150 Cafés in New York that earn more on your cards

New York has 150 Cafés in our listings: 146 take a dining program and 5 have a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top neighborhoods: Midtown East (11), Chelsea (9), and Williamsburg (8).

150 restaurants

  • Café · $$$ · Harlem

    American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more
  • Café · $ · Flatiron District

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Bilt Dining1x
  • Elysée's

    up to6%

    Café · $$ · Tribeca

    American Express Gold Card

    Resy credit
  • Café · $ · Williamsburg

    American Express Gold Card

    Resy credit
  • Café · $ · Manhattan

    American Express Gold Card

    Resy credit
Restaurants
150
Neighborhoods
70
Cuisines
25
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
5

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in New York

Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. inKind (96 restaurants) and AAdvantage Dining (73) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 150 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

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14 dining programs that pay in New York

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

24 cuisines in New York

Café in 70 New York neighborhoods

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