Times Square Restaurants to Visit

Times Square is a bustling area in New York City, known for its theaters, tourists, and diverse range of restaurants. While many New Yorkers avoid the area, it's home to some of the city's most desirable eateries, offering a wide price range of options.

## Eater Editors' Recommendations

Eater Editors have compiled a list of the best restaurants around Times Square, including seafood Thai, steakhouses, and international cuisine. The list includes:

### Chalong | Restaurant | Price Range | | --- | --- | | Chalong | Fair prices | | Gallaghers Steakhouse | High-end | | Don Antonio | Moderate | | Din Tai Fung | Moderate | | See No Evil Pizza | Moderate | | Gui Steakhouse | High-end | | Sake Bar Hagi | Moderate | | Joe Allen | Moderate | | The View | High-end | | Sky Pavilion | Moderate | | Margon | Low-end | | Los Tacos No. 1 | Moderate | | Charlie Palmer Steak IV | High-end |

Chalong is a standout seafood Thai spot that features a tight menu of inventive dishes like crab curry and picanha kraw praw. Prices are fair, and the restaurant also offers a terrific cocktail menu.

### Gallaghers Steakhouse Gallaghers Steakhouse is a classic NYC experience, offering USDA prime dry-aged steak, a classic cocktail list, and a wait staff that never forgets a name. The bar is the best seat in the house, where you'll be treated well by bartenders in butcher coats who excel in small talk.

### Don Antonio Don Antonio is a Hell's Kitchen restaurant that offers a soft, doughy, and slightly charred pizza, best eaten with a knife and fork. One of the lures here is the deep-fried pizza called la montanara, with the toppings applied after frying.

### Din Tai Fung Din Tai Fung is a Taiwanese soup dumpling chain that debuted its first East Coast location in a huge space in Times Square. Order the xiao long bao that the restaurant's known for, but the real can't-miss items are the pork chops over fried rice and the dumplings in chile oil.

### See No Evil Pizza See No Evil operates out of the 1 train stop at 50th Street, serving thin-crust pies like the Nepo with anchovies, capers, Calabrian chiles, and garlic, alongside wines, beers, and cocktails.

### Gui Steakhouse Gui Steakhouse is a Korean steakhouse inside the Biltmore building that offers quality food, with American-style steakhouse fare with pan-Asian inflections. There are also more traditional Korean dishes, not to be missed, such as the hearty sundubu jjigae and the decadent kimchi wagyu fried rice.

### Sake Bar Hagi Sake Bar Hagi is an underground izakaya and bar that's been open since the 1980s. It's a great place to go before or after a show and an excellent spot for people-watching. Order a Hagi dog, okonomiyaki, a skewer set, or a hand roll; and to drink, there are Sapporo, a range of highballs, and an extensive sake selection.

### Joe Allen Joe Allen is a Theater District staple that remains a haunt for theatergoers and actors alike. Get the La Scala salad with iceberg, salami, provolone, chickpeas, and red peppers; the Joe Allen burger or steak frites; and save room for the epic banana cream pie.

### The View The View is New York's only revolving restaurant, stationed at the top of the Times Square Marriott Marquis hotel. The views live up to its name, and the food - while straightforward - features chophouse classics much better than any tourist trap nearby. Get the chocolate cake and take in the sunset from way above.

### Sky Pavilion Sky Pavilion is an exciting Chinese restaurant that comes from a highly praised NYC vet, Zhong Qing Wang. The menu is vast and exciting; if the specials selection is too offal-focused, veer toward preferred categories on the main menu, be it vegetables, seafood, poultry, pork, or noodles.

### Margon Margon is a counter-service Cuban restaurant that's been around for nearly 60 years, but is still serving up simple dishes and daily specials like Cuban sandwiches and pork ribs in an unassuming storefront.

### Los Tacos No. 1 Los Tacos No. 1 is a Chelsea Market favorite that established an outpost right in Times Square in the old New York Times building, with the same slender roster of tacos and other tortilla-based dishes. A favorite is the adobada mula, with spit-roasted pork sandwiched between a pair of soft flour tortillas filled with gooey cheese.

### Charlie Palmer Steak IV Charlie Palmer Steak IV is a steakhouse on the fourth floor of the Knickerbocker Hotel, offering a menu of oysters, caviar, and seafood towers; seasonal fresh pastas; fish and seafood dishes; as well as steak.