Chan Thon Andy Phoung opened Taste With Andy at the end of 2020. The menu pulls from his family's Khmer cooking — Cambodian, the heritage thread — and runs across Thai and Vietnamese traditions. Mom's Chicken Curry, Khmer Burger weekly special, a thirteen-dollar jar of Andy's own super chili paste sold standalone. Downtown Guelph, 45 Cork Street East.

The Saffron Indian Restaurant & Bar is a Guelph North Indian restaurant with a clean order path through Butter Chicken, Saffron Special Biryani, Karahi Paneer, Vegetable Samosa, tandoor platters, naan, lassi, and a weekday $13.99 lunch plate.

Sugo on Surrey is a Guelph Italian-influenced dining room with a sauce-first story, a current menu built around house pastas, seafood and pizza, and a weekly specials sheet that makes the restaurant useful beyond special occasions. The room has a heritage-house backbone, while lunch, date night and happy-hour offers give locals several ways to use it.

KANOO Coffee is a downtown Guelph coffee room built around presence: no Wi-Fi, a focused coffee program, Canadian-roaster sourcing, and Metis design cues threaded through the name and room. Start with Budget Brew or a Cortado, then add one of the baked-good pairings.

Miijidaa is a downtown Guelph Canadian bistro with a northern-bounty point of view: Manitoulin Island trout, venison, Oka cheese, saskatoon berry, sage, and fermented hot honey show up across a current menu that still leaves room for weeknight pizza and Date Night value moves.

Hakka Guelph is a downtown Guelph Hakka Chinese and Indian-Chinese fusion restaurant with a momo-led menu, customizable heat, halal and vegetarian range, online ordering, and a weekday lunch special.

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.

Hanami Izakaya is a Guelph sushi-night regular with a house-named roll, a local signature roll, sushi pizza, hot appetizers, bento boxes, and enough Thai noodle and wok dishes to make the menu broader than a standard roll list.

Baker Street Station is a downtown Guelph craft-beer pub whose kitchen stretches beyond basic pub fare, moving from Tuna Ceviche and Beef Tartare to Steak & Stout Pie, Fish & Chips, Sunday brunch plates, and a serious rotating tap list.

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.

Eat Thai is downtown Guelph's nearly-decade-long Thai sit-down on Macdonell Street, with a menu that reaches past the standards — venue-designated Khao Soi from Northern Thailand, Northeastern Thai Larb, the full curry colour wheel, and a house-named Cashew Nut Eat Thai wok dish that tells you whose kitchen you're in.

Eric the Baker is a compact Carden Street French bakery where croissants, sausage rolls, croques, breads, and tarts make it work as both pastry stop and downtown lunch counter.

Park Eatery is an Exhibition Park neighbourhood restaurant in Guelph with Park Burger, Smoked Brisket Sandwich, Crispy Fish Sandwich, Goldie Mill Bowl, weekend brunch, local drinks, and a Monday-Tuesday half-off burger move.

Downtown Guelph poke bowls with fresh fish, house sauces, build-your-own flexibility, and a quick takeout rhythm.

Crafty Ramen is a downtown Guelph noodle shop built around house-made noodles, scratch broths, Japanese-inspired bowls, plant-based paths, and a founder-led 2017 Macdonell Street story.

The Round Table Board Game Cafe is a Guelph game-night hangout with X-Wings (1lb), Ra Ra Ras-Poutine, Mr. Milkshake, themed cocktails, D20 Shots, weekly tabletop events, and a playable board-game library built for longer group visits.

Red Brick Cafe is a downtown Guelph coffeehouse and arts fixture at 8 Douglas Street, built around fair trade organic coffee, simple all-day food, gallery walls, live events, and a community-space story that dates to its 2006 opening.

The Wooly Pub is a long-running downtown Guelph pub where Ontario craft beer, cask culture, weekly specials, and local-supplier comfort food all sit inside an old brick house. Come for nachos, Spice Bag, Great Lakes pickerel, Beef Dip, happy-hour pints, and a room that behaves like a civic fixture rather than a generic pub.

Retour Bistro is a Guelph Lebanese restaurant for hand rolled grape leaves, chicken shawarma, shish kabob, hummus, manakeesh, family meals, baklawa, and a deep plant-based Lebanese lane.

La Cucina Ristorante is a downtown Guelph regional Italian dining room for lobster tagliatelle, Barolo filet, handmade pasta, Italian wines, weekly specials, desserts, Il Terrazzo patio meals, and Bruno-and-Maria hospitality with chef David Mercanti.

A riverside Guelph tea room and ice cream parlour where daily high tea, signature scones, Shaws ice cream, and a first-come patio turn the Speed River into the centre of the visit.

Downtown Guelph bistro for French farmhouse-inspired food, thin-crust pizzas, seafood, duck, cocktails, wine flights, and Market Square nights out.

Downtown Guelph brewery and taproom built around house beer, snack flights, and community-room energy.

A downtown Guelph natural wine bar for by-the-glass bottles, cocktails, Ontario-wine curiosity, cozy date nights, and a compact drink-led visit.

Level Resto Lounge is a downtown Guelph shisha restaurant for halal-friendly fusion comfort food, late-night lounge energy, fried chicken sandwiches, lobster pasta, butter chicken, shawarma, and group-friendly nights out.