The best restaurants in Salt Lake City, according to critics

16 Salt Lake City, UT restaurants featured on published critics’ lists from 2 publications: Salt Lake Magazine, The New York Times. Ordered by how many of those lists agree.

• Cosmica — Central Ninth, Salt Lake City — on 2 critics’ lists
• Arlo Restaurant — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Bar Nohm — Central 9th, Salt Lake City
• Copper Common — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Felt Bar & Eatery — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Finca — 15th & 15th, Salt Lake City
• Franklin Ave Cocktails & Kitchen — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Hearth and Hill Sugar House — Sugar House, Salt Lake City
• Himalayan Kitchen — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Junah — Central 9th, Salt Lake City
• La Casa del Tamal — Post District, Salt Lake City
• Mar Muntanya — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Neighbors Bar — Milk Block, Salt Lake City
• Oquirrh — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• Post Office Place — Downtown, Salt Lake City
• The Pearl — Central 9th, Salt Lake City

The Salt Lake City lists

• Salt Lake magazine's 2026 Dining Awards — Salt Lake Magazine
• 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.