2025 Best Chef's Tables in New York Area

The Best Chef's Table Restaurants in New York

If you're looking for the ultimate eating experience, booking the chef's table at a restaurant promises excitement and a multitude of surprise tastes.

Whether you're seated at a small table right in the heat of an open kitchen or nestled in a plush banquette watching all the action from a comfortable distance, a meal at one of GAYOT's Best Chef's Tables in New York, presented in alphabetical order, is sure to be a night you won't soon forget.

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Aldea

Portuguese, Seafood, Small Plates
Aldea
14/20
It takes a village: Aldea brings avant-garde Portuguese cuisine to Manhattan. See More

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Chefs Club by FOOD & WINE
14/20
The menu at Chefs Club by FOOD & WINE changes periodically to feature dishes from the publication's Best New Chefs. See More
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Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare
16/20
Multi-course chef’s table dining experience from César Ramirez. See More
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Daniel
19/20
Daniel Boulud's French contemporary cuisine floats like a butterfly. See More
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Gabriel Kreuther
19/20
Gabriel Kreuther is part of GAYOT's 2022 Restaurant Awards.

Read an article, see a photo gallery and a video of Gabriel Kreuther, the chef's eponymous Midtown restaurant combining French artistry and Alsace influences. See More
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Hearth

Modern American, Italian
Hearth
15/20
This homey East Village haunt offers modern American cuisine in modest, minimalist style. See More
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Il Buco

Mediterranean, Italian
Il Buco
14/20
Indulge your passion for Italian wine while partaking from the Mediterranean-influenced menu. See More
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