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1,617 restaurants in New York that pay Rakuten Dining

Rakuten Dining pays Rakuten Cash Back at these restaurants on top of whatever your card earns. Join once, link a card, and pay with it — values below are what each card earns here. Top neighborhoods: Queens (108), Bergen (95), and Essex (73).

1,617 restaurants

  • The Ashford

    up to20%

    American · $$$ · Hudson

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • The Bean

    up to20%

    Café · $$ · East Village

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+7 more

  • The Deep End

    up to20%

    American · $$$ · Ridgewood

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside10%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more

  • The District

    up to20%

    American · $$$$ · Hudson

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • The Mouth

    up to20%

    Mediterranean · $$ · Williamsburg

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside19%Rakuten Dining5%+1 more

  • The Newsroom - NYC

    up to20%

    Latin · $$$$ · Long island City

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more

  • The Purple Tongue

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Hell's Kitchen

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside7%Rakuten Dining5%+1 more

  • The Rabbit Hole

    up to20%

    Bar/Club/Lounge · $$$ · Queens

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more

  • The Ribbon

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Upper West Side

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside7%Rakuten Dining5%+1 more

  • TKO Taco

    up to20%

    Mexican · $$ · Bergen

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Tony's Di Napoli - Times Square

    up to20%

    Italian · $$$ · Theater District

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Tri Dim Shanghai

    up to20%

    Asian · $$$ · Upper East Side

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more

  • Uno Pizzeria & Grill

    up to20%

    American · $$ · Bergen

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Unregular Bakery

    up to20%

    Italian · $$ · East Village

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside14%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more

  • Unregular Pizza - Union Square

    up to20%

    Italian · $$ · East Village

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Upside14%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 more

  • Vacation's

    up to20%

    American · $$$ · Far North

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+11 more

  • Via 13

    up to20%

    Italian · $$$$ · Far North

    American Express Gold Card + inKind

    inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more
Restaurants
1,617
Neighborhoods
196
Cuisines
115
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
268

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. Rakuten Dining (1,617 restaurants) and Bilt Dining (1,429) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 1,617 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

All the best cards for dining

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.

115 cuisines in New York

419 neighborhoods in New York

398 more cities and towns in New York

Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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