Manhattan / Tribeca
Tribeca
Restaurants
Fifteen places in the most expensive dining neighbourhood in New York, including the four that are not. Verified against each restaurant’s own site.
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- tasting menus to $335
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The best restaurants in Tribeca right now are Frenchette for $56 steak frites and the natural wine list, Jungsik for a $335 Korean tasting menu, The Odeon for the $29 burger in the neon-lit brasserie, Locanda Verde for $34 ravioli and breakfast from 7am seven days, and Takahachi for entrées from $18.50 when you do not want to spend $200. I checked all fifteen against each restaurant’s own site in August 2026 — which caught two things worth knowing: Marc Forgione has moved to 30 Hudson Street and most guides still list the gutted Reade Street space, and Bâtard, Tribeca Grill and Mr Chow have all closed. Tribeca is expensive. Four of these are not.
The short version
- Best overallFrenchette — $56 steak frites, and weekday lunch is the way in.
- Best big nightJungsik — $335, and the whole table has to be in on it.
- Most usefulBubby’s — 8am to 10pm, seven days. Last dinner seating 9:45.
- Read this firstMarc Forgione — moved to 30 Hudson. Every guide has the old address.
- Best cheapTakahachi — entrées from $18.50. No lunch Sat, Sun or Mon.
At a glance
Prices are from each restaurant’s own current menu. Where it says unpublished, the restaurant genuinely does not post one — which down here is most of them.
| Restaurant | Known for | Best for | Hours | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchette | Steak frites, $56 | Lunch, and the natural wine list | Mon–Fri noon–10pm · Sat 11am–10pm · Sun 11am–9pm | $$$ |
| Jungsik | Signature menu, $335 | The occasion dinner | Tue–Sun 5–9:30pm · closed Mon | $$$ |
| Atera | Tasting menu, $325 | Five people, maximum | Hours are not published on the restaurant’s own site — book on Tock | $$$ |
| L’Abeille | Menu Signature | Friday or Saturday, dressed up | Tue–Thu 5:30–10pm · Fri–Sat 5–11pm · closed Sun–Mon | $$$ |
| The Odeon | Odeon burger, $29 | Late dinner, Tuesday to Saturday | Mon 11am–10pm · Tue–Fri 11am–11pm · Sat 10am–11pm · Sun 10am–10pm | $$$ |
| Locanda Verde | My Grandmother’s Ravioli, $34 | Breakfast, seven days a week | Breakfast daily from 7am · lunch to 3pm · dinner from 5pm, to 10pm or 11pm | $$$ |
| Bubby’s | James Beard pancakes, $24 | Pancakes at 8am | Open daily 8am–10pm · last lunch seating 3:40pm, last dinner seating 9:45pm | $$$ |
| Tamarind Tribeca | A proper executive lunch | Lunch, or dinner at 11pm | Daily 11:30am–3pm and 5:30–11:30pm · Fri–Sat to midnight | $$$ |
| Restaurant Marc Forgione | Laotian sushi, whole chicken for two | Dinner, at the right address | Mon–Sat 5–10pm · Sun 5–9pm | $$$ |
| Smith & Mills | A very small room | Two people, late | Sun–Mon 4–11pm · Tue–Sat 4pm–1am | $$$ |
| Two Hands | Coffee and an all-day menu | Walking in, which is the only option | Sun–Thu 8am–midnight · Fri–Sat 8am–1am · full dinner 6–10pm only | $$$ |
| Nonna Dora’s | Hand-rolled orecchiette | Weekend lunch, no 3pm gap | Mon–Fri noon–3pm and 5pm onward · Sat–Sun continuous from noon | $$$ |
| Square Diner | Diner breakfast, all day | Breakfast at 8am, any day | Mon–Tue 8am–4pm · Wed–Fri 8am–9pm · Sat 8am–7pm · Sun 8am–6pm | $$$ |
| Takahachi Tribeca | Entrées $18.50–$34 | A weeknight that does not cost $200 | Dinner daily 5–10pm · lunch Tue–Fri only, noon–2:30pm | $$$ |
| Zucker’s Bagels | Bagel with lox | Before work, or a Saturday before eleven | Mon–Fri 6:30am–5:30pm · Sat–Sun 6:30am–2:30pm | $$$ |
Map: where these 15 restaurants are
Canal down to Chambers, Broadway west to the Hudson. The 1 at Franklin Street is the middle; the A/C/E at Canal gets you the northern edge.
Pins are numbered to match the table above – tap any pin for the order and directions.
The four you spend money on
Two tasting menus, a bistro and a dress code. More citywide picks in our best restaurants in NYC guide.
Frenchette Open now
The verdict: the best French cooking in Tribeca and the restaurant most of downtown’s current bistro wave is imitating. Steak frites $56, duck confit $44, tartare de boeuf $38, and a natural wine list the restaurant leads with rather than hides. The local move: weekday lunch from noon — same kitchen, a fraction of the difficulty, and the room is at its best in daylight. The honest caveat: between 3 and 5pm it drops to a limited midday menu, and Sunday dinner ends at 9pm. Booking is through SevenRooms.
Jungsik Open now
The verdict: the most serious kitchen in Tribeca and one of the best Korean restaurants in the country. The signature menu is $335 a head — striped jack with oscietra caviar and smoked fish sauce, mandoo with wagyu, gomtang and foie gras, yellowtail kimbap with truffle rice. The local move: book on Tock well ahead and go on a Tuesday, when the room is calmest. The honest caveat: the restaurant asks for whole-table participation in the signature menu, so one person opting out is not really an option. Closed Mondays, dinner only.
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Atera
The verdict: a counter tasting menu at $325 a head, and for twelve years one of the most technically ambitious kitchens downtown. The honest caveat here is bigger than usual, so read it before you book: chef Ronny Emborg is leaving at the end of August 2026 after twelve years, so the restaurant is mid-transition and what you eat may not be what the reviews describe. Beyond that: parties of one to five only, a 48-hour cancellation window, no flash photography, and the restaurant states it cannot accommodate all allergies or dietary restrictions. It publishes no hours at all — Tock is the only source.
L’Abeille Open now
The verdict: French cooking run through a Japanese sensibility, and the most refined room of the four expensive ones on this page. Three menus — the Signature, the Petite Abeille and an à la carte — all published as PDFs without prices, so I am not going to quote you a number. The local move: Friday or Saturday, when it opens at 5 rather than 5:30 and runs an hour later. The honest caveat: there is a dress code and it is specific — no tank tops, flip flops, shorts or sweatpants — there is a $75 per person cancellation fee inside 24 hours, and tables are held fifteen minutes. Closed Sunday and Monday.
labeille.nyc · See our best French restaurants in NYC
The Tribeca standards
Four rooms the neighbourhood has been using for decades, three of which serve breakfast. See also our best brunch in NYC guide.
The Odeon Open now
The verdict: the neon sign, the art deco room, and a French-American brasserie that has outlived every scene it was ever attached to. The burger is $29 and it is the order. Steak frites $54, steak tartare $38, entrées from $24. The local move: late — Tuesday to Saturday it runs to 11pm and the room after ten is the version worth seeing. The honest caveat: Sunday and Monday it shuts at 10, an hour earlier, and weekday service switches to a brasserie menu between 4 and 5pm.
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Locanda Verde Open now
The verdict: the Tribeca original, and the room that taught the neighbourhood to eat Italian all day. My Grandmother’s Ravioli $34, Sardinian sheep’s milk ricotta $25, lamb meatball sliders $16, secondi to $72. The local move: breakfast at 7am, seven days a week — almost nothing else in Tribeca opens that early, and it is the best hour this restaurant has. The honest caveat: there is no service between 3 and 5pm, and there is now a second Locanda Verde in Hudson Yards — if a booking site offers you 50 Hudson Yards, that is the other one.
locandaverdenyc.com · See our best Italian restaurants in NYC
Bubby’s Open now
The verdict: thirty-five years on Hudson Street and still the most useful restaurant in Tribeca — open fourteen hours a day, every day, and good at breakfast, which almost nothing else around here is. James Beard pancakes $24, the Bubby’s burger $24, pie by the slice $9. The local move: a slice of pie at the counter, which is what the place was originally built to sell. The honest caveat: the last dinner seating is 9:45pm and the last lunch seating 3:40pm — those are the real cutoffs, not the posted hours.
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Tamarind Tribeca Open now
The verdict: the grown-up Indian restaurant in Tribeca, white tablecloths and all, and the latest kitchen on this page by a comfortable margin. The local move: the executive lunch, three courses, weekdays — it is the standard way locals eat here and a fraction of a dinner bill. The honest caveat, and this one is unusual enough to matter: the restaurant states that indoor dining is restricted to children aged 10 and above. Also a hard 3pm to 5:30pm shutdown. It takes bookings on both Resy and OpenTable.
tamarindtribeca.com · See our best Indian restaurants in NYC
Where locals go on a weeknight
Smaller, later, and one of them has moved without telling anybody. More in our best Italian restaurants in NYC guide.
Restaurant Marc Forgione Open now
The verdict: Marc Forgione is still cooking some of the most personal food downtown — Laotian sushi, salmon croquettes, Montauk scallops, a whole chicken built for two. The local move, and this is the reason this entry exists: the restaurant has moved. It is at 30 Hudson Street now. Every older guide, and most of the internet, still sends you to 134 Reade Street — that space was gutted in November 2024 and there is nothing there. The honest caveat: dinner only, no lunch, and it publishes no prices on its own site. Book on Resy.
marcforgione.com · See our best restaurants in NYC
Smith & Mills Open now
The verdict: a nineteenth-century carriage house on North Moore converted into a room that seats roughly a dozen people, and one of the few genuinely late kitchens in Tribeca. It runs to 1am Tuesday through Saturday. The local move: two of you, after eleven — this is not a group restaurant and pretending otherwise ends badly. The honest caveat: it does not open until 4pm any day, so there is no lunch, and it publishes no prices. There is a second Smith & Mills at 30 Rockefeller Plaza — that is not this one.
smithandmills.com · See our best late-night food in NYC
Two Hands Open now
The verdict: the Australian all-day cafe that Tribeca actually uses, open from 8am to midnight and later at weekends. Coffee in the morning, bar snacks in the afternoon, a real dinner in the evening. The local move: the 4 to 6pm bar snacks window, when the room is empty and nobody else has worked out it is open. The honest caveat, twice over: it takes no reservations at all and has no phone — the restaurant says contact is email only — and the full dinner menu runs 6pm to 10pm only. Turn up at 10:30 hungry and you are getting bar snacks.
twohandsnyc.com · See our best brunch in NYC
Nonna Dora’s Open now
The verdict: a pasta bar where somebody sits in the window rolling orecchiette by hand all day, which is either charming or a lot of pressure depending on your temperament, and the pasta is genuinely good. The local move: go at a weekend — Saturday and Sunday it runs continuously from noon to 10, while Monday to Friday it shuts between 3 and 5. That gap catches people constantly. The honest caveat: there is a second Nonna Dora’s at 606 2nd Avenue, and it publishes no prices online.
Breakfast, lunch and cheap
Under thirty-five dollars, and every one of these closes earlier than you think. See also our best cheap eats in NYC guide.
Square Diner Open now
The verdict: an actual freestanding diner car sitting on its own triangle of pavement on Leonard Street, and the cheapest proper breakfast in Tribeca by some distance. No concept, no reservations, no press. The local move: eat at the counter. The honest caveat, and it is the one that gets people: Monday and Tuesday it closes at 4pm. There is no dinner on either of those days. Wednesday to Friday it runs to 9, Saturday to 7 and Sunday to 6.
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Takahachi Tribeca Open now
The verdict: the Japanese restaurant Tribeca actually eats at on a Tuesday, as opposed to the ones it books for anniversaries. Entrées run $18.50 to $34, sushi rolls $7 to $22, appetizers $5 to $18 — which in this postcode reads as a rounding error. The local move: weekday lunch, Tuesday to Friday only, which is the cheapest sit-down meal on this page. The honest caveat: there is no lunch on Saturday, Sunday or Monday — those days it opens at 5pm.
takahachi.net · See our best sushi in NYC
Zucker’s Bagels Open now
The verdict: hand-rolled bagels and a proper smoked fish counter, open at 6:30 in the morning, which makes it the earliest thing on this page by ninety minutes. The local move: a whitefish salad bagel and take it to the river — Hudson River Park is four minutes west and the Chambers Street shop has no seating worth fighting for. The honest caveat: it closes at 2:30pm on Saturday and Sunday, which is exactly when most people think about bagels. Weekdays it runs to 5:30. This is one of seven Zucker’s; 143 Chambers is the Tribeca one.
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Tribeca restaurants: FAQ
What are the best restaurants in Tribeca?
Frenchette on West Broadway for French bistro cooking — steak frites $56. Jungsik on Harrison for a $335 Korean tasting menu. The Odeon for the brasserie and its $29 burger. Locanda Verde for Italian and 7am breakfast. L’Abeille for French with a Japanese hand, dress code enforced.
Where can I eat cheap in Tribeca?
Takahachi Tribeca on Duane Street — entrées $18.50 to $34, sushi rolls $7 to $22. Square Diner on Leonard for a proper diner breakfast, though it closes at 4pm Monday and Tuesday. Zucker’s Bagels on Chambers, open at 6:30am. Bubby’s does pie by the slice at $9.
Which Tribeca restaurants have closed?
Bâtard at 239 West Broadway is closed — Eulalie occupies the space. Tribeca Grill closed after 35 years and says so on its own site. Mr Chow on Hudson closed in May 2026 after two decades. And Restaurant Marc Forgione is not closed but has moved, from 134 Reade Street to 30 Hudson.
What is open late in Tribeca?
Smith & Mills on North Moore runs to 1am Tuesday to Saturday. Two Hands on Church goes to midnight, and 1am Friday and Saturday — but its full dinner menu is 6pm to 10pm only. Tamarind serves to 11:30pm daily and midnight on Friday and Saturday. The Odeon closes at 11pm Tuesday to Saturday.
Where is breakfast in Tribeca?
Zucker’s Bagels opens at 6:30am seven days, but closes at 2:30pm at weekends. Locanda Verde serves breakfast from 7am every day. Bubby’s opens at 8am daily and is the pancake answer at $24. Square Diner and Two Hands both open at 8am.
Last updated: August 2026. Menus, prices and hours change – confirm with the restaurant before you go. Spot something out of date? Let us know.
