serving the very best food in the neighborhood since 2013
Must-try: Mezze feast, Grilled fish, House breads
📍 95 Commercial St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
The best restaurants in Greenpoint, New York City — 24 ranked picks with ratings, must-try dishes and live table availability.
24 picksGreenpoint has 24 restaurants worth the trip, and this is the ranked list. Glasserie leads it at 4.9 stars, with Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. close behind. Prices run the whole way from $ counters to $$$$ rooms, and the strongest showings are Japanese, Mexican and Pizza. If you only order one thing, make it the mezze feast at Glasserie. 2 of the 24 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 fish market and restaurant with a genuinely sustainable raw bar
Must-try: Lobster roll, Fish tacos, Oysters
📍 114 Nassau Ave, 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
a retro room of vinyl booths and suburban nostalgia
Must-try: Cold martinis, Chicken parmesan, Brownie sundae
📍 332 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
a casual Malaysian room whose stewed pork is the reason to come
Must-try: Jiggly stewed pork, Hainanese chicken, Paratha
📍 715 Manhattan 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
exceptional tacos from a counter modeled on a Mexico City stand
Must-try: Suadero tacos, Al pastor, Longaniza
📍 94 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
a kitschy barn-themed Polish room with the best pierogi options around
Must-try: Pierogies, Kielbasa, Hunter's stew
📍 136 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
a walk-in spot built on lard-laced flour tortillas and very good cocktails
Must-try: Flour tortilla tacos, Pork ribs in salsa verde, Refried beans
📍 148 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Lobster rolls sourced straight off the family wharf in Maine
Must-try: Lobster rolls with butter and mayo, Hot dogs, Whoopie pies
📍 817 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
a Spanish seafood bar with indie-rock energy and a very good gin list
Must-try: Raw bar, Seafood platters, Well-made cocktails
📍 25 Greenpoint Ave, 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
a Japanese coffee shop with colorful bento boxes and very light lunches
Must-try: Pork katsu bento, Chicken karaage bento, Egg sandwich
📍 64 Meserole Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
a sandwich shop whose house-baked milk bread eats like a donut
Must-try: Pork tonkatsu sando, Ribbon fries, House milk bread
📍 29 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
an instant-icon Jewish deli built on very recognizable bagel sandwiches
Must-try: Combo #1 with lox, Egg sandwich, Turkey reuben
📍 631 Manhattan 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
a Neapolitan pizzeria hidden on a residential street, charred but fluffy
Must-try: Margherita, Broccoli rabe and sausage, Charred crust
📍 40 Clifford Pl, 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
as good for a solo seat at the bar as for a group dinner
Must-try: Brisket pho, Herb plate, Cocktails
📍 68 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
hearty Taiwanese cooking and cocktails that occasionally arrive on fire
Must-try: Lo ba beng, Black pepper beef and broccoli, BDSM chicken
📍 1025 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
exciting riffs on bakery classics, and a line most mornings
Must-try: Rotating special croissants, Chocolate croissant, Cinnamon buns
📍 135 India St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
a sports bar with blue corn tortillas and very saucy eggs at brunch
Must-try: Huevos rancheros, Huevos ahogados, Ramirez burger
📍 46 Norman Ave, 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.
Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. at $$ — 4.9 stars without the $$$$ bill. 19 of the 24 restaurants on this page are $$ or under.
2 of the 24 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 lobster roll at Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. and the duck pie at Restaurant Yuu. 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 — 21 of the 24 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.