Peterborough
Gateway to the Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough packs its Hunter Street café district with Vietnamese kitchens, Mediterranean grills, and Mexican rooms feeding a steady Trent University crowd. A lake-country town that doesn't go quiet off-season.

Featured in Peterborough
Top-ranked rooms with exceptional dining experiences, hand-picked by our editors.
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Fork It
9.9Fork It is a downtown Peterborough all-day breakfast and lunch room from owner Stephanie Patterson, built around hearty plates, house-cut home fries, and named house dishes like the Fork It Signature Benny, Steak & Eggs, and Crispy Supreme Chicken Waffle Sandwich. It is casual, daytime, and community-minded.
Chef Basel Cuisine
9.8Chef Basel Cuisine is a Peterborough fusion diner built around Chef Basel Selva's broad hand: breakfast plates, pub fare, pizza, pasta, Indian Delight mains, and signatures like Smoked Salmon Tower and Butter Chicken Poutine all share one personal kitchen identity.
Hanoi House
9.6Hanoi House is a Lansdowne Vietnamese kitchen built around long-simmered noodle soups, pork-belly signatures, vermicelli bowls, broken rice, banh mi, gluten-free paths, and owner Susan Tung's local restaurant story.
Agave by Imperial
9.6Downtown Peterborough's Agave by Imperial is a family-run Mexican restaurant and bar built around queso-birria tacos, molcajetes, fresh ceviche, margaritas, happy hour, and a late-night social dining rhythm.
Taso's Restaurant and Pizzeria
9.5Family-owned Taso's brings Greek plates, Italian comfort food, and stone-baked pizza together in Peterborough. The current menu is strongest when it leans into chicken souvlaki, eight-layer lasagna, Greek fries, and hearty lunch plates built for casual groups.
Rare Restaurant
9.5Rare Restaurant is a chef-led downtown Peterborough dining room from Andrew Lewin and Mai Dong, built around French-leaning steakhouse cooking, adventurous small plates, Saturday prime rib, chef tastings, and private-event hospitality.
The Imperial Tandoor
9.3The Imperial Tandoor is a family-run Peterborough Indian dining room built around North Indian curries, tandoor plates, naan, biryani, and a substantial Imperial Hakka side menu. Daily happy hour, a full bar, patio seating, parking, and a documented founder/operator story make it stronger for groups and planned dinners than a simple takeout stop.
Capra Toro
9.3Capra Toro is a downtown Peterborough Italian room built for pizza, pasta, warm focaccia and planned nights out, with weekly date-night and family bundles plus Black 13 for private dining.
East City Coffee Shop
9.2A compact East City diner for loaded breakfast plates, peameal-heavy classics, low-price lunch sandwiches, counter seats, and daily 8AM-2PM routines.
St Veronus Cafe and Tap Room
9.2St Veronus is Peterborough's Belgian brown-cafe fixture: mussels, frites, beer-cooked mains, and a deep Belgian bottle list shaped by Roland Hosier and Shannon Mak.
Ng Saigon Boys
9.0Peterborough's long-running Vietnamese fixture for pho, bun bo hue, vermicelli bowls, friendly value, and practical takeout or family orders.
The Favourite Greek
9.0A downtown Peterborough Greek restaurant with Vassiliadis family roots, souvlaki plates, Greek fries, house dips, saganaki and a practical takeout-friendly menu.
Top 10 in Peterborough
The highest-rated restaurants and most-loved dishes, ranked by Restaurantica readers.
- 1Chicken Shawarma Wrapat OMG (Oasis Mediterranean Grill)20 votes
- 2Aleppo Platterat OMG (Oasis Mediterranean Grill)12 votes
- 3Best Damn Craft Burgerat BrickHouse Craft Burger12 votes
- 4She's a Brickhouseat BrickHouse Craft Burger10 votes
- 5Chicken Shawarma Poutineat OMG (Oasis Mediterranean Grill)10 votes
- 6Queso Birria Tacosat Agave by Imperial10 votes
- 7Burnt Garlic Noodlesat The Imperial Tandoor10 votes
- 8Kebab Platterat The Imperial Tandoor10 votes
- 9Rare Burgerat Rare Restaurant9 votes
- 10Focacciaat Capra Toro9 votes
Peterborough’s Best Of Lists
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