French

Well past its ‘80s heyday, Indochine still makes for a quintessentially Noho night out.

This French wine bar is a great choice for a first date in Clinton Hill.

Afternoon tea at the Grand Salon at Baccarat Hotel isn't just elegant—the food is good, too.

The revival of a West Village institution, Cafe Commerce serves elegant comfort food.

Part bistro and part diner, this iconic Tribeca restaurant is still packed every night.

If you’ve ever longed to eat food in the shape of the Louis Vuitton logo, this luxurious restaurant inside their flagship store has you covered.

Casual bistros and special-occasion spots where you can eat butter-based food by candlelight.

This classic French spot on the Upper East Side is perfect for a special date night.

At this French bistro in an Upper East Side townhouse, expect to see at least one fur coat and one 17th-century painting.

This Alsatian restaurant is good for beery brunch, or a nice meal with your extended family.

At Daniel Boulud's Frenchified steakhouse, the beef is fantastic, and the rest is skippable.

If you want to feel like you were airlifted to France for a first class date night, La Bastide in North Salem is the spot. 

Eat French onion soup and a pile of buttery mashed potatoes at this homey Midtown bistro.

The Midtown location of this upscale French bistro is unapologetically stuffy and very good at what it does.

This resurrected French bistro serves a very good pre-theater prix fixe, at a very good value.

The food is uneven at this Northern French spot in Fort Greene, but you can always count on the brioche.

If hearing “Oui, Chef!” through an open kitchen makes you giddy, you’ll like Yingtao.

This dreamy French restaurant, sibling to Tusk Bar, works best for a drinks-and-desserts date rather than a full dinner.

This giant French brasserie inside Grand Central is open 21 hours a day, and a solid choice for breakfast, drinks, and killing time before a train.

This high-end tasting menu spot hidden in a Hell’s Kitchen grocery store delivers more on luxury than originality.

Café Boulud is the casual sister restaurant to Daniel, but it's a bit of a snooze.

We ordered the $250 Chobster at Maison Barnes. You don’t need to.

Marseille is a French brasserie in Hell's Kitchen with a fun oyster Happy Hour and a surprising amount of cool for a Times Square-adjacent restaurant.

In terms of classic NYC fine dining, Jean-Georges is firmly in the middle tier.

Daniel Boulud’s UES institution makes a strong case for keeping classic French fine dining alive.