The 11 Best Kosher Restaurants in NYC (2026)

Updated October 2026 · 11 picks

The best kosher restaurants in NYC in 2026 are Barnea Bistro and Abaita in Midtown East, Le Marais in the Theater District and Reserve Cut downtown. Manhattan has the most choice, but Brooklyn's Castell's and Yakar and Queens' Marani are worth the trip. Every pick below names its certifying agency and whether it is dairy or meat.

1. Barnea Bistro — Midtown East, Manhattan

The most polished kosher dinner in Manhattan — French bistro cooking with a steakhouse streak.

$$$$ SplurgeHechsher OUKitchen Meat

Barnea Bistro, on East 46th Street at Third Avenue, is the restaurant kosher New Yorkers reach for when the occasion matters. The menu is French bistro cooking with contemporary touches — prime meats, seafood and a seasonal menu under chef Joshua Kessler — served across three dining rooms with an open kitchen, a bar and an outdoor patio.

It is certified by the Orthodox Union, which makes it an easy choice for mixed groups with different standards, and the drinks programme is taken as seriously as the food, with house-made cocktail components and a sommelier-curated wine list. A private dining room seats up to 30, which is why it is also a regular for business dinners and family celebrations.

Good to know: Dinner only, Sunday to Thursday — book through the website, and ask about the private room for groups.

211 E 46th St, New York, NY 10017

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2. Abaita — Midtown East, Manhattan

Dairy Italian from an Italian-born chef — the pasta is the point.

$$$ UpmarketHechsher OKKitchen Dairy

Abaita describes itself as the merging of two worlds, the Jewish and the Italian, and that is a fair summary. Chef-owner David Donagrandi cooks dairy Italian — fresh pasta, wood-fired pizza, arancini and whole fish — in a warm room on East 49th Street between Third and Lexington, a short walk from Grand Central.

Dairy is where kosher Italian food is at its least compromised, since cheese, butter and cream are all fair game, and Abaita makes the most of it. It is certified by the OK. The same team runs Libbi, a smaller dairy spot on the Upper East Side.

Good to know: Good for a Midtown business lunch as well as dinner — and the kitchen's sorbets and desserts are made in-house.

145 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017

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3. Le Marais — Theater District, Manhattan

The kosher steakhouse that set the standard — French bistro style, with its own butcher shop.

$$$$ SplurgeHechsher OUKitchen Meat

Le Marais has been feeding kosher theatergoers on West 46th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, for decades, and it still feels like the reference point for a kosher steak in New York. The room has an old-fashioned French steakhouse feel, the menu runs from steak frites to the big cuts, and there is a butcher shop on site selling the same meat to take home.

It is under OU supervision and works the whole week around Shabbat: lunch and dinner through Thursday, a short Friday lunch, a family-style Shabbat menu to order ahead, and service again on Saturday night. It is a pre-theater favourite, so plan around curtain times.

Good to know: Before a Broadway show, book an early table — the 6pm rush is real on matinee and evening show days.

150 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

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4. Reserve Cut — Financial District and Midtown East, Manhattan

A dress-up kosher steakhouse with a serious sushi bar, now in two Manhattan locations.

$$$$ SplurgeHechsher OUKitchen Meat

Reserve Cut made its name in the Setai building on Broad Street in the Financial District, where it combined a prime steakhouse with a sushi counter and a wine room — still an unusual pairing in kosher dining. It has since added a second location on Park Avenue in Midtown, on East 56th Street.

Both are certified by the OU. This is the kind of kosher restaurant people dress up for, with prices to match, and it is popular for celebrations, closings and client dinners. Both locations have private event spaces.

Good to know: Choose your location when you book — the reservation form covers both Broad Street and Park Avenue.

40 Broad St, New York, NY 10004

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5. Malka — Upper West Side (and Dumbo), Manhattan

Eyal Shani's kosher restaurant — the Tel Aviv chef's produce-first cooking, without the compromise.

$$$ UpmarketHechsher Rabbi Mehlman (Upper West Side)Kitchen Meat

Malka is the kosher restaurant from Eyal Shani, the Israeli chef behind Miznon and HaSalon, and it opened on West 72nd Street in 2023 as his first kosher restaurant in the United States. The cooking is pure Shani: fresh local produce treated simply, whole roasted vegetables, a schnitzel, hummus and a menu that changes with the seasons.

A second New York location followed in Dumbo, Brooklyn, at 56 Adams Street. The Upper West Side restaurant is a meat kitchen supervised by Rabbi Mehlman, according to Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun's monthly Manhattan kosher list; check the certificate at the Dumbo location separately.

Good to know: Come hungry and order to share — Shani's dishes are built for the middle of the table.

161 W 72nd St, New York, NY 10023

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6. Casa Tevere — Upper East Side, Manhattan

Roman-Jewish cooking — the cuisine of the Rome Ghetto — in a kosher meat kitchen.

$$$ UpmarketHechsher JSORKitchen Meat

Casa Tevere, on Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side, cooks one of the oldest Jewish cuisines in Europe: the food of Rome's Jewish community, with its artichokes, fried vegetables and slow-cooked meats. It is a style that suits kosher rules naturally, because it grew up inside them.

It is a meat restaurant under JSOR supervision, and it bills itself as fine dining. For anyone who has eaten their way through the old Ghetto in Rome, it is the closest thing in New York.

Good to know: If carciofi alla giudia — the crisp, fried Jewish-style artichoke — is on the menu, order it.

1207 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10028

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7. Castell's — Gravesend, Brooklyn

Brooklyn's showpiece dairy restaurant — Italian cooking in a room built like a castle.

$$$ UpmarketHechsher Vaad Hakashrus of FlatbushKitchen Dairy

Castell's opened on Avenue U in early 2025 and immediately became one of the most talked-about kosher restaurants in the city, partly for the room — a dramatic, castle-like space that seats around 110 — and partly for the food, an Italian dairy menu of pizzettes, eggplant parmigiana and filled pastas.

The bar is a draw in its own right: because many bottled aperitifs aren't kosher, the team makes its own Campari and vermouth in-house. It is listed under the Vaad Hakashrus of Flatbush. It is evenings only and closed for Shabbat.

Good to know: Book ahead for Sunday to Thursday evenings — it is a destination for groups and celebrations from all over Brooklyn.

222 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY 11223

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8. Yakar Steakhouse — Midwood, Brooklyn

The serious steak in Brooklyn — prime beef aged in its own dry-aging room.

$$$$ SplurgeHechsher Kehila KashrusKitchen Meat

Yakar, on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue J, is where Brooklyn's kosher steak crowd goes. It ages prime beef on site in a dedicated dry-aging room and makes its own charcuterie and meat platters, which puts it in a different league from a standard kosher grill.

The restaurant was previously called Bakar; new owners changed one letter, from the Hebrew for cattle to the Hebrew for precious. Its kashrus was listed as Kehila Kashrus at the time of its relaunch — check the certificate in the window if your standard depends on it.

Good to know: Ask what is in the aging room that night — the dry-aged cuts are what Yakar is about.

1385 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230

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9. Noi Due Cafe — Upper West Side, Manhattan

The Upper West Side's dependable dairy Italian, with brick-oven pizza and its own gelato.

$$ Mid-rangeHechsher OKKitchen Dairy

Noi Due has been a fixture on Columbus Avenue for years — the kind of neighbourhood restaurant Upper West Side families return to weekly. The menu is Italian with a Mediterranean slant: crisp brick-oven pizzas, pastas like cacio e pepe, eggplant carpaccio and fish such as sole marsala.

It is a dairy restaurant certified by the OK, with a gelato shop next door and a meat sibling, Noi Due Carne, on West 69th Street. A private room handles birthdays, showers and office parties.

Good to know: Finish next door at Noi Due Gelato — same family, same hechsher.

491 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024

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10. Marani — Rego Park, Queens

Glatt kosher Georgian food — khachapuri, khinkali and grilled meats in Queens.

$$ Mid-rangeHechsher Glatt kosher (check the current certificate)Kitchen Meat

Marani, on 63rd Road in Rego Park, was billed as New York’s first glatt kosher Georgian restaurant, and it is still the best-known. Expect the classics of the Georgian table: cheese-filled breads like the boat-shaped adjaruli khachapuri, lobiani bean bread, kubdari meat bread, dumplings and a range of grilled meats.

It describes itself as glatt kosher; we could not confirm the current certifying agency, so check the certificate before you sit down if it matters to you. Some dishes are baked to order and can take up to half an hour, so it is a meal for lingering rather than a quick bite.

Good to know: Order a sampler of spreads and a khachapuri for the table while the slower dishes cook.

97-26 63rd Rd, Rego Park, NY 11374

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11. Izzy's Brooklyn Smokehouse — Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Proper smoked barbecue — brisket, ribs and wings — from a kosher pitmaster.

$$ Mid-rangeHechsher OKKitchen Meat

Izzy's, on Troy Avenue in Crown Heights, does what kosher restaurants rarely attempt: real low-and-slow American barbecue. Pitmaster Izzy Eidelman smokes brisket, ribs, pulled beef and wings, with Southern sides alongside, and the place has drawn barbecue fans who don't keep kosher as well as those who do.

It operates under the OK, whose headquarters is next door. Barbecue sells out, so the best of it goes early in the day.

Good to know: Go early — smoked meats run out, and the brisket goes first.

397 Troy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213

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Frequently asked questions

Which NYC neighborhood has the most kosher restaurants?

In Manhattan, the Upper West Side and Midtown (especially the streets around the Diamond District and Midtown East) have the densest clusters. Across the whole city, Brooklyn has far more — Midwood, Flatbush, Borough Park and Crown Heights each have long kosher restaurant strips — and in Queens, Kew Gardens Hills and Rego Park.

What do the hechshers (OK, OU, Kof-K) mean?

A hechsher is the certifying agency's mark. The OU (Orthodox Union), OK, Kof-K and Star-K are large national agencies; others are local, such as the Vaad Hakashrus of Flatbush or individual rabbis who supervise a single restaurant. Standards differ between agencies, and many observant diners only eat under specific ones, which is why every entry on this page names its certifier.

Are kosher restaurants in New York open on Shabbat?

No. Certified kosher restaurants close from before sundown on Friday until Shabbat ends on Saturday night. Many reopen on Saturday night — often an hour or so after Shabbat ends, and later in summer — which makes it one of the busiest nights of the week. A few take pre-paid Shabbat meal orders on Friday.

What is the difference between a dairy and a meat kosher restaurant?

Kosher law separates meat and dairy, so a restaurant is certified as one or the other. A dairy (milchig) kitchen serves cheese, cream and fish but no meat; a meat (fleishig) kitchen serves meat and poultry but nothing made with milk, so desserts there are pareve. We have separate guides to the best kosher dairy and kosher meat restaurants in NYC.

Do I need a reservation?

For dinner at the upscale places — Barnea, Le Marais, Reserve Cut, Abaita — yes, especially Sunday to Thursday evenings and Saturday night after Shabbat. Most take bookings online through the link on their website.

1. Barnea Bistro — Midtown East, Manhattan

2. Abaita — Midtown East, Manhattan

3. Le Marais — Theater District, Manhattan

4. Reserve Cut — Financial District and Midtown East, Manhattan

5. Malka — Upper West Side (and Dumbo), Manhattan

6. Casa Tevere — Upper East Side, Manhattan

7. Castell's — Gravesend, Brooklyn

8. Yakar Steakhouse — Midwood, Brooklyn

9. Noi Due Cafe — Upper West Side, Manhattan

10. Marani — Rego Park, Queens

11. Izzy's Brooklyn Smokehouse — Crown Heights, Brooklyn

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