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As 2025 draws to a close, we’re celebrating another great seasons of great new restaurants here in New York City. Whether you live in NYC or are just visiting, you know that a meal out in these parts is a special type of privilege—high or low, cuisine be damned, you’re going to eat well. While mainstay institutions—Keens, Cote, Café Kashkar—are as popular as they are reliably good, a big reason the scene here is so exciting is thanks to the abundance of new places that pop up from hungry new chefs with big dreams and a propensity for trying something new. And so, for one last time this year, we take a look at the best openings in New York City—may they too become old reliables down the line. This time around, our picks dot Manhattan and Brooklyn; we’ve got the East Village and the West Village, Chinatown and Chelsea.
Read on for the best new restaurants in New York City, as of mid-December 2025.
How we choose the best new restaurants in New York City
The best new restaurants in New York City stretch across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Every business on this list has been selected independently by our editors and written by a Condé Nast Traveler journalist who knows the destination and has personally tried the restaurant in question. When choosing new restaurants, our editors consider both high-end and affordable eateries that offer an authentic and insider experience of the city. We’re always looking for standout dishes, a great location, and warm service—as well as serious sustainability credentials. In terms of how we define ‘new,’ we’ve chosen to focus on restaurants that have opened within a year of the publish date. When you work your way through the list, check back in: We’ll update this guide regularly as new restaurants open in New York City.
