Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
This place is one of the best Chinese restaurants in the city! Very fast service, they serve spicy, chewy noodles.
35 locals recommend
Xi’an Famous Foods
This place is one of the best Chinese restaurants in the city! Very fast service, they serve spicy, chewy noodles.
Nom Wah is a very authentic Hong Kong dim-sum restaurant. Highly recommended.
153 locals recommend
Nom Wah Tea Parlor
13 Doyers StNom Wah is a very authentic Hong Kong dim-sum restaurant. Highly recommended.
La Esquina - SoHo
114 Kenmare StAwesome Mexican food at a good price - they also have a bar.
A great bistro atmosphere with deeply delicious pub style food.
131 locals recommend
Jack's Wife Freda
226 Lafayette StA great bistro atmosphere with deeply delicious pub style food.
This is a beautiful little Italian place, with a decent wine selection and great pastas for a reasonable price.
19 locals recommend
Pepe Rosso Social
173 Mott StThis is a beautiful little Italian place, with a decent wine selection and great pastas for a reasonable price.
Hip Coffee place with gorgeous decor and delicious savory and sweet bites. A perfect place to meet a friend or business associate for coffee.
87 locals recommend
Two Hands
164 Mott StHip Coffee place with gorgeous decor and delicious savory and sweet bites. A perfect place to meet a friend or business associate for coffee.
Intimate and cute wine bar, coffee shop and restaurant. All baked goods are made on premises. Lunch and Dinner has pure natural ingredients.
80 locals recommend
Oro Bakery and Bar
375 Broome StIntimate and cute wine bar, coffee shop and restaurant. All baked goods are made on premises. Lunch and Dinner has pure natural ingredients.
Great Lunch Spot, very LA in decor with fresh ingredients. Famous Tuna Tacos.
9 locals recommend
GENUINE Superette
191 Grand StreetGreat Lunch Spot, very LA in decor with fresh ingredients. Famous Tuna Tacos.
Best Japanese Ramen right around the corner! Try the Chashu Donburi.
19 locals recommend
Bassanova Ramen
76 Mott StBest Japanese Ramen right around the corner! Try the Chashu Donburi.
Stylish, very LA restaurant with a trendy, hip crowd. Really nice staff. The food is excellent, incredibly healthy with fresh ingredients with great attention for display.
212 locals recommend
Dimes
49 Canal StStylish, very LA restaurant with a trendy, hip crowd. Really nice staff. The food is excellent, incredibly healthy with fresh ingredients with great attention for display.
Ruby's Cafe
219 Mulberry StDelicious, Trendy Restaurant, Australian owned. GREAT burgers.
A NY institution! Great mexican food, high on the ambiance. Order the corn for sure.
218 locals recommend
Café Habana
17 Prince StA NY institution! Great mexican food, high on the ambiance. Order the corn for sure.
Recommend the Moroccan CousCous- delicious food, french with stylish decor.
219 locals recommend
Cafe Gitane
242 Mott StRecommend the Moroccan CousCous- delicious food, french with stylish decor.
Great for Groups- they carve the duck and prepare it for you! Nice atmosphere.
35 locals recommend
Peking Duck House
28 Mott StGreat for Groups- they carve the duck and prepare it for you! Nice atmosphere.
Drinks & Nightlife
This is a great bar that serves Pulque, a cousin of Tequila. On Wednesdays they have an awesome Latin jazz band.
32 locals recommend
Pulqueria
11 Doyers StThis is a great bar that serves Pulque, a cousin of Tequila. On Wednesdays they have an awesome Latin jazz band.
Awesome laid back bar if you'd like to get away from trendy spots without compromising ambiance.
113 locals recommend
Mother's Ruin
18 Spring StAwesome laid back bar if you'd like to get away from trendy spots without compromising ambiance.
Everything Else
This bar is a bit of a stroll, but they have lots of different craft beers on tap, and it's a great place to sit and talk in a relaxed, quiet atmosphere.
17 locals recommend
Malt and Mold-LES
221 East BroadwayThis bar is a bit of a stroll, but they have lots of different craft beers on tap, and it's a great place to sit and talk in a relaxed, quiet atmosphere.
The closest best cup of coffee nearby, that is not a chinese bakery. Also a nice selection of baked goods from Balthazar.
Sharkey's Cafe
48 Mulberry StThe closest best cup of coffee nearby, that is not a chinese bakery. Also a nice selection of baked goods from Balthazar.
Arts & Culture
Contemporary Art at your doorstep. Excellent little museum shop you can access without paying entry fee. Thursday from 7 to 9 PM is 'pay-what-you-wish'.
629 locals recommend
New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 BoweryContemporary Art at your doorstep. Excellent little museum shop you can access without paying entry fee. Thursday from 7 to 9 PM is 'pay-what-you-wish'.
Shopping
Independent Book Stores with a huge selection of zines, comics, magazines and art and design books.
98 locals recommend
Goods for the Study Mulberry
234 Mulberry StIndependent Book Stores with a huge selection of zines, comics, magazines and art and design books.
Amazing ice cream! All the regular flavours, plus some Chinese bonuses, like Black Sesame, Lychee, and so on.
59 locals recommend
The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
65 Bayard StAmazing ice cream! All the regular flavours, plus some Chinese bonuses, like Black Sesame, Lychee, and so on.
Awesome Surf Shop and Clothing Store that serves coffee and has a courtyard in the back for meetings. Menswear.
56 locals recommend
Saturdays NYC Crosby St
31 Crosby StAwesome Surf Shop and Clothing Store that serves coffee and has a courtyard in the back for meetings. Menswear.