Stout NYC (90 John St.)
Urban Cove Society and Kitchen (33 Peck Slip)
Industry Kitchen (70 South St.)
Le Gratin (5 Beekman St.)
Malibu Farm (89 South St.)
Brooklyn Chop House (150 Nassau St.)
Warren Street Bar and Restaurant (86 Warren St.)
Crown Shy (70 Pine St.)
La Pizza & La Pasta at Eataly (101 Liberty St.)
ONE Dine at One World Observatory (117 West St.)
Gran Morsi (22 Warren St.)
Vino &… at Eataly (101 Liberty St.)
Temple Court (5 Beekman St.)
Carne Mare (89 South St.)
Felice 15 Gold Street (15 Gold St.)
El Vez (259 Vesey St.)
Metropolis (251 Fulton St.)
Schilling Restaurant & Bar (109 Washington St.)
Mezze on the River (375 South End Ave.)
The Fulton (89 South St.)
The Tuck Room (11 Fulton St.)
Delmonico’s (56 Beaver St.)
Manhatta (28 Liberty St.)
Atrio Wine Bar & Restaurant (102 North End Ave.)
La Marchande (88 Wall St.)
Sant Ambroeus (200 Vesey St.)
Del Frisco’s Grille (250 Vesey St.)
Anassa Taverna (104 North End Ave.)
Smyth Tavern (85 West Broadway)

These restaurants in Brooklyn are participating – click the links for menus and reservations via Resy

Barbalu | Italian | Cobble Hill | Reserve here
Red Hook Lobster Pound | American | Red Hook | Reserve here
Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue | American | Prospect Heights | Reserve here
Alta Calidad | Mexican | Prospect Heights | Reserve here
Felice Montague | Italian | Brooklyn Heights | Reserve here
Indian Table | Indian | Cobble Hill | Reserve here
Aromi | Italian | Carroll Gardens | Reserve here
Palo Santo | Latin American | Park Slope | Reserve here
Bar 56 | New American | DUMBO| Reserve here
Masalawala & Sons | Indian | Park Slope | Reserve here
Gair | New American | DUMBO | Reserve here
Gage & Tollner | Steakhouse | Downtown Brooklyn | Reserve here

For more information and a full list of participating restaurants, click here.

ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter is a journalist with 25+ years of experience as a newspaper and magazine writer, radio & TV news producer & reporter, and author of guidebooks and smartphone apps – all focusing on travel, automotive, the environment and your rights as a consumer.