The 50 Best Steakhouses in New York

Eighty-four named steakhouses were examined across New York City, Long Island, Westchester and the Hudson Valley, the Capital District, Rochester and the Finger Lakes, Syracuse and Central New York, and Buffalo and Western New York, and every finalist ran the same gate as our New Jersey and Pennsylvania lists: exists, currently open, in the New York town or borough listed, genuinely a steakhouse — steak as the house headline, not a steak on a general menu — with activity inside roughly the last 90 days. The final 50 verified 45 clean, 4 after label corrections, and 1 with a disclosed evidence note. Zero failures on the published list.

Eleven closed names were killed with dated evidence. BLT Steak's Midtown flagship is permanently closed — its brand now operates only outside the United States — while its sibling BLT Prime on the Upper East Side is a separate, active restaurant and is ranked. American Cut's Midtown location is permanently closed; the Tribeca original is active and ranked. The Palm's Tribeca location shuttered in late 2022 and Palm Too closed in 2020; the surviving Midtown and East Hampton Palms are the ones ranked. Donohue's Steak House closed in June 2026 after 76 years, Porter House Bar and Grill closed after Labor Day 2025, and Tuscany Steakhouse closed on December 31, 2025. Two famous names people assume are replacements failed the gate on other grounds: Syracuse's Chop House on Waring could not be verified as operating today, and Canandaigua's Nick's Chophouse returned conflicting evidence — and conflict means out.

Two entries appear under names you may not recognize, because the name on the door changed: Rochester's Gio's Prime 26 was Tournedos at the Inn on Broadway, and Albany's 677 Prime was Angelo's 677 Prime — same house, same address at 677 Broadway, shortened trading name. We list the name a restaurant trades under today. Seven open restaurants were cut on concept alone, including Syracuse's Eden and Albany's Jack's Oyster House: excellent rooms where steak is a supporting item, not the headline, so they do not belong on a steakhouse list. The geographic split is deliberate and disclosed: 24 entries in the five boroughs, 26 in the rest of the state.