2025 Resy Best of the Hit List: All 160 Restaurants Ranked — Page 2

Bong is a small Cambodian restaurant in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, serving traditional and modern Khmer dishes built around bold, sour, fermented flavors. It landed on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025. Booking is relatively easy for New York, but the room is tiny; reserve a week or two out for weekends and plan to return: the menu rewards multiple visits.

Merci is a small, French-influenced room on Pitt St that landed on Resy's 2025 Best of the Hit List for its refined seasonal cooking and dishes like beef Wellington for two. It's one of Charleston's more focused dinner options, well-suited to couples and solo diners who want classical technique over casual energy. Book a week out for weekends; easier to get into than its recognition suggests.

Paprika ATX earned a place on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, marking it as one of Austin's most interesting current bookings. Located on N Lamar Blvd, it's accessible and currently easy to book; a window that typically closes as Hit List momentum builds. For food-focused visitors who want somewhere genuinely current rather than a legacy name, this is a practical and well-credentialled choice.

Alebrije has the Resy Best of the Hit List (2025) credit and a national dish recognition to back it up, making it the clearest answer for a special occasion dinner in East Nashville. Easy to book with a week's lead time for weekend slots. If Gallatin Ave is your destination, this is where to start.

Supérette landed on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, making it one of the more closely watched newcomers on Philadelphia's Passyunk Avenue. Booking is currently easy, which puts you ahead of the demand curve. Go before the reservations tighten; this is the right moment for a brunch or casual special-occasion meal at a venue on an upward trajectory.

Tantísimo is a Mexicana-owned Spanglish restaurant in Nashville's Sylvan Park serving pan-Latin small plates and brunch with a Mexican-Nashville sensibility. A 2025 Resy Best of the Hit List honoree, it is one of the clearer reasons to eat west of Downtown. Easy to book, neighborhood in scale, worth the drive for food-focused visitors.

Vern's is Charleston's clearest case for serious contemporary American dining right now, carrying a 2025 Michelin star and a Resy Best of the Hit List nod. At the $$$ price point on Bogard Street, it delivers nationally competitive cooking at a regional cost; but book 4–6 weeks out minimum. Post-Michelin demand has made this one of the harder reservations in South Carolina.

Bar Bucce earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025; a signal that this Little River restaurant is doing something right in a competitive Miami dining field. For first-timers, it's the current-moment neighbourhood bet: local crowd, kitchen cooking with energy, booking still easy enough to secure without a fight.

Chubby Fish doesn't take reservations and seats just 40 people, but seven years of lines around the block on Coming Street tell you everything about the cooking. James London's daily-catch seafood menu; built around direct relationships with local fisherpeople and recognised on Resy's 2025 Hit List; makes the wait worthwhile. Arrive by 4 p.m., add your name to the list, wait next door.

Tapori is the Daru team's Indian street food and cocktail bar on H Street NE, recognized on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025. It delivers bold Mumbai-inspired snacks alongside a serious drinks program at a price point well below D.C.'s formal dining tier. Book early weeknights for the best experience; weekend slots will tighten as its profile grows.

Emeril's is Emeril Lagasse's flagship restaurant in New Orleans' Warehouse District, serving a refined approach to Louisiana cooking.

Pink Lotus Thai Restaurant in Atlanta's Brady Arts District earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025; a genuine editorial signal worth acting on. Booking is easy, the neighbourhood is worth an evening, the format rewards repeat visits. Go now while the momentum is current.

Izakaya Rintaro is one of San Francisco's clearest value propositions in Japanese dining: a Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised izakaya at $$ that delivers precise, restrained cooking across a shareable small-plates format. With consistent recognition from Resy and Opinionated About Dining, it earns the booking easily; particularly for diners who want craft over ceremony.

iggy's earned a Michelin Plate and a Resy Hit List spot in 2025; two independent signals that this $$$ Italian in Wedgewood-Houston is cooking at a level Nashville's Italian scene has rarely hit. Book it for a date night or low-key celebration when you want serious food without a serious room. Booking is rated Easy, which makes it one of the more accessible recognized restaurants in the city.

Truth BBQ holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) and a Resy Hit List placement, all at a $$ price point. The brisket is the reason to come; the sides are the reason to return. At 110 S Heights Blvd, it's one of the strongest value cases in Houston barbecue and worth booking before the cuts sell out.

Baso has earned back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and a Resy Best of the Hit List nod, making it one of the harder reservations to land in Houston right now. At $$$$ pricing in the Heights neighborhood, it delivers serious American cooking at better value than equivalent award-level rooms in New York or San Francisco. Book three to four weeks out minimum, treat the wine spend as part of the experience.

Addis Nola is the strongest case for Ethiopian food in New Orleans; a Michelin Plate recipient in 2025 and a Resy Hit List pick, at $$ pricing that makes it one of the best-value Michelin-recognised meals in the city. Book it for groups who want a communal, hands-on dinner that stands apart from the Creole-heavy options dominating most New Orleans itineraries.

Fallow Kin at 853 Main St earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, putting it among Cambridge's most talked-about tables. Booking is rated easy, the room suits occasion dining and conversation, it sits in a neighbourhood that rewards the trip. Confirm pricing and menu format on Resy before you go.

A 20-seat BYOB on Grays Ferry Ave earning real recognition; illata landed on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025 with a short, seasonally rotating small-plates menu built around seafood and local produce. Booking is easy relative to its reputation, the BYOB structure makes it one of the better-value serious dinners in Philadelphia right now.

Double Luck Chinese earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, it delivers: maximalist American Chinese cooking with a bar program to match in Miami's Upper Eastside. Booking is easy, the energy is high, it works best for groups or a date night where the room is part of the point. Not a wine destination, but a strong call for cocktails and shared plates.

Duchess at The Nobleman earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, making it the most talked-about new arrival in Fort Worth's Near Southside dining scene. It sits in a different category from the city's established institutions; book here when you want a considered, sit-down dinner with current momentum behind it. Reservations are easy to secure for now, but that window will narrow as the year progresses.

A 2025 Resy Hit List honoree on West 2nd Street, VanHorn's is one of downtown Austin's stronger calls for a date night or special occasion; and one of the few credentialed options that holds up for late-evening dining. Currently easy to book, it offers real-time momentum without the months-out reservation grind of comparable peers.

Gregory Gourdet's debut restaurant brings three-time James Beard Award-winning technique to Haitian Caribbean cuisine at a $$ price point; the full menu is gluten- and dairy-free, the front-of-house depth (dedicated wine director, sommelier) outpaces the price tier. Ranked on OAD's Casual North America list in both 2024 and 2025, this is one of Portland's hardest bookings and one of its clearest yes-book decisions for a serious dinner.

Meetinghouse is a Fishtown tavern that earned Resy's Best of the Hit List in 2025 by making American pub food; roast beef sandwiches, pork-and-beans, a dressed green salad; taste far better than the menu suggests. Opened in August 2023, it's an easy booking and a strong choice for a low-key dinner where the cooking does the work. Book a week ahead on weekends.

Baby Bistro is the right call for a special occasion dinner in Los Angeles that wants substance over spectacle. Chef Miles Thompson's seasonal, family-style prix fixe runs out of a restored Victorian house in Victor Heights, earning a 2025 Resy Hit List spot for its experimentally inclined cooking. Booking is currently easy; use that window while it lasts.

Sorelle is Charleston's Michelin Plate-recognised Italian at the $$$ tier, earning a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List in 2025. Book for a special occasion or a serious date night on the historic lower peninsula. Booking is rated Easy by Pearl, but advance reservations are still recommended, especially during Charleston's busy spring and autumn seasons.

Osteria Mozza in Georgetown landed on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, making it one of the more credentialed Italian options in Washington, D.C. right now. Booking is currently easy, which is a genuine advantage over comparable occasion-dining venues in the city. Go for a special occasion dinner while the table availability lasts.

Lin Asian Bar + Dim Sum earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025; and it's the kind of Austin restaurant that rewards more than one visit. The dim sum format and serious bar program make it a strong pick for date nights or celebrations on West 6th Street. Booking is easy, which is rarer than it should be at this level.

Sook earned a spot on Resy's 2025 Best of the Hit List and is one of the easier critically recognized tables to secure in Washington, D.C. no months-long wait, just two to three weeks of lead time for weekends. For a special occasion dinner in Columbia Heights that feels considered without the booking anxiety of D.C.'s tasting-menu circuit, it's a strong call.

L'Échelle is a French-inspired bistro on SE Division Street carrying forward Naomi Pomeroy's legacy with a concise, technique-driven menu and a neighborhood wine bar format. Named to Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, it's currently easy to book but that's changing. A strong choice for solo diners, couples, small groups who want serious cooking without a formal occasion.

Cafe Yaya is a Lincoln Park neighbourhood restaurant that landed on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025; a credible editorial endorsement in a competitive Chicago market. It books easily compared to the city's tasting-menu circuit, making it a practical choice for food-curious visitors or locals who want a well-regarded local table without the planning effort of Alinea or Smyth.

Saigon Babylon earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, making it the most forward-looking reservation in Cambridge right now. Located on the fifth floor of 907 Main St, it suits food-focused diners who want momentum over legacy. Booking is currently easy; that will likely change as the year progresses.

Mābo is Dallas's most focused yakitori opening in years, earning Esquire's Best New Restaurants recognition (#33, 2024) and a Resy Hit List spot in 2025. Chef Bounahcree Kim's precision-driven skewer format makes this a strong call for food enthusiasts. Book 1–2 weeks out on weeknights; the easy booking window won't stay open forever.

Chef Raz Shabtai's Israeli-influenced restaurant earned a spot on Resy's 2025 Hit List, standing out in a North Miami dining scene dominated by Italian and Latin concepts. The unusual Sunday-Thursday schedule makes weeknight bookings easy, though the lack of online presence and published pricing requires advance planning. Worth the drive if you're chasing counter-seat access to fire-focused Middle Eastern technique.

Jade Rabbit earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, making it one of Portland's most closely watched restaurants right now. Sitting on SE Belmont Street, it fits the ingredient-focused ethos the city's best dining rooms share. Booking is currently easy; act before that changes.

A tiny South Boston tasting-menu counter where Chef Shi Mei cooks seasonal, regionless menus for a close-quarters room. BYOB, genuinely intimate, on Resy's 2025 Hit List. Book if you want serious cooking without fine-dining ceremony; look elsewhere if full service and a wine program matter to you.

A June 2025 Resy Hit List pick on New Orleans' West Bank, Saint Claire brings Cajun-French cooking to a century-old Algiers property with serious seasonal sourcing: muscadine grapes, pickled peaches, rabbit rillettes, dark roux gumbo. The 15-minute journey from the French Quarter is part of the meal. Book while reservations remain easy.

Dōgon is a restaurant at Salamander Washington DC on Maryland Avenue.

Pêche Seafood Grill is the strongest case for booking a seafood restaurant in New Orleans right now. A 2014 James Beard Best New Restaurant award and a 2025 Michelin Plate confirm chef Ryan Prewitt's kitchen has sustained its quality. The open wood-hearth format and sustainably sourced Gulf Coast focus make it the right call for a serious dinner without formal-dining pressure.

From the team behind Lord's and Dame, Crevette is a Spanish- and French-coastal seafood restaurant in the West Village earning consistent buzz since its Resy Best of the Hit List nod in 2025. At $$$, it delivers ingredient-focused cooking in a lively room that suits date nights and solo bar dining equally well. Book two to three weeks out for weekend evenings.

Amá landed on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, making it one of Philadelphia's most-watched restaurants right now. It's an easy booking at the moment; that will change. Located in Fishtown at 101 W Oxford St, it suits food-focused diners who want a kitchen-forward experience without the weeks-out reservation chase that defines the city's top tables.

Named to Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, I Cavallini is the credentialed Italian address to know in Williamsburg. Booking is currently easy relative to its peers, but that window will tighten after the recognition lands. Reserve two to three weeks out, plan at least two visits to work through the menu properly, treat it as your go-to Brooklyn Italian before the room gets harder to get into.

The Bitterroot Club earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, making it one of Portland's most relevant current reservations. Booking is still manageable, but that window is closing. For food-forward diners and out-of-town visitors building a serious Portland itinerary, this belongs at the top of your list.

3 Doors Down Cafe & Lounge is a Resy Best of the Hit List (2025) neighborhood restaurant and lounge on SE 37th Ave in Portland. Booking is easy, the atmosphere suits conversation-first evenings and casual special occasions, the combined cafe-and-lounge format makes it a natural multi-visit destination in the Hawthorne corridor.

All Day Pizza earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, a data-backed signal that Austin diners are returning regularly. It sits at 4300 Speedway in a residential North Austin corridor and books easily. Best for a casual weeknight or low-key date; not the right call if drinks program depth or a special-occasion setting is part of the brief.

Elise landed on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, marking it as one of Atlanta's most compelling casual-excellence options right now. Located on Peachtree St NE in Midtown, it delivers serious cooking without the formality or price ceiling of the city's tasting-menu tier. Booking difficulty is currently easy, but act before that changes.

k|n earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025; Atlanta's clearest signal that this Virginia-Highland address is worth a planned visit rather than a casual drop-in. Book two to three weeks out for weekends. For special occasions in the city's current-moment tier, it sits ahead of more predictable options and closer to where the dining energy actually is right now.

Drusie & Darr by Jean-Georges lands on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025, delivering serious cooking in a room that's deliberately relaxed rather than ceremonial. It's the call for Nashville visitors who want a credentialled dining experience without the stiffness of the city's tighter fine-dining formats. Book a weekday evening for the room at its best.

Husk Nashville is the right booking if you want serious, service-oriented Southern cooking in a proper dining room rather than a counter. Ranked by Opinionated About Dining and included on Resy's 2025 Hit List, it holds up as one of Nashville's most credentialed casual dining options. Booking is easy relative to the competition, making it a low-friction choice for a first visit.

Side A is a modern American bistro and vinyl listening bar in San Francisco's Mission District, recognised on both the Resy Hit List and San Francisco Chronicle's Best New Restaurants lists for 2025. It is the right booking for a special occasion dinner where atmosphere and a neighbourhood-rooted room matter more than tasting-menu formality. Booking is easy; a week out is enough for most dates.

Ryokou earned both a 2025 Michelin Plate and a Resy Hit List placement, making it one of Atlanta's most credentialed Japanese restaurants right now. At $$$$ it demands planning; booking runs hard at 3 to 4 weeks out minimum; but the dual recognition confirms the cooking justifies the spend. For serious Japanese dining in Atlanta, this is where to direct the effort.

The Paper Bridge is Portland's most focused Northern Vietnamese restaurant, earning a Resy Best of the Hit List nod just over a year after opening in November 2023. The kitchen makes its own rice noodles; rare by any city's standards; and the Hanoi-style grilled half-duck makes it worth booking with a group. Cocktails like the calamansi gin fizz are calibrated to the food, not bolted on.

Mai, at 31 Northern Ave in Boston's Seaport, earned a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List for 2025; a signal it's performing at a high level right now, not coasting. The room runs energetic and social, making it a stronger dinner pick for groups than for quiet conversation. Booking is easy relative to Boston's tighter tables, weekday lunch is the lower-key option for returning visitors.

A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder and a consistent presence on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list, Dooky Chase delivers Cajun and Creole-rooted American regional cooking at a price-to-quality ratio that outperforms most of its New Orleans peers. Dinner is Friday and Saturday only, so plan around the limited schedule; but the counter seats at lunch are one of the better ways to spend a weekday in this city.

A live-fire neighborhood restaurant in Altadena that earned a spot on Resy's 2025 Hit List for good reason: wood-fired rib-eye, pork collar, even cheesecake cooked over a centerpiece hearth, paired with a natural wine list that rewards the curious. Booking is easy, the tone is casual, the cooking has a clear point of view. Book it.

Wa Shin is Boston's most focused edomae omakase counter, earning a spot on Resy's Best of the Hit List in 2025. Chef Sky Zheng works with high-quality fish largely imported from Japan, keeping seasoning precise and restrained. Three fixed seatings nightly make this a book-ahead destination; reserve two to three weeks out for weekends, treat it as a special-occasion commitment rather than a casual drop-in.

East End Ballroom earned a 2025 Resy Best of the Hit List nod, putting it among Austin's most closely watched new venues. The East 5th Street location and room scale make it the stronger pick for evening occasions and group dinners over more intimate counter-format spots. Booking is currently easy; a window worth using before award attention tightens availability.

Manabu Horiuchi's omakase counter delivers a quieter, more deliberate alternative to Houston's busier sushi spots. The James Beard-recognized kitchen emphasizes seasonal Gulf fish and traditional nigiri progression, with a pacing that favors conversation over speed. Best for special occasions and diners who want the chef's full attention; book three to four weeks ahead for weekend slots.

Chef Gregory Gourdet's Maison Passerelle at 1 Wall St brings French technique together with diaspora-sourced ingredients; West African, Haitian, Southeast Asian; in a way that earns its Resy 2025 Hit List recognition. The setting inside Printemps is occasion-ready without being stiff. Book via Resy with one to two weeks' lead time for weekend evenings.