"Your family’s visiting from out of town, and you need a spot that’s accessible from both your sister’s hotel on Canal Street and your cousin’s hotel in Midtown. Ideally, it would also have a long menu with plenty of options and a noisy enough atmosphere so you won’t have to apologize to nearby tables once your cousins move onto their second martinis. Head to Kyma, a big Greek restaurant near Union Square that serves some very good seafood and has a bunch of round tables that work for groups of six to eight people. We’d recommend making a reservation ahead of time, since it can get crowded." - hannah albertine, kenny yang