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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

  • Mr. Purple

    up to8%

    Lower East Side

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside2%

  • Nerai

    up to8%

    Greek · Midtown East

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside2%

  • Pappardella

    up to8%

    Upper West Side

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside2%

  • Reservoir Bar

    up to8%

    Sports Bar · Greenwich Village

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside2%

  • Shaffer’s NYC

    up to8%

    Sports Bar · Chelsea

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside2%

  • Socarrat Chelsea

    up to8%

    Spanish · $$$$ · Chelsea

    American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more

  • Sofia Wine Bar

    up to8%

    Italian · Midtown East

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside2%

  • TabeTomo

    up to8%

    Japanese · East Village

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside2%

  • Yasouvlaki

    up to8%

    Greek · Upper East Side

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside2%

  • Amor Loco

    up to7%

    Mexican · Midtown West

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside1%

  • EJ’s Luncheonette

    up to7%

    American · $$ · Upper East Side

    American Express Gold Card + Upside

    Upside1%
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

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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