The New York City restaurants you should bring clients to if you want to impress them, according to 11 local real-estate agents and executives

• New York City is home to at least 27,000 restaurants.
• Business Insider surveyed New York City-based executives in various industries to find out which NYC restaurants they go to if they're looking to woo clients and close deals.
• Dozens of real-estate agents and executives told us their ideal restaurants for impressing a client.
• Their answers included trendy spots such as Avra, Balthazar, and Carbone, as well as an exclusive members-only club.
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New York City is home to at least 27,000 restaurants.

But even the city's most popular restaurants aren't safe from scathing New York Times reviews. The Michelin-starred Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn recently received a devastating zero-star review from the Times' restaurant critic, Pete Wells.

That left us wondering: If not Peter Luger, what are the best restaurants in New York City right now?

Business Insider surveyed New York City-based real-estate agents and executives to find out the one restaurant they would take a client to impress them or close a deal. (Spoiler: none of them said Peter Luger, but another Manhattan steakhouse made the list.)

Here, in alphabetical order, is what they told us.