Experts' Choice Award Junior's Restaurant & Cheesecake
9 expert reviews
“If navigating the theatergoing crowds has your kids too pooped to wait for a table, the Manhattan outpost of the classic Brooklyn diner also offers a takeout bakery.”
– Time Out
Lonely Planet "Junior’s , which opened on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn in 1929 and in Midtown just a few years ago, makes its own famous version of the creamy cake with a graham-cracker crust." Full review
Zagat3.2
""Nationally known" as a "cheesecake paradise", this "dependable" diner trio also delivers "basic" American eats that "don't break the bank"." Full review
Gayot "The Brooklyn home of the most famous cheesecake in all the boroughs." Full review
Rough Guide "Lit up like a Vegas casino, Junior’s offers everything from chopped-liver sandwiches to ribs to a full cocktail bar; servings are mammoth."
Village Voice Best of NYC
"It's a landmark, so go there to see it. Go there if you like the famous, gooey cream cheese cheesecake. But once you've been, there's no real reason to go again. The burgers are good-ish,..." Full review
New York Times "Junior's is something else entirely, although something great: a window into the Brooklyn of memory and the Brooklyn of now, where there is no problem that cannot be solved by a dill pickle." Full review
Fodor's "Famous for its thick slices of cheesecake, Junior's has been the quintessential Brooklyn diner since 1950." Full review
New York Magazine "From the reformed club promoter behind Bushwick’s bumping Bossa Nova Civic Club comes this ambitious, grown-up diner open day and night."
