serving the very best food in the neighborhood since 2013
Must-try: Mezze feast, Grilled fish, House breads
📍 95 Commercial St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
8 ranked date night restaurants in Greenpoint, New York City — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
8 picksThese are the 8 best Greenpoint restaurants for a date-night dinner, ranked. Glasserie is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.9 stars across 4,246 reviews. Rule of Thirds is the one to book when you would rather not spend much. Prices run the whole way from $ counters to $$$$ rooms. If you only order one thing, make it the mezze feast at Glasserie. 2 of the 8 take online reservations, and the live availability badge on each card shows what is actually open tonight.
Greenpoint pairs its Polish backbone with a wave of small, ambitious rooms along Franklin and Manhattan Ave, and still charges less than Williamsburg.
serving the very best food in the neighborhood since 2013
Must-try: Mezze feast, Grilled fish, House breads
📍 95 Commercial St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
a Japanese-French chef's counter with genuinely theatrical plating
Must-try: Duck pie, Abalone risotto, Tasting menu
📍 55 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Greenpoint izakaya in the old A/D/O space — yakitori, tonkatsu, and one of the best restaurant gardens in Brooklyn
Must-try: Karaage, Yakitori skewers, Japanese soufflé pancake
📍 171 Banker Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222
A tiny Greenpoint pizzeria doing pan pizza that regularly gets called the best in New York
Must-try: Pepperoni pie, Margherita pie, Whatever the special is
📍 142 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
NYC's only Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant — Greenpoint wood-fire kitchen with tuna tostadas, lamb barbacoa, and frozen margaritas that set the bar
Must-try: Tuna tostada (salsa macha + avocado), Lamb barbacoa tacos, Recuerdame frozen margarita
📍 128 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
The Vietnam-founded, Japanese-influenced pizza chain's first US location — burrata made in-house, in Greenpoint
Must-try: Burrata margherita, Miso and mushroom pizza, House-made cheese
📍 38 Norman Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
A Franklin Street wine bar and restaurant in Greenpoint — seasonal small plates and an excellent list
Must-try: Seasonal vegetables, Pasta of the day, Wine by the glass
📍 132 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Greenpoint bistro with the thick, lacy-edged pancakes that ruined every other brunch in Brooklyn
Must-try: The pancakes, Burger with fries, Whatever fish is on that night
📍 90 Calyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Glasserie — 4.9 stars across 4,246 reviews, the highest on this list. serving the very best food in the neighborhood since 2013.
Rule of Thirds at $$ — 4.7 stars without the $$$$ bill. 3 of the 8 restaurants on this page are $$ or under.
2 of the 8 book online — Rule of Thirds and Oxomoco. The rest are walk-in or phone-only. Each card here shows live availability for tonight where the restaurant publishes it.
The mezze feast at Glasserie, the duck pie at Restaurant Yuu and the karaage at Rule of Thirds. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 7 of the 8 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.