By Mabel Pais

NEW YORK SUMMER RESTAURANT WEEK

Attention food enthusiasts: Want to sample a variety of  varied cuisines in upscale restaurants?

Head over to New York City for New York Summer Restaurant Week, July 24 to August 20, 2023. 

New Yorkers LOVE NYC bargains! NYC Restaurants offer a trio of pricing options which they may offer during meal periods of their choosing (lunch, dinner or both).

NYC Restaurant Week is back, so you can look forward to enjoying reasonable-priced-otherwise-expensive meals all over the city. Thousands of travelers and locals look forward to this event every year because it’s a great opportunity to try new cuisines or simply enjoy top-notch meals at decent prices. This is one of two favorite times in the year for foodies for the city in all boroughs of New York.

NYC Restaurant Week Deals

Restaurant Week New York City allows patrons to eat at NYC’s best restaurants twice a year for bargain prices. Every Winter (Jan/Feb) and Summer (July/Aug), some of the city’s best restaurants offer prix-fixe meals for bargain prices.

You will be able to choose between a lunch and dinner option or a prix-fixe two/three-course meal at a reduced price. For NYC Restaurant Week, restaurants will offer three pricing options for lunch ($30),  dinner ($45) or $60 for both.

Everyone who’s been to New York will agree that this is an incredibly attractive offer!

Please note: The promotion does not include tax, tip or drinks.

Per NYCGo.com about Summer Restaurant Week, “600 Restaurants Offering More Than 60 Distinct Cuisines in Nearly 85 Neighborhoods Across All Five Boroughs at $30, $45 or $60 for 30 days of Dining Deals.”

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS

Among this season’s NYC Restaurant Week’s participants, you will find new trendy restaurants,  but also well-established fine-dine restaurants. Cuisines include Contemporary American, Italian,  Chinese, Mexican, French, Mediterranean, Greek, Middle Eastern, Thai, Japanese and Korean –  just to name a few. In short: There’s a restaurant for everyone! And what’s best is that they  are spread throughout all five boroughs with the majority being located in Manhattan.

RESERVATIONS

Dine, July 24-August 20, 2023.

Reservations open July 6, 2023.

Restaurant Week is a great opportunity to try out a restaurant that may normally be out of your budget, or test some new restaurants with a little less financial risk.

Reservations generally open anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks before Restaurant Week begins. One of the best ways to get easy, online reservations is through opentable.com.

Restaurant Week NYC Insider Tips

The three-course, prix-fixe meals for $30 (lunch) and $45 or $60 (dinner) do not include beverages, tip or tax.

Most restaurants do not participate during the weekends, certainly not on a Saturday during Restaurant Week in NYC.

Review the menu in advance, as there are usually fewer choices on the RW menu. If you have eating restrictions, you may be limited.

Monday to Wednesday reservations tend to be easier to get than those for Thursday and Friday.

When making a reservation, be sure to mention you are booking for Restaurant Week.

When being seated, ask for the Restaurant Week menu if it is not offered.

Tip the server based on the usual price of the meal, not the Restaurant Week price, especially if you’ve had good service. Remember, the server is (or should be) doing their job exactly as they normally do when meals are full priced.

Learn more at nycgo.com/restaurantweek.

FRENCH RESTAURANT WEEK NYC

July 10-16, 2023

French Restaurant Week in NYC offers prix-fixe menus at some of the city’s top French Restaurants, allowing diners to experience masterful cuisine and gastronomy while honoring French culture and history.

Enjoy French favorites, such as French onion soup au gratin, gigot d’agneau, steak tartare, moules frites, and salade de tomates d’héritage.

Learn more at nycgo.com/restaurantweek.

OTHER RESTAURANT WEEKS

Since the event has been so successful in past years, newer versions are starting to crop up everywhere, including ethnic Restaurant Weeks, like Japanese, Chinatown, Malaysian, French, Belgian and also neighborhood-specific restaurant weeks.

(Mabel Pais writes on Cuisine, Health & Wellness, The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Education, Spirituality, and Business)