Raleigh Restaurants

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official Tourism Site: Raleigh Restaurants
2. Frommer's: Raleigh Restaurants
3. Fodor's: Raleigh-Durham with Chapel Hill Restaurants 
4. WCities: Raleigh/Durham Dining Guide
5. TripAdvisor: Raleigh Restaurants 
6. Lonely Planet: Raleigh Restaurants
7. VirtualTourist: Raleigh Restaurants 

Raleigh High-End Restaurants

• Enoteca Vin International, Phone: 919-834-3070 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Inside an angular and minimalist dining room focused around display cases of food, the chef concocts a cuisine designed to bring out the flavors of the foods and wines featured..."

• • Fodor's Review : "As the French-Italian name indicates, wine takes center stage at this sophisticated but unpretentious restaurant."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rating  (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• Second Empire Restaurant and Tavern International, Phone: 919-829-3663 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "The historically important landmark that contains these two restaurants is one of the most visible antique houses in downtown Raleigh."

• • Fodor's Review : "The menu, which changes monthly, has a regional flavor; the food is best intricately styled so that colors, textures, and tastes fuse."

• • Mobil 3-Star Rating

• Angus Barn Steakhouse, Phone: 919-781-2444 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review : "The dimly lighted, always-busy restaurant is known for its steaks, baby back ribs, prime rib, and fresh seafood."

• • Mobil 3-Star Rating

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rating  (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• Bloomsbury Bistro French, Phone: 919-834-9011 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "For some, the decor evokes a country club, and the waitstaff is among the most helpful, polished, and, yes, friendliest in the Triangle."

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rating  (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• Sullivan's Steakhouse Steakhouse, Phone: 919-833-2888 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "[T]he kind of classy, hard-drinking, and indulgent grill room where Sinatra and his Rat Pack might have felt very much at home."

Raleigh Moderate Restaurants

• Margaux's International, Phone: 919-846-9846 Google Map
  • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "A big aquarium looms in the background, and wooden dividers break up the space and ensure privacy."

• • Fodor's Review : "A stone fireplace warms the room in winter, and modern sculpture stands and hangs here, there, and everywhere."

• • Yahoo! Travel 3.0 Stars (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• Irregardless Cafe Contemporary, Phone: 919- 833-8898 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review : "This café's menu -- a combination of dishes for meat eaters as well as vegetarians and vegans -- changes daily."

• • Yahoo! Travel 5.0 Stars (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• • Mobil 2-Star Rating

• Mo's Diner Southern, Phone: 919-856-0980 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "[P]arlorlike rooms that evoke the home of someone's genteel Southern grandmother."

• • Yahoo! Travel 4.5 Stars (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rating  (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• Fin's Restaurant Asian, Phone: 919-834-6963 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "The setting is chic, with tables placed in the main dining area or else on raised wooden platforms."

• • Yahoo! Travel 5.0 Stars (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• • TripAdvisor 3.0 Rating  (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• The Duck and Dumpling Asian/Pacific Rum, Phone: 919-838-0085 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "[M]inimalist decor that evokes an upscale neighborhood in Hong Kong -- a cocoon of burnished teak and cherrywood."

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rating (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

Raleigh Affordable Restaurants

• Big Ed's City Market Restaurant Southern, Phone: 919-836-9909 Google Map
  • Fodor's Review : "Southern cooking doesn't get much more traditional than this place; make sure you indulge in the biscuits."

• • Yahoo! Travel 5.0 Stars (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• • TripAdvisor 3.5 Rating  (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• Carolina Ale House American, Phone: 919-431-0001 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "Expect a state of creative cacophony that gets louder as the evening progresses, thanks to about 25 TV screens (some of them jumbo-size)."

• • Yelp 3.5 Rating (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• Clyde Cooper's Barbeque Barbeque, Phone: 919-832-7614 Google Map
  • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "The chef slow-cooks only top-grade pork shoulders until they're so tender they practically melt."

• • TripAdvisor 4.0 Rating  (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• NoFo at the Pig International, Phone: 919-821-1240 Google Map
  • Frommer's Recommended: "[I]n what was originally conceived in the 1950s as a member of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store chain..."

• • Yelp 4.0 Rating (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)

• • TripAdvisor 3.0 Rating  (Note: Community Rating; Subject to Change)