Beauty & Essex - New York
up to8%American · $$$ · Lower East Side
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Lower East Side has 145 restaurants in our New York listings: 74 take a dining program and 93 have a card perk. Most common price: $$ (moderate). Top cuisines: American (21), Cocktail bar (13), and Italian (11).
145 restaurants
American · $$$ · Lower East Side
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French Vietnamese · $$ · Lower East Side
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Seafood · $$ · Lower East Side
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American · $$ · Lower East Side
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Vegetarian · $$ · Lower East Side
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Basque · $$ · Lower East Side
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Italian · $$ · Lower East Side
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American · $$ · Lower East Side
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Vietnamese · $$ · Lower East Side
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Korean · $$ · Lower East Side
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American · $$$$ · Lower East Side
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American · $$ · Lower East Side
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Cocktail bar · $$ · Lower East Side
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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. Rakuten Dining (43 restaurants) and Upside (42) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 145 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 91 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Perks at 2 restaurants hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card detailsDining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
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