Restaurants in Asheville
For a relatively small city, Asheville has an unusually vibrant restaurant scene. The farm-to-table movement is strong here, and Asheville can also boast some unusually good ethnic restaurants.
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- Indian
Chai Pani
Indian street food at its best: that's the intriguing concept behind Chai Pani. And I promise the fare here will not make you feel bloated and 'nap-ready' as happens at so many other Indian restaurants in the South. The husband-and-wife team behind Chai Pani work with…$Downtown Asheville - Spanish
Curate
Chef Katie Button is a star of the Southern culinary scene, and this is her home base. A former neuroscientist, she fell in love with molecular gastronomy at Spain's famous el Bulli, and then went on to apprentice at Jean-Geroges in New York City and two Jose Andres…$$Downtown Asheville - Vegetarian
Laughing Seed Cafe
Global fusion with locavore ingredients: that's the formula behind Laughing Seed, one of the first vegetarian restaurants in Asheville and still its most beloved (it's been voted "Best Vegetarian" restaurant by the local paper for twelve years running). So you can expect…$$Downtown Asheville - Gourmet American
Rhubarb
With artfully distressed walls, rustic wooden furniture and waiters who can spout the names of farmers like some fans spout major league baseball stats, Rhubarb seems, at first glance, almost like a caricature of the uber-popular farm-to-table restaurants that are popping up like…$$$Downtown Asheville - Thai
Suwana's Thai Orchid
Named for chef and owner Suwana Cry, Thai Orchid serves unusually authentic (read: some of the dishes may make you sweat, they're so spicy) food, in a pleasant setting in Ashevilles downtown. Their most popular entree, Pad Khee Mao or "drunken noodles", is a tasty melange of broad…$$Downtown Asheville - Mexican
Tacos Jalisco
If it's warm enough to dine al fresco, make your way to this spot in West Asheville. The restaurant has a swell view from the deck, and although it doesn’t have a liquor license (for all you margarita lovers), they do serve beer, which…$West Asheville - Gourmet American
The Admiral
A dive bar (there's even a neon-sign reading "dive" in one corner) with an unexpectedly inventive menu, the Admiral has morphed into a destination restaurant over the years. But heading to this cinder-block, hole in the wall, in a funkier section of Asheville, still feels like an…$$$West Asheville - Contemporary Southern
The Blackbird
As local as local gets, the Blackbird is grounded in Carolina cuisine, a very specific subset of southern cooking that is big on pecans, pork (the large number of hog farms in the state contributes to that focus) and low-country (coastal) favorites like shrimp, crab and…$$Downtown Asheville, in the Aloft Hotel - Gourmet American
The Market Place
Eat here and most everything that passes your lips will have traveled no more than 100 miles to get there. Not that that limits the food in any way. Chef William Dissen is like an alchemist: Whatever he cooks turns to culinary gold. The menu is constantly changing based on what's…$$$Downtown Asheville - Southern
Tupelo Honey Cafe
Yes, its success means it's now a small chain, but it's still worthwhile to stop in at the restaurant that started it all. Southern comfort food at its best—and sometimes with a twist—is the restaurant's calling, from luscious goat cheese grits to classic (and greaseless ) fried…$$Downtown Asheville
