The Best Restaurants in Saint Petersburg
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The best restaurants in Saint Petersburg, according to the experts: AAA and Michelin Guide have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Parkshore Grill comes out on top.
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Fortu and Il Ritorno hold the next two places. AAA and Michelin Guide show up on more of this list than any other guide.
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Rank 1. Parkshore Grill
Contemporary American
The awards
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Rank 2. Fortu
Pan-Asian
Pan-Asian dining room at the base of the Ponce de Leon Hotel, with arched mirrors, warm wood, and the kind of sleek lighting that makes everyone look like they made a reservation months ago. The kitchen leans hard into contrast: spicy pork wontons with crispy garlic, carrots in kimchi butter, and Japanese A5 wagyu that quietly upstages every steakhouse nearby. The Michelin Guide has it on their radar.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Il Ritorno
Italian
The exposed brick and high ceilings in downtown St. Pete signal that this is a proper fine dining Italian room, not a red-sauce joint. Creative pastas lead the menu, with the kitchen leaning into arrangements that look as considered as they taste. Steaks and lamb come from the butcher shop next door, and caviar doughnuts and wagyu show up for anyone who wants to push further. The servers keep the whole thing from taking itself too seriously.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- AAA AAA: Approved