Sure it’s cold and the couch in your apartment feels particularly alluring, but Restaurant Week deals are worth a stroll through the Polar Vortex. (Trust us!)
From January 21st to February 9th, 2025, some of NYC’s best restaurants are serving up fantastic dishes at enticing prices — pre-fixe selections from $30, $45, and $60 — and we’re never inclined to deny ourselves a good deal. Plus, options and cuisines abound across the five boroughs, so why not indulge?
We don’t know about you, but we’re booking our reservations as we speak. Have a look at some of the participating eateries that caught our eye for the Winter 2025 extravaganza.
And while you’re at it, have a look at the full list of NYC Winter Outing options, including Broadway Week 2-for-1 tickets, and Must-See Week museum discounts.
1. Café Boulud
Café Boulud is celebrating plenty of firsts: a Michelin star and its debut NYC Restaurant Week. The French eatery is a celebration of the culture from its Art Deco decor to its sophisticated menu items, including veal blanquette with wild rice and winter vegetables to Atlantic cod with braised endive, polenta, and topped with orange beurre blanc. We’re particularly eyeing the dessert: molten chocolate cake with salted caramel and a scoop of mint lemongrass ice cream. Keep in mind, this is one of the pricier options: two courses for $60 and three for $70.
📍 100 E 63rd St
Book a reservation2. Yakiniku Futago
Sorry veggies, this pick ain’t for you. Yakiniku Futago is a Japanese BBQ spot that will certainly satisfy hunger cravings. For both the lunch and dinner pre-fixe, diners will be able to choose between meats like US Prime Short Rib and A5 Japanese Waygu (for an additional fee) alongside rice for a hearty Restaurant Week option.
📍 37 W 17th St
3. Roey’s
Rosemary’s laidback sister location, Roey’s, is another Italian spot that knows the way to our hearts thanks to carb overload: focaccia, burrata pizza, and rigatoni alla vodka, to name a just few. With Florence and Neapolitan roots in its offerings, no diner could never go wrong.
📍 1 Perry St
4. Red Hook Lobster Pound
It might be a hot minute before we can expect summer weather in NYC, but we can get a taste of the season at Red Hook Lobster Pound. From fish and chips to lobster mac n’ cheese, the Brooklyn-born fish shop has irresistible offerings that will make you feel as though you’re vacationing in Maine.
📍 Various locations
5. Pineapple Club
Another NYC spot serving up summer vibes, Pineapple Club is a tiki bar with fun bites like pork belly bao buns and avocado tartare, but we’d be lying if the main draw wasn’t cocktail menu favorites like a pineapple old fashioned and frozen peach bellini.
📍 509 E. 6th St
6. Junoon
Named after “passion” in Hindi, this Indian eatery embodies its name and mission with contemporary dishes like southern style pumpkin curry, burra kebab, and mushrooms xacuti — and its Michelin star status is proof.
📍 19 W 24th St
7. Mae Mae Café and Plant Shop
Ideal for the green eaters among us, Mae Mae offers plant-based foods from around the globe (think eggplant tagine and falafel bowls) and boasts a plant shop to boot. If there’s one thing we love, it’s a hybrid, and we couldn’t think of one better.
📍 2417 Third Ave, Bronx
For a full list of participants, visit the NYC Tourism website. Cheers!
8. Cathedrale, East Village
When Restaurant Week comes around, it’s hard to pass up the opportunity to save money and finally visit those restaurants you’ve have bookmarked for ages. Cathedrale is absolutely one of those. If you haven’t visited this painstakingly beautiful restaurant beneath the Moxy East Village yet, now is your chance. Their pre-fixe menu highlights include Warm Dates, with marcona almonds and roquefort cheese, Rigatoni Pomodoro, and our personal favorite, the Gâteau au Citron. We’re still dreaming about this cake!
📍 112 E 11th St, New York
9. Hortus NYC, Flatiron
Experience the new dining concept and menu at Hortus NYC, and order dishes off of the Restaurant Week menu ranging from their iconic Seafood Jewelry Box, Korean Smoked Pasta and Wagyu Sotbap. Our Senior Staff Writer, Justine, personally recommends the Tempura Trio and Truffle Donabe. The entire 3-course prix-fixe is $60, with an additional wine pairing available for $35.
📍 271 5th Ave Store, New York
10. Sake No Hana, LES
Escape to Japan with Sake No Hana’s $60 4-course Restaurant Week menu. Highlights include Winter Squash Trio, Kyoto Root Vegetables as appetizers, entrees like A5 Kata Sankaku Shoulder, and for dessert a Japanese Citrus, Yuzu, Bergamot Fruttini. Add an additional sake pairing (which we highly recommend) for an extra $30.