Some of NYC’s Hardest Tables to Snag Can Now Be Reserved Via DoorDash

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New Yorkers already rely on DoorDash for quick and easy food delivery, but guess what? You can now also use the app to book reservations at some of the city’s most sought-after establishments, from the elegant, Michelin-starred Musket Room in Nolita to lively vegan party spot Ras Plant Based. Seeking dim sum with a side of glamor? Try Hutong. Chicago-style deep-dish pizza? Emmett's. Omakase and killer cocktails with a vinyl soundtrack? Tokyo Record Bar. A highly regarded French dip and chance for a celeb sighting? The Corner Store. 

Securing a table is no easy feat in New York City, but DoorDash has you covered — no matter what kind of dining experience you’re seeking. Use the new Reservations section of the DoorDash app to book and unlock exclusive DashPass perks, DoorDash credits back when you reserve, and for a limited time, even discounted Lyft rides (terms apply). The hardest part is picking your restaurant!

The Corner Store

You’ll definitely need a reservation for this clubby, nostalgia-steeped hotspot, exclusively bookable on DoorDash and known for their pizza rolls, Wagyu French dip, and stellar steak frites (and yes, you should order those frites disco-style). Choose an ice cold martini from their extensive martini menu, or better yet, go for the Martini Service that serves 2-3 people.

The Eighty Six

This glitzy-yet-cozy West Village steakhouse only bookable through DoorDash is an industry haunt, dedicated to sourcing beef from small, independent ranchers. The space dates back to the 1920s Prohibition era, when it was a bar called Chumley’s frequented by Ernest Hemingway, among other writers and luminaries. It was there that the culinary term “86” (all done! no more!) was allegedly coined. Today, the place is rich with Art Deco details and known for its late-night service and stiff drinks.

Charlie Bird

This chic yet casual SoHo favorite — all buttery yellow booths, natural wood, and music-themed decor — serves excellent Italian-inspired dishes with a focus on seasonal ingredients. Order a selection of their delicious raw bar items and small plates (recommended: razor clams and Tuscan fried chicken) and sip from their renowned natural wine list with a ’90s hip-hop soundtrack.

Hutong NYC

Here, upscale Northern Chinese cuisine is served inside a mirror-filled Art Deco dining room. Start with a fanciful cocktail and a sampling of the excellent dim sum, then go all out with a whole roasted Peking duck, flamed tableside for extra-crispy skin and a truly memorable dining experience.

Marea

This exquisite, two-Michelin-starred Italian seafood restaurant on Central Park South offers Northern Italian flavors and high-end coastal elegance. Don’t miss their exceptional crudo selection and signature fresh pasta dishes, like fusilli with octopus and bone marrow. Hot tip: Half portions of pasta aren’t listed on the menu, but you can order them for half the price.

Lele’s Roman

Inside the Ace Hotel in Downtown Brooklyn, chef Francesco Battisti has just started serving his classic Roman cuisine all day long, in a dining room decked out in technicolored ‘70s Italo-funk. In the morning, try maritozzi (brioche-style buns filled with whipped cream) with coffee. For lunch and dinner, opt for traditional pasta dishes like cacio e pepe, amatriciana, or carbonara. The wine and amaro offerings are also impressive.

Ai Fiori

With its romantic, flower-filled dining room, this Fifth Avenue mainstay is perfect for special occasions. The menu blends culinary traditions from the Italian and French Rivieras, resulting in luxurious seafood dishes (try the butter-poached lobster) and housemade pastas like tagliatelle with truffles.

The Seville

Descend into this stylish cocktail lounge — all mood lighting, velvety banquets, and plush tropical greenery — for a sophisticated and intimate evening beneath the Hotel Seville, a Beaux Arts landmark in the heart of NoMad. The focus is on live music and craft cocktails, meant to be paired with their menu of elevated bar snacks. Recommended: seared scallops and braised short rib.

L'Artusi

Need a good group dinner spot? This lively West Village destination is always a good idea, with its modern Italian cuisine and energetic vibes (meaning no one will give you the stink-eye if you’re talking too loud.) Order one of their delicious signature pastas, like the garganelli with mushroom ragu, and pair it with a nice bottle of red from their extensive wine list.

Scarpetta NYC

For cool-yet-warm vibes ideal for a pre-theater dinner date, this modern Italian classic is a no-brainer. Their rustic menu is famous for its signature tomato basil spaghetti (and, yes, you should get it), but save room for dessert — the Valrhona Chocolate Cake with salted caramel gelato is nothing short of divine.

Tokyo Record Bar

Inspired by Japan’s vinyl jewel boxes, this intimate and deeply cool spot offers two experiences in two unique dining rooms. The bar is walk-in, but the Vinyl Jukebox is a reservation-only izakaya-style seven-course omakase experience where diners get to help select the evening’s soundtrack from an extensive vinyl collection. You’ll find no better spot for a memorable date night.

BRASS

At this vibrant New American brasserie, housed inside NoMad’s Evelyn Hotel, ambiance is everything—the decor is vintage 1920s glamour; there's a grand piano in one corner; and the waiters wear dapper suits. The menu is upscale comfort food: Think Parmesan-kissed steak tartare and Golden Amish Chicken Roulade, a whole Amish chicken deboned and stuffed with a mousseline of herbs. Pro tip: Get there at least an hour before your reservation starts for an aperitivo at the vibey Tusk Bar, also located inside the hotel.

Refinery Rooftop

With stunning views of the Empire State Building, this popular rooftop bar atop the Refinery Hotel has a chic, industrial-style outdoor space. It’s the perfect spot for sunset cocktails, which are best enjoyed alongside playful, shareable small plates such as Thai-style chicken wings and cacio e pepe tater tots.

Fish Cheeks

This vibrant and bustling Thai spot — now with two locations, in NoHo and Williamsburg — never disappoints. Dishes are known for being spicy and intensely flavorful, and the Thai-inspired cocktails flow freely. Must-orders include their famous crab fried rice, Zaab wings, and unctuous duck curry. Arrive before 5 p.m. for an excellent happy hour.

Penthouse on Park

Perched on the 20th floor of Park Avenue’s Royalton Hotel, this super-luxe cocktail lounge has floor-to-ceiling windows and a wraparound terrace with panoramic city views. Choose from a wide array of classic cocktails and high-end small plates, like caviar deviled eggs and mini lobster rolls.

Pasquale Jones

A convivial NoHo neighborhood Italian joint from the Charlie Bird team, Pasquale Jones centers its cooking around a wood-fired oven, which translates to excellent “Neo-NY style” wood-fired pizzas (the one topped with Littleneck clams is justifiably famous) and hearty roasted proteins like oysters and chicken. Be sure to make a reservation for chef Ryan Hardy’s Pizza Omakase, a new six-course tasting menu experience available only at the Chef's Counter on select evenings.

Jac's on Bond

Nestled inside a 200-year-old townhouse on a picturesque cobblestone street, Jac’s is known for its cozy vibes and ice-cold martinis (must try: Jac's Caprese Martini with olive oil, tomato and basil infused vodka, Lustau blanco vermouth, and balsamic vinegar). The bar snack menu is short but strong: Share a cheese plate and the artichoke tart.

CUT New York City

This is celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck's first restaurant in New York, an acclaimed steakhouse with a sleek and modern setting. It’s a top destination for meat lovers seeking an opportunity to indulge in buttery cuts of ribeye and a large-format Tomahawk steak that would make Fred Flinstone quiver.

Mari

With a name that means “roll” in Korean, this intimate tasting menu spot in Hell’s Kitchen’s is a playground for chef Sungchul Shim, who crafts kimbap (Korean rice rolls) by hand in an open kitchen like a boxer in a ring, surrounded by counter seats on all sides. Dinner and a show, all in one!

Pebble Bar / Pebble Bar at the Rink

Occupying three floors of a legendary townhouse at Rockefeller Center, this place has a storied history dating back to 1892, when it was a bar called Hurley’s. Over the years, the bar’s famous regulars have included Jack Kerouac, Johnny Carson, and David Letterman. Since it relaunched as Pebble Bar in 2022, it’s become a modern mainstay for craft cocktails, upscale American bar food, and great views. When the weather’s warm, the restaurant expands to take over the skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza, where spritzes and summery Italian fare abound.

Barnea Bistro

This high-end kosher restaurant in Midtown Manhattan has steakhouse-style cuisine amid  a sophisticated setting. Loyal diners rave about the pillowy sweet potato gnocchi, the crispy Brussels sprouts, and the tender lamb riblets.

The Musket Room

Excellent date nights are practically guaranteed at this Michelin-starred SoHo darling, with its cozy atmosphere, charming garden, and seriously stellar food from executive chef Mary Attea. To make the most of it, opt for the $125 tasting menu, which changes nightly and comes in both omnivore and vegan iterations, but always begins with their beloved housemade sourdough and a tasty spread.

Catch New York

This trendy celebrity haunt in the Meatpacking District is upscale and lively with a coveted rooftop lounge. Seafood is flown in fresh from Tokyo's Toyosu market, and the sushi menu is designed to impress: Take, for example, the signature Catch Roll, a mix of crab and salmon topped with a sweet and savory miso-honey glaze and finished with a dramatic blow torch sear.

RAON NYC

Another modern Korean restaurant from chef Soogil Lim, RAON boasts a sleek and contemporary design with a focus on high-quality ingredients. Its name means “happy” or “joyful” in Korean, and its dishes — each paired with some form of kimchi — deliver just that. Standouts include the crab, the foie gras mandu, and the sea urchin gimbap.

Saint Theo’s

This trendy Italian-American restaurant offers a stylish dining room decked out in rich shades of green that seems to draw celebrities and locals alike. The menu draws inspiration from Venetian classics: seafood-heavy dishes like tuna crudo and lobster ravioli, plus small plates (cicchetti) that include beef meatballs with fig jus and fried sardines. The cocktails also earn rave reviews.

Ras Plant Based

The vibe at this vegan Ethiopian restaurant (with locations in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights and Manhattan’s West Village) feels like a party — especially in the summer, when tables full of happy customers spill out onto the street. Husband and wife team Romeo and Milka Regalli take traditional Ethiopian flavors and remix them in unusual ways: soy-based kitfo, king oyster mushroom dulet, Mama’s berbere-kissed tofu, and Grandma’s hearty red lentil stew. All are served with house injera bread, which is spongy and tangy and perfect for sopping.

B'Artusi

This intimate Italian bistro and bar, nestled in the heart of the West Village, has just opened next door to its older sister, beloved mainstay L’Artusi. They offer brunch until 3 p.m. (don’t miss the B.E.M.C., an Italian take on the classic B.E.C. featuring scrambled eggs, pancetta, gouda, and mushrooms on a soft roll) and dinner and drinks until late.

Dante West Village / Caffe Dante / Dante Aperitivo

Dotted around Greenwich Village are three iterations of Dante, a local darling that opened in 1915 and is now a registered New York City landmark. Caffé Dante is the original on MacDougal Street — a cozy all-day Italian cafe that feels like a time capsule, while Dante West Village on Hudson Street is a lively, larger cocktail hub with classic Italian dishes. Dante Aperitivo on Bank Street is the newest kid on the block: a chic and intimate seafood spot centered on caviar, crudo, and spritzes. You really can’t go wrong with any of them.

American Bar

This retro-styled eatery features plush green banquettes and rattan chairs. The menu casts a wide net under the theme of American classics — you’ll find a great cheeseburger, crab cakes, chicken paillard, and Caesar salad. This comfort food goes great with any of their very good cocktails.

Cucina Alba

Inspired by the romance of Italian holidays, this sophisticated, airy spot excels in breezy vibes, fresh seafood, handmade pasta, and craft cocktails. Must-orders include the whipped ricotta, the agnolotti pasta with black truffle, and the light-as-a-cloud branzino.

Emmett's / Emmett's on Grove

These popular West Village spots — named after owner and native Chicagoan Emmett Burke and located just a ten-minute walk from each other — are known for both deep-dish pizzas and thin-crust tavern-style pies. But don’t sleep on the Chicago-style hot dog, piled high with the traditional toppings (or, in the parlance of Chicago, “dragged through the garden:): chopped onion, sliced tomato, whole sport peppers, celery salt, yellow mustard, a pickle spear, and neon green relish, all served on a poppy seed bun.

Roscioli

The first international outpost of the iconic 200-year-old deli in Rome, Roscioli offers a transportive Italian experience, here with a full restaurant. Try their legendary pastas a la carte (the cacio e pepe and the amatriciana are particular standouts) or go all in with the Roman Feast, a signature five-course dinner with optional wine pairings that’s ideal for special occasions. Reservations required.