Every detail is highly considered and stylized, in a subdued fashion, at this chic eatery with worldly fare and artistic influences (the name alludes to the mysterious minimalist artist Walter De Maria) in the downtown neighborhood of Nolita.

Website: demarianyc.com

Address: 19 Kenmare St.

Phone number: 212-966-3058

Number of seats: 55

Entrée price range: $15-$20

Popular dishes: Tiger Bowl with coconut grains, house-cured salmon, avocado, hijiki, black sesame and leche de tigre; ceviche with salmon, avocado, dahl and leche de tigre; hanger steak with heirloom tomato, crispy potato and mustard seed hollandaise

What others say: “With its colorful, sun-faded interiors and charming patina of a space that’s been passed down through the decades, it has a welcoming European feeling akin to the charming, palazzo-facing cafes of Italy.” — Laura Neilson, T: The New York Times Style Magazine

Avocado toast

Interior

Chef John McCarthy worked in research and development at Wylie Dufresne’s famed WD-50 before turning his attention to this refined take on a Japanese izakaya joint in Murray Hill.

Website: oka.nyc

Address: 439 Third Ave.

Phone number: 929-367-8607

Number of seats: 40

Entrée price range: $12-$15

Popular dishes: Pork belly with TCS sauce and scallion; udon with dashi, soft egg, rayu (chile oil) and scallion; izakaya fried chicken with sesame mayonnaise and black sesame

What others say: “McCarthy mimics the izakaya format, reinterpreting the Japanese pub style "through a New York lens.’” — Nell Casey, Gothamist

Edamame salad on a shrimp cracker

Front dining room

With a collective pedigree drawing on Contra and Le Bernardin, this Midtown destination for refined seafood brings a splash of style and sophistication to Hell’s Kitchen.

Website: gloria-nyc.com

Address: 401 W. 53rd St.

Phone number: 212-956-0709

Number of seats: 40

Entrée price range: $18-$37

Popular dishes: Wild striped bass aguachile with tomato water, serrano, cucamelon; crab with kohlrabi and bouillabaisse sabayon; monkfish with potato, turnip and caramelized onion; Rancho Gordo beans with pistou and mussel broth

What others say: “For Broadway habitués and Hell’s Kitchen residents, the opening of this pescatarian restaurant, on the fringes of the theatre district, is very good news. Gloria infuses the neighborhood — where [M]argarita happy hours and loaded tater tots are honored traditions — with downtown cool bolstered by an élite seafood pedigree.” — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker

Octopus with red cabbage and black rice

Interior

In a dense assemblage of Asian eateries in a few-block area of the East Village, this home for Vietnamese food has won followers to a type of fare less represented than most.

Website: hanoihousenyc.com

Address: 119 St. Marks Place

Phone number: 212-995-5010

Number of seats: 40

Entrée price range: $14-$31

Popular dishes: Spicy frog legs with Cajun rice batter, pickled peppers and peanuts; green papaya and crispy pig ear salad with watercress, cucumber, peanuts, crispy shallots and sweet soy dressing; Hanoi-style beef pho with Black Angus filet mignon, brisket & rice noodles

What others say: “At Hanoi House in the East Village, the first spoonful of pho is a shock. The broth is a living thing, animal, drawn from a pot crowded with bones — long marrow bones, neck bones rayed like starfish, oxtail bones ringed with meat — and kept seething through the night. It’s deceptively crystalline, belying its lushness, and almost indolent in how it clings to the tongue.” — Ligaya Mishan, The New York Times

House salad

Pho bac

Developed by John Fraser, Michelin-starred for his efforts at Dovetail, this bar with significantly sophisticated bites brings visitors and locals alike to The Standard hotel in the East Village.

Website: narcbar.com

Address: 25 Cooper Square

Phone number: 212-441-3555

Number of seats: 60

Entrée price range: $8-$24

Popular dishes: Khachapuri: Georgian flat bread with cheese and sunny side egg (can add white anchovies, guindilla peppers & olives, or prosciutto cotto & truffles); Village Hot Dog with beet relish and quick-kraut; One Big Meatball with pecorino, tomato and basil

What others say: “It’s hard not to compare the Standard East Village to Jan Brady. While the Meatpacking District branch boasts a sky-high hot tub, celebrity after-parties and infamous elevator fights (“Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”), the East Village outpost... well, no one knows much about it. The Cooper Square sibling doesn’t have a palatial beer garden or rooftop bangers, but the lack of flash doesn’t mean it should be ignored. And the newly opened Narcbar is one more reason to head east.” — Alyson Penn, Time Out New York

Bar

Onion rings