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1. Bucatini Caffe
4.9
Exceptional(96)
Price: Moderate
• Italian • East Passyunk Avenue
Booked 17 times today
Make a reservation at Bucatini Caffe to see what everyone is raving about! We're open for dinner 6 nights a week and can't wait for you to join us. Don't forget we're BYOB - see you soon!
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2. The Palace of Indian
4.6
Exceptional(49)
Price: Moderate
• Indian • South Philly
Welcome to The Palace of Indian at Philly! The Palace of Indian is an Authentic Indian restaurant. Our Chef's outstanding experience in cooking delicious dishes will make our customers feel like they are eating at home because the food made here is homestyle.We provide excellent hospitality and cater to all palates, offering mild, medium, and spicy foods.
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3. Noir
4.7
Exceptional(988)
Price: Moderate
• Italian • East Passyunk Avenue
Booked 4 times today
Noir Restaurant is located along one of Philadelphia's hottest neighborhood's, East Passyunk Avenue. We pride ourselves by using only the freshest ingredients. Chef Marco Decotiis, born and raised in Montreal, Canada, brings his Italian culinary roots and local Canadian foods to Philly. Noir is open every day for lunch and dinner, and has a full bar offering an extensive craft beer selection along with a number of specialty cocktails & a wine selection for every palate. Be prepared to be properly taken care of and treated like family.
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4. DaVinci & Yu
new
4.0
Excellent(3)
Price: Expensive
• Italian • South Philly
Booked 37 times today
Welcome to DaVinci & Yu, we're a modern day silk road dining destination, where Italy meets Asia. Come sit at one of our tables under the golden lights, or on the picnic table in the grass tiger room, or by the windows. Visit us in the spring, summer, & fall, when it's nice out, & al fresco dining is here! We also have a beautiful full bar, & a long bar high table with plugs for your electric needs. We opened February 13, 2025 & we already have some very popular dishes. Among them, try the Black Cod Dumplings with Taleggio cheese sauce, the Orange Chicken Parm, Octopus Bao buns, Smoked Mackerel Pizza, Ginger Duck Meatballs over Udon noodles. And for dessert we have: Black Sesame Tiramisu, Tofu Flan with Gochujang Caramel, & Chocolate-Banana-Miso Cannoli's with Amarena cherries. We also have a full bar & some very creative & delicious cocktails, besides sake, wine & beer - all made here in Philly or PA. Come try Chef Marc Grika's latest creation of tastes designed to tickle your palate.
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5. Craftsman Row Saloon
4.4
Awesome(1214)
Price: Moderate
• American • Old City
Booked 17 times today
We are famously known to provide holiday pop-ups with all the festivities and delights and are currently showcasing our Mardi Gras Pop Up. This holiday season we are even more super-sized and decked out than ever and ready to provide the festivities and delights of the Big Easy. The drinks and food items will take you on a full sensory experience and you will feel as is you are strolling down the streets of NOLA.Our year round Iconic Burgers, Milkshakes and other Sandwiches such as our Doritos Mozzarella Sticks, French Toast Burger and Donut Fried Chicken sandwich are always on the menu as we continuously change it up seasonally. Every moment can be magical time to share experiences with family and friends so check back for our other seasonal pop ups. Proudly featured on Good Morning America, The Travel Channel's Food Paradise, Fox29, 6ABC, Opentable’s Holiday lists and more!
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6. Mawn
5.0
Exceptional(14)
Price: Very Expensive
• Cambodian • Bella Vista
Booked 1 time today
Mawn is a noodle house with “no rules,” and the first restaurant for Chef Phila Lorn and his wife Rachel, who bring with them close to 20 years of experience in Philly’s restaurant scene. Phila, pronounced “Pee La,” broken English for Philadelphia, is a first-generation Cambodian-American chef. The first in his family to be born here, his parents and siblings came to Philadelphia as refugees in 1985 after surviving the war in Cambodia.Mawn, which means “chicken” in Khmer, the Cambodian language, represents more than one thing. To Phila, chicken was at every meal growing up, and to his parents, chicken represented peacetime. During the war and genocide of the Cambodian people, there was mostly only what was found in nature to eat, including rice and salt. If there was chicken, it meant no war. At the end of that dark time, recipes were lost, and culture was wiped out, but through survival, a new authenticity was born.
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7. Mercato
4.7
Exceptional(1961)
Price: Moderate
• Italian • Center City
Booked 17 times today
Mercato BYOB is a festive and modern Italian eatery that lets you bring your own drinks. A simple and to the point menu focuses on quality over quantity and features items like ricotta raviolo and a spicy crab bucatini with squid ink pasta.The artisan cheeses and house-cured meats at Mercato BYOB are perfect for sharing and are paired with sauces and condiments like agrodolce and pickled white grapes. A whole grilled artichoke appetizer will undoubtedly turn you into the vegetable's biggest fan. Heavier dishes, like the Grilled Hanger Steak with yukon gold potato wedge, are equally impressive. Mercato BYOB opens at 4 p.m. The restaurant has a four course tasting menu that is ideal for groups. Conveniently located to all the theatres, shopping and convention center. Outdoor seating available when weather permits.
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8. Buddakan - Philadelphia
4.8
Exceptional(11440)
Price: Expensive
• Asian • Old City
Booked 97 times today
Stephen Starr’s Buddakan is a spectacular restaurant featuring exotic flavors of modern Asian cuisine with creativity and drama. Bon Appetit notes, "The mostly white space is striking, with a lit-from-within communal table in the middle of the room, a waterfall & a ten-foot, candle-bedecked Buddha. The religious icon watches over hip customers indulging in pan-Asian cuisine that far surpasses the fare usually found at hot spots like this." Newsweek reports, "Design also serves as a signifier for cuisine. You walk into Buddakan, one of the hottest new restaurants in Philadelphia, past a shimmering waterfall & Japanese river stones & you say to yourself, 'ginger-miso everything' even before you see the magnificent 10-foot Buddha dominating the dining room." Named one of “America's Top 50 Restaurants" by Travel & Leisure and 'Top Restaurant for Fun' by Gourmet, Buddakan has become one of the country's most talked about restaurants.
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9. Talula’s Garden
4.9
Exceptional(13317)
Price: Very Expensive
• American • Washington Square
Booked 113 times today
Behind the wrought iron gate, past the herbaceous patio and through the atrium is Talula's Garden, the warm and elegant Washington Square eatery from Aimee Olexy and Starr Restaurants. The modern menu, prepared with carefully-sourced ingredients and a light European touch, changes with the seasons. The artful cuisine, hospitable staff, sustainable spirits, and a focus on cheese make the dining experience here incredibly memorable.
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10. Amada PHL
4.7
Exceptional(8760)
Price: Expensive
• Spanish • Old City
Booked 46 times today
Amada is an Andalusian tapas bar & restaurant where Chef Jose Garces embraces the rich traditions of Spanish gastronomy while incorporating avant-garde cooking techniques in a gorgeous rustic-chic settingSpecialties of the HouseSpanish Octopus, Garlic Shrimp, Tortilla Española, Paella Valenciana, Whole Roasted Suckling Pig (Call to order 72 hours in advance, excluding Sundays), Seasonal Sangrías, Cocktails, and Wine.Private Parties: Amada welcomes groups of all sizes. Festive settings, service and menus are perfect for intimate dinners with friends, special occasions and holidays, corporate meetings and staff parties. Events can be booked throughout the restaurant and in our private dining rooms seven days a week. For parties of 10 or more, please call our private events team at 267-284-7979 or email events@garcesgroup.com

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