NYC Restaurant File

City data dated

290 French Restaurants in NYC

Manhattan has 79% of the city's French places and 39% of all its places to eat.

West Village leads the neighborhoods with 33.

That's 83% with an A, against 79% of all places in the city.

Owners pick their own cuisine label when they file with the city.

241 A 12 B 0 C 37 no letterEach tile is 1% of the 290 French restaurants. A health grade covers the last graded inspection: food handling, temperatures, cleaning, pests. Taste isn't part of it.
Dot map of New York City with one dot for each of the 285 French restaurants the city has a location for.
One dot per place, at the location in the city's file. 285 of 290 have one.

By borough

BoroughPlacesWith an A
Manhattan22885%
Brooklyn3974%
Queens1872%
Bronx4100%

By neighborhood

290 places won't fit on one page, so here they are by area. Areas with 3 or more have their own page. Smaller ones are named right here.

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Queens

Bronx

No neighborhood in the city's file

French Restaurants in NYC: questions

How many French restaurants are in NYC?
290 on the city's file dated October 30, 2026, counting places with at least one inspection. Manhattan: 228. Brooklyn: 39. Queens: 18. The Bronx: 4.
Which NYC neighborhoods have the most French restaurants?
West Village (33), Midtown & Midtown South (31), Upper East Side & Carnegie Hill (26), SoHo, TriBeCa, Civic Center & Little Italy (24), and Hudson Yards, Chelsea, Flatiron & Union Square (18).
What is the best French restaurant in NYC?
241 of 290 show an A, and the newest A went to Epicerie Boulud on October 28, 2026. That letter covers food safety at the last graded inspection. This file has no ratings or reviews, so we don't pick a favorite.
Why isn't a place I know listed as French?
Owners choose their label when they file with the city, and they can pick something close. Try New French (29) or Continental (45), or look it up by name.

Where this comes from

Names, addresses, phones, cuisine labels, grades and dates come from the DOHMH New York City Restaurant Inspection Results on NYC Open Data. The file behind this page is dated October 30, 2026, and its newest inspection is from October 29, 2026. We check for a new file every 24 hours. For the city's own lookup, use ABC Eats.