✦ Business Dining · Upper East Side

Best Business Dining Restaurants in Upper East Side

4 ranked business dining restaurants in Upper East Side, New York City — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.

4 picks

These are the 4 best Upper East Side restaurants for a business lunch or dinner, ranked. Bemelmans Bar is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.9 stars across 3,117 reviews. This is a higher-spend list — plan accordingly. If you only order one thing, make it the martini at Bemelmans Bar. 2 of the 4 take online reservations, and the live availability badge on each card shows what is actually open tonight.

The Upper East Side rewards knowing where to look: past the hotel dining rooms are long-running neighborhood spots with real kitchens.

Bemelmans Bar Watch

Bemelmans Bar

Bar Food  ·  Upper East Side  ·  $$$$

★★★★½ 4.9

a piano bar that pours up to 900 martinis a night

Must-try: Martini, Bar snacks, Live piano

📍 35 E 76th St, New York, NY 10021

Full Details View on Maps
Cafe Commerce Watch

Cafe Commerce

American  ·  Upper East Side  ·  $$$

★★★★½ 4.8

teeny oxblood booths permanently packed with ladies who lunch

Must-try: Whole chicken with foie gras, Coconut cake, Martinis

📍 964 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10021

Full Details View on Maps
Sushi Noz Watch

Sushi Noz

Japanese · Sushi · Edomae Omakase  ·  Upper East Side  ·  $$$$

★★★★½ 4.7

Two Michelin stars behind an unmarked Upper East Side door — a hinoki counter built in Japan and shipped over

Must-try: The full Edomae omakase, Aged tuna in three cuts, Anago at the close of the meal

📍 181 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075

Full Details Reserve on OpenTable
Daniel Watch

Daniel

French · Fine Dining · Tasting Menu  ·  Upper East Side  ·  $$$$

★★★★½ 4.6

Daniel Boulud's Upper East Side flagship — the most formal French dining room left in New York, and still worth the jacket

Must-try: Seasonal tasting menu, Duck à l'orange for two, The cheese cart

📍 60 E 65th St, New York, NY 10065

Full Details Reserve on Resy

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best business dining restaurant in Upper East Side?

Bemelmans Bar — 4.9 stars across 3,117 reviews, the highest on this list. a piano bar that pours up to 900 martinis a night.

Do these restaurants take reservations?

2 of the 4 book online — Sushi Noz and Daniel. The rest are walk-in or phone-only. Each card here shows live availability for tonight where the restaurant publishes it.

What should I order?

The martini at Bemelmans Bar, the whole chicken with foie gras at Cafe Commerce and the the full edomae omakase at Sushi Noz. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.

How were these picked?

Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 4 of the 4 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.

More NYC Guides

📍 Restaurants Upper East Side 🕯️ Date Night Upper East Side 🍻 Dinner with Friends Upper East Side ✨ Special Occasion Upper East Side 💼 Business Dining Williamsburg 💼 Business Dining TriBeCa 💼 Business Dining West Village 💼 Business Dining SoHo