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The 100 Best Restaurants in Baltimore

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The best restaurants in Baltimore, according to the experts: AAA, James Beard Awards, and Wine Enthusiast have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Charleston comes out on top.

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La Cuchara and Little Donna's hold the next two places. Baltimore Beat shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Baltimore Magazine close behind.

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  1. Rank 1. Charleston

    Lowcountry


    Address
    1000 Lancaster St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Wednesday 5:30 PM–9 PM

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  2. Address
    3600 Clipper Mill Rd, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–9 PM

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  3. Address
    1812 Bank St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  4. Plants climb the walls beside murals of a fish and a rooster at this Venezuelan restaurant in Station North, where Latin music keeps the room from taking itself too seriously. The chef plates things like Caribbean scallops and stuffed arepas with a careful hand, and much of the menu skews gluten-free with strong vegan options. A James Beard semifinalist spot that Baltimore Magazine has landed on its best restaurants list.


    Address
    2400 Boston St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–8 PM

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  5. Address
    801 S Ann St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–11:30 PM

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  6. Address
    1622 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–3:30 PM, 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  7. Address
    1116 Hollins St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Wednesday 4 PM–9 PM

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  8. Fried oyster deviled eggs and a lobster corndog share menu space with whole grilled branzino and oxtail lasagna, which tells you everything about what chef Jasmine Norton is going for here. This casual-to-dressy neighborhood restaurant in Hampden has aquamarine walls hung with pop art prints and a hand-woven rope tapestry, a room that takes itself just seriously enough. A James Beard semifinalist and one of Eater's essential Baltimore spots.


    Address
    914 W 36th St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Wednesday 4 PM–10 PM

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  9. Rank 11. Ammoora

    Syrian

    Syrian home cooking, not the takeout shorthand version, is the whole point at this elegant sit-down restaurant tucked into a condo complex on Key Highway. The chef grew up in Syria and cooks accordingly, which means dishes built on layers of sweet, sour, warm spice, and brightness that most menus flatten into one note. The New York Times put it on their Restaurant List in 2024, and the room earns the attention.


    Address
    751 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–10 PM

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  10. Rank 11. Costiera

    Mediterranean

    The crudos come dressed with things like dill yogurt and salsa verde, which tells you this isn't a standard Italian-American red-sauce room. Costiera is a Mediterranean-leaning dinner spot in Baltimore drawing from mid-Atlantic seafood and pasta in about equal measure. The menu moves between bright and heavy depending on your mood, and the kitchen seems genuinely interested in the combinations rather than just the credentials.



  11. A worker-owned cooperative in Mt. Vernon where refugees cook from their own culinary traditions, Mera Kitchen Collective serves Middle Eastern, African, and Latin food in a bright, casual room with plenty of vegan and vegetarian options. It started as pop-ups before finding a permanent home, and the menu still has that improvisational spirit. A local mural covers the outdoor dining wall, which is either charming or on the nose, depending on your tolerance for intentional cheerfulness.


    Address
    1301 N Calvert St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–9 PM

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  12. Rank 11. NiHao

    Contemporary Chinese

    The Peking duck arrives whole or halved, which is the kind of choice that quietly tells you what sort of restaurant NiHao is. A contemporary Chinese spot in Canton, it draws from Sichuan traditions and dim sum alongside more ambitious plates, with a menu wide enough that vegetarians and serious heat-seekers end up equally occupied. A James Beard semifinalist for Best New Restaurant, it landed national attention fast and has held the room ever since.


    Address
    2322 Boston St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Wednesday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  13. Address
    801 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–3:30 PM, 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  14. Rank 18. CookHouse

    American

    Marble bar, exposed brick, and blue velvet banquettes make this Bolton Hill neighborhood restaurant look as good as the brownstones outside. The menu swings from Caesar steak tartare to crispy pork knuckle with beer gravy, and a wagyu brisket-chuck burger with smoked tomato-bacon jam has earned its own following. Tamarind-lime daiquiris help with the decision-making. Baltimore Magazine named it one of the city's top restaurants for 2026.


    Address
    1501 Bolton St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Wednesday 6 PM–10 PM

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  15. Address
    4341 Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Wednesday 4 PM–10 PM

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  16. Rank 20. Cinghiale

    Italian


    Address
    822 Lancaster St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Wednesday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  17. Rank 20. The Duchess

    Filipino

    Wood-paneled walls, beers on tap, a game on the TV, and then the menu arrives and reminds you that the chef grew up in the Pacific Rim. The Duchess reads like a neighborhood pub but cooks like something else entirely. The shrimp and corn patties, crisp and spiced with Chamorro chile paste, landed on the New York Times list of best dishes eaten across the country in 2025. Wear whatever you'd wear to a bar.


  18. Rank 20. The Wren

    European

    A chalkboard menu that changes daily, just 20 bar stools, and a kitchen running on two induction burners and a small convection oven: The Wren looks like every other dim, welcoming Fells Point tavern, and that's precisely the cover it's working. The pub food, though, is meticulous seasonal cooking. The New York Times put it on their Restaurant List, and Bon Appétit named it one of America's Best New Restaurants. Come for the draft beers; stay through the beef-and-ale pie.


    Address
    1712 Aliceanna St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–10:30 PM

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  19. Address
    119 N Paca St Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Wednesday 10 AM–5 PM

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  20. Address
    10 Art Museum Dr, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–3 PM, 3 PM–4:30 PM, 4:30 PM–8 PM

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  21. The dining room sits inside a former brewery boiler room, and the living green wall that covers one end of it is a genuine conversation-stopper. Gunther & Co. is a modern New American restaurant in Brewers Hill where globally influenced cooking, think Thai-leaning hot pots alongside locally dry-aged burgers, lands at prices that don't require a second mortgage. The duck confit spring rolls have been on the menu since day one, which tells you something.


    Address
    3650 Toone St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  22. Address
    1843-45 Light St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  23. Rank 24. Peter's Inn

    Mediterranean


  24. Baked baby pumpkin with yogurt has been landing on tables at this Afghan restaurant in Mount Vernon for what feels like forever, and the room fills with people who know exactly what they're ordering before they sit down. Come with a crowd and ask for family style; the staff takes over from there, spreading large portions across the table until there's no room left to second-guess yourself.


    Address
    806 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–10 PM

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  25. Address
    720 Mapleton Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 10:30 AM

    Wednesday 10:30 AM–9 PM

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  26. The two-story dining room pulls off a plausible New Orleans impression without leaving Baltimore, which is the whole point. This Cajun and Creole restaurant runs on the late Paul Prudhomme's influence, and the kitchen leans into Maryland pantry staples to keep the gumbo and jambalaya from feeling like a costume. The Sazerac, New Orleans' official cocktail, is on the menu, and ordering one is the correct move.


    Address
    1615 Sulgrave Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  27. Address
    701 S Bond St Fell's Point, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Wednesday 4 PM–10 PM

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  28. Rank 30. Preserve

    American

    A small Annapolis dining room built around pickling and fermentation, which sounds like a thesis until the food arrives. The roast chicken is beautifully bronzed, the steak-frites comes with kimchi-beef jus, and the crab salad on hash browns is the kind of thing that makes you forgive everyone their restaurant concepts. The bar earns equal attention. A Washingtonian top-100 pick.


    Address
    164 Main St, Annapolis, MD · Annapolis
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–4 PM, 4:30 PM–9 PM

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  29. Address
    1923 Ashland Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–9 PM

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  30. Rank 34. Peter Chang

    Creative Chinese


    Address
    6000 Merriweather Dr, Ste B175, Columbia, MD · Columbia
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–3 PM, 4:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  31. Address
    2223 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Wednesday 7 AM–2 PM

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  34. Rank 40. Papi Cuisine

    Latin American

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  39. Address
    1627 Thames St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Wednesday 10 AM–6 PM

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  40. Rank 51. Benny's

    Italian

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  43. Rank 54. Ananda

    Modern Indian

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    Address
    7421 Maple Lawn Blvd, Fulton, MD · Fulton
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Wednesday 4 PM–10 PM

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  44. Address
    32 N Chester St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–10 PM

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    25 Crossroads Dr, Owings Mills, MD · Owings Mills
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Wednesday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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    Address
    2933 O'Donnell St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Wednesday 4:30 PM–9 PM

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  47. Rank 54. Peerce's

    Modern Indian

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    Address
    12460 Dulaney Valley Rd, Phoenix, MD · Phoenix
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Wednesday 4 PM–10 PM

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    11 Allegheny Ave, Towson, MD · Towson
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–10 PM

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  49. A row home cafe tucked into Federal Hill past the point where the bar crawl runs out of steam. The owners run it with the kind of warmth that makes regulars feel like houseguests and new grads bring their parents here to look like they know the city. The menu covers a lot of dietary ground, and the parklet out front fills up fast at happy hour. Comfortable, neighborhood, and very much a known quantity to anyone who lives nearby.


    Address
    6 W Cross St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7:30 AM

    Wednesday 7:30 AM–3 PM, 11 AM–3 PM, 4 PM–10 PM

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    1012 Fleet St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Wednesday Noon–2:30 PM, 4 PM–Midnight

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  51. Address
    906 S Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–3 PM, 4:30 PM–10 PM

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  52. Address
    14833 York Rd, Sparks Glencoe, MD · Sparks Glencoe
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–9 PM

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  53. Address
    4301 Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–9 PM

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  54. Address
    3360 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–11 PM

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  55. Address
    100 E 23rd St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Wednesday 8 AM–Midnight

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  56. Address
    1733 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Wednesday Noon–10 PM

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  57. Address
    1625 Fleet St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Wednesday 7 AM–5 PM

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  58. Address
    857 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–5 PM

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  59. Address
    1032 Light St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Wednesday 4 PM–2 AM

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  60. Address
    1506 W 36th St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Wednesday 8 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–8 PM

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  61. Address
    5906 York Rd, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Wednesday 3 PM–8 PM

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  62. Address
    5401 York Rd, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Wednesday 8 AM–8 PM

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  63. Address
    711 S Central Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–7 PM

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  64. Address
    311 W 28th St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Wednesday 9 AM–4 PM

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  65. Address
    803 S Caroline St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–10 PM

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  66. Address
    855 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–8 PM

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  67. Address
    2118 Maryland Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–Midnight

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  68. Address
    1065 S Charles St, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Wednesday Noon–9 PM

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  69. Address
    3131 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD · Baltimore
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–9 PM

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