Best Restaurants in St. Louis

For the last decades, restaurants in St. Louis have grown in popularity and food culture. The culinary scene in St Louis is a reflection of the breadth of the city's culinary talent bolstered by chefs with years of experience. Top restaurants in St. Louis offer top-quality dishes with James Beard-winning chef plating, take-out restaurants, and Chiang Mai specialties. As with all popular businesses, reservations are highly recommended to avoid waiting in line for tables.

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15 Restaurants

Updated January 19, 2022

Restaurants:	Al's Restaurant, Hamilton's Urban Steakhouse and Bourbon Bar, Twisted Tree Steakhouse…
Price Range:	$$$ - $$$$
Cuisines:	Steakhouse…
Neighborhoods:	Downtown St. Louis, St. Louis, Kirkwood…

Al's Restaurant

$$$$

Steakhouse

Downtown St. Louis

4.9

524 reviews

This fine-dining restaurant offers an eclectic menu that focuses on steaks and beef cuts. Popular entrees include lamb chops, beef tenderloin, and rib eye. Al's also provides an impressive wine list that pairs well with its dishes. In addition, it offers a sleek, rusty interior with oak paneling, thick carpets, and a dignified atmosphere with white linen, tableside presentation, and heavy cutlery. Following a fire, it was rebuilt by Pam Neal after their grandparents built it in 1925. Since its establishment, it has won numerous Dirona, Zagat, OpenTable, and Diner's Choice awards.

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Hamilton's Urban Steakhouse and Bourbon Bar

$$$$

Steakhouse

St. Louis

4.8

802 reviews

Famous for its tradition, service, and innovation, this restaurant offers only Heritage Breed Black Angus Midwest beef on its menu. Its dishes are prepared with locally sourced fresh ingredients. Popular entrees include rack of lamb chops, Kansas City strip, and pork chops. The steakhouse also provides a variety of cocktails and wines that pair well with its dishes. Restaurateurs Paul and Wendy Hamilton established it in 2018.

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Twisted Tree Steakhouse

$$$$

Steakhouse

Kirkwood

4.7

4338 reviews

This steakhouse offers a casual experience with premier services. Featuring a private event room and a bar, the restaurant offers a unique rustic decor. Its walls are made with reclaimed wood, which complements its simple, elegant furniture and vintage decor. The Syberg and Abbadessa families, known for their restaurant experience, established it in 2016. Popular entrees include scallop ceviche, tenderloin skewers, and house flared thick-cut bacon. The restaurant also provides domestic and international wines.

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Trattoria Marcella

$$$$

Italian

St. Louis

4.7

1687 reviews

This upscale restaurant is famous for its carefully crafted Italian dishes. Since its establishment in 1993, its chef and owner, Steve Komorek, has been named the Chef of the year by Sauce Magazine. It also offers an impressive wine list that has been recognized by Wine Spectator severally. Trattoria Marcela has also been recognized by Zagat in the categories of most popular Saint Louis restaurant and best Italian food. Popular entrees include chicken risotto, toasted ravioli, and lasagna Napoletana.

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Frazer's Restaurant & Lounge

$$$$

American

Soulard / Benton Park

4.8

1390 reviews

Established in 1992 by executive chef and owner Frazer Cameron, this restaurant features a dining room alongside a bar and lounge area. It offers an eclectic menu with dishes inspired by French, Italian, Moroccan, Cajun, and Italian influences. Popular entrees include salmon Frazer, Pork Schnitzel, and meatloaf plates. In addition, its award-winning wine and cocktail program offers over 50 classics and specialty cocktails. Frazer’s Restaurant features a posh interior with marble chunks, mosaic floors, one red-walled room with masks, and Jetsons-style tabletops.

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Charlie Gitto's 'On the Hill'

$$$$

Italian

The Hill

4.8

5867 reviews

This fine-dining restaurant lies in the Hill neighborhood of St. Louis. It is famous for its carefully crafted Italian dishes, and favorite entrees include Calamari Fritti, Arancini, and seafood ravioli. It features private dining rooms and a garden room that can accommodate up to 100 guests. The restaurant offers an intimate dining area with dim lights and a fine blend of tan and dark wood furniture that compliments the restaurant's walls, ceiling, and floors. It was established in 1981 by Charlie Gitto Jr.

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Acero

$$$$

Italian

Maplewood

4.9

2240 reviews

Established by Jim Fiala in 2007, Acero offers traditional Italian dishes made with locally sourced ingredients to prepare a Midwestern Italian menu. Popular dishes include egg ravioli, roasted beet salad, and goat cheese panna citta. It also offers a lively bar with a selection of cocktails and wines. Besides its menu and drinks, it offers a sleek interior with exposed brick walls, wooden floors, softly-lit spaces decorated with framed photos.

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The Lemp Mansion

$$$$

American

St. Louis

4.6

818 reviews

This unique restaurant provides a variety of Contemporary Northern American dishes with influence from Italy, Spain, Ukraine, and Canada. Popular entrees include steak fries, pan-fried chicken, and house-made toasted ravioli served with marinara sauce. The restaurant offers a nineteenth-century décor with contrasting blue and white shades with impressive crystal chandeliers. It was established in 1977 by the Pointer Family.

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J.Devoti Trattoria

$$$$

Farm-to-table

The Hill

4.6

1109 reviews

This Italian restaurant offers a seasonal menu with influence from Italy, Spain, Morocco, and Ukraine. Its menu specializes in pasta dishes, bread, pickles, desserts, and charcuterie. Its wine list offers boutique wines from Italy, France, Spain, Oregon, and California. Popular entrees include Alfredo pasta margarita pizzas, burger-house ground pork, and beef. J. Devoti Trattoria offers an intimate atmosphere with delicate glassware, polished wooden floors, and charmingly decorated walls. It also provides raised gardens in the courtyard and fruit trees against its windows. Owner and chef Anthony Devoti opened the restaurant in 2018.

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The Tenderloin Room

$$$$

Steakhouse

St. Louis

4.7

677 reviews

This upscale restaurant offers contemporary northern American dishes with steaks seared and cooked to perfection. The restaurant provides an opulent romantic decor with carved mahogany furnishings and crystal chandeliers. Besides its attractive décor, it offers a menu specializing in the finest steaks, a good wine list, creative appetizers, and legendry services. Popular entrees include baked seafood, roasted bone marrow, and Gulf Red Snapper Filet. Ben Strake, Bob Brazel, and Ricky DeStefano established it in 2018.

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Cinder House

$$$$

South American

Downtown St. Louis

4.7

1129 reviews

This upscale restaurant is famous for its South American dishes and cocktails in a contemporary dining room. James Beard-Award-winning chef Gerard offers a wood-fired menu to carve meats, fish, and vegetables with Italian, Spanish, French and Russian flavors. Popular entrée include lamb ribs, hen of the woods mushroom, and mussels. Its interiors offer diners an elegant space with walls of windows, leather sofas, and blue Amazonian countertops. A variety of wood and stone textures blend well with its white oak chevron floors, which complement its lime-based polished plaster walls and elegant coverings. Gerard Craft established Cinder House in 2018.

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Dominic's on the Hill

$$$$

Italian

The Hill

4.7

912 reviews

Dominic and Jackie Gaia purchased this restaurant in 1971. Over the decades, Dominic's has won national awards due to its professional, friendly services. Awards include DIRONA’s 2001 Restaurant Hall of Fame, 1999 International Award of Excellence, The Epicurean Award, and the two best Italian Restaurant awards by Conde Nast Traveler. Its menu focuses on Italian dishes with fresh seafood, veal, lamb, and tenderloin. Popular entrees include risotto with lobster, Caesar, and scampi alla griglia. In addition, Dominic's offers a cozy interior in a Florentine theme with white walls, classic oil paintings, and white tablecloths.

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Lombardo's Trattoria - Downtown

$$$$

Italian

St. Louis

4.8

1112 reviews

This restaurant is famous for its traditional Italian cuisine, focusing on pasta, fresh seafood, hand-cut steaks, and excellent chicken dishes served in a refined dining atmosphere. Popular entrees include Chicken gorgonzola, chicken parmigiana and filet mignon. It offers a sleek interior with snappy faux furnishings blended with a dimly lit space with brown, tan, and white tones. Carmen and Angelo Lombardo established Lombardo's Trattoria in 1993.

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Carmine's Steakhouse

$$$$

Steak

St. Louis

4.7

1144 reviews

This steakhouse offers an eclectic menu with a variety of aged beef, hand-cut chops, chicken entrees, and fresh food. Dishes are well crafted with locally sourced ingredients with influence from Italy, Mexico, and the contemporary U.S. Popular entrees include toasted ravioli, strip steak nachos, and chicken modega. It also offers five wine sections, including white zinfandel, Riesling, and Shiraz. Its interior offers an elegant space with white tablecloths that add a contrast to its dark wood furnishings and tan floors. The Lombardo Family established it in 2000.

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IL Bel Lago - From the Hill

$$$$

Italian

Creve Coeur

4.7

1269 reviews

The upscale restaurant has managed to blend classic with contemporary dishes that pair well with its global wines. It offers diners an elegant atmosphere, and it features floor-to-ceiling wine racks, a private dining space, and an open, airy lounge. Its modest interior features a warm, inviting space with dimly lit rooms and a blend of deep colors that complement its dark wood furnishings. The dining area has a domed ceiling draped with folds of gold cloth that add a bit of elegance to the restaurant. Diners can enjoy its extensive wine list at the outside patio. Its menu offers traditional Italian dishes, and popular entrees include chicken champagne, tortellini di Vitello and Caprese. Frank and Carmelo Giovanni established it in 2014.

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