Diners' Choice: Best Service restaurants in Vermont

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Updated 05 December 2024

Looking for restaurants with the best service in Vermont? 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!

Starry Night Cafe

4.8

4.8 (1202)

$31 to $50

American

Ferrisburgh

About the restaurant

Specializing in locally-sourced, organic and seasonal Vermont products, the Starry Night Café invites you to experience our unique and intimate historic buildings, artistan-crafted decor and our fresh, inventive menu. We invite you to enjoy a little taste of delicious cuisine within our lovely countryside setting under the stars!

Top review

Kevin

Dined 2 days ago

Unforgettable. But the NY Strip steak was TOO MUCH $

Jessica's at Swift House

4.9

4.9 (896)

$50 and over

Contemporary American

Middlebury

About the restaurant

Jessica's at Swift House Inn is located in Middlebury, Vermont, just two blocks from downtown Middlebury. Set in an 1814 stately home, surrounded by beautiful lawns and gardens, Jessica's elegant atmosphere is the perfect place for a dinner for two, or a celebratory dinner for four to forty. Come experience Chef Rob Fenn's seasonal, Vermont-inspired menu.

Jessica's is the recipient of the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for our wine list, one of only a handful of restaurants in Vermont and fewer than 1400 restaurants world-wide so honored.

Outdoor seating is weather dependent.

Please note when making a reservation online that parties of 2 are allotted 90 minutes to dine; parties of 4, 2 hours and parties of 6 or more, 2.5 hours. Also, please note that we plan on seating your party in the dining room at the time of your reservation. If you'd like to relax with a pre-dinner beverage in the bar or parlor, we invite you to arrive well before your reservation time.

Top review

ameyVIP

Dined 3 days ago

We were having our company holiday dinner and gift exchange. The staff, and owner Matthew, could not have been more gracious. We love it here!

Harpoon Brewery - Windsor

4.7

4.7 (1133)

$30 and under

Brewery

Woodstock

About the restaurant

The Harpoon Riverbend Taps is open for dining in our spacious dining room or warming huts. We look forward to welcoming you!

The Harpoon Brewery Taproom and Beer Garden is open 7 days/week for outside/inside dining or take-out food orders. We are open Sunday through Wednesay from 11AM to 6PM- Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11AM to 8PM. We have live music every Thursday from 5pm-8pm. Our retail store is also open for merchandise, beer, cider, and hard coffee to go. You must have proper ID that verifies you are 21+ to pick up alcoholic beverages.

Please call 802-674-5491 x221 with any questions or to place a take-out order.

Top review

AnnalexiaVIP

Dined on 13 Dec 2024

Food was great! We dined in the catamount cabin. We played our own games and had an awesome time as a family. Definitely recommend

Roots The Restaurant

4.7

4.7 (1305)

$30 and under

Comfort Food

Rutland

About the restaurant

*For parties larger than 6 please call for your reservation.

Roots mission is to create delicious food from fresh, local ingredients. Vermont offers an agricultural bounty of flavorful produce, meat, dairy and other food products that are staples of the Roots menu.

Roots is committed to providing affordable meals from minimally processed, locally grown ingredients, including organic crops and humanely raised, pasture fed livestock.

We are proud to partner with local providers Boardman Hill Farm, Hathaway Farm, Woods Market, Blue Ledge Farm, and other smaller scale produce, dairy and maple syrup providers.

Visit us at 55 Washington Street in downtown Rutland and enjoy a delicious, wholesome local meal.

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Tiffany

Dined on 11 Dec 2024

Service was great as always. Perfect spot for a nice, quiet lunch with friends.

The Grafton Inn

4.8

4.8 (260)

$30 and under

American

Grafton

About the restaurant

The Grafton Inn is a proud supporter of Vermont’s pioneering farm-to-table philosophy. Our historic inn and two restaurants in southern Vermont offer on-site dining year-round and feature locally-sourced ingredients prepared by food-loving professionals to create timeless, hearty dishes that will please any palate.

The Phelps Barn, originally a carriage house for guests' horses, provides a unique and rustic VT dining experience. Even the hayloft has been repurposed and renovated, providing an elevated seating area as well as our 8-tap bar. It is a fast pace restaurant with live music usually scheduled on the weekends.

If you are looking for a quieter space to have dinner or celebrate a special occasion, we would recommend our 1801 Tavern located inside the Main Inn. This historic space provides a cozy and elevated dining atmosphere. Within the 1801 Tavern you’ll find our recently renovated Pine Room Bar with a working fireplace.

Top review

PamelaVIP

Dined 2 days ago

Quite simply our favorite place not only to dine but to stay at the lovely Grafton Inn

The Reluctant Panther Restaurant

4.8

4.8 (1192)

$31 to $50

American

Manchester

About the restaurant

The Reluctant Panther Restaurant features locally sourced American cuisine in a relaxed yet elegantly upscale atmosphere. Menus are complemented by a multiple year Wine Spectator award winning wine list
The Reluctant Panther is happy to accommodate well behaved children but does not offer a children's menu.
Reservations Required.
Please Note: We do not allow dogs in the restaurant, inside or out, with the exception of service animals.

Top review

Bonnie

Dined 1 day ago

Wonderful, festive ambience. Simple and elegant. Staff are always professional, friendly, attentive without being bothersome. Food has been consistently A+!

Clara's Cucina Italiana

4.7

4.7 (155)

$30 and under

Italian

Mount Snow

About the restaurant

Clara's Cucina Italiana is a traditional Northen Italian restaurant inside the White House Inn in Wilmington, VT. Clara's offers two distinct dining experiences - guests can enjoy an upscale seating within our dining room or a cocktail and bar bites menu within our Taverna.

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Kara

Dined 6 days ago

Made reservation for birthday dinner. We were welcomed promptly into a room warmed by a crackling fire. We decided to have dinner in the tavern bar area. Our server and bartender, Patrick was friendly, engaging, interesting and provided excellent service. The food was delicious- home-made pasta! The drinks were expertly concocted and the salad was perfect. Will definitely return soon! A gem on the hill overlooking Wilmington, VT and environs! GRAZIE!

Plate

4.8

4.8 (32)

$30 and under

American

Stowe

About the restaurant

We are open for dinner Wednesday through Sundays at 5:30 pm. We do not take parties larger than 6 and require a credit card to hold reservations for parties of 6. Please call by 1:00 pm the day of your reservation to avoid our cancellation fee. *** Please note we do not have high chairs.

For private events please contact Aaron at amartin0014@gmail.com. Thank you!

Top review

Paula

Dined on 12 Dec 2024

Delicious dinners! Creative cocktails! Excellent, attentive wait staff! We enjoyed our meal the first night so much, we went back the following night! Thank you!

The Four Chimneys Inn

4.8

4.8 (113)

$31 to $50

French

Bennington

About the restaurant

At Four Chimneys we will impress you with the finest French cuisine with a American touch and a Vermont flavor. You choose from our a-la-carte menu that changes regularly to include seasonal changes .
The menu can also be adapted to fit your dietary restrictions. just inform our waiters and we do everything we can to accommodate your request.
Combine your meal with a choice of our wine list, or go with the paired wine suggestion that we made for you.

Top review

Michelle

Dined 1 day ago

Wonderful meal, little special touches by the chef and the service was outstanding

Simon Pearce Restaurant

4.7

4.7 (6222)

$50 and over

American

Quechee

About the restaurant

Reservations are recommended.

The dining room at the Mill is a wonderful way to experience Simon Pearce. Using fresh local ingredients, thoughtfully prepared creative American cuisine is served with the backdrop of the Ottauquechee River waterfall and covered bridge.

Simon Pearce Retail Store - Shop before you dine! Our restaurant is located at our flagship retail store where you can explore all of our Simon Pearce glass and pottery in person. All of our products are handmade with love.

Top review

Carolyn

Dined 2 days ago

This was our first time at your beautiful restaurant. Everyone from the host desk to Michael, our server, was fantastic - so attentive and pleasant. Every request we made was greeted with a resounding “yes, of course”. We look forward to returning soon!

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