Manhattan
Avg rating ★ 4.64 · 135 elite (38%)
Grade A holders: 117 (33%)
Browse Manhattan restaurants → Original Research — May 2026NYC's Best-Rated
NYC's Best-Rated
Healthy Restaurants
613 NYC restaurants rated 4.5+ stars across all 5 boroughs and 12+ neighborhoods. Ranked by community rating with review-count tiebreakers. Sourced from our directory of active NYC healthy restaurants.
- Best-rated restaurants in NYC
- 613
- Average rating across this set
- ★ 4.66
- Reach our elite ★4.7+ tier
- 256
- Hold a Grade A inspection
- 29%
Best-rated restaurants in NYC
Rating ≥ 4.5 · All 5 boroughs
Average rating across this set
Qualifying floor: ★4.5
Reach our elite ★4.7+ tier
42% of qualifying restaurants
Hold a Grade A inspection
178 Grade A holders
How this index works
A restaurant qualifies for this index when it meets all three criteria. Within the qualifying set, restaurants are ranked by community rating, with review count as the tiebreaker.
Rating ≥ 4.5 stars
Above the 4.5-star floor — consistently excellent customer experiences across reviews.
Elite tier: 4.7+
256 restaurants pass the elite 4.7-star threshold — a much higher bar.
Currently operational
Open and serving customers — not closed restaurants with stale legacy reviews.
Ratings are sourced from Google Maps community reviews. Grades and operational status are sourced from the NYC DOHMH Open Data portal. The index regenerates whenever our data is refreshed; current figures are as of May 2026.
Best-rated restaurants by borough
Manhattan dominates by sheer count, but every borough surfaces standout restaurants. Average rating across the qualifying set sits remarkably tight across all five boroughs — quality is everywhere, distribution is uneven.
359
Brooklyn
Avg rating ★ 4.71 · 47 elite (49%)
Grade A holders: 26 (27%)
Browse Brooklyn restaurants →Queens
Avg rating ★ 4.67 · 45 elite (44%)
Grade A holders: 25 (24%)
Browse Queens restaurants →Bronx
Avg rating ★ 4.74 · 20 elite (59%)
Grade A holders: 6 (18%)
Browse Bronx restaurants →Staten Island
Avg rating ★ 4.67 · 9 elite (43%)
Grade A holders: 4 (19%)
Browse Staten Island restaurants →Top-rated healthy restaurants in Manhattan
Ranked by rating, with review count as the tiebreaker.
Top-rated healthy restaurants in Brooklyn
Ranked by rating, with review count as the tiebreaker.
Top-Rated #1
Top-Rated #2
Grade A
Top-Rated #3
Top-Rated #4
Arepas, Empanadas & Latin Food / D. Briyana Empanadas Deli Food Corp.
5(456 reviews)
Fast food restaurant
Top-Rated #5
Top-rated healthy restaurants in Queens
Ranked by rating, with review count as the tiebreaker.
Top-rated healthy restaurants in Bronx
Ranked by rating, with review count as the tiebreaker.
Top-rated healthy restaurants in Staten Island
Ranked by rating, with review count as the tiebreaker.
Top-Rated #1
Top-Rated #2
Top-Rated #3
Grade A
Top-Rated #4
Top-Rated #5
Brick City Vegan Newark (Formerly known as Urban Vegan)
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
4.9(2,386 reviews)
Vegan restaurantDairy FreeVegan
Neighborhoods with the most best-rated restaurants
Highest concentration of 4.5+ rated restaurants. Minimum 3 restaurants required to qualify for this list.
- 1
Midtown
Manhattan
55best-rated
- 2
Hell's Kitchen
Manhattan
31best-rated
- 3
Flatiron District
Manhattan
29best-rated
- 4
Greenwich Village
Manhattan
22best-rated
- 5
Financial District
Manhattan
21best-rated
- 6
Flushing
Queens
20best-rated
- 7
Midtown East
Manhattan
18best-rated
- 8
Astoria
Queens
17best-rated
- 9
Lincoln Square
Manhattan
16best-rated
- 10
Chelsea
Manhattan
16best-rated
- 11
Upper West Side
Manhattan
15best-rated
- 12
Chinatown
Manhattan
13best-rated
Perfect 5.0 — the rarest tier
15 restaurants in our directory hold a perfect 5.0 rating across every review they have received. A 5.0 over a meaningful number of reviews is almost unheard of — these are exceptional outliers.
| Restaurant | Reviews |
|---|---|
| Awesome Hibachi | Hibachi At Home Hibachi Catering 5.0 perfect | 2,061 |
| Foods of NY Tours 5.0 perfect | 1,897 |
| Funny Hibachi Catering 5.0 perfect | 1,714 |
| La Sova 5.0 perfect | 1,054 |
| Maison Provence Restaurant 5.0 perfect | 579 |
| Oyishi Sushi 80 ST 5.0 perfect | 484 |
| Arepas, Empanadas & Latin Food / D. Briyana Empanadas Deli Food Corp. 5.0 perfect | 456 |
| Poppy Seed Bagels & Catering 5.0 perfect | 438 |
| Gaia Masala & Burger New York 5.0 perfect | 430 |
| Breckenridge Green Café 5.0 perfect | 379 |
| MOE EATS NYC 5.0 perfect | 277 |
| Green Mandala 5.0 perfect | 266 |
| Dish Food & Events 5.0 perfect | 244 |
| BOOMCHIA 5.0 perfect | 231 |
| Green Mandala 5.0 perfect | 227 |
The elite 4.7+ tier
The top 25 restaurants in the elite tier (rating ≥ 4.7), sorted by rating then by review count. Across NYC, only 256 restaurants pass this bar.
- 1
Awesome Hibachi | Hibachi At Home Hibachi Catering
Astoria, Queens · Mobile caterer
52,061 reviews - 2
Foods of NY Tours
Greenwich Village, Manhattan · Sightseeing tour agency
51,897 reviews - 3
Funny Hibachi Catering
Sunset Park, Brooklyn · Caterer
51,714 reviews - 4
La Sova
Kensington, Brooklyn · Kosher restaurant
51,054 reviewsGrade A - 5
Maison Provence Restaurant
Williamsburg, Brooklyn · French restaurant
5579 reviews - 6
Oyishi Sushi 80 ST
Upper East Side, Manhattan · Restaurant
5484 reviews - 7
Arepas, Empanadas & Latin Food / D. Briyana Empanadas Deli Food Corp.
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn · Fast food restaurant
5456 reviews - 8
Poppy Seed Bagels & Catering
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island · Bagel shop
5438 reviews - 9
Gaia Masala & Burger New York
Astoria, Queens · Indian restaurant
5430 reviews - 10
Breckenridge Green Café
Williamsburg, Brooklyn · Cafe
5379 reviews - 11
MOE EATS NYC
Midtown, Manhattan · Restaurant
5277 reviews - 12
Green Mandala
Upper East Side, Manhattan · Juice shop
5266 reviewsGrade A - 13
Dish Food & Events
Long Island City, Queens · Caterer
5244 reviewsGrade A - 14
BOOMCHIA
Mariners Harbor, Staten Island · Health food restaurant
5231 reviews - 15
Green Mandala
Kips Bay, Manhattan · Juice shop
5227 reviewsGrade A - 16
Cuffie Ridge Jamaican Vegan Café
Greenpoint, Brooklyn · Restaurant
5216 reviews - 17
Boca - Chicken Cafe
Hunts Point, Bronx · Restaurant
5200 reviews - 18
Mello Bistro
Stapleton, Staten Island · Bistro
5195 reviewsGrade A - 19
Bella LuLu's
Jamaica, Queens · Caterer
5168 reviewsGrade A - 20
Macario
Gowanus, Brooklyn · Mexican restaurant
5165 reviewsGrade A - 21
CaterCow
DUMBO, Brooklyn · Caterer
5147 reviews - 22
Guilt Zero Sweets
Port Richmond, Staten Island · Health food restaurant
5123 reviews - 23
MintPorch Cafe
Flatbush, Brooklyn · Health food restaurant
5106 reviews - 24
MumsKitchens NYC
St. Albans, Queens · Bakery
5103 reviews - 25
Just a Nibble NYC
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn · Caterer
5100 reviews
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