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Waseit study · US · collected 2026-09-13

Which restaurants do AI assistants recommend in New York?

We asked ChatGPT and Gemini 4 real buying questions about restaurants in New York - the way customers actually ask. 19 names came back for this trade in this city.

5 names are cited by more than one assistant, out of 19 found. The leader takes 17% of citations - the top spot is held, but the rest is contested.

The names the assistants cite most

  • 1.Le Bernardincited 4 times · by Gemini, ChatGPT
  • 2.Joe’s Pizzacited 3 times · by Gemini, ChatGPT
  • 3.Katz’s Delicatessencited 3 times · by Gemini, ChatGPT
  • 4.Eleven Madison Parkcited 3 times · by Gemini, ChatGPT
  • 5.Peter Luger Steak Housecited 2 times · by Gemini, ChatGPT
  • 6.Atomixcited 2 times · by Gemini
  • 7.Via Carotacited 2 times · by Gemini
  • 8.Momofuku Noodle Barcited 2 times · by ChatGPT

Counts are citations across our sampled answers for this trade and city, collected 2026-09-13 via the assistants' APIs. Answers vary between runs - across the whole study, assistants agreed with each other on only 3% of names. A snapshot, honestly labeled, not a permanent ranking.

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Restaurants in other cities

Other trades in New York

Full dataset and method: the 2026 US study (872 answers, 218 trade×city cells) · our methodology