Athenian Fresh Grill
up to12%Greek · $$$ · Essex
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Rakuten Dining pays Rakuten Cash Back at these restaurants on top of whatever your card earns. Join once, link a card, and pay with it — values below are what each card earns here. Top neighborhoods: Queens (108), Bergen (95), and Essex (73).
1,617 restaurants
Greek · $$$ · Essex
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Italian · $$$$ · Bergen
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Polish · $$ · Gowanus
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Bagels · $ · Murray Hill
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Bagels · $ · Bergen
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Bagels · $$ · Bergen
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Bagels · $$ · Bergen
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Bagels · $$ · Bergen
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Bagels · $$ · Union
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Bagels · $ · West Village
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Latin · $$$ · Union
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Asian · $$ · Essex
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Puerto Rican · $$$ · Castle Hill
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Barbecue · $$$ · Queens
American Express Gold Card + Upside
American · $$ · Queens
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American · $$$ · Hell's Kitchen
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Bagels · $ · Garment District
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Juices/Smoothies · $$ · Travis
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Healthy · $$ · New Dorp
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Café · $ · Spanish Harlem
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Deli · $$$ · Essex
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Italian · $$ · Lenox Hill
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Indian · $$ · Hudson
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Italian · $$$$ · Bergen
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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 (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.

American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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