For restaurants that you’ll be talking about well into 2026, check out our picks for the best new restaurants of 2025.
LessA lamb (and duck and foie) destination restaurant. Go if you like Zahav, mood lighting, aleppo honey, garlicky tahina, and red meat of all kinds (even in your drinks).
Sophisticated seafood has landed in a cheesesteak neighborhood. Go if you like Oyster House, early aughts R&B, perfectly chilled seafood, and getting boozy with strangers.
Cambodian seafood and inventive cocktails make for a standout younger sibling. Go if you like Mawn, non-traditional oysters, neon lighting, and bouncy Cambodian pop.
Between the breakfast pastries and evening sisig, you’ll want a permanent seat at Baby’s. Go if you like Tabachoy, shopping for Asian groceries and snacks after eating coconut pandan pancakes.
In a town packed with great pasta, this is the most exciting place to eat it. Go if you like L'Angolo, lasagna as much as Garfield, food history and technique, or have a weekly red sauce dependency (we understand).
Where classic American breakfast and Indonesian spice merge, morning to night. Go if you like Saigon Grace, nasal-clearing spice, South Philly neighbors telling you what to order, and sweet treats to balance heat.
Rare wines, a fun, Frenchy menu, and vintage charm make time fly at Supérette. Go if you like Superfolie, unique wines with reasonable price tags, eating tinned fish and haricots verts while watching fútbol, or taking Orangina to go.
La Jefa nails everything from breakfast conchas to late-night cocktails. Go if you like a younger, boozier Tequila’s, housemade beef jerky, spicy aguachile, and corn husk with your espresso.