The Best Restaurants in Phoenix, by the Record
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Rank 170. Phở Thành
Vietnamese Noodles
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Rank 170. Phoenix Coqui
Caribbean
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Rank 170. Ponys Miches
Mexican
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Rank 170. Supreme Shawarma
Spit-roasted Middle Eastern
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Rank 170. The Dhaba
Punjabi
Named for the roadside pit stops where Indian truck drivers fuel up on cheap, filling food, this casual Punjabi restaurant in Tempe takes the concept seriously: long menu, affordable prices, homemade breads, and tandoori meats that smell like someone's actually cooking back there. The thali is the move if you want the full picture, chai and dessert included. Street snacks, deep-fried things, and curry round out a menu that rewards indecision.
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Neighborhood Indian Spot · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best Indian restaurants in Phoenix
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Rank 170. The Hidden House
New American
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The cemita poblana here comes stuffed with thinly pounded, breaded beef cutlet, which tells you immediately what kind of restaurant this is. El Rincon Poblano is a family-run Mexican spot in a strip mall off Thomas Road, with Pueblan art on pastel walls and a menu that goes well past mole. The taco arabe, pork carved off a trompo and folded into a near-translucent flour tortilla, is a lesson in where al pastor came from.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Pueblan Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Canto-American Chinese Food · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Upscale Indian Food · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Chinese Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Vegan Burger · Best of Phoenix
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- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Restaurant to Take a Geek · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 234. Alebrijes Cafe & Grill
Oaxacan
Mole negro shows up on nearly everything here, the rich, dark kind that takes days to make and coats burritos and chilaquiles alike. Alebrijes is a casual Oaxacan cafe in Litchfield Park with indoor tables, bar seats, and a shaded patio, the sort of place where the specials board does the real work. Concha French toast and coffee cocktails share menu space with pozole. Expect a wait, which the regulars seem entirely unbothered by.
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Pazole · Best of Phoenix
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- Foodist Awards 2025 · Winner · Outstanding Bar/Nightlife Experience
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Rank 234. Cala
Mediterranean
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Rank 234. Chou's Kitchen - Chandler
Northeast Chinese
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Rank 234. Di Maggio’s
NY Italian
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner: The Joy Bus · Favorite Local Craft Beer
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Rank 234. Francine
Mediterranean French
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Rank 234. Haji-Baba
Middle Eastern
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Rank 234. Lujos Cocina Mexicana
Mexican
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.
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Rank 234. Mandi House
Yemeni Middle Eastern
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- Foodist Awards 2023 · Winner: Barter & Shake · Outstanding Hospitality Group
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Rank 234. Weft & Warp Art Bar + Kitchen
Mediterranean
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Rank 294. All Pierogi Kitchen
Eastern European
The attached market selling frozen pierogi and chilled soups to go tells you everything about the vibe here. This casual Ukrainian family restaurant in Mesa treats borders as a loose suggestion, pulling in beef goulash, plov over cumin-scented rice, pork schnitzel, and thick, buttery pierogi that pair well with griddled sausage. The chicken Kiev arrives loaded with dill and herb butter. Unpretentious, generous portions, and priced like someone actually wants you to come back.
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Eastern European Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Eastern European Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
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Rank 294. George & Dragon
British
Portraits of the late Queen and Buckingham Palace ephemera cover every surface, which tells you exactly what kind of pub this is. Footy on the TVs, jerseys and flags around the bar, bangers and mash from the kitchen, and a tap list that runs well past Guinness. The native-English owner has a story involving Bar Rescue's Jon Taffer that he'll gladly share on the patio, in language the royals would find bracing.
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best British Pub · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best British Pub · Best of Phoenix
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Globe pendant lights, brass accents, and two misters-in-summer courtyards make this woman-owned taproom on Roosevelt Row feel like the anti-brewery brewery. The flagship pale ale is called Herstory, which tells you everything about the vibe. Rotating experimental brews sit alongside core taps, and if you get hungry, a QR code on the table summons food from nearby spots. Trivia nights and live music fill the calendar, and Phoenix New Times named it one of the city's top 100 bars.
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Rank 296. La Santisima
Regional Mexican
A taco shop with a salsa bar that Phoenix New Times named the city's best in 2025, including a cilantro crema and a strawberry salsa that have no business working as well as they do. The menu is short, tacos and quesadillas and burros, but the kitchen pulls from across Mexico: cochinita pibil, Oaxacan black mole, Mexico City chicken tinga. Order the pecan horchata with fresh fruit before you leave.
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