The best restaurants in Providence, according to critics
20 Providence, RI restaurants featured on published critics’ lists from 2 publications: James Beard Foundation, Rhode Island Monthly. Ordered by how many of those lists agree.
- Gift Horse — Downtown, Providence — on 2 critics’ lists
- Olneyville New York System — Olneyville, Providence — on 2 critics’ lists
- Bacaro — Fox Point, Providence
- Bayberry Garden — Downtown, Providence
- Bellini — Downtown, Providence
- Courtland Club — West End, Providence
- Dolores — Fox Point, Providence
- Hemenway's — Downtown, Providence
- Irregardless Biscuit Company — West End, Providence
- Ivy Tavern — Summit, Providence
- Lotus Pepper — Summit, Providence
- Nimki — West End, Providence
- Oberlin — Downtown, Providence
- Persimmon — Fox Point, Providence
- Pickerel — West End, Providence
- The East End — Fox Point, Providence
- The Patio on Broadway — West End, Providence
- The Slow Rhode — West End, Providence
- There, There — West End, Providence
- Wara Wara — Summit, Providence
The Providence lists
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.