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What a night out costs in Chelsea
A night out with friends in Chelsea costs a median of $51.55 per person, tax and tip included. That is $1.55 more than the citywide median of $50, which makes Chelsea the 9th most expensive of the 41 New York neighborhoods with enough tables to price.
What Chelsea drinks
The drink that sets Chelsea apart is the sangria. It turns up on 4.4% of tables here against 2.2% across the city, which is 2.0 times the citywide rate.
Share of tables here that ordered each, against the same share across the city.
Where groups go in Chelsea
The spots where the most different groups have split a check, in order. This measures where groups go, not quality and not price.
- 1El Coco$33.35
- 2Shaffer's$56.18
- 3Café Chelsea$104.29
- 4Chama Mama$55.42
- 5Jack's Wife Freda$47.55
- 6Shy Shy$46.24
- 7The Grey Dog$41.18
- 8Crown Alley
Method
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from itemized restaurant and bar receipts that groups split on Splyt between January 2023 and September 2026. A table is a receipt with two or more people where at least 80% of the bill was claimed; cost per person is the full total including tax and tip, divided by the people on the receipt. All figures are medians.
A neighborhood is shown only when at least 30 tables from at least 15 different groups back it, a restaurant only when at least 5 different groups split a check there, and a signature drink only when at least 20 tables back it and it runs at least 1.4 times the citywide rate. Splyt does not publish how many receipts, tables or groups sit behind a figure. These are groups who split a check with an app, mostly tables of three to seven, not a random sample of New York diners.