Guidebook for Raleigh

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Guidebook for Raleigh

Food Scene

Excellent food and service, but they stay booked so if you are planning a trip make your reservations in advance.
126 locals recommend
Bida Manda
222 S Blount St
126 locals recommend
Excellent food and service, but they stay booked so if you are planning a trip make your reservations in advance.
Really small, but WOW! Great food, great desserts!
33 locals recommend
Hayes Barton Cafe & Dessertery
2000 Fairview Rd
33 locals recommend
Really small, but WOW! Great food, great desserts!
So much on the menu, pretty much all good food and bar scene. Locals and close!
10 locals recommend
The Point At Glenwood Restaurant and Bar
1626 Glenwood Ave
10 locals recommend
So much on the menu, pretty much all good food and bar scene. Locals and close!
Really good, a bit more expensive, but you will get the WOW experience as far as food goes! YUM!
11 locals recommend
Bloomsbury Bistro
509-101 W Whitaker Mill Rd
11 locals recommend
Really good, a bit more expensive, but you will get the WOW experience as far as food goes! YUM!
High dollar but really good!
26 locals recommend
The Capital Grille
4242 Six Forks Rd
26 locals recommend
High dollar but really good!
I love their sushi! Next to trader Joes, BOGO on teh rolls and pretty good menu food as well. Very reasonable prices. Its my go to for sushi. Try the sashimi salad roll and the wasabi roll, yum! Best ginger dressing I have ever had!
ShabaShabu
3080 Wake Forest Road
I love their sushi! Next to trader Joes, BOGO on teh rolls and pretty good menu food as well. Very reasonable prices. Its my go to for sushi. Try the sashimi salad roll and the wasabi roll, yum! Best ginger dressing I have ever had!
EXCELLENT food with big portions, awesome desserts and exceptional customer service.
13 locals recommend
Winston's Grille
6401 Falls of Neuse Rd
13 locals recommend
EXCELLENT food with big portions, awesome desserts and exceptional customer service.
Great food in downtown Raleigh! Local owners, yum!
27 locals recommend
Garland
14 W Martin St
27 locals recommend
Great food in downtown Raleigh! Local owners, yum!
No reservations, first come first serve! A bit pricey but the food is amazing! Really it is! An Ashley Christiansen Restaurant.
102 locals recommend
Poole's
426 S McDowell St
102 locals recommend
No reservations, first come first serve! A bit pricey but the food is amazing! Really it is! An Ashley Christiansen Restaurant.
Vegan place, great food, great experience.
63 locals recommend
The Fiction Kitchen
2409 S Dawson St
63 locals recommend
Vegan place, great food, great experience.
It's not true southern food, but it hits home. Really good food, busy!
88 locals recommend
The Pit Authentic Barbecue
328 W Davie St
88 locals recommend
It's not true southern food, but it hits home. Really good food, busy!
7 locals recommend
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits
4405 Falls of Neuse Rd
7 locals recommend
Best burger joint!
18 locals recommend
Tasty 8's
121 Fayetteville St
18 locals recommend
Best burger joint!
40 locals recommend
Cup a Joe!
2109 Avent Ferry Rd
40 locals recommend
Friends with the chef, always good food!
8 locals recommend
Glenwood Grill
2927 Glenwood Ave
8 locals recommend
Friends with the chef, always good food!
Mexican inspired seafood, very yummy.
16 locals recommend
Cortez Seafood and Cocktail
413 Glenwood Ave
16 locals recommend
Mexican inspired seafood, very yummy.
Excellent Sushi, best to go happy hour, otherwise a little pricey.
13 locals recommend
O-Ku Sushi
411 W Hargett St
13 locals recommend
Excellent Sushi, best to go happy hour, otherwise a little pricey.
Really close and really good food!
11 locals recommend
Taste, Small Plates & Wine Bar
1912 Bernard St
11 locals recommend
Really close and really good food!
8 locals recommend
Jasmin & Olivz Mediterranean
2430 Hillsborough St
8 locals recommend
Delicious food!
47 locals recommend
Irregardless Cafe & Catering
901 W Morgan St
47 locals recommend
Delicious food!
Lebanese food, excellent place.
58 locals recommend
Sitti
137 S Wilmington St
58 locals recommend
Lebanese food, excellent place.
60 locals recommend
Whiskey Kitchen
201 W Martin St
60 locals recommend
BurgerFi
3004 Wake Forest Rd
Great smoothies and small lunch spot
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
5311 S Miami Blvd
Great smoothies and small lunch spot
Good place, one of my faves actually, walking distance, seafood, dive bar feel.
Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar
2340 Bale St
Good place, one of my faves actually, walking distance, seafood, dive bar feel.
Best pizza in town
32 locals recommend
Oakwood Pizza Box
610 N Person St
32 locals recommend
Best pizza in town
Second best pizza in town, delivery or take out.
7 locals recommend
Capital Creations Gourmet Pizza
1842 Wake Forest Rd
7 locals recommend
Second best pizza in town, delivery or take out.
over 21 restaurant in one stop! Definitely try if you have picky eaters.
98 locals recommend
Morgan Street Food Hall
411 W Morgan St
98 locals recommend
over 21 restaurant in one stop! Definitely try if you have picky eaters.
Chinese food, really good, best dj in town!
14 locals recommend
Five Star Restaurant
301 N West St
14 locals recommend
Chinese food, really good, best dj in town!
I go just for the crème Brule
75 locals recommend
Stanbury
938 N Blount St
75 locals recommend
I go just for the crème Brule
Walking distance.
10 locals recommend
Wilson's Eatery
1053 E Whitaker Mill Rd
10 locals recommend
Walking distance.
Not a fan personally, but its Peruvian food, and EVERYONE loves it! Super popular
19 locals recommend
Mami Noras Rotisserie Chicken
2401 Wake Forest Rd
19 locals recommend
Not a fan personally, but its Peruvian food, and EVERYONE loves it! Super popular
It's Mexican...
10 locals recommend
El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant
329 S Blount St
10 locals recommend
It's Mexican...
Gusto Farm to Street
3088 Wake Forest Rd
Call ahead, stays really busy! Super foodie type place, good food.
54 locals recommend
Crawford and Son
618 N Person St
54 locals recommend
Call ahead, stays really busy! Super foodie type place, good food.
They have, food, coffee, cocktails, you name it.
105 locals recommend
The Raleigh Times
14 E Hargett St
105 locals recommend
They have, food, coffee, cocktails, you name it.
Artsy restaurant!
23 locals recommend
Vidrio
500 Glenwood Ave
23 locals recommend
Artsy restaurant!
11 locals recommend
Mulino Italian Kitchen & Bar
309 N Dawson St
11 locals recommend
Walking distance
The Simple Greek
2320 Bale Street
Walking distance
Denny's
3215 Wake Forest Rd
Bahama Breeze
3309 Wake Forest Rd
Yummy
13 locals recommend
Vivace
4209 Lassiter Mill Rd
13 locals recommend
Yummy
French inspired restaurant, LOVE
16 locals recommend
Coquette
4351 The Cir At N Hills St
16 locals recommend
French inspired restaurant, LOVE
19 locals recommend
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
8030 Renaissance Pkwy
19 locals recommend
Great food, great brunch too! Friends with the owners.
18 locals recommend
Mandolin
2519 Fairview Rd
18 locals recommend
Great food, great brunch too! Friends with the owners.
37 locals recommend
Sullivan's Steakhouse
410 Glenwood Ave
37 locals recommend
High dollar steak house, never been but I have heard its great.
33 locals recommend
Second Empire Restaurant and Tavern
330 Hillsborough St
33 locals recommend
High dollar steak house, never been but I have heard its great.
BOGO Sushi rolls
19 locals recommend
Sushi Blues Cafe
301 Glenwood Ave
19 locals recommend
BOGO Sushi rolls

Drinks & Nightlife

Great brewery nearby with excellent outdoor areas and food trucks!
44 locals recommend
Lynnwood Brewing Concern
1053 E Whitaker Mill Rd
44 locals recommend
Great brewery nearby with excellent outdoor areas and food trucks!
26 locals recommend
Big Boss Brewing Company
1249 Wicker Dr
26 locals recommend
28 locals recommend
Neuse River Brewing Company
518 Pershing Rd
28 locals recommend
19 locals recommend
Nickelpoint Brewing Co
506 Pershing Rd
19 locals recommend
Live Jazz
40 locals recommend
C. Grace
407 Glenwood Ave
40 locals recommend
Live Jazz
34 locals recommend
Fox Liquor Bar
East Martin Street
34 locals recommend
54 locals recommend
FOUNDATION
213 Fayetteville St
54 locals recommend
109 locals recommend
Raleigh Beer Garden
614 Glenwood Avenue
109 locals recommend
Gay bar, drag shows, shitty music.
28 locals recommend
Legends Nightclub Complex
330 W Hargett St
28 locals recommend
Gay bar, drag shows, shitty music.
Gay bar, don't wear open toe shoes, cash only.
12 locals recommend
Flex
615 S West St
12 locals recommend
Gay bar, don't wear open toe shoes, cash only.
Walking distance.
10 locals recommend
House of Hops
6909 Glenwood Ave
10 locals recommend
Walking distance.
Comedy Club
26 locals recommend
Goodnights Comedy Club
401 W Morgan St
26 locals recommend
Comedy Club
17 locals recommend
The Ritz
2820 Industrial Dr
17 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

288 locals recommend
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 W Jones St
288 locals recommend
437 locals recommend
North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Rd
437 locals recommend
171 locals recommend
Marbles Kids Museum
201 E Hargett St
171 locals recommend
The DPAC is pretty epic and worth checking out if there are any shows going on and you have time to go see.
244 locals recommend
DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian Street
244 locals recommend
The DPAC is pretty epic and worth checking out if there are any shows going on and you have time to go see.

Entertainment & Activities

North Hills, shopping, dining, bowling, Movie theater, desserts, grocery store, everything! Parking is a bitch....
95 locals recommend
North Hills
95 locals recommend
North Hills, shopping, dining, bowling, Movie theater, desserts, grocery store, everything! Parking is a bitch....
Concerts, sporting events and more!
108 locals recommend
PNC Arena
1400 Edwards Mill Rd
108 locals recommend
Concerts, sporting events and more!
Amphitheater, Concerts and such...
44 locals recommend
Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
3801 Rock Quarry Rd
44 locals recommend
Amphitheater, Concerts and such...
Concert Hall, outdoors, awesome.
98 locals recommend
Red Hat Amphitheater
500 S McDowell St
98 locals recommend
Concert Hall, outdoors, awesome.
Farmers Market and dining
114 locals recommend
North Carolina State Farmers Public Market
1201 Agriculture St
114 locals recommend
Farmers Market and dining
Recliner seats, food and drinks at this theater
41 locals recommend
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Raleigh
2116-D New Bern Ave
41 locals recommend
Recliner seats, food and drinks at this theater
19 locals recommend
Regal North Hills Stadium 14
4150 Main at North Hills St
19 locals recommend

Everything Else

Cameron Village, has a gym, grocery stores, dining, bars, everything you need, parking is a whore.
128 locals recommend
Cameron Village
128 locals recommend
Cameron Village, has a gym, grocery stores, dining, bars, everything you need, parking is a whore.
Everything you can want in the downtown life! Food, drinks, grocery, sex, drugs, prostitution, homeless people, polluted air, rude people, nice people, pretty people, ugly people....I'd uber or lfyt, parking is a bitch and a whore.
74 locals recommend
Downtown
74 locals recommend
Everything you can want in the downtown life! Food, drinks, grocery, sex, drugs, prostitution, homeless people, polluted air, rude people, nice people, pretty people, ugly people....I'd uber or lfyt, parking is a bitch and a whore.
Hospital
8 locals recommend
Duke Hospital station
8 locals recommend
Hospital
Hospital
9 locals recommend
Duke Raleigh Hospital
3400 Wake Forest Rd
9 locals recommend
Hospital
Hospital
Wake Med Health & Hospital: Afshari Hamid R DDS
3000 New Bern Avenue
Hospital

Sightseeing

95 locals recommend
North Carolina State University
2310 Stinson Dr
95 locals recommend
NC State Fair and Flea Market
Amtrak Station - NSF
1025 Blue Ridge Rd
NC State Fair and Flea Market
111 locals recommend
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
111 locals recommend
153 locals recommend
Duke University
153 locals recommend

Getting Around

25 locals recommend
Raleigh Union Station
510 W Martin St
25 locals recommend
Airport
98 locals recommend
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
2400 John Brantley Blvd
98 locals recommend
Airport
Bus station
Greyhound: Bus Station
2210 Capital Blvd
Bus station