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Location
 
London Grill
Member Rating: 4.4
Map | Serving modern takes on old favorites, such as sea scallops poached...
$-$$$
Contemporary
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
 
Museum Restaurant
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Map | The venerable Philadelphia Museum of Art gives visitors an opportunity...
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Contemporary
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
 
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant
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Map | "Big, bold, and beautiful" might be the best way to describe...
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Seafood
Center City
 
Monk's Cafe
Member Rating: 5.0
Map | Mussels are practically the national dish of Belgium. Whether...
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Belgian
Center City
 
Washington Square
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Map | After cycling through a few chefs, Washington Square seems to...
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Contemporary
Center City
 
Lee How Fook
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Map | Literally translated as "good food for the mouth," this unprepossessing...
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Chinese
Chinatown
 
Ocean City
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Map | It's mostly all locals eating at this smallish banquet space...
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Chinese
Chinatown
 
Penang
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Map | The juxtaposition of bamboo and exposed pipes is indicative of...
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Malaysian
Chinatown
 
Rangoon
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Map | Burmese food is somewhat Chinese and somewhat Indian, with a...
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Asian
Chinatown
 
Sang Kee Peking Duck House
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Map | Although the decor is getting a bit tired, this Chinatown stalwart...
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Chinese
Chinatown
 
Vietnam
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Map | Owner Benny Lai took what started as a noodle shop founded by...
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Vietnamese
Chinatown
 
CinCin
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Map | East meets West in this stylish dining room dressed up with dark...
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Chinese
Germantown and Chestnut Hill
 
Cresheim Cottage
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The first house built along Germantown Avenue is haunted: it's...
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American
Germantown and Chestnut Hill
 
North by Northwest
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This Mount Airy eatery is one of the best places around for live...
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American
Germantown and Chestnut Hill
 
Yangming
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Map | If you presumed that a Chinese restaurant set in a colonial building...
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Chinese
Main Line
 
Derek's
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Map | Kobe beef meatballs, refried rock shrimp risotto, and crab cake...
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American
Manayunk
 
Bar Ferdinand
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Map | Owner Owen Kamihira came to this venture with an impressive design...
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Spanish
Northern Liberties
 
Las Cazuelas
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Map | This authentically Mexican family-run place is an anomaly in...
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Mexican
Northern Liberties
 
N. 3rd
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Map | Is it a bar or a restaurant? It seems most like a bar until the...
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American
Northern Liberties
 
Standard Tap
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Map | This neighborhood bar is a Northern Liberties fixture, popular...
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American
Northern Liberties
 
Amada
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Map | By the time you read this, chef-restaurateur Jose Garces may...
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Spanish
Old City
 
Continental Restaurant & Martini Bar
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Map | Light fixtures fashioned like olives pierced with toothpicks...
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Eclectic
Old City
 
Karma Restaurant and Bar
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Map | Lots of Old City restaurants are all bark and no bite, but Karma's...
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Indian, Contemporary
Old City
 
Kisso Sushi Bar
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Map | Don't arrive starving, because the sushi here always seems to...
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Seafood
Old City
 
La Locanda del Ghiottone
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Map | Literally "the place of the gluttons," the small l-shape dining...
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Italian
Old City
 
Continental Midtown
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Map | You're not sure what decade you're in once you enter the vast...
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Contemporary
Rittenhouse Square
 
Tria
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Map | Tria's brown interior and minimalist signage give off a wallflower...
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Contemporary
Rittenhouse Square
 
Beau Monde
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Map | Imported cast-iron griddles are the secret to this crêperie's...
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French
South Philadelphia
 
Café de Laos
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Map | Wonderfully rendered kalagas (beaded and sequined wall hangings)...
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Thai
South Philadelphia
 
Dmitri's
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Map | This no-frills eatery has developed a loyal following thanks...
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Seafood
South Philadelphia
 
Horizons
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Map | Vegan food is hardly ever associated with fine dining, but chef-owner...
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Vegetarian
South Philadelphia
 
Hostaria da Elio
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Map | The simple surroundings belie the sophistication of the chef...
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Italian
South Philadelphia
 
La Lupe
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Map | This little place on the edge of the Italian Market is in a former...
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Mexican
South Philadelphia
 
Morning Glory Diner
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Map | The Morning Glory bills itself as a "finer diner," and offers...
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American
South Philadelphia
 
South Street Souvlaki
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Map | The first thing you'll see is the large rotisserie, trumpeting...
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Greek
South Philadelphia
 
Tre Scalini
Member Rating: 4.8
Map | When this restaurant in South Philadelphia, a locus of down-home...
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Italian
South Philadelphia
 
Lemon Grass Thai
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Map | With occasional deviations (mostly the lunchtime specials), the...
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Thai
University City
 
Tandoor India
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Map | Although the ambience is not particularly elegant in this student-oriented...
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Indian
University City
 
Thai Singha House
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Map | Simple and unprepossessing, this pleasant family-run Thai outpost...
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Thai
University City


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