1,624 restaurants in New York that pay Upside

Upside pays 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 (98), Bergen (77), and Essex (63).

1,624 restaurants

  • Italian · $$$$ · Hell's Kitchen

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside10%
  • American · $$$$ · Sheepshead Bay

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside13%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more
  • Cocktail bar · $$ · Chelsea

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside12%Rakuten Dining5%Bilt Dining1x
  • U Omakase

    up to16%

    Asian · $$$$ · Greenpoint

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more
  • Italian · $$$$ · Little Italy

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside10%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more
  • Asian · $$ · Greenwood Heights

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside12%Bilt Dining1x
  • Italian · $$ · Lower East Side

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside14%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 more
  • Verdello NYC

    up to16%

    Italian · $$ · Manhattan Valley

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside11%Rakuten Dining5%Bilt Dining1x
  • Villa Erasmo

    up to16%

    Italian · $$$$ · Queens

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside11%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more
  • Wagyu Room

    up to16%

    Sushi · $$ · Koreatown

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside11%Bilt Dining1x
  • Wendy's

    up to16%

    Flatbush

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside19%
  • American · Queens village

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside31%
  • Burgers · Jamaica

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside32%
  • Burgers · Sunnyside

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside25%
  • American · East New York

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside20%
  • East Flatbush

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside30%
  • Burgers · Prospect

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside27%
  • American · Cypres Hills

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside29%
  • Burgers · Spanish Harlem

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside26%
  • Burgers · Washington Heights

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside16%
  • American · Canarsie

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside18%
  • East Flatbush

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside21%
Restaurants
1,624
Neighborhoods
250
Cuisines
132
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
277

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. Upside (1,624 restaurants) and Bilt Dining (1,261) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 1,624 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.

132 cuisines in New York

419 neighborhoods in New York

398 more cities and towns in New York

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