The best restaurants in Baltimore, according to critics

32 Baltimore, MD restaurants featured on published critics’ lists from 4 publications: Baltimore magazine, Bon Appétit, James Beard Foundation, The New York Times. Ordered by how many of those lists agree.

• The Wren — Fells Point, Baltimore — on 3 critics’ lists
• Charleston — Harbor East, Baltimore — on 2 critics’ lists
• Alma Cocina Latina — Station North, Baltimore
• Ammoora — Federal Hill, Baltimore
• Bunny's Buckets & Bubbles — Fells Point, Baltimore
• Cece's of Roland Park — Roland Park, Baltimore
• Cinghiale — Harbor East, Baltimore
• Clavel — Remington, Baltimore
• Cookhouse — Bolton Hill, Baltimore
• Costiera — Little Italy, Baltimore
• Dylan's Oyster Cellar — Hampden, Baltimore
• Gertrude's Chesapeake Kitchen — Charles Village, Baltimore
• Gunther & Co. — Brewers Hill, Baltimore
• Hersh's — Riverside, Baltimore
• Le Comptoir du Vin — Station North, Baltimore
• Little Donna's — Upper Fells Point, Baltimore
• Love, Pomelo — Canton, Baltimore
• Magdalena — Mount Vernon, Baltimore
• Marta — Butchers Hill, Baltimore
• NiHao — Canton, Baltimore
• Oleum — Fells Point, Baltimore
• Peter's Inn — Fells Point, Baltimore
• Petit Louis Bistro — Roland Park, Baltimore
• Rooted Rotisserie — Hollins Market, Baltimore
• Tagliata — Harbor East, Baltimore
• Thames Street Oyster House — Fells Point, Baltimore
• The Dara — Fells Point, Baltimore
• The Duchess — Hampden, Baltimore
• The Prime Rib — Mount Vernon, Baltimore
• The Ruxton — Harbor East, Baltimore
• True Chesapeake Oyster Co. — Hampden, Baltimore
• Woodberry Tavern — Woodberry, Baltimore

The Baltimore lists

• Baltimore's Best Restaurants 2026 — Baltimore magazine
• The 20 Best New Restaurants of 2025 — Bon Appétit
• James Beard Award Winners 2025 — James Beard Foundation
• The Restaurant List 2025 — The New York Times

The Critic List — the critics’ “best restaurants” lists, in one place. We don’t write the lists; the critics do, and every one links back to the original.