RESTAURANTS - LETTER R IN NEW YORK CITY

Traditional off Broadway restaurant serving wholesome American cuisine. Outdoor dining available during the summer months.

You'll find a range of American vegetarian & vegan food alongside Indian standards.

Northern Italian cuisine, a romantic atmosphere and old village charm make this an exceptional dinning experience.

Great Southern Italian cuisine, wonderfully friendly atmosphere and charming dinning room.

For a fresh taste in Mediterranean cuisine, this Greek taverna is a treat. Garden dining available.

Popular East Village Restaurant serving a fusion of inventive Indian cuisine in an elegant-funky dining room.

Limited menu, but excellent affordable authentic Japanese dishes.

Great bar scene and attentive service.

Classic dishes such as Oysters Rockefeller Baked Alaska are served with an amazing NYC view. This is one of the classiest places to dance and mingle. A jacket and tie are required.

Sample a bento box, an assortment of excellent pan-Asian eats.

Time Out New York 2002 Guide

Come for a fiesta and enjoy exotic yet traditional Mexican cuisine, and Zagat rated "Best Margaritas in NYC."

Home-style Italian food in a very tiny restaurant which is frequented by the powers that be. Three month waiting list.

Bistro style dining room, great friendly atmosphere.

Pleasant spot to dine when accompanied by your most entertaining friends. TimeOut New York.

Friendly neighborhood Chelsea luncheonette, serving exceptional Continental cuisine.

MEAT- Small East Village restaurant serving Yemennite & Israeli cuisine. Outdoor seating available during the summer months.

Vegetarian restaurant delving into the cusines of Japan, Indian, the Caribbean, Thialand, Italy, and the U.S. Deep South. - TONY Cheap Eats

Located in the former townhouse of John Barrymore, this restaurant features live jazz nightly, as well as a Sunday Brunch complete with live jazz and swing music, and swing dancing. The menu includes seafood, pasta, and meat dishes. A prix fixe menu is available for lunch at $15.95. Call to find out if they are open Sunday nights - sometimes they are, sometimes they are not.

Refreshing, creative Mediterranean cuisine, served in a cozy, friendly environment.

Bi-level, bi-coastal eye-catching restaurant with great dramatic dining room. Exceptional, original American cuisine.

Known for it's blood-orange margaritas. (Time Out New York.) Website

Full bar. Ideal for quiet conversation.

This restaurant has the diner feel with its 50's decor and chrome but offers much more creative dishes, Although there are classic diner burgers, mac & cheese and steak & eggs there is also smoked salmon, mussels, Fettuccine Taormina and Papadam Crusted St Pierre among other things

Delicious Venetian food served in beautiful, two-story dining room complete with wall murals.

This establishment is popular for being an affordable and chic restaurant and bar. v

Housed in an ornate townhouse.Elaborate continental cuisine. Perfect place for a celebration.

- TimeOut New York.

Popular neigborhood place.

Great French cuisine prepared by former Gramercy Tavern chief. Extensive wine list.

Great atmosphere. Lovely garden

No frills storefront restaurant but delicious homestyle Brazilian cooking. Very reasonably priced.

Relaxed friendly atmoshere.

Friendly neighbourhood restaurant serving authentic Spanish cuisine. Perfect place for fun.

Large gluten-free menu including pizza, cookies & beer.

Waterside seating and spectacular views of downtown Manhattan. Live piano music. Excellent and innovative food.

Faux-tropical atmosphere provides a serve background for the famililar assortment of Vietnamese and Thai dishes. - New York Magazine

Located in the West Village, it's in an easy location to grab a bite between stops at all your favorite night spots down here.

Extensive wine list. Featuring a pre-theatre & after theatre menu.

Basic French bistro serving rustic French fare, pleasant brunch spot with pation bar in Brooklyn

Traditional Italian gem in the heart of Greenwich Village, serving home-style food.

Interesting dining room, lined with odd statuettes and funny trinkets.

Located in front of the Prometheus Foutain inside Rockefeller Center with a view of the ice skating rink. Menu is a globe spanning selection that fits the setting.

Contempory Mexican cuisine with a delightful American twist. Highly recommended.

Tex-Mex specialties complimented by fine tequilas, bourbons and microbrewed beers. Features live blues and rockabilly. Reservations are recommended. Take-out service is available.

A wonderful place to celerbrate Christmas with its lavishly festive decor. Great selection of German beers.

A laid back restaurant/lounge, offering an array of drinks and meals that mix asian and spanish influences for generally affordable prices

Featuring a variety of seafood dishes.

Sophisticated steakhouse with something for everyone... -New York Magazine

- New York Magazine Bargain Gourmet.

It won't be long before the cabbies start pulling up to the curb to refuel at this spacious steamtable Caribbean joint... - New York Magazine

The atmosphere is cavernous. The noise level is high.

They even serve lesbian wine (from the California vinyard -Bonverre).

The subdued, pastel-and-metal room lures with pleasant replicas of French and Italian street fare. Serving the lighter side of French cuisine.

Two tiny, romantic, candlelit settings showcase the Lattanzi family's hearty (and kosher) Roman specialties.

Bagels and bialys, cream cheese and lox-these are the specialties of the house. There is an array of smoked salmon available as well. They also make a smooth & pleasant chopped liver -Citysearch

Delicious and beautifully presented. A wonderful relaxing dining experience.

Homemade pastas and sauces, fantastic fresh mozzarella, there is also a fine line of prepared foods including breads and deserts, from its own kitchen.

Quaint friendly French bistro offering mouth-watering choice cuts steaks and other traditional French favorites. Website .

Known for superb steaks but many other excellent menu choices to please every kind of palate.

Good place to quench your thirst. Outdoor tables available during the summer, great for people watching.