The Top Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now — Resy | Right This Way
Updated: July 6, 2026
There’s no question we hear more often: Where should I go eat? And while we at Resy know it’s an honor to be the friend who everyone asks for restaurant advice, we also know it’s a complicated task. That’s where the Resy Hit List comes in.
Consider it your essential resource for dining in Atlanta: a monthly-updated guide to the restaurants that you won’t want to miss — tonight or any night.
Four Things In Atlanta Not to Miss This Month
July Independence Days: Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States in once-in-a-lifetime style. It’s easy in Atlanta, where nearly every neighborhood is turning out with a bevy of festivities. Centennial Olympic Park will host Look Up Atlanta with live music and one of the largest metro fireworks displays in the state, and dining at recent Rundown star Zephyr, inspired by our railroad history, keeps the patriotic pride hyperlocal. Pro tip: Our guide on Where to Eat Near the Stadium lists all the other hot spots nearby. To the east, you can grab a drink at Fawn Wine and Amaro Bar or The Reading Room before or after catching the Pied Piper Parade in Decatur with a drink, while due north, in Chamblee, Robin Thicke is headlining just steps from Antiguo Lobo and Hopstix. Neighboring Dunwoody has one of the biggest Fourth parties in Georgia, complete with floats, marching bands, and vintage cars, and even more variety with dining at Politan Row at Ashford Lane. Of course, that’s not even the half of it, compounded by the fact that Bastille Day also falls in July. Get international with your freedom parties at Bar Blanc at Little Sparrow, Café Alsace, Brasserie Lundi, or L’Antoinette.
Summer Sipping: After a 22-year ban, happy hour is now officially legal again in Atlanta! In this economy, we can certainly raise a glass to wallet-friendly drink specials like those at the bar of Il Premio, Bar Pilar, Boqueria, 5Church, BEY Mediterranean, El Ponce, Pêche Modern Coastal, and many others. Then let’s raise another to the cocktail programs that have made Atlanta one of the best places to drink in the country. Here’s to the pioneers — Kimball House, Ticonderoga Club, Bar ANA, Jojo’s Beloved Cocktail Lounge, Patria Cocina, Vesper — and the ones pushing forward with new offers, like Southern Belle’s new outdoor extension Belle Bar. And let’s not forget the burgeoning crop of wine bars, including Madeira Park, Fawn Wine and Amaro Bar, Side Saddle Wine Saloon & Bar, Commune, and places with fantastic wine programs such as Miller Union, Spring, and El Viñedo Local.
Best of the Fests: Every month is an opportunity to celebrate food in Atlanta, and this one is no different. The Atlanta Summer Halal Food Festival returns to the Historic Old Fourth Ward Skatepark July 11-12, highlighting the diverse range of cuisine that follows Islamic ethical and dietary laws. You might be familiar with favorites like Halal Guys, but this is a great way to discover that it’s so much more than that … and then branch out to Yalda’s Persian and Middle Eastern and Divan Restaurant & Bar to reach yet another level of deliciousness of this genre. Just in time for dessert, PeachFest returns for its 12th year on July 12 at Underground Atlanta, as we honor our most famous fruit, with cocktails and bites featuring our state’s best, Pearson Farms peaches. Keep an eye out for peach collabs with your favorite Resy restos — last year, Kitty Dare, Miller Union, Kevin Rathbun Steak, Southern National, Natalie Bianca, Auburn Angel, Boone’s, Marcus Bar & Grille, and more came to the table with seasonal specials and we expect no less a showing this year.
Where to Kick It: As a host city, Atlanta’s straight ballin’ this summer as the international sporting frenzy becomes another great way to show off our city. Hotels downtown have been hustling to show their best sides, and newcomers like Ashland at Loews and the aforementioned Zephyr have proven they’ve been up to the task. For any game, sports bars like STATS Brewpub have become clutch go-tos, and The Brewhouse Café has expanded from Little Five Points to a second location in South Downtown. Close to there, Der Biergarten keeps the global theme going. Bigger spots like the new Peachtree Sporting Club and tried-and-true Monday Night Brewing are also hosting watch parties, but if you’re headed there, line your belly first at Bovino After Dark. Decatur WatchFest gets the whole square in on the action, and lets you step away from it all with a bite at LEONs Full Service or Kimball House. North of the city, Suite 200 Sports Grille is reliable for both good viewing and good bar bites from goal to goal.
New to the Hit List (July 2026) Bantam & Biddy, Chai Box Cafe, Charm, The Optimist, Pêche Modern Coastal, Qiao Lin Hotpot, Delbar Buckhead.
1. Madeira Park
- Poncey-Highland
- Wine Bar
- $$
2. Talat Market
- Summerhill
- Thai
- $$
3. Charm
- West Midtown
- Thai
- $$$$
4. Bar ANA
- Atlanta
- Dessert & Cocktails
- $
5. Bene Korean Steakhouse
- Lindbergh/Morosgo
- Korean
- $
6. 7th House
- Adair Park
- Cocktail Bar
- $$
7. Pêche Modern Coastal
- Peachtree Corners
- Seafood
- $
8. Mirae
- Brookhaven
- Asian
- $
9. Spring
- Cobb County
- American
- $$
10. Little Sparrow
- Atlanta
- French Bistro
- $$
11. OAXACA
- Chamblee
- Mexican
- $$
12. M @ Umi
- Buckhead
- Japanese
- $$$$
13. The Optimist
- Atlanta
- Seafood
- $$
14. Georgia Boy
- Poncey-Highland
- Modern
- $$$$
15. Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant
- Alpharetta and Milton and Cumming
- Italian
- $$
16. Qiao Lin Hotpot – Atlanta
- Duluth
- Asian
- $$
17. Delbar Middle Eastern – Buckhead
- Buckhead
- Middle Eastern
- $$
18. Bantam & Biddy
- Ansley Park
19. Chai Box Cafe
- Collier Hills
20. JenChan's
- Cabbagetown
- International
- $
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1.Madeira Park Poncey-Highland map
Photo courtesy of Madeira Park
We stand firm that dining lately has been about connection. Steven Satterfield and Neal McCarthy, both of Miller Union, and Dive Bar’s Tim Willard not only got the memo, theywrote it. They continue to rack up accolades for locally sourced but internationally inspired cuisine since day one. Don’t miss the regular picks — the rotating gnocchi has already reached icon status — but leave room for seasonal adventures like grilled bok choy with salsa macha. Ask Willard and McCarthy, both sommeliers, to help you pair small plates with big glasses. With two dozen by-the-pour offered daily, you won’t be short of choices.
Photo courtesy of Madeira Park
2.Talat Market Summerhill map
Chefs Parnass Savang and Rod Lassiter continue to bring new-idea energy to this this James Beard-nominated former pop-up, still as scrappy, self-challenging, and experimental as ever, now eight years as a brick and mortar. Yes, you should still stalktheirInstagram story for the daily changing menu. On balance, though, expect a wild flight to Thailand fueled by Georgia ingredients. Grab a seat against the vivid street-style mural for dishes like Issan-style chicken laap, the daily curry with their signature housemade coconut cream, and the beloved Crispy Rice Salad. And if you’re lucky, you might just get a teaser to their next concept, Some Luck, due to open this summer.
3.Charm West Midtown map
Thai cuisine has been on the rise in Atlanta, growing ever more sophisticated with each newcomer, but this twice-weekly residency by renowned sake sommelier Jenna Phravorachit at 788 Omakase Table might just be its spectacular crescendo. Every dish lives up to the concept’s name in a splendid celebration of her Thai-adjacent Laotian heritage and passion for fine dining and omotenashi hospitality. A tropical fruit salad has catfish cosplaying as panko crumbs, blue crab curry becomes a luscious warm custard, and papaya salad is somehow sorbet. Bright, unabashed flavors build to Japanese luxury ingredients — a nod to the space — and unique presentations through 11 courses, as a billowing cloud dissipates to reveal lemongrass and sweet chili paste-seasoned lobster and A5 wagyu tenderloin and beautifully bitter sticky rice are invited to be eaten by hand.
4.Bar ANA Atlanta map
“Last bite, best bite” has gone from saying to promise at pastry chef Claudia Martinez’s stylish dessert bar, where the vibe is industry-edgy, Afro-Latin-Caribbean cool, and accessibly warm. In this cozy courtyard-inspired, intimate space, seasonallyinspired sweets (her signature style) are made with indulgent ingredients and presented as modern art. For example, Araguani chocolate cake bites with passionfruit ganache and mole crunch with pomegranate arils or apple spice cake with tamarind caramel and dulce de leche cremeaux might be enjoyed solo or as part of a tasting. Treats, pastries, and exquisite housemade ice creams are complemented by Recuerdos crafted coffee drinks by day for sun-up to sun-down verve that just doesn’t quit.
5.Bene Korean Steakhouse Lindbergh/Morosgo map
Photo courtesy of Bene Korean Steakhouse
Within a contemporary, unfussy forest green space, pinpricks of bright, starry lights shine down from a dark ceiling disguising top-of-the-line ventilation that makes it easy to forget that the entire room is essentially an open kitchen. Marinated meats are cooked by your server tableside versus traditional KBBQ DIY-style, allowing the crew to kick back with soju, sake, and sweet cocktails from the oversized bar. Better yet, get the group to partake in the AYCE option, where premium cuts make it a value. But come ready to go beyond banchan. Chef-owner Lisa Kim’s seafood and veggie-packed pajeong is unlike any other in town — lighter, crunchier, and airier — and the warm beef japchae and chewy tteokbokki in spicy gochujang are apps that eat like a meal.
Photo courtesy of Bene Korean Steakhouse
6.7th House Adair Park map
This astral-themed cocktail bar may be by Bovino After Dark’s Alex Sher, but it’s his mom and inspiration Rolene Jaff, a vibrant fashion plate of a spiritual gangster, who has become the symbol of hospitality of this girls’ and date night safe space. Come for creative drinks designed for specific zodiac signs and elements and sip unhurriedly in a setting that feels like a mystic’s den or in the European-feeling alley to find out: Are you sweetly fiery with passion fruit and fresno peppers, or cool like ice wine with mango and coconut? Either way, get the oysters and French onion mantou buns, and don’t miss the brookie dessert. Gooey with crispy edges and topped with chocolate crunchies and thick dollops of fudge, we predict you won’t regret it.
7.Pêche Modern Coastal Peachtree Corners map
Seafood recognizes no cultural boundaries here, as influences span from New Orleans to New England and France to Italy in a chandelier-bedecked setting, complete with a serene, oversized patio. Start with tasting pours from the Enomatic wine selections for low-commitment pairing opportunities, and oysters all ways, including the signature style with caviar and serrano chile. Decadence begins with a fresh-baked croissant loaf, and escalates from there, culminating in Grande plates such as seafood cannelloni with lobster bechamel, shrimp, lump crab, and fish; halibut done Oscar-style; and a 50-layer lasagna. Brunch brings butter-poached crab omelets and seafood biscuit pot pies.
8.Mirae Brookhaven map
Korean-first fine dining has finally landed in Atlanta, with afuture-forward focusmeant to grow and evolve. The result has been a fusion (we mean that as a compliment) with modern pan-Asian sensibilities. For example, meaty mini shrimp toasts delivered on baked, buttery toast rounds. Miso-coated grilled cabbage with black garlic. Crab bisque with wasabi-nfused cracker-chips. Chilean sea bass with nasturtium oil and sweet cauliflower puree. A steak program is on its way, but short ribs and bone marrow satisfy red meat lovers for now. Dessert recenters the space; black sesame crème brulee sparkles like the night-sky ceiling and a jasmine panna cotta-like cream topped with matcha “moss” and chocolate “dirt” cookie crumbles call your attention back to the beautiful bonsai trees throughout.
9.Spring Cobb County map
Returning from renovations with limited seating in time for its 10-year anniversary, this Marietta Square destination continues to prove that quality trumps quantity every time. In this intimate space, chef Brian So’s seasonal menu is so tight that no more than three options are ever offered for each course. Yet, deciding remains near-impossible when choosing between asparagus with cured salmon and ramps or a parfait of foie gras with plum and pistachio for starters. Garganelli with green garlic cream, morels, and fava beans or grilled grouper with scallops and leeks keep the challenge going in mains. To take the pressure off the decision-making, have sommelier Daniel Crawford make a pairing for you from his selection of natural wines. As with everything else here, it’s hard to go wrong.
10.Little Sparrow Atlanta map
Photo courtesy of Little Sparrow
This restaurant named after songstress Edith Piaf may be the companion restaurant to Ford Fry’s Marcel, but rest assured — it hits all of its high notes on its own. Globe lighting gently illuminates romantic details from the artistically tiled black and white tiles on the floor of the elegant u-shaped bar to the floor-to-ceiling curtained dividers and moody, fog-covered landscape mural in the dining room. A tight cocktail menu hits the full range — from modern combos like gin and yuzu to classic petite martinis — as does a broad wine list, and traditions done well are an ongoing theme. Lush French onion soup, plump ricotta gnudi, sole meunière, and steak with tallow-fried frites set the stage for chocolate souffle or soft-serve made “fancy” in surprising ways.
Photo courtesy of Little Sparrow
11.OAXACA Chamblee map
Those ready to graduate into modern regional Mexican cuisine should find their way to this discreetly hidden gem. The menu is an introduction to the “Land of the Seven Moles,” featuring preparations that range from green to coconut truffle, dishes that center masa, such as steak tlayuda, and plenty of stringy Oaxaca cheese in squash blossom veggie quesadillas. But as fitting for a restaurant named after what is considered the culinary capital of Mexico, favorites are elevated as well. For example, elote dressed with black garlic, steak tacos with fire-roasted bone marrow, and octopus chicharrónes. Sip a warm-weather cocktail on the spacious, semi-private patio — preferably one with mezcal, one of the state’s biggest claims to fame.
12.M @ Umi Buckhead map
The temporary closure of this beloved omakase mainstay left a huge gap in the omakase scene when Tasuku Muraka departed, but “sushi boss” Kazuo Yoshida’s arrival makes us believe in serendipity all over again. A pioneer of omakase dining in the U.S., he’s now enriching Atlanta’s sushi scene with kazu-style (Japanese gastropub fusion) concepts, exclusive sourcing, and dynamic teaching that allows chefs under him to find their own voices, like an exceptional truffled-coated, butter-poached lobster course. A signature for every service is an uni risotto to make you weep, and enough caviar to singlehandedly justify the price. Expect 19 courses meant to surprise with each round, contrasting flavors, textures, and techniques, like mincing fish and reshaping it with alliums and tricky prep that makes bonito delectable.
13.The Optimist Atlanta map
Seafood is unquestionably the specialty when the raw bar’s dramatic display is enough to turn a fiery wood hearth and painted octopus on the wall into background players. They’re serious about it at this Ford Fry mainstay. You’ll find oysters offered three ways (and for happy hour), smoked haddock chowder with butter-fried saltines, and aficionado-coded items like cod cheeks. Duckfat-poached swordfish blends fish and fowl and kedgeree, land and sea. Desserts reference the coast, too. Key lime pie and coconut rum tres leches take us further south while the white tile coastal design of the main dining room veers north. Meanwhile, the ample patio and lawn space are laid-back, both as inviting as a casual afternoon on a New England estate.
14.Georgia Boy Poncey-Highland map
Nothing is ever quite what it seems when it comes from a place of pure imagination … which is best way to describe James Beard-nominated chef Joey Ward’s 14- to 16-course tasting menu. Every dish is a personal love letter to the seasons, flavors, and — without giving away too much — different pockets of Georgia and Atlanta, including within Southern Belle. For instance, a tribute to a certain international stretch of the city is done with appreciation; local produce, like sweet potatoes, become the literal bread and butter of the region; and a cheese course is presented as an actual pop of nostalgia. So go ahead and lick the beaters, drink the cereal milk, and be dazzled. Pro tip: Pricing is tip-inclusive — no math required.
15.Casa Nuova Italian Restaurant Alpharetta and Milton and Cumming map
Transplants from suburban New Jersey and Long Island will feel right at home at this nostalgic gem, where a carpeted dining room, art-adorned wallpapered walls, wipeable tablecloths, and high-touch service blur the lines between someone’s grandma’s house and a classic Italian red sauce restaurant … Which makes sense, since owners Antonio and Maria Fundora both came of age in Italian American strongholds (New York and Chicago, respectively) before opening the iconic Alfredo’s on Cheshire Bridge over 40 years ago. Service is team-based, but specials are often recited by the matriarch herself, who’ll rattle off a long list of multi-item parmigianas, osso bucco, seafood, housemade ravioli, and more. On the everyday menu, find excellent renditions of banners like scarpariello, piccata, Marsala, and Francese dishes sauces at nearly equally old-school prices.
16.Qiao Lin Hotpot – Atlanta Duluth map
Move over, Chengdu Zhong-style dumplings — Chongqing’s hot pot tradition is making a play to become our city’s favorite Sichuan-style dish with the Chicago favorite’s new location in Duluth. For those unfamiliar with the concept, think broth-based fondue, but substitute that for a center pot that can offer up to three broth bases made with a variety of 32 spices and six varieties of chile peppers. Translation: if you haven’t experienced that authentic mala sensation yet, settling down into one of these white-trimmed, group dining booths means you’re about to. Choose vegetables, noodles, dumplings, and proteins — including tofu — from an extensive, semi-illustrated bilingual menu for your tabletop cooking, then dip them in a sauce of your own creation for another layer of customization.
17.Delbar Middle Eastern – Buckhead Buckhead map
Posh Persian glamour is pervasive through every dynamic inch of the most glittering location of Fares Kargar’s critically hailed trio of restaurants. A long bar that begins near the entrance transitions seamlessly to an open kitchen, where the sounds of chefs at work are muted by the always-bustling, convivial ambiance of this group-friendly restaurant. Pro-tip: Request a table in the mezzanine for a more low-key buzz, or the now-open patio for summertime beach-club style. Share savory mains like saffron-rubbed duck confit fesenjoon, char-grilled wagyu strip with Turkish coffee rub, and summery lamb chops with dill labneh, to make the house soft serve feel all the sweeter after.
18.Bantam & Biddy Ansley Park map
Chef Shaun Doty’s locally-sourced Southern comfort diner is well-known among gluten-free diners in the city, but at its heart, it’s a people-pleaser designed for inclusivity, not specificity. Just try finding fault with the bouncy little jalapeno cornbread muffins and crispy, fresh tenders that both just happen to be gluten-free. And if wheat is not your enemy, even better; it’s home to one of the most indulgent chicken biscuits around, where a fried breast is topped with bacon and an overflow of pimento cheese on a soft biscuit you’ll end up fork-and-knifing. Breakfast all day keeps the theme going with sweet and savory waffles; meatloaf, stews, and grilled bone-in chicken keep things homestyle; and salads with housemade dressings remind you to eat your veggies.
No reservations. Find more info here.
19.Chai Box Cafe Collier Hills map
The countdown has finally ended for Atlanta’s first chai café, and folks are already flocking to Monica Sunny’s cheery, casually chic spot in droves for their fix of the wildly popular tea blends Oprah made viral by naming as one of her favorite things. Ochre banquettes line the storefront window and beneath an evocative scene depicting the gardens of Jaipur, and more Indian influence appears in the unique pastry program, with custom-developed treats like samosa croissants, saag paneer danishes, cardamom buns, and rose pistachio tarts. Cake rusks take the place of biscotti, which is equally up to the task of being paired with signature chai drinks or coffee offered in a partnership with Georgia Tech alumni Driftaway Roasters — another nod to local success stories gone national.
No reservations. Find more info here.
20.JenChan’s Cabbagetown map
JenChan’s signature pizzas are a mainstay on the menu and have played an important role in the restaurant’s success.
Photo courtesy of JenChan’s
You’ll be hard-pressed to find more personality per square foot than this Cabbagetown community hub, from decor like photos and stickers contributed by patrons and staff to events driven by the wife-and-wife team of Jen and Emily Chan. Moreover, you’ll find it on every plate from the kitchen of this scrappy, infinitely inventive eclectic pizza and Chinese spot. Try things you can’t get elsewhere, like a Caesar salad with pickled beef tongue, boiled peanuts with an Asian upgrade of soy chili, and General Tsao’s chicken as pizza or with waffles during brunch. Pro-tip: Keep an eye out for pop-ups of Mikkelson’s in the Morning, a tribute to her wife Emily’s restaurateur dad, highlighting Danish treats like aebleskivers with jam, a “beer bread oatmeal-ish wonder,” and Ruthie’s Biscuits topped how you like.
JenChan’s signature pizzas are a mainstay on the menu and have played an important role in the restaurant’s success.
Photo courtesy of JenChan’s
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