Must-see restaurants in Utah

  • Yurt

    Wasatch Mountains

    For an adventurous treat, hike or snowshoe a mile into the woods for a sumptuous, but unpretentious, four-course dinner in a bona-fide canvas yurt. Bring…

  • Hell's Backbone Grill

    Southwestern Utah

    Earthy preparations of Southwestern dishes include gorgeous salads made from organic garden produce and braised beef in rich preparations. While this…

  • Tree Room

    Wasatch Mountains

    Sundance's top-flight restaurant, Tree Room, is a study in rustic-mountain chic – with a big tree trunk in the middle of the room. Here the changing…

  • Desert Bistro

    Moab

    Stylized preparations of game and fresh, flown-in seafood are the specialty at this welcoming white-tablecloth restaurant inside an old house. Think bison…

  • Red Iguana

    Salt Lake City

    Mexico at its most authentic, aromatic and delicious – no wonder the line is usually snaking out the door at this family-run restaurant. Ask for samples…

  • King's Landing

    Springdale

    With a lauded Las Vegas chef and his pastry chef wife at the helm, this hotel-restaurant surpasses expectations. Bison fettuccine with truffle oil,…

  • Sego Restaurant

    Kanab

    If Kanab is aspiring to be the next Sedona, this boutique hotel-restaurant will fast-track things. Gorgeous eats range from foraged mushrooms to noodles…

  • Riverhorse on Main

    Park City

    A fine mix of the earthy and exotic, with crab cake, stuffed acorn squash and macadamia-crusted halibut. There's a separate menu for vegetarians. A wall…

  • Bryce Canyon Lodge Restaurant

    Bryce Canyon National Park

    While service may lag, meals deliver, with the excellent regional cuisine ranging from fresh green salads to bison burgers, braised portobellos and steak…

  • Herm's Inn

    Utah

    Logan's premier breakfast spot slings comfort food such as multigrain pancakes with house-made lemon butter and an artery-choking fried chicken with…

  • Shooting Star Saloon

    Wasatch Mountains

    Open since 1879, tiny Shooting Star is Utah's oldest continuously operating saloon. Seek this place out: the cheeseburgers – and cheap beer – are…

  • Mimi's Bakery & Deli

    Southwestern Utah

    Everything in this French-inspired bakery is made from scratch, including exquisite pastries, freshly baked artisan bread and vegetarian black-bean chili…

  • Centro Woodfired Pizzeria

    Southwestern Utah

    Serving wood-fired Neapolitan pizza and heaping bowls of fresh salad in a sleek atmosphere, Centro is a hub for hedonist appetites. Touches like hand…

  • Stone Hearth Grille

    Southwestern Utah

    In a lovely rural setting staring out at the bluffs, this upscale lodge restaurant serves rib-eye steaks, vegetarian-style stuffed peppers and satisfying…

  • Comb Ridge Eat & Drink

    Southeastern Utah

    An adobe gallery and cafe with standout single-pour coffee and blue-corn pancakes. For lunch, try the beer-battered fish and chips and for dinner you…

  • Bombay House

    Wasatch Mountains

    One of Utah's top Indian restaurants, this busy locals' favorite excels in classics like lamb biryani, tandoori dishes and more than a dozen vegetarian…

  • Mesa Farm Market

    Southwestern Utah

    Stop in Caineville at Mesa Farm Market for straight-from-the-garden organic salads, juices, award-winning aged goat's cheese and freshly baked artisan…

  • Painted Pony

    St George

    Think gourmet comfort food and great salads. At dinner you might choose a juniper-brined pork chop; at lunch, meatloaf with a port-wine mushroom gravy and…

  • Foundry Grill

    Wasatch Mountains

    Foundry Grill's changing menu typically offers items such as steaks, pasta and fish dishes, and veggie or Black Angus Wagyu burgers. It strikes a good…

  • Tosh's Ramen

    Salt Lake City

    Ecstasy by the steaming oversized bowl, Tosh's ramen comes with silken broth and crunchy sprouts, topped with a poached egg if you like it that way. It…

  • Sabaku Sushi

    Moab

    The ocean is about a million miles away, but with overnight delivery from Hawaii, you still get a creative selection of fresh rolls, catches of the day…

  • Cortona Italian Cafe

    Park City

    The fresh Tuscan-inspired pasta dishes you get at this small atmospheric Italian restaurant put the Main St competition to shame. Cortona's signature…

  • Milt's Stop & Eat

    Moab

    Meet greasy goodness. A triathlete couple bought this classic 1954 burger stand and smartly changed nothing. Milt's is known for it's grass-fed beef…

  • Copper Onion

    Salt Lake City

    Locals keep the Copper Onion bustling at every seating…and for good reason: small plates like wagyu bone marrow and pasta carbonara call out to be shared…

  • Kanab Creek Bakery

    Kanab

    For fancy-pants pastries and gourmet breakfasts, this is your first (and only) stop. Croissants, boules (tiny pieces of chocolate-covered truffle),…

  • Sweetwater Kitchen

    Southwestern Utah

    Using mostly organic ingredients sourced from local farms and serving some of the best eats in town, Sweetwater's menu changes yearly but you're likely to…

  • Oscar's Cafe

    Springdale

    From green-chili-laden omelets to pork verde burritos (with a green salsa), expect big servings of Southwestern spice. There's also smoky ribs, garlic…

  • Oh Mai

    Salt Lake City

    This Vietnamese sandwich kitchen prepares crunchy banh mi baguettes with sweet and spicy fillings such as braised pork belly and jalapeño (that would be …

  • Rye Diner & Drinks

    Salt Lake City

    Call it a modern diner, with a spare look and locally sourced supplies. For an outing with friends it's satisfying and cheap enough. Think fried chicken…

  • Love Muffin

    Moab

    Early-rising locals buy up many of the daily muffins – like the Breakfast Muffin, with bacon and blueberries. Not to worry, the largely organic menu at…

  • Vessel Kitchen

    Park City

    Folks in the know head to this gourmet cafeteria in the shopping plaza for fast-value eats. With kombucha on tap, avocado toast and lovely winter salads…

  • Torrey Grill & BBQ

    Southwestern Utah

    A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America (Anthony Bourdain's alma mater) serves praiseworthy dry-rubbed spare ribs, smoked beef tri tip and home…

  • Ray's Tavern

    Southeastern Utah

    Residents and rafters alike flock to this regionally famous local beer joint for the best hamburgers and fresh-cut French fries around. The steaks aren't…

  • The Summit

    Wasatch Mountains

    Perched atop an 11,000ft peak, the Summit affords far-reaching views of Salt Lake City and the surrounding mountains. Even nonskiers take the 1.6-mile…

  • Maddox Ranch House

    Utah

    People travel for hours for these thick beef or bison steaks cut from locally raised livestock. It all started in the ranch out back in 1949. Don't expect…

  • Thai Bella

    Moab

    Of the growing number of Thai restaurants in Moab this place reigns supreme. Popular menu items include spicy stir-fried drunken noodles, New Zealand…

  • Tona Sushi Bar & Grill

    Wasatch Mountains

    The extensive menu of innovative sushi rolls is not for the indecisive. You might try the artfully presented Green Globe (a spicy ahi-tuna and snow-crab…

  • Handle

    Park City

    Riding the wave of rustic chic, this American small-plate restaurant does nicely. Try a craft cocktail and soak up the ambience in semicircular booths or…

  • Wasatch Brew Pub

    Park City

    Very friendly brewpub with quality eats like meatloaf, seared ahi salad and calamari fried in Hefeweizen, served alongside thirst-quenching Polygamy…

  • Viking Yurt

    Park City

    More of an experience than a meal – it isn't every day that a sleigh whisks you to dinner on the mountaintop serenaded by a baby grand. A candlelit dinner…