Best Group Dining Gatherings Restaurants in SoHo

Opened in 1997 by restaurateur Keith McNally, Balthazar is a benchmark SoHo brasserie for towering seafood platters, textbook steak frites, and one of the city’s most copied onion soups. Locals and visitors use it for everything from power breakfasts to late-night suppers in a room that still feels like old downtown New York.

A Tribeca Italian standby that works best as a relaxed patio meal—pastas, familiar mains, and a steady, neighborhood pace. It’s the kind of outdoor option you pick when you want a sit-down table outside without turning the night into a production.

A Chinatown skewer-and-grill spot where the best experience comes from ordering a tight set of signature skewers and sharing a couple of sides rather than trying to sample everything. The vibe is lively and group-friendly, and it works when you treat it as a casual BBQ hang with a focused, repeatable order.

Part immersive attraction, part all-you-can-sample ice cream crawl, this Broadway destination runs guests through themed rooms, slides, and photo ops with stations for scoops and soft serve along the way. It’s less about chasing the city’s most nuanced gelato and more about a high-energy, sugar-fueled experience for groups and families.