✦ Dinner with Friends · Midtown

Best Dinner with Friends Restaurants in Midtown

5 ranked dinner with friends restaurants in Midtown, New York City — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.

5 picks

These are the 5 best Midtown restaurants for a group dinner, ranked. OKDONGSIK is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.7 stars across 4,145 reviews. Prices run the whole way from $ counters to $$$$ rooms. If you only order one thing, make it the dweji gomtang at OKDONGSIK. 2 of the 5 take online reservations, and the live availability badge on each card shows what is actually open tonight.

Midtown dining splits cleanly between expense-account rooms and the lunch counters that feed the people who work there — both are worth knowing.

OKDONGSIK

Korean  ·  Midtown  ·  $$

★★★★½ 4.7

Korean in Midtown — 4.7 on Resy across 4,145 diner reviews

Must-try: Dweji gomtang, Kimchi mandoo

📍 13 East 30th St, New York, NY 10016

Xi'an Famous Foods

Chinese · Xi'an Noodles  ·  Midtown  ·  $

★★★★½ 4.6

The essential hand-ripped noodle shop from Xi'an — the spicy cumin lamb face noodles are one of NYC's great cheap eats

Must-try: Spicy cumin lamb hand-ripped noodles, Liang pi cold skin noodles, Lamb burger (rou jia mo)

📍 24 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036

Keens Steakhouse

Steakhouse · American · Chophouse  ·  Midtown  ·  $$$$

★★★★☆ 4.4

Since 1885, under 50,000 clay pipes on the ceiling — the mutton chop is the reason and always has been

Must-try: Legendary mutton chop, Porterhouse for two, Single-malt from the 250-bottle list

📍 72 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018

Grand Central Oyster Bar

Seafood · Raw Bar  ·  Midtown  ·  $$$

★★★★☆ 4.1

Vaulted Guastavino tile beneath the terminal since 1913 — a raw bar counter and an oyster list that runs long

Must-try: A dozen oysters off the daily list, New England clam chowder, Oyster pan roast

📍 89 E 42nd St, Lower Level, New York, NY 10017

Bar Centrale

Bar Food  ·  Midtown  ·  $$$

★★★½☆ 3.9

an unmarked theater-district bar behind zebra-print wallpaper

Must-try: Dirty martini, Bar snacks, Zebra-print room

📍 324 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best dinner with friends restaurant in Midtown?

OKDONGSIK — 4.7 stars across 4,145 reviews, the highest on this list. Korean in Midtown — 4.7 on Resy across 4,145 diner reviews.

Do these restaurants take reservations?

2 of the 5 book online — OKDONGSIK and Grand Central Oyster Bar. 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 dweji gomtang at OKDONGSIK, the spicy cumin lamb hand-ripped noodles at Xi'an Famous Foods and the legendary mutton chop at Keens Steakhouse. 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 5 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.