There are so many options in New York City to celebrate the arrival of 2026. We have rounded up spots for dinner, dancing, drinks and fun all around. It’s time to make plans and reservations for a spirited New Year’s Eve. We are featuring 15 great choices all around the city with a variety of cuisines and price points. There’s definitely one to fit your style!
Bar Primi Penn District (49 W 33rd Street) To ring in the New Year, Bar Primi Penn District will be offering their signature a la carte menu, with favorites such as their Hot Knots with Italian Chili Crisp, Sicilian Caesar with toasted sesame and parmesan, and featured pastas and pizzas including their Fusilli Giganti with stracciatella cheese, along with a Champagne toast at midnight for guests who book after 9 p.m. Bar Primi Penn District’s seasonal patio with holiday decor and “Wintery Mixes” cocktails, including Shotskis, is also available.
Le Crocodile and Bar Blondeau at Wythe Hotel (80 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn) Ring in the New Year at Le Crocodile with a seasonally-inspired multi-course feast either in Le Crocodile’s main Dining Room or intimate Cellar beneath the hotel. Menu items include Foie Gras Mousse with Persimmon on Brioche and Smoked Trout Rillette. The multi-course meal includes choices of an appetizer, entree, and dessert with options including Prawn and Winter Citrus Salad, Parsnip and Chestnut Soup, Confit Halibut with Sauce Americaine, Mini-Tiered Chocolate Cake, Bananas Foster, and more. On the sixth floor, Bar Blondeau provides stunning skyline views, a premium open bar, Champagne service, live DJ, and more. Beverages developed by the property’s beverage director, Jarett Karlsberg, include New York distillers and the event is in partnership with Natoora. The ticket includes passed hors d’oeuvres, a seafood tower, and decadent tables of festive food to sustain you through the night, as well as a premium open bar and champagne service.
Momofuku Noodle Bar (East Village and Columbus Circle) Momofuku Noodle Bar’s East Village location will be offering a four-course prix-fixe menu. Highlights include Hamachi Hand Rolls, Lobster Rice Cakes, Truffle Rice Cakes, Truffle Mushroom Ramen and Pork Tomahawk with caviar and truffle supplements for an additional cost. The cost is $95. At the uptown location they will offer a four-course prix-fixe menu. Highlights include Hamachi Hand Rolls, Lobster Rice Cakes, Spicy Pork Ragu Cakes, Truffle Mushroom Ramen and New York Strip Steak for $95 with caviar and truffle supplements for an additional cost.
Members Only (53 West 8th Street) Members Only is bringing its signature rebellious, late-night energy to New Year’s Eve with with a five-course dinner and four-hour open bar (9 p.m. to 1 a.m.) for $200, featuring items like Oysters and Red Snapper Ceviche, Pan-seared Octopus, Branzino with Chimichurri, Hanger Steak, and Tiramisu and Raspberry Sorbet. The night continues with a post-midnight after party from Midnight to 4 a.m. with an open bar for only $75.True to the brand’s nightlife roots, a visit to Members Only isn’t complete without a throwback cocktail—think Tequila Sunrise or Long Island Iced Tea—alongside martinis and modern riffs on the classics.
Fandi Mata (74 Bayard St, Brooklyn) On New Year’s Eve, Fandi Mata is ringing in the 2026 with specials including a Ribeye for Two, Butterflied Branzino, Truffle Risotto and Ice Cream Cookie Sundae. The evening will also feature a live performance from Dollar Roses band, led by Ethan Cohen, Champagne service, a DJ set from DJ Xaxa, and late-night snacks including pizza from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Crane Club (85 10th Avenue) Crane Club will ring in the New Year with an elegant candlelit dinner, featuring a four-course prix fixe menu served in the glow of an all-candlelight dining room. The evening will begin with family-style appetizers such as mini potato rösti topped with caviar and a selection from the raw bar, including dressed oysters, scallop crudo with sumo citrus, and razor clams. Guests will enjoy beautiful chicories with aged balsamic and ubriaco cheese before moving on to truffled shells pasta, returning for the occasion, with an optional tajarin with white truffle butter supplement. Entrée choices include grilled half chicken with greens, currants, and scallion jus, Iberian Duroc pork, a parmesan-crusted strip steak, or grilled branzino, served with salt-roasted fingerlings and brown butter romanesco with grapes, pine nuts, and capers. Throughout the evening, a live band will set the tone as guests enjoy one of two celebratory seatings, with a Champagne toast at midnight to welcome the new year. The price for the first seating: $195 and the second seating is $295.
Berimbau Brazilian Table (3 W 36th Street) For the final night of 2025, the venue in midtown Manhattan will host a Brazilian Réveillon, a high-energy welcome to the new year. Beginning at 9 p.m., the celebration will feature an open bar offering signature Caipirinhas, select beers, wines, and zero-proof options, Brazilian-inspired hors d’oeuvres served until midnight, a live band, and a vinyl DJ playing Brazilian beats all night long. At 10 p.m., a Champagne countdown marks the Rio de Janeiro New Year, followed by a second at midnight, welcoming New York City into 2026. Drinks will then be available á la carte as the party continues until 4 a.m. Guests are encouraged to wear white in keeping with Brazilian Réveillon tradition.
BLACKBARN Restaurant (19 East 26th Street) The farm-to-table, American restaurant from Award-Winning Chef/Owner John Doherty is rounding out its 10th anniversary celebrations with a celebratory, caviar fueled pre-fixe alongside its a la carte menu. The a la carte menu features the venue’s favorite dishes from its fall/winter menu including Roasted Squash & Kale Salad, Olive Oil Braised Octopus, Pan Seared Foie Gras Terrine, its crowd favorite Butternut Squash Ravioli and Dry Aged 14 oz New York Strip to name a few. The pre-fixe priced at $185/per adult with an optional $235/pp wine pairing served family style to at least four guests starts with either your voice of either A Symponie of Caviar (A caviar tasting featuring Sevruga with vichyssoise, Osetra on a Deviled Egg and Potato Chips, Trout on smoked salmon rillete with chilled lemon Vodka) or its signature Wild Mushroom Toast. For its second course, options are either its Roasted Root Vegetables with polenta or Venison Ravioli. For the main courses, the options are either Pan Seared Diver Scallops with porcini risotto and black truffle topped with garlic crumbs or Filet Mignon and Maine Lobster served with haricots verts and roasted tomatoes topped with sauce Choron. For dessert, enjoy either Flourless Chocolate Cake or the restaurant’s made to order Warm Apple Cider Donuts.
Central Park Boathouse (Central Park East 72nd Street and Park Drive) Central Park Boathouse, founded in 1954 and located in the heart of Central Park, will be open from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve serving the a la carte lunch menu in addition to specials including Prime Rib of Beef with Yorkshire pudding, Diver Sea Scallops with a potato crab risotto, and Lobster Pasta, with dessert specials including Sticky Toffee Pudding and Olive Oil Cake. The menu is helmed by Executive Chef Adam Fiscus.
The Parliament at The Benjamin Hotel (557 Lexington Avenue) The recently opened Modern American restaurant is named for a group of owls and serves as an homage to the property’s owl mascot, which you’ll find perched atop the keystones of the arches of the building’s historically landmarked edifice. They will celebrate the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026 with an elevated, special pre-fixe menu for $65/pp. Prepared by the restaurant’s Executive Chef Rakmin Lee the meal begins with a welcome amuse bouche of The Parliament Poke with Avocado, Ahi Tuna, white soy, sesame oil, honey, lime juice, garlic, green onion, micro cilantro. Starter courses include guests’ choices of either Lobster Bisque topped with caviar or Pumpkin Soup before decadent, mouth-watering entree selections of either New York Strip with charred and whipped jalapeño potato, Roasted Poussin with honey and rosemary Chicken jus and roasted marble potato or Braised Roasted Cabbage with glazed carrot puree topped with a Beurre monte.
Le Chêne (76 Carmine Street) Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a special, one-night-only a la carte menu of elegant, festive dishes. Menu highlights include a selection of Amuses Bouches like Truffle Croque-Monsieur; Crab, Avocado & Trout Roe Tartelette with tangelo; and Caviar Service with potato rosti and dill cream fraîche; starters such as Crab Thermidor with Vadouvan béchamel, kohlrabi and Comté cheese; Leeks Sauce Gribiche with seaweed brown butter gribiche sauce and dill; Veal Tartare & Black Truffle with hazelnut cream; and Seared Scallops with vadouvan sabayon and confit lemon; and Mains like Tournedos Rossini, seared foie gras with Perigueux black truffle sauce; Tuna au Poivre with black & green peppercorn sauce and fries; Steamed Cod with sauce champagne and onion fennel gratiné; Lamb Chops with spicy merguez, harissa and roasted onions; and a Le Chêne specialty, Pithiviers Terre & Mer with potato gratin, pork farce, smoked eel and beetroot condiment. Meal options are priced a la carte.
Bowtie Bar (2 Times Two Times Square) They are offering one of the most exclusive and crowd-free ways to experience the Times Square Ball Drop this year. As Times Square’s newest and most stylish cocktail lounge, it gives guests a true front-row seat to the iconic midnight moment—complete with sweeping panoramic views, no crowds, and absolutely no standing out in the cold. On New Year’s Eve, Bowtie Bar transforms into a fully immersive celebration, where guests can savor elevated culinary moments throughout the night, from chef-driven small plates to indulgent late-night desserts, all paired with a premium open bar serving festive cocktails and flowing champagne. Live entertainment fills the space as the energy of Times Square glitters just beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, creating a warm, elegant, and unforgettable atmosphere high above the chaos below. The event takes place on Wednesday, December 31st, beginning at 8 p.m., with several ticket options available.
Red Rooster Harlem (310 Lenox Avenue) Join Red Rooster for festive drinks and menu specials along with live music by C&C Soul Party. The celebration will feature live music from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., party favors, and live footage from Times Square on their new screens and behind the main stage. New Year’s Eve specials include Scallop Crudo with blood orange and caviar and Piri Prime Rib with truffle-malanda mash and coconut creamed collards.
Cuna at The Standard East Village (25 Cooper Square) Cuna is ringing in the new year with a festive evening that includes two celebratory seatings, one at 6 p.m. and another at 9 p.m. Chef Maycoll Calderón is crafting an exclusive five-course menu for the night, with dishes like crispy rice topped with tuna and caviar, black bean soup enriched with mole, roasted sea bass with sesame seed pipián, and braised short ribs served with sweet potato and cacao, followed by a corn cake with cajeta, mezcal, and caramelized popcorn. Next door, the celebration will continue at Cuna Bar & Lounge where ticketed guests will be welcomed with a complimentary Champagne toast and can watch the ball drop while a DJ Jon Ali will set the tone for the night. The festivities continue on New Year’s Day, when Cuna opens for brunch from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and for dinner from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with its regular menus. The restaurant will also debut a special holiday cocktail featuring Casa Dragones Reposado, lemon, ginger, and red wine, in partnership with Casa Dragones this December. The price for New Year’s Eve Dinner is $145/pp, New Year’s Eve Party at Cuna Bar & Lounge is $40/pp.
Bourbon Steak (160 Central Park South) On New Year’s Eve, the restaurant will offer a luxurious three-course menu with Champagne toasts, featuring premium holiday dishes, optional caviar and truffle enhancements, and an elevated late-night countdown experience. Menu highlights include Winter Truffle Risotto, WASHUGYU Ribeye with horseradish-crusted tomato and red wine jus, and Maine Lobster Pot Pie, along with seasonal sides for the table such as Whipped Potatoes with Échiré butter, Crispy Brussels Sprouts, and Creamed Spinach. Guests end with a duo of holiday desserts, including a Brûléed Basque Cheesecake made with Meyer lemon curd and topped with huckleberries. The cost is $215 per Adult and $107 per Child.
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