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The Wine Cellar at Flight Restaurant
Price: Expensive•American•5(506)Coming Soon!Napa Cafe
Price: Expensive•American•4.9(1,845)Open since 1998, Napa Café is tucked away in a pleasant corner of Sanderlin Centré. Owner Glenda Hastings restaurant has received numerous awards and accolades, including Best Wine List, Best Business Dinner, and Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence. With its polished yet inviting interior, captivating artwork and distinctive cuisine, Napa Café elicits superlatives from first-time visitors, as well as from the guests who return again and again.
Porch & Parlor Prime Steakhouse
Price: Very Expensive•Steakhouse•4.9(4,067)Located in the heart of Overton Square, Porch and Parlor Prime Steakhouse offers the finest prime steaks and chops culminating in a Southern steakhouse experience.Tsunami
Price: Expensive•Seafood•4.9(824)Located in the heart of Cooper Young, a historic Midtown restaurant and retail destination, Tsunami is a Pacific Rim-inspired restaurant where guests can feel like globetrotters from the comfort of their own table.
Award-winning owner and Chef Ben Smith fuses various ethnic cuisines—from Asia and the South Pacific to France and the American South—to create unique and flavorful small plates and seafood specialties.
The cozy restaurant, adorned with local art and handmade accents, offers a unique bar centerpiece with fine wines and liquors, local draft beers, and daily-rotating specialty cocktails.
Consistently named “Best Seafood Restaurant” in the Memphis Magazine and Memphis Flyer, coveted Tsunami entrées including a spice-crusted tuna with wasabi vinaigrette, beef tenderloin with smoked chile butter, and roasted seabass with black Thai rice and soy beurre blanc.
Coastal Fish Company
Price: Expensive•Seafood•4.9(8,446)Where the water meets the sky, Coastal Fish Company sits on the edge of Hyde Lake in Shelby Farms Park creating a picturesque location for diners to enjoy.
Coastal Fish Company offers a unique fine-dining experience by having the freshest and best sourced seafood prepared in traditional styles and new twists. Want your favorite raw oysters ? Why not try them with one of our many savory sorbets. Care for a key lime pie to end your night on a sweet note? How about opting for the chocolate covered key lime pie to satisfy that chocolate craving. Along with all of the coastal fare, there are also ‘land’ options in both the appetizers and entrees that will satisfy any appetite.
Whether you sit outside in the cozy patio almost touching the lake, inside at the bar area full of energy, or in the dining room at a spacious and comfy booth, you are guaranteed to have excellent service, a wonderful meal, and a beautiful view.McEwen's on Monroe
Price: Moderate•Southern•4.9(2,132)McEwen’s on Monroe is passionate. Passionate about food, passionate about wine, and passionate about creating a place you long to come back to again and again. An eclectic blend of styles with the largest emphasis on Southern food raised to new and unusual heights. Lunch offers a wide array of excellent sandwiches, salads and business entrees, while dinner leans toward the more elaborate and inventive. Our commitment to a relaxed atmosphere and charming personality has enabled McEwen’s on Monroe to become one of Downtown’s most comfortable restaurants. Employing a knowledgeable and attentive staff always at the ready. In addition to the bar and dining room, our wine cellar is available for parties up to 20 people.
Itta Bena
Price: Expensive•Contemporary Southern•4.8(4,901)Located on the third floor of B.B. King's Blues Club overlooking historic Beale Street you will find Itta Bena "A unique delta experience". Whether entering from our private Second Street entrance or walking through the secret hall from inside B.B. King's Blues Club, Itta Bena is sure to capture your senses. The experience is further heightened when you step inside and find yourself surrounded by rich wood floors, vaulted ceilings, deep golden hued chandeliers and the faint sound of the bustling street below. Touching all the senses, we enrich your evening by offering a delta inspired menu of robust flavors and clean presentation. Itta Bena is a complete overwhelming of the senses that you must experience for yourself.Simon's
Price: Expensive•American•4.8(168)Located in Bolivar, Tennessee, in the heart of Hardeman County, Simon’s provides an exceptional experience from the moment you walk in the door until the moment you leave. Our staff will provide excellent food, beverage, and service that will bring you back wanting more. Along with our menu featuring hand-cut steaks, shrimp, locally sourced catfish, and much more, we feature a full service bar with an extensive wine list, local craft beer selections, and spirits along with hand crafted specialty cocktails. For our warmer months, we have a patio which will feature local and regional live music.
See what locals rave about in Memphis
- OTOpenTable DinerMemphis / West Tennessee •1 review5.0Dined 1 day agoWonderful restaurant! Love everything about it. Excellent food, service and ambiance.More infoCoastal Fish CompanyPrice: Expensive• Seafood• Memphis•4.9
- BBriaMemphis / West Tennessee •10 reviews5.0Dined 2 days agoTruly enjoy my pre birthday celebration. Turk provided outstanding customer service. Everything was excellent.More infoRuth's Chris Steak House - MemphisPrice: Very Expensive• Steakhouse• East-Bartlett / Collierville / Germantown•4.8
- DDanaVIPNashville •9 reviews5.0Dined 4 days agoOur food and service was excellent, but the Easter decor didn’t go along with the rest of the atmosphere and made it look like Cracker Barrel.More infoSeasons 52 - MemphisPrice: Expensive• American• Memphis•4.7
- OTOpenTable DinerMemphis / West Tennessee •3 reviews5.0Dined 5 days agoLori did a fantastic job!! Wonderful experience!!!More infoThe Capital Grille - MemphisPrice: Very Expensive• Steakhouse• Downtown•4.8
- NNolan1 review5.0Dined on Mar 6, 2025The food and the service was exceptional probably the best steak I have ever hadMore infoFolk's Folly Prime Steak HousePrice: Expensive• Steakhouse• Memphis•4.8
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Memphis, Tennessee, invites you to discover some warm, mellow and satisfying soul food. Ripe, juicy peaches bursting with flavor are waiting for you around the corner from the National Civil Rights Museum. Local diners and family-owned restaurants serve breakfast, a variety of specials and drinks all day. You'll enjoy pork ribs, pulled pork or chicken barbecue as you listen to music on Beale Street. Discover the flavors of old-school Memphis pork with an attitude, which is best prepared in an old hickory smoker and served as ribs or pulled pork on sandwiches. Browse music and movie posters to take home amid the vibes of Beale Street blues.
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Dog friendly restaurants in Memphis include Villa Castrioti - Cordova, Fleming's Steakhouse - Memphis and Chez Philippe - The Peabody Memphis
Child friendly restaurants in Memphis include Char - Memphis, Coastal Fish Company and Firebirds Wood Fired Grill - Collierville