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The best places to eat near Times Square

Updated September 2026. 9 places.

Where to actually eat near Times Square without wasting money on tourist traps. Real restaurants within walking distance of Broadway, with prices and what to order.

I’m going to say the thing that every New Yorker is thinking but most travel blogs won’t tell you. About 95% of the restaurants in Times Square are terrible. They’re overpriced, the food is mediocre at best, and they survive entirely on foot traffic from people who don’t know any better.

Antonina PattizWriter and photographer · how I decide
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Best places to eat near Times Square, 2026

  1. Don AntonioRestaurant · Hell's KitchenDon Antonio makes legitimately excellent Neapolitan pizza eight blocks from Times Square.
  2. DanjiRestaurant · Hell's KitchenDanji is chef Hooni Kim’s Korean restaurant, and it’s one of the best restaurants in the entire Midtown area.
  3. Eataly FlatironMarket · Flatiron DistrictEataly is a massive Italian food hall with multiple restaurants, a wine bar, fresh pasta counters, and a rooftop restaurant.
  4. Grand Central Food HallMarket · Midtown EastIf you’re willing to walk about 10 minutes east from Times Square, Grand Central’s lower level has a food hall that’s genuinely great.
  5. Joe's Pizza on BroadwayRestaurant · Times SquareBut the Broadway location still makes a legitimately good New York slice for $4, and when you’re in Times Square at 11 PM after a show and you just need pizza, this is the answer.
  6. Los Tacos No. 1Restaurant · Times SquareThis is the best quick meal in the Times Square area and it’s not particularly close.
  7. MarseilleRestaurant · Hell's KitchenThis is a proper sit-down dinner in a neighborhood that desperately needs more of them.
  8. Szechuan GourmetRestaurant · MidtownFinding genuinely good Chinese food in Midtown is harder than it should be, and Szechuan Gourmet is the answer.
  9. Totto RamenRestaurant · Midtown WestTotto Ramen is a tiny, no-frills ramen shop with some of the best chicken paitan broth in the city.

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6 neighborhoods, Hell's Kitchen and Times Square most of all.

Hell's Kitchen

Times Square

Flatiron District

Midtown

Midtown East

Midtown West

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The full guide, with the ones that didn't make it and why: Where to Eat Near Times Square Without Hating Yourself.