NYCReview
The Daisy is the seatbelt of restaurants - it’s safe and overall pretty standard. You’ve likely tried most things on their menu at some point in life and said “yeah I like that food,” like salmon, mushroom risotto, and burrata. It’s usually easy to get a table here without waiting and they have outside seating on the sidewalk when the weather is nice.
Sushi Seki Upper East Side is one of our favorite sushi restaurants in NYC. Sit at the counter, and order piece by piece.
The Penrose is one of several Upper East Side restaurants that are making this neighborhood sort of cool again. Sort of.
Flex is a restaurant import from Prince Edward Island, which immediately gives it some credibility - "P.E.I" as they call it, is the source of some of the best mussels the world has to offer.
