Sea Fire Grill

On our lists of the best cozy restaurants and special-occasion restaurants in New York.

The team behind Benjamin Steakhouse applies the same instincts to seafood here, keeping preparations simple and letting the ingredients carry the plate the way they do with a dry-aged strip. A marble fireplace and wood paneling fill the dining room, and the raw bar turns out chilled whole lobster with lemon aioli, Long Island littleneck clams in a sweet herb mignonette, and a daily rotation of East and West Coast oysters with pink peppercorn mignonette. Alaskan king crab legs with drawn butter round out the cold case, and a fixed-price lunch menu pulls in Midtown's office crowd on weekdays.