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Triangle Top Three’s – Best Restaurants and Food in the Raleigh-Durham (RDU) Area

Find some of the best restaurants and food in the area by cuisine and amenity! If you’re willing to travel a bit, here are some of the best in the RDU, NC Triangle. Click on the link for full reviews or the website.

 

Best Bakeries, Bread

  • LaFarm Bakery- Cary
  • Boulted Bread- Raleigh
  • Guglhupf- Durham

 

Best Bakeries, Sweets

  • LaFarm Bakery- Cary
  • Lucettegrace- Raleigh
  • Guglhupf- Durham

 

Best NC Barbeque Joints

  • Ole Time Barbecue – Raleigh
  • Picnic- Durham
  • Clyde Coopers- Raleigh

 

Best Southern Barbeque Restaurants

  • Smokey’s Barbeque- Morrisville
  • Redneck BBQ Lab- Benson
  • Brew n Que- Cary

 

Best Brunch Restaurants

  • True Flavors- Durham
  • Beasley’s Chicken- Raleigh
  • Acme Restaurant- Carrboro

 

Best Burgers (Cary)

  • Barry’s Cafe- Cary
  • Corbett’s Burgers & Soda Bar- Cary
  • Shake Shack- Cary

 

Best Burgers (Durham)

  • Bull City Burger and Brewery- Durham
  • Only Burger- Durham
  • Dain’s Place- Durham

 

Best Burgers (Raleigh)

  • Chuck’s- Raleigh
  • Cow Bar Burgers and Fries – Raleigh
  • Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar- Raleigh

 

Best Chicken, Fried and Otherwise- Durham

  • M Kokko- Durham
  • Dame’s Chicken & Waffles- Durham
  • Chicken Bee- Durham

 

Best Chicken, Fried and Otherwise- Raleigh

  • Beasley’s Chicken & Honey- Raleigh
  • Soo Cafe- Raleigh
  • Mami Noras- Raleigh

 

Best Chinese Restaurants

  • Super Wok (Sichuan)- Cary
  • C & T Wok – Morrisville
  • Gourmet Kingdom- Carrboro

 

Best Date Spots, Inexpensive- Durham

  • M Kokko (Chicken)
  • Luna Rotisserie (Chicken, Latin-American)
  • Toast (Paninis)

 

Best Date Spots, Basic- Durham

  • Viceroy (Indian)
  • Hutchins Garage (Pizza)
  • Juju (Asian Fusion)

 

Best Dates Spots, More Expensive- Durham

  • Saint James Seafood (Seafood)
  • Mateo (Spanish)
  • M Sushi (Japanese)

 

Best Date Spots, Inexpensive- Raleigh

  • CO (Asian-Fusion)
  • Calavera (Empanadas)
  • Beasley’s (Chicken, Southern)

 

Best Date Spots, Basic- Raleigh

  • Tazza Kitchen (American, Pizza)
  • Garland (Indian, Asian)
  • Whiskey Kitchen (Southern)

 

Best Date Spots, More Expensive- Raleigh

  • Crawford and Son (Southern)
  • High Horse (Live fire)
  • Stanbury (American, Seasonal)

 

Best Donut Shops

  • Rise Biscuits and Donuts- Durham, Raleigh, Carrboro, etc
  • Baker’s Dozen- Raleigh
  • Monuts Donuts- Durham

 

Best Eastern European Restaurants

  • J Betski’s (German, Polish)- Raleigh
  • Guglhupf (German)- Durham

 

Best Farm to Table Restaurants (Raleigh)

  • Poole’s Diner- Raleigh
  • The Stanbury- Raleigh
  • Plates Neighborhood Kitchen- Raleigh

 

Best French Restaurants

  • Vin Rouge- Durham
  • Jolie- Raleigh
  • Coquette- Raleigh

 

Best Indian-Nepali Restaurants

  • Himalayan Range Nepali- Cary
  • Tower Indian- Morrisville
  • Saffron- Morrisville

 

Best Italian Restaurants

  • Mothers and Sons- Durham
  • Gocciolina- Durham
  • Daniel’s Restaurant- Apex

 

Best Latin-S. American Restaurants

  • Oakwood Cafe- Raleigh
  • SoCa- Raleigh
  • Centro- Raleigh

 

Best Mediterranean-Middle Eastern Restaurants

  • Sitti- Raleigh
  • Sassool- Raleigh and Cary
  • Bosphorus- Cary

 

Best Mexican Restaurants (Raleigh)

  • Taqueria El Toro- Raleigh
  • Los Cuates- Raleigh
  • Jose and Sons- Raleigh

 

Best Neapolitan Pizza Places

  • Capp’s Pizzeria- Chapel Hill
  • Pizzeria Faulisi- Cary
  • Tre Forni- Durham

 

Best NY Pizza Places

  • Oakwood Pizza Box- Raleigh
  • Randy’s Pizza- RTP
  • Pie Pushers – Durham

 

Best Standard Pizza Places

  • Hutchins Garage- Durham
  • Pizzeria Mercato- Carrboro
  • Trophy Brewing & Pizza Co.- Raleigh

 

Best Patios (Durham)

  • Tobacco Road Sports Cafe (American)
  • Guglhupf (German, Bakery)
  • Juju (Asian Fusion)

 

Best Patios (Raleigh)

  • Humble Pie (Small Plates)
  • Mulino Italian Kitchen (Italian)
  • Whiskey Kitchen (Southern)

 

Best Ramen

  • Sono Sushi- Raleigh
  • Noodle Blvd- Cary
  • Tonbo Ramen- Raleigh

 

Best Sandwich Spots (Durham)

  • Lucky’s Delicatessen- Durham
  • Toast- Durham
  • KoKyu Na’mean- Durham

 

Best Sandwich Spots (Raleigh)

  • Linus & Peppers- Raleigh
  • Rockford- Raleigh
  • Carroll’s Kitchen- Raleigh

 

Best Seafood Restaurants

  • Saint James Seafood – Durham
  • St. Roch Oyster Bar – Raleigh
  • Cortez Seafood – Raleigh
  • Postal Fish Company – Pittsboro

 

Best Small Plates Restaurants (Durham)

  • Mateo- Durham
  • Dashi- Durham
  • Juju- Durham

 

Best Small Plates Restaurants (Raleigh)

  • Humble Pie- Raleigh
  • Brewery Bhavana- Raleigh
  • Vidrio- Raleigh

 

Best Soul Food Restaurants

  • Dame’s Chicken & Waffles- Durham
  • Jack’s Seafood and Soul Food- Raleigh

 

Best Spanish – Tapas Restaurants

  • Taberna Tapas- Durham
  • Mateo- Durham
  • Barcelona Wine Bar- Raleigh

 

Best Sushi-Japanese Restaurants (Raleigh)

  • Sushi Mon- Raleigh
  • Sono- Raleigh
  • City Market Sushi – Raleigh

 

Best Thai Restaurants

  • TBD
  • TBD
  • Thai 55- Durham

 

Best Vietnamese Restaurants

  • Mekong- Morrisville
  • Pho Far East- Raleigh
  • Anise Pho- Raleigh

Last Updated on May 26, 2020

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