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What a night out costs in Hell's Kitchen

A night out with friends in Hell's Kitchen costs a median of $46.35 per person, tax and tip included. That is $3.65 less than the citywide median of $50, which makes Hell's Kitchen the 28th most expensive of the 41 New York neighborhoods with enough tables to price.

Cost per person
$46.35
city median $50
Median cocktail
$15
city median $16
Busiest night
Saturday
when the check lands
Most shared dish
Edamame
split 70% of the time

What Hell's Kitchen drinks

The drink that sets Hell's Kitchen apart is the mimosa. It turns up on 4.7% of tables here against 2.8% across the city, which is 1.7 times the citywide rate.

Beer
22.5% here · 23.4% city
Margarita
19.6% here · 14.1% city
Wine
19.1% here · 20% city
Spirit
19.1% here · 19.6% city
Diet cola
11.7% here · 8.1% city
Cocktail
9.9% here · 9.9% city

Share of tables here that ordered each, against the same share across the city.

Where groups go in Hell's Kitchen

The spots where the most different groups have split a check, in order. This measures where groups go, not quality and not price.

  1. 1Jasper's Taphouse & Kitchen$42.94
  2. 2Bocca di Bacco$66.54
  3. 3Arriba Arriba$65.45
  4. 4Mom's Kitchen and Bar
  5. 5Empanada Mama
  6. 6E.A.K. RAMEN and IZAKAYA by Machida Shoten Hell's Kitchen$44.13
  7. 7La Pulpería 44th HK
  8. 8Carla

Where it sits

Walk to Upper West Side, where the median is $43.81 and the same night costs less.

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.

The full method and the map of all 45 neighborhoods