New York Magazine

Though it’s gone through a chef change since its opening in 2003 (when Adam Platt awarded it two stars), the understated, mid-size dining room still packs a jovial buzz nearly every night of the week.

Amber brings some of the theatricality of big name downtown Asian eateries to the Upper West Side, while offering similarly bold takes on Japanese and Thai cuisines.

A warm, unpretentious Italian restaurant, Arte Cafe is the prototypical neighborhood standby.

A new, sophisticated UWS source for inspired Indian food from across the subcontinent.

The best thing about this Upper West Side Italian restaurant is its quaint backyard patio beneath a canopy of grape vines.

This Upper West Sider gives the small-plate trend a multiculti tweak.

Grilled meats and parchment-thin pizzas get wood-fired at this romantic but generic trattoria.

A big menu and big slices of pizza in a small classic diner that resembles the inside of a 1960s RV.

A wine-and-panini-bar with an appealing small-plates menu.

Upscale Mexican cuisine that stays tastily true to its roots.

In size, scale, atmosphere, menu, and objective, the blueprint for a faultless urban restaurant.

Enjoy Argentine-style grilled steaks and other Latino and Mediterranean favorites at his romantic Upper West Side boîte.

Dim sum all day long is a favorite.

Pedestrian fast-food BBQ served in massive portions to a youngish Upper West Side crowd.

Tequila bar meets sushi bar with unexpected and delightful results.

If you’ve graduated from T.G.I. Friday’s but still long for the food, make a beeline for The City Grill.

In yet another premature midlife crisis, Compass has redesigned itself for the third time and emerged looking good, with a new seafood focus.

Upper Westsiders have been enjoying exceptional brick-oven pizzas, pastas, and other traditional Italian favorites here for nearly two decades.

The author of this unexpected little neighborhood miracle is a chef named John Fraser, a veteran of some of the world’s great kitchens, including the French Laundry, in Napa Valley, and Taillevent, in Paris.

This Upper West Side newcomer uses eco-friendly ingredients in its better than average Italian fare.

An exotic taste of North Africa and beyond on the Upper West Side.

The Upper-West-Side expansion of Zakary Pelaccio’s laid-back Malaysian restaurant.

This serviceable Upper West Side deli has been plying its pastrami and Old World Jewish dishes since 1927.

Gari's (as in Sushi of) Upper West Side haunt.

Mighty California-style burritos and enchiladas on the Upper West Side.