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The 10 Best Restaurants in Gilbert

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The best restaurants in Gilbert, according to the experts: Foodist Awards, AZ Central, and AAA have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Joe's Farm Grill comes out on top.

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Clever Koi Gilbert and Maeva hold the next two places. Foodist Awards and Phoenix New Times show up on more of this list than any other guide.

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  1. Address
    3000 E Ray Rd, Bldg 1, Gilbert, AZ · Gilbert
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Tuesday 7:30 AM–9 PM

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  3. Rank 3. Maeva

    Fine dining French

    Dark walls, checkerboard tile, and a four-course French tasting menu in a Gilbert strip suite, which is not a sentence anyone expected to write. Maeva runs all day, so you can stop in for a lavender latte in the morning and then come back dressed up for dinner. The kitchen does a la carte too, but the tasting menu is the main event, with servers who steer the pairings and explain each plate without making you feel like you're being graded.



  4. A strip mall Mexican restaurant where everything, walls, floors, booths, even the plates, is painted black so the food glows against it like a still life. The brothers who run Lujos took over their parents' spot and rebuilt it almost entirely. The regular menu covers tacos, burritos, and quesadillas, but there's a permanent off-menu section worth asking about, including birria enchiladas drowning in red sauce with crema and guacamole. Wash it down with the horchata.


    Address
    53 N Val Vista Dr #101, Gilbert, AZ · Gilbert
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Tuesday 10 AM–10 PM

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  5. Address
    3000 E Ray Rd, Gilbert, AZ · Gilbert
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Tuesday 11 AM–9 PM

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