Forkelo ranking · Updated October 2026
6 cheesecakes across New York City, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Eileen's Special Cheesecake · Nolita, Manhattan
16 dish-specific mentions · 88% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Yelpers repeatedly call it the best cheesecake they have had: light, creamy yet firm, not too sweet. One found it overrated with a weird base.
Sarge's Delicatessen & Diner · Murray Hill, Manhattan
12 dish-specific mentions · 83% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Praised as huge, creamy and better than Junior's; two diners found it dry and crumbly, including one strawberry slice that fell apart.
Peter Luger Steak House · Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8 dish-specific mentions · 100% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Diners call it transcendent, to die for and the meal's highlight, even in critical reviews. No dish-named complaints found in recent reviews.
Veniero's Pasticceria & Caffe · East Village, Manhattan
16 dish-specific mentions · 81% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Infatuation's taste-test winner; Yelpers call it perfect, creamy and their NYC favorite, with a few finding it grainy or very good but not great.
S&S Cheesecake · Kingsbridge, Bronx
6 dish-specific mentions · 83% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Fans call it the best cheesecake on earth, creamier than Junior's; one long-time buyer says whole-cake prices have become too high.
Junior's Restaurant & Bakery · Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn
14 dish-specific mentions · 79% positive · 2 source types · menu verified October 2026
Iconic and widely loved (phenomenal, unmatched, life-changing), but some say the recipe got lighter or the crust soggy, and one prefers Cheesecake Factory.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked limited data until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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