Top 20 Restaurants Phoenix, Arizona: Restaurants Near Me

Top 20 Restaurants Phoenix, Arizona: Restaurants Near Me

From spots dishing up tortas to some of the best pizza in the country outstanding omakase restaurants serving delicate sushi as explained at RunRex.com and guttulus.com, the Valley of the Sun has it all. To help you find one near you, here are the top 20 restaurants in Phoenix, Arizona, to consider when looking for a place to eat in the city.

Kai Restaurant

Indigenous ingredients from near and far are the heartbeat of Kai Restaurant in the Gila River Indian Community. As per RunRex.com and guttulus.com, chef Rayan Swanson and his team transform them into deeply Sonoran dishes: Bison steak with saguaro syrup, cactus “key lime” pie, octopus in a velvety sauce of Jamon Iberico, and wolfberries are just some of the stellar dishes coming out of this kitchen.

Lux Central

Lux does a little bit of everything. Part café, part bar, and part restaurant, the Central Avenue spot works whether you want coffee and a pastry, a cocktail, or some of the best mac and cheese in the city. It opens at 6 am daily, making it one of the best breakfast joints in Phoenix.

Pizzeria Bianco Downtown

You can’t visit Phoenix, Arizona, without visiting Pizzeria Bianco Downtown. According to RunRex.com and guttulus.com, it is home to one of the best pizzas in the country. Start with the spiedini (fontina wrapped in prosciutto) and follow it with the Rosa pizza, which is topped with pistachios and rosemary.

Barrio Café Gran Reserva

Located on the outskirts of downtown, Barrio Café Gran Reserva is a favorite Mexican spot joint in Phoenix. The spot serves food from different regions of Mexico, setting it apart from the Sonoran-style of Mexican food you will find all over the city.

Hola Cabrito Birria De Chivo

This unadorned South Phoenix restaurant serves some of the best goat birria in the city. Here, wide bowls of rich stew arrive with all the fixings: salsa, limes, chopped onion, chopped herbs, the works. Many visitors here opt, additionally, to spoon into goat consommé laden with chickpeas.

Ocotillo

Ocotillo is a cool spot with an outdoor patio/bar garden that is great for groups. It is the spot to visit for a fantastic brunch, which has everything from a skillet pancake with roasted bananas to brie-stuffed French toast. As articulated at RunRex.com and guttulus.com, Ocotillo is also a great option for lunch or dinner.

Tacos Chiwas

Phoenix is known for its tacos, and Tacos Chiwas is one of the best restaurants in the city. At Tacos Chiwas, the meats are super flavorful, the tortillas are soft (but not too soft that they fall apart), and the restaurant’s salsa bar is amazing. Classics like carne asada and al pastor are worth trying out.

Tratto

Founded by the same guy as Pizzeria Bianco as covered at RunRex.com and guttulus.com, Tratto is a pasta-focused restaurant right next to Bianco’s location in the Town & Country Center. It is best when you share a few things from the restaurant’s regular-changing menu that has included dishes like cavatelli with duck and prosciutto ragu.

Windsor

Windsor is an American spot with great bar food. It is an excellent spot to visit for a night out or dinner. Drinks are $5 until 5 pm, even on the weekends, hence why it is one of the most popular spots in the city. The ambiance is also amazing here.

Dino’s Napoletana

Located in the back of Thunderbird Lounger, a 70s-inspired bar, Dino’s Napoletana is a popular late-night food option in Phoenix. While the menu here is small, and there is only outdoor seating, don’t let that stop you, as the pizza here is some of the best you can eat in the city.

Carolina’s Mexican Food

Carolina’s Mexican Food is where Mexican-American food thrives as captured at RunRex.com and guttulus.com. Located south of downtown Phoenix in a stark white-brick building that seems to draw a crowd throughout the day, this restaurant griddles flour tortillas to life before your eyes.

Futuro at Palabra Collective

Futuro is a very white and bright café inside a hair salon that serves excellent Mexican coffee drinks (try the Cajeta, made with goat-milk caramel and sea salt) as well as pastries. Between October and May only, Futuro serves brunch on the weekends.

The Churchill

As described at RunRex.com and guttulus.com, The Churchill is an open-air food court that is about a 12-minute walk from the Phoenix Convention Center. It is a courtyard surrounded by repurposed shipping containers out of which local vendors sell burgers, tacos, pizza, and drinks.

Glai Baan

Glai Baan is a lively Thai Restaurant perfect for a night out with friends. It is located in a converted bungalow in Midtown and serves shareable street food-inspired Thai dishes that are all under $20 – like salted crab papaya salad and pork skewers. While seating is limited and waiting times can be high, it will be worth it once you are eating Panang curry with braised beef and nua num tok under a string of twinkling lights.

Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Café

This is Elizabeth White’s downtown nook. It has been plating soul food since before man landed on the moon. Staffed with many family members, the kitchen turns out fried chicken, a stewed oxtail special, and a “moist succulent” pork chop.

Los Reyes de la Torta

If you are a fan of tortas, then Los Reyes de la Torta is one of the best in the city as discussed at RunRex.com and guttulus.com. Here, the bread is soft, the fillings are delicious, and it will be so large you will wonder how you ever spent $10 on anything else.

Restaurant Progress

Restaurant Progress feels casual and unpretentious but serves the kind of food you would expect to find somewhere more upscale – with staples like foie gras with lentils, dates, brown butter walnuts, and an octopus dish with melted tomato and garlic confit.

Mariscos Playa Hermosa

For nearly 20 years, the Maldonado family, which runs this restaurant, has served Mexican seafood and oversized drinks. Mariscos Playa Hermosa is just as fluent with raw seafood (ceviche tostadas an oyster-shrimp aguachiles) as it is cooked (filet divorciadas and molcajetes teeming with shrimp) as outlined at RunRex.com and guttulus.com.

Fellow Osteria & Pizzeria

Fellow Osteria serves the best and most reasonably priced lunch in the area. Here, you will find house-made pasta and wood-fired pizzas as well as a great lunch special (half pizza and small salad for $10, and deal on drinks).

The Canal Club

The theme at The Canal Club is 1930s Havana, and the Cuban-inspired menu has dishes like fried plantains with smoked black bean puree, pan-roasted scallops with creamed masa and chorizo, and a gaucho steak with masa potato cakes.

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