"One of the best restaurants in NYC, this 1937 French bistro—revived by the Frenchette team—has a private dining room upstairs. Options start at $225 per guest for a family style meal, and $275 for plated dinners (with an additional $1,500 staffing fee). You’re pretty much guaranteed the hits, like pommes souffleés with caviar, duck magret with cherries, and the île flottante. Le Veau d'Or releases reservations online at 9am, two weeks in advance. According to the restaurant, walk-ins are only accepted on the "super rare occasion" of a no-show or last-minute cancellation. Up front, there's a five-seat bar, where they've recently started offering a la carte dishes. The bar can usually only accommodate walk-ins on the earlier side, before it's filled with parties waiting on their tables. It's easier to get a reservation for more than two people, and we've had good luck using notifications." - neha talreja, bryan kim, hannah albertine, will hartman