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The Best Places to Eat and Stay in Clayton

Updated October 20, 2026
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  1. Rank 1. The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis

    Most of the rooms have private balconies looking out over Forest Park and the Clayton skyline, which softens the blow of checking in somewhere this polished. This is a full-service luxury hotel in the quiet, gallery-and-garden suburb of Clayton, a short ride from the city proper. A spa, a fitness center with panoramic views, and two restaurants round things out. It holds a Forbes Four Star.

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    100 Carondelet Plaza, St Louis, MO · Saint Louis
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  2. Rank 2. Pastaria

    Italian

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    7734 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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    Closed now, opens Wed 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–3:30 PM

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  3. Rank 3. Bistro La Floraison

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    Persimmon velvet curtains floor to ceiling set the mood before you've ordered a thing. This is a small, elegant French bistro in Clayton, forty seats, bone china, a pink banquette, the kind of room that makes you sit up a little straighter without resenting it. The menu keeps things focused: gougères, savory financiers, a short list of entrées. The fried chicken cordon bleu is the kitchen winking at Missouri while keeping one foot firmly in France.

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    7637 Wydown Blvd, Saint Louis, MO · Saint Louis
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  4. Rank 4. AC Hotel by Marriott Clayton

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    227 S Central, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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  5. Rank 4. Clayton Plaza Hotel

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    7750 Carondelet Ave, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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  6. Rank 4. Hampton Inn & Suites Clayton/Brentwood-Galleria Area

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    216 N Meramec Ave, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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  7. Rank 4. Le Meridien St. Louis Clayton

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    7730 Bonhomme Ave, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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  8. Rank 4. Residence Inn by Marriott St. Louis Clayton

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    8125 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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  9. Rank 4. Seven Gables Inn

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    26 N Meramec Ave, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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  10. Rank 4. Wright’s Tavern

    Steakhouse

    The dining room glows in golden light, and everyone seated in it has the look of someone who waited weeks for this reservation, because they probably did. Wright's Tavern is a small neighborhood steakhouse where the French Syrah, a New York strip, and Dauphinoise potatoes form the obvious throughline, but the crab cake and shrimp scampi quietly compete for the table's attention. St. Louis Magazine named it among the city's best restaurants.

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    7624 Wydown Blvd, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 51 min

    Tuesday 5 PM–10 PM

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  11. Rank 11. The Crossing

    French

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    7823 Forsyth Blvd., Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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    Closed now, opens Wed 11:30 AM

    Tuesday 11:30 AM–1:30 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  12. Rank 12. Café Napoli

    Italian

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    7754 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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  13. Rank 13. Akar

    Modern Malaysian

    Akar is a Malaysian fine dining room in Clayton with concrete walls, sparse decor, and the lighting of a place that expects you to lean in. There's no menu online and reservations happen by phone, which in this economy counts as an aggressive commitment to mystery. The curries run rich and layered, the roti arrives in flaky sheets, and the plates cost real money, so dress like you made the call on purpose.

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    7641 Wydown Blvd, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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    Closed now, opens Wed 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–9 PM

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  14. Rank 14. Bar Moro

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    7610 Wydown Blvd, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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  15. Rank 14. Casa Don Alfonso

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    100 Carondelet Plaza, Saint Louis, MO · Saint Louis
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  16. Rank 14. Herbie’s

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    8100 Maryland Ave, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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    Open now, until 11:59 PM

    Tuesday 11 AM–2 PM, 2 PM–6 PM, 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  17. Rank 14. il Palato

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    222 S Bemiston Ave, Saint Louis, MO · Saint Louis
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  18. Rank 14. Ivy Café

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    14A N Meramec Ave, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–3 PM

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  19. Rank 14. Peno

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    7600 Wydown Blvd, Clayton, MO · Saint Louis
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    Closed now, opens Wed 5 PM

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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.

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      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.

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          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.