Diners' Choice: Best Service restaurants in Philadelphia County

OpenTable

Updated 05 December 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best service in Philadelphia County? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyses nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favourite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you book, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Home Grown Café

5.0

5 (502)

$30 and under

American

Newark

About the restaurant

Home Grown Cafe is an independently owned, award-winning, downtown Newark, DE staple, residing centrally on Main St. for over 23 years under founding owner, Sasha Aber. Matt McConnell leads an incredible staff and day to day operations. Award winning Executive Chef Andrew Thorne is the chef de cuisine who constantly pushes the envelope with locally made from scratch dishes of his own creations, as well as mentoring and showcasing our staff's talent. Home Grown has been named Best of Delaware Upstate for over two decades by Delaware Today readers including awarding the honor of Best Chef Upstate to Andrew Thorne (2022) Guests enjoy incredible service and made from scratch food for all dietary lifestyles, including carnivorous, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-sensitive in a welcoming environment for all patrons. Colorful walls are adorned with local pop art. The bar features a large array of upscale spirits including house-crafted cocktails and mocktails, over 65 beers, and great wines.

Top review

Angela

Dined on 9 Dec 2024

Our server was very kind and helpful. Food was delicious and very large portions. Great evening!

Vetri Cucina - Philadelphia

4.9

4.9 (2367)

$50 and over

Italian

Center City

About the restaurant

Located in a historic townhome in the heart of Philadelphia, Vetri Cucina is a unique space that invites guests to become part of our family. The intimate dining rooms evoke the charms of Italy with custom crafted features including hand-blown Murano glass chandeliers, Richard Ginori porcelain and Venetian glassware.
Showcasing the constantly evolving, dynamic creativity of Chef Vetri and his team, Vetri Cucina serves a classic tasting menu at $165pp using the highest quality local and specialty ingredients. The menu is inspired by both classic Italian recipes and our extensive culinary research across the globe. Vetri Cucina also offers a seasonal Forchetta menu which is a premium tasting menu experience at $215pp. These are the restaurant’s sole dining options, designed to provide each guest with a memorable, unparalleled experience. Reservations are released on the first of the month for the following month: ie. On October 1st, reservations are released for the month of November.

Top review

Sophie

Dined 4 days ago

This was a wonderful first fine dining experience. I was struck speechless by some dishes. The espresso before dinner was not complimentary, the hollandaise was slightly cold over my tortellini and the potato gratin’s cheese split which was unfortunate but overall it was truly a magical experience and the were highlights (the nonalcoholic spritz, the magical lighting, the dessert, and the aji with apple and peanuts) that struck me speechless and made up for it. Magical. Wonderful. So happy I did it.

Bistro Albertino

4.9

4.9 (1196)

$30 and under

Italian

Willow Grove

About the restaurant

Bistro Albertino is a chef owned restaurant where chef Goni decided to bring his European experience in Willow Grove and areas surrounding it. At Bistro Albertino you will find from homemade pastas and cheese to tender veal and chicken, from traditional dishes to contemporary dishes. You will feel welcome soon as you walk in, with the enthusiastic front of the house staff will accompany you to your experience with us. We accommodate children as well.

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VickieVIP

Dined 3 days ago

Delicious home made Italian food. Byob and they may offer a shot of their home made lemon cello! Portions were good, I brought home leftover penne in vodka sauce. Great that they offer reservations.

Philadelphia Distilling

4.8

4.8 (275)

$31 to $50

American

Fishtown

About the restaurant

At Philadelphia Distilling, our distilling team combines craftsmanship, science and skill to create a unique portfolio of premium spirits that rely on the agricultural integrity of authentically sourced grains and botanicals and the finest heritage equipment.

Hand-hammered copper pot stills from the fifth-generation Forsyth family and wooden fermentation vessels from Hall-Woodford, an iconic Philadelphia-based family business, are key points of difference for us—both in their construction value as well as the integrity of the spirits they help us to produce. We continue our batch-by-batch process, creating spirits that celebrate big, bold flavor.

Top review

JaniceVIP

Dined on 13 Dec 2024

Incredibly-designed space with a view of the distillery works. Sat at the bar and service was exceptional. Drinks were expertly-crafted. The gougères were delicious. The other two food items we had were ok, so I don’t recommend coming here expecting to eat dinner; this is a cocktail bar first and foremost. I will return.

Geronimo’s Peruvian Cuisine

4.9

4.9 (795)

$31 to $50

Peruvian

Ambler

About the restaurant

A place where you can find the magic of traditional Peruvian millennial food, in the heart of Ambler PA.

Executive chef
Benjamin Salazar

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SharonVIP

Dined 7 days ago

The food was delicious, and service was great. The server explained the flavors and how food was prepared. Will be back.

The House of William & Merry

4.9

4.9 (2291)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Hockessin

About the restaurant

The House of William and Merry serves contemporary American cuisine prepared from the freshest seasonal ingredients procured from local farms, providing casual fine dining at a reasonable price. Chef-owned by the husband and wife team, Merry Catanuto and William Hoffman, who live on the property, the restaurant is a remodeled farmhouse on the edge of central Hockessin. Dine in a comfortable home atmosphere in one of the two dining rooms, the porch, or the bar. When you arrive, you can see right into the all new, modern kitchen. Full bar service is available including wines by the glass, microbrews on tap, and specialty drinks. Or, take a walk around back to see the herb and vegetable gardens.

Tuesday through Saturday we serve lunch and dinner. On Sunday, we serve brunch followed by a prix fix supper in the evening.

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JessicaVIP

Dined 2 days ago

Fabulous food, service & experience with friends for the holidays. The scallops were delicious & our friends thoroughly enjoyed their beef entree.

Blackfish - Conshohocken

4.9

4.9 (3205)

$30 and under

American

Conshohocken

About the restaurant

Blackfish, the flagship BYOB of Chef/owner Charles "Chip" Roman, offers seafood-centered, progressive American cuisine with French influences.

Guests can enjoy a daily changing a la carte menu, as well as tasting menus ranging from five-to-seven courses.

Blackfish opened in 2006 and has since been named “Best Restaurant” in Philadelphia Magazine’s 2011 “50 Best Restaurants” issue, calling Blackfish “flat-out fantastic; sophisticated without being overbearingly avant-garde, pretty and fresh without being precious; the perfect restaurant of the moment.”

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D. JefferyVIP

Dined 7 days ago

Service was excellent just that our waitress was spread a little too thin. Very busy night. Had a wonderful evening.

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LOBSTER BISQUE

Salute Ristorante Italiano

5.0

5 (97)

$31 to $50

Italian

Sinking Spring

About the restaurant

Salute Ristorante Italiano it is an authentic Italian restaurant

located in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania.

Our menu is full of traditional dishes. Each dish is made with market and seasonal
products. From the hands of our chef and fresh pasta such as ravioli and our homemade desserts.

Top review

Stacey

Dined on 15 Nov 2024

Salute was recommended to me, and I couldnt have been more impressed. The food was fantastic and the service too-notch! We can’t wait to go back again. I highly recommend!!!

Jules@Market

5.0

5 (2390)

$31 to $50

Seafood

Bristol

About the restaurant

Welcome to Jules@Market BYOB, an Ocean to Table Seafood and Fish House located in Bristol Borough, PA. Offering sustainable seafood options in a modern upscale yet welcoming atmosphere. Chefs Julia Soto, Sam Ball & Robert Williams aim to combine innovative and classic cuisine with a focus on ethically and sustainably sourced seafood and local produce. Offering new oyster and seafood options weekly & an ever changing seasonal menu. Recently included on the Philadelphia Inquirers "76 List"!

Outdoor Dining Available As of April 12, 2024
Outdoor Dining is Weather Permitting. Outdoor Dining Bookings will not guarantee you a table indoors if weather turns bad. Please call to make outdoor bookings for larger or special parties.
We respectfully request no large coolers or excessive hard alcohol.

Top review

MorganVIP

Dined 2 days ago

As always, the food and the service were incredible.

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Bucatini Caffe

4.9

4.9 (62)

$30 and under

Italian

East Passyunk Avenue

About the restaurant

We're thrilled to announce our NEW menu is here! We're open for dinner 6 nights a week and can't wait for you to join us. Don't forget we're BYOB and make a reservation today!

Top review

DanVIP

Dined on 13 Dec 2024

Everything we had was tremendous. Great atmosphere friendly staff. Definitely going back!!

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