{"id":561714,"date":"2026-02-02T20:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/561714\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:42:10","slug":"new-york-citys-most-romantic-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/561714\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City\u2019s Most Romantic Restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Valentine\u2019s Day coming up, the search is on for <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/list\/los-angeles-romantic-restaurants-valentines-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the perfect place to celebrate<\/a>. Do you opt for something new and hip\u2014hard to snag a table at, but worth it for the atmosphere and the bonus points it earns with your partner\u2014or a stalwart spot with a long-standing legacy that\u2019s been delighting diners for decades?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking in New York City, that\u2019s already an advantage, because it is awash with romantic restaurants. Although romance, much like beauty, really is in the eye of the beholder, so it\u2019s great to have options. That said, certain things are inherently seductive, such as dim lighting, bubbly when you sit down and desserts meant to be shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether your date is more likely to be wooed by a fancy French dinner\u2014complete with white tablecloths, p\u00e2t\u00e9, and a bottle of Ch\u00e2teau Margaux from before you were born\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2025\/11\/upper-east-side-new-york-cool-comeback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the Upper East Side<\/a>, or by a burger at a SoHo institution with history and enduring cachet, we\u2019ve compiled a list of the most romantic restaurants that reflects the breadth and depth of <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/list\/best-new-restaurants-new-york-city-january-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City\u2019s dining scene<\/a>. Of course, it\u2019s worth noting that you don\u2019t need a hallmark holiday to book in at these romantic spots\u2014a special occasion (ahem, an anniversary or even a proposal) or a date night just because is reason enough to make a reservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Valentine\u2019s Day coming up, the search is on for the perfect place to celebrate. Do you opt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":561715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,80840,87173,245283,245284,245285,245276,245280,83818,21132,245286,245287,245277,1165,245288,245282,405,403,5226,5225,80834,5228,5227,51007,245278,988,245279,245289,245281,245290,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-561714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-america-united-states","tag-bartolo","tag-chez-fifi","tag-cosme","tag-crevette","tag-daniel-rose","tag-enrique-olvera","tag-grace-kelly","tag-king","tag-le-coucou","tag-le-veau-du2019or","tag-lee-hanson","tag-lifestyle","tag-lilia","tag-missy-robbins","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-nightlife-dining","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-restaurants","tag-oleg-cassini","tag-restaurants","tag-riad-nasr","tag-teruko","tag-teruko-yokoi","tag-torrisi","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116002982861962423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}