Heading to New York City for the first time next weekend. Looking for any suggestions for dinner spots with a good atmosphere in the Chelsea/West Village area.

If you like tapas, Alta is excellent.

Ipuddo is the best ramen house I've been to.

Red Farm was a really cool dim sum place near Central Park. Great lunch spot.

There are quite a few top-shelf restaurants in the area, if you want an expensive dinner. I recommend Ai Fiori for Italian.

Thanks for the suggestions!

We made a reservation for a place in West Village called "Employees Only".

Not sure how crazy you're looking to get but the wife and I splurged and went to Le Bernadin last year and it was totally worth it.

Spice Market is absolutely incredible. Babo's as well. Felidia's is good as well. Too many to name!

This isn't what you really asked for but in case you're inclined: my wife and I went a couple of years ago and we didn't have tons of ideas so we kinda did the Food Network chef restaurant thing. Mario Batali's Babbo wasn't great. But we had a great lunch at Bobby Flay's Bar American and a really good brunch at his Mesa Grill. Fran Tarkenton sat next to us.

If you need a place for a nicer lunch at a decent price,Porterhouse Lunch Menu The Park View lunch at $28 for 3 courses is pretty good

Get breakfast at Bubby's. They have a location in TriBeCa and one at high line

Totonno's
Pok Pok
Spotted Pig
Jean Georges for lunch
Dead Rabbit for cocktails