The Ultimate Guide to Raleigh, NC Restaurants From Someone Who Just Moved Here
* As I continue to try new places, this list will continue to change
When we moved to Raleigh, we decided one of the best ways to get to know the city was through its restaurants.
Since then, we've been keeping track of everywhere we've eaten, from neighborhood coffee shops to special occasion dinners. This page is our ongoing restaurant journal. Every recommendation comes from somewhere we've personally visited, and I'll continue updating it as we discover new favorites.
If you're looking for somewhere to eat, I hope this list helps you find your next meal.
View my notion with all my notes and ratings for all things Raleigh:
The notion database is set up to organize where I have been, where I want to go, some favorites, and things organized by type of destination. Each page features notes from my visit, my rating, and some photos.
Since everyone isn’t on notion, keep scrolling to see my reviews.
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Our Current Favorites
Favorite Coffee Shop
Iris Coffee Lab
Favorite Burger
La Gana
Favorite Take-out:
Korean Kitchen
Where We’ve Been and liked:
Please forgive my work in progress. Hoping to add descriptions and ratings soon!
Ajumma Korean
Angus Barn
Big Ed's
Bittersweet
Black & White Coffee
Boulted Bread
Brodeto
Brewery Bhavana
Brew Coffee Bar (if you meant Coffee Studio separately, see below)
Captain Cookie
CO
Coffee Studio
Cook Out
Cookitos
Coquette Brasserie
Cowfish
Crawford & Son
Cristo's Ristorante & Pizzeria
Doc B's
Drift
East Cut Sandwich Co.
Falls River Cafe
Good Graces
H Mart
Heirloom
Hummingbird
Idle Hour Coffee
Jubala
Korean Kitchen
La Farm
La Santa
Little Foot Matcha
Little Native Coffee
Madre
Midwood Smokehouse
Moon Room
Morning Times
Morgan Street Food Hall
Mulino
Nan Xiang Express
Nora Cafe
Palm Berries Smoothies
Paul and Jack
Peri Brothers Pizza
Ponysaurus
Postino
Quarter Note
Restoration Hardware Rooftop Restaurant
Rosewater
Salt & Lime Cabo
Scratch Kitchen & Taproom
Second Empire
Seoul Garden
Shinmai Kumo
Shinmai Shokudo
Sixty Vines
Sir Walter Coffee
Sola
Standard
Taverna Agora
The Bomb
The Merchant
The Morning Times
The Optimist
The Pit
The Raleigh Times
The Station at Person Street
Tous les Jours
Village Draft House
Village Tavern
Whiskey Kitchen
Yellow Dog Bread Co.
Zest Sushi