Account

Welcome

Sign in to save places, build lists, and keep your score.

Search

The Best Places to Eat and Do in Alpharetta

The best places to eat and do in Alpharetta, according to the experts: AAA and Eater have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Di Paolo comes out on top.

Eat + Do, change section

Departments

A department belongs to one section, so choosing one narrows the list to it.

  • All
  • Restaurants
  • Tasting Menus
  • Pizza
  • Steakhouses
  • Seafood
  • Oyster Bars
  • Sushi
  • Kaiseki
  • Yakitori
  • Tempura
  • Barbecue
  • Noodle Shops
  • Ramen Shops
  • Bakeries
  • Patisseries
  • Boulangeries
  • Bagel Shops
  • Doughnut Shops
  • Dessert Shops
  • Ice Cream & Gelato
  • Breakfast
  • Delis
  • Diners
  • Burger Joints
  • Sandwich Shops
  • Taquerias
  • Food Trucks
  • Bistros
  • Brasseries
  • Trattorias
  • Osterias
  • Tapas Bars
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Wine Bars
  • Beer Bars
  • Pubs
  • Gastropubs
  • Taverns
  • Izakayas
  • Coffee Shops
  • Cafés
  • Outdoors
  • Shopping
  • Activities
  • Museums
  • Amusement Parks
  • Venues
  • Landmarks
  • Clubs
  • Spas
  1. Rank 1. Di Paolo

    Northern Italian

    The awards


  2. A coffee shop with a rotating seasonal menu and a strong espresso program, Valor leans into drinks that split the difference, literally and figuratively. The Middle Child straddles espresso and drip coffee in a way that sounds like a therapy session but drinks better than it has any right to. Regulars track the seasonal drops the way others follow drops of a different kind, cycling back each fall and winter for whatever the team has conjured next.


    Address
    44 Milton Ave, Alpharetta, GA · Alpharetta
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  3. A robot trundles your dumplings to the table, which makes sense once you realize this is a QR-code-order, counter-service dim sum spot in an Alpharetta strip mall. The menu leans traditional Cantonese, with har gow, siu mai, and char siu bao alongside soup dumplings and sheng jian bao for a cross-regional sweep. No rolling carts, but the robot more than compensates for the theater gap.


Browse a location

Current Location

Cities within Atlanta

Metros

Eat Score

The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

    How we score →

    Drink Score

    The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

      How we score →

      Stay Score

      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

        How we score →

        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

          How we score →

          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.