Buon Gusto is a downtown Guelph Italian fixture built around a Tuscan wood oven, house-made pasta, burrata, meatballs, Italian wine, cocktails, and a current menu that still feels specific. Use it for Boscaiola Pizza, Cannelloni all'Amalfitana, Pranzo Presto lunch, and polished group or date-night dinners in the historic Gummer building.

Manhattans Bistro & Music Club is a Guelph bistro and live-music room built around house-made thin-crust pizzas, pastas, composed mains, a 4-5pm happy hour, and Thursday-Saturday performances in a long-running neighbourhood setting.

Bardō Guelph is the Gordon Street home of the former Earth to Table: Bread Bar, now built around dough-led pizza, pastas, brunch, weekday happy hour, and a clear Good Ingredients Matter menu identity.

A Guelph Italian takeout counter where pizza cones, counter panini, fresh dough, prepared staples, and a small market shelf make the stop useful beyond one meal.

The Real Deal is a Guelph sports bar and billiards fixture, open since 1995, where specialty pizza, wings, burgers, weekly specials, breakfast, pool tables, dart boards, and big-screen sports all share the same room.

Guelph-first bistro with forno pizza, crafted cocktails, regional sourcing, breakfast, dinner, and Sunday brunch.

Kings Sports Bar and Grill is a north-end Guelph sports bar for wings, burgers, pool, darts, live music, and game watching. The current menu is strongest around sauced wings, loaded burgers, fries, poutine, fish and chips, pizza, salads, and wraps, with late weekend hours and an event-friendly room.

La Cucina Pizzeria is a downtown Guelph Italian pizzeria for Paesana Pizza, Margherita Pizza, Gnocchi ai Quattro Formaggi, Lasagna, Burrata, Tiramisu, wine, late hours, and weekly pasta, wine, pizza, and long-drink specials.

NV Kitchen + Bar is a downtown Guelph restaurant and bar for Steak Frites, Sesame Pulled Pork Nachos, thin-crust pizza, Mini Burgers, wings, cocktails, wine, beer, patio energy, and daily late-night hours.

Downtown Guelph pizza, bottleshop drinks, all-week combo ordering, and a current sandwich pickup lineup inside Jimmy Jazz.