a sidewalk oyster bar with a condiment bar and no pretension at all
Must-try: Cherrystone clams, Kumamoto oysters, Sea urchin
📍 2354 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
13 ranked dinner with friends restaurants in Belmont, New York City — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
13 picksThese are the 13 best Belmont restaurants for a group dinner, ranked. Cosenza's Fish Market is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.9 stars across 4,027 reviews. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. If you only order one thing, make it the cherrystone clams at Cosenza's Fish Market. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Belmont covers a lot of ground for its size — Italian, Bakery and Seafood are all well represented across the 13 spots we track here, and the neighborhood averages 4.4 stars.
a sidewalk oyster bar with a condiment bar and no pretension at all
Must-try: Cherrystone clams, Kumamoto oysters, Sea urchin
📍 2354 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
Italian in Belmont — 4.7 across 3,047 diner reviews
Must-try: Bucatini alla carbonara, Cavatelli with broccoli rabe
📍 2339 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
Italian in Belmont — 4.7 across 2,740 diner reviews
Must-try: Swordfish, Seafood specials, Handmade pasta
📍 622 E 187th St, Bronx, NY 10458
An Arthur Avenue salumeria hung with hundreds of curing sausages — the Bronx's Little Italy at its most literal
Must-try: Soppressata, Italian combo sandwich, House-cured sausage
📍 2338 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
Turkish in Belmont — 4.6 across 2,711 diner reviews
Must-try: Viennese cappuccino
📍 2306 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
Sandwiches in Belmont — 4.4 across 2,786 diner reviews
Must-try: Calabrian Sting, Con Ed sandwich, Marco Pollo sandwich
📍 685 E 187th St, Bronx, NY 10458
Arthur Avenue pizzeria and trattoria named for the Salerno area code — wood-fired pies and a painted piazza wall
Must-try: Riccardo pizza with butternut squash and smoked mozzarella, Wood-fired margherita, Housemade pastas
📍 2357 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
open since 1918, and the cannoli are still filled while you wait
Must-try: Cannoli filled to order, Biscotti, Olive and lard breads
📍 2348 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
a counter-service pizzeria whose pocket specialties do most of the work
Must-try: Calzone, Stromboli, Cheese slice
📍 600 E 187th St, Bronx, NY 10458
the deli counter inside the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, and the loudest one
Must-try: Eggplant parm sandwich, Arancini, Lasagna bolognese
📍 2344 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
powdered sugar everywhere and biscotti that never sit long
Must-try: Pignoli, Lobster tails, Tiramisu
📍 670 E 187th St, Bronx, NY 10458
a museum-like Albanian restaurant with bread worth the trip alone
Must-try: Flaky veal dumplings in yogurt, Dips and cured meats, Pillowy bread
📍 2321 Hughes Ave, Bronx, NY 10458
a mozzarella-first counter with an antipasti case worth queuing for
Must-try: Fresh mozzarella sandwich, Roast pork, Antipasti
📍 604 E 187th St, Bronx, NY 10458
Cosenza's Fish Market — 4.9 stars across 4,027 reviews, the highest on this list. a sidewalk oyster bar with a condiment bar and no pretension at all.
None of the 13 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The cherrystone clams at Cosenza's Fish Market, the bucatini alla carbonara at Enzo's of Arthur Avenue and the swordfish at Tra Di Noi. 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 — 10 of the 13 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.