13 editor picks in Charlotte.
13 restaurants in Charlotte, editor-picked for restaurants open sunday. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. All restaurants in Charlotte.
Lang Van is the east Charlotte Vietnamese institution that won the city's only Michelin Bib Gourmand in the 2025 American South guide for pho.
OrderThe pho and the banh xeo crispy crepe; the menu is broad but those are the dishes that earned the Bib.
TipCrowds quadrupled after the Michelin nod. Go on a weekday, expect a wait on weekends, and bring cash for the wait time.
Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown's Supperland in Plaza Midwood is a Michelin-recommended Southern dining room set inside a converted 1950s church.
OrderWhatever is coming off the hearth; the kitchen builds the menu around live-fire cooking.
TipBeverage director Colleen Hughes won Michelin's Exceptional Cocktails Award in 2025. Order a drink from her list, then book the Sunday supper.
Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown's Ever Andalo in NoDa is a Michelin-recommended Italian room built in four weeks above their other NoDa kitchens.
OrderWhatever fresh pasta is on the menu; the kitchen makes the dough in house every day.
TipThe bar takes walk-ins. Sit at the counter and watch the pasta line, then book a proper table next time.
Greg and Subrina Collier's Leah and Louise is the Memphis juke-joint Southern kitchen that left Camp North End in 2024 for a larger home in west Charlotte.
OrderThe hot tamale, the catfish plate and whatever Mississippi River Valley special is on the board.
TipThe new west-end home opened in 2025. Check the operator's site or Resy for the current address before booking.
Haberdish on N Davidson is the NoDa mill-town Southern kitchen from Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown, with a craft-cocktail bar built into the room.
OrderThe fried chicken plate with a biscuit and pimento cheese. That combination is the Charlotte signature.
TipBrunch runs Tuesday to Friday 9 to 2 and Saturday and Sunday late-morning. The chicken and biscuit show up on the brunch menu too.
Leluia Hall is the steak-and-seafood room from Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown, opened May 2025 inside a 1915 Dilworth church on Cleveland Avenue.
OrderThe dry-aged steak and a whole roasted fish. The format is built around shared centrepieces.
TipThe bar and lounge take walk-ins; the main dining room is reservation-only. Book on Tock.
Yunta in South End is Bruno Macchiavello and Randy Garcia's Peruvian-Japanese Nikkei kitchen, opened by the team behind Viva Chicken on South Boulevard.
OrderThe tiradito; the kitchen runs it with a Pisco-led cocktail programme designed by mixologist Bob Peters.
TipBar seats take walk-ins; the omakase counter is reservation-only via Tock.
The Goodyear House on N Davidson Street sets Southern cooking from Food Network champion Chris Coleman inside a historic early-1900s NoDa mill home.
OrderThe hush puppies and the hot-honey chicken. Both have stayed on the menu since opening.
TipReserve via OpenTable; the patio is the seat to land on a warm evening.
La Belle Helene is the refined French brasserie at 300 S Tryon in uptown Charlotte, with a raw bar, banquettes and a dedicated cocktail program.
OrderThe steak frites and a chilled glass of Sancerre. The seafood tower is the showpiece for groups.
TipBook on OpenTable for dinner; the lunch service runs weekdays only.
Little Mama's Italian in SouthPark is a Michelin-recommended red-sauce Italian-American room making its own mozzarella, with a 2024 Rea Farms branch.
OrderThe fresh mozzarella to start and a baked pasta. The kitchen leans New England Italian-American 1960s.
TipThe SouthPark counter takes walk-ins; the Rea Farms branch needs a Resy.
Andy Kastanas's Soul Gastrolounge reopened in 2025 on Raleigh Street in NoDa, after losing its Plaza Midwood lease, with the original tapas-cocktail menu.
OrderThe pork-belly tacos and a sushi-tapas combination. Same menu as the Plaza Midwood years.
TipDJ sets most nights. Walk-ins only and the queue starts at 17:30.
300 East on East Boulevard is the family-run Dilworth institution that has poured wine and run a comfort-food menu in Charlotte since 1986 reliably.
OrderThe crab cake sandwich at lunch and the house burger for dinner.
TipSunday brunch is the seat to land; the Saturday lunch crowd is mostly the East Boulevard regulars.
Fin and Fino at Levine Avenue of the Arts is uptown Charlotte's seafood room, with a raw bar and a tasting menu set across from the Mint Museum.
OrderThe oysters and the whole roasted fish for the table.
TipPre-theatre seatings book quickly. Reserve through OpenTable for the early dinner slot.
