Ilis comes from Mads Refslund, a founder of Noma in Denmark, said to be “the world’s best restaurant.” The restaurant serves a tasting menu that costs $295 per person and another $225 with a beverage pairing. Or, you can walk in like Eater’s critic did, and sit at the bar. The decor and service are formal and dramatic, giving Ilis the feel of a restaurant after Michelin stars.

Huda, from the owner of the decades-old Manhattan bistro La Bonne Soupe, opened in Williamsburg last fall. The restaurant serves bistro dishes with Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian influences, like baked branzino with muhammara and shish barak dumplings remixed as beef tortellini.

Who knew that what this city needed was another Roberta’s Pizza? R Slice Pizza, located next to the original Roberta’s in Bushwick, describes itself as a New York slice shop. And while it makes great plain and pepperoni pizzas, its specialty slices are where it shines. There’s a luxurious clam pie with garlic, cheese, and red chiles, and one called Fire and Ice, made with cold stracciatella cheese and hot, greasy ’nduja. Slices cost between $4 and $6 each.

Montague Diner is a new kind of diner — places that scrap the parts of the business that don’t make sense to preserve the ones that do: breakfast for dinner, late-night hours, gumball machines, and retro booths. The restaurant, which was open as Happy Days Diner for 22 years, was saved from extinction by a couple of Brooklyn filmmakers and their friends. The new menu has corned beef hash, tuna melts, and a $99 french fries and champagne “deal.” It’s 2024, after all.

Sailor is chef April Bloomfield’s comeback after a fallout at the Spotted Pig. The new restaurant, a partnership with restaurateur Gabriel Stulman, behind Manhattan hot spots Jeffrey’s Grocery and Fairfax, has Bloomfield “at the top of her game,” according to Eater’s critic. Reservations are suggested, although some seats are set aside for walk-ins.

Little Grenjai is a new Thai restaurant with a head-turning burger: It’s made with a pork and beef patty, Thai basil, pickled peppers, and a spicy sauce made from shrimp heads. The sandwich is only served at lunch, but there are plenty of reasons to plan a separate visit at dinner when the menu includes holy basil fried rice and a crunchy rice salad with sausage. The small restaurant has about 30 seats with reservations for dinner available on Resy.

Swoony’s is the newest spot from Sal Lamboglia, behind the popular Italian restaurant Cafe Spaghetti. Lamboglia is known for his pastas, but you won’t find them here. (Depending on how much you like short rib au poivre, clams casino, and other bistro fare, you may not miss them.) The restaurant, located in a three-story house built in 1931, has a retro feel, with an antique bar and dining room like a grandmother’s parlor.

Daphne’s isn’t trying to reinvent any wheels — but it excels at making craveable, tasty food in a comfortable dining room. The menu, from an owner of Decades pizzeria in Ridgewood, includes tri-colored scallops replicating an Italian flag with Calabrian chile and salsa verde, beef tartare with lasagna chips, a few pasta options, and other entrees like a swordfish Milanese.