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Best Dinner with Friends Restaurants in Prospect Heights

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

9 picks

These are the 9 best Prospect Heights restaurants for a group dinner, ranked. Lowerline is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.6 stars across 2,887 reviews. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. If you only order one thing, make it the seafood etouffee at Lowerline. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.

Prospect Heights covers a lot of ground for its size — American, Chinese and Pasta are all well represented across the 9 spots we track here, and the neighborhood averages 4.3 stars.

Lowerline

American  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$

★★★★½ 4.6

a twelve-seat room doing New Orleans cooking the neighborhood is lucky to have

Must-try: Seafood etouffee, Po'boy, Oysters

📍 794 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Nin Hao

Chinese  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$

★★★★½ 4.5

A quirky Fujianese spot with a massive room and dishes sized for a crowd

Must-try: General Tso's whole chicken, Sizzling lamb chops, Bourbon and cumin cocktail

📍 609 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Pasta Night

Pasta  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$

★★★★☆ 4.4

A petite pasta room from the Ciao Gloria team with plates sized like a person eats

Must-try: Pappardelle bolognese, Gnocchi, Chicken milanese

📍 575 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

The Nuaa Table

Thai  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$

★★★★☆ 4.3

The most interesting Thai restaurant in the area, in a very pretty yellow room

Must-try: Papaya salad, Sour sausage and crunchy rice salad, Jasmine tea-smoked ribs

📍 638 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Sushi Lin

Sushi  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$$

★★★★☆ 4.3

Tokyo-flown fish and an omakase that starts far lower than you would expect

Must-try: Omakase, Seared salmon nigiri, Bluefin with mushroom

📍 335 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Geido

Geido

Japanese  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$

★★★★☆ 4.2

The casual alternative on the block - high-quality fish without the reservation stress

Must-try: Nigiri, Sashimi, Brooklyn roll with kani salad

📍 331 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Gertrude's

American  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$$

★★★★☆ 4.1

Your grandmother's dining room restaged as a 1950s dinner party with very good cocktails

Must-try: Duck pastrami, Burger on challah, Seven-layer cake

📍 605 Carlton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Cafe Mado

American  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$

★★★★☆ 4.1

A breakfast sandwich in the morning and wine on the back patio by night

Must-try: Sausage egg and cheese, The Tony mortadella sandwich, Roasted scallops with sofrito

📍 791 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Grimm Tavern

Grimm Tavern

American  ·  Prospect Heights  ·  $$

★★★★☆ 4.0

The outdoor living room for the neighborhood, garden gnomes and all

Must-try: Smashburger, Shrimp cocktail, Soft pretzel with beer cheese

📍 659 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best dinner with friends restaurant in Prospect Heights?

Lowerline — 4.6 stars across 2,887 reviews, the highest on this list. a twelve-seat room doing New Orleans cooking the neighborhood is lucky to have.

Do these restaurants take reservations?

None of the 9 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.

What should I order?

The seafood etouffee at Lowerline, the general tso's whole chicken at Nin Hao and the pappardelle bolognese at Pasta Night. 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 — 7 of the 9 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.