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What a night out costs in the Upper West Side
A night out with friends in the Upper West Side costs a median of $43.81 per person, tax and tip included. That is $6.19 less than the citywide median of $50, which makes Upper West Side the 33rd most expensive of the 41 New York neighborhoods with enough tables to price.
What Upper West Side drinks
The drink that sets Upper West Side apart is the paloma. It turns up on 5.4% of tables here against 2.1% across the city, which is 2.6 times the citywide rate.
Share of tables here that ordered each, against the same share across the city.
Where groups go in Upper West Side
The spots where the most different groups have split a check, in order. This measures where groups go, not quality and not price.
- 1Jacob's Pickles$48.86
- 2Tiki Chick$35.31
- 3Playa Betty’s$43.05
- 4e's BAR$26.16
- 5Maison Pickle
- 6The Wolfe
- 7Sala Thai
- 8TESSA
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.