Windsor
Across the river from Detroit, Windsor built its own appetite around Erie Street's Via Italia, a citywide loyalty to its own style of pizza, and one of Ontario's densest runs of Lebanese and Middle Eastern kitchens. A working city that takes its food personally.

Featured in Windsor
Top-ranked rooms with exceptional dining experiences, hand-picked by our editors.
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Osteria Aventino
9.9Osteria Aventino is a dinner-led Italian osteria on Erie Street East, built around the La Zingara team's return to the room, regional wine, social dining, and an original wood-burning oven. The strongest public anchors are Valentino, fresh in-house Potato Gnocchi, and wood-burning oven pizza.
Vittorio's Trattoria
9.7Vittorio's Trattoria is a Forest Glade Italian room built around handcrafted pasta, Napoletana-style pizzas, and weekly dine-in offers. Carbonara, Chicken di Vittorio, Nutella Pizza, and lunch panini give the menu enough specificity for repeat visits.
La Marina by Eddy's
9.6A Lebanese seafood room in west Windsor built around whole fish, seafood boils, mezze, grilled meats, halal meats, smoothies, desserts, and a weekend Manoushii breakfast.
Bally's Kitchen
9.6Bally's Kitchen is an Erie Street Vietnamese-Thai restaurant where Pad Thai, summer rolls, curries, pho, laksa, and banh mi make the menu broader than a single-cuisine comfort stop.
On a Roll Sushi and Sliders
9.6On a Roll Sushi and Sliders turns downtown Windsor dinner into a rock-and-roll menu exercise: specialty sushi rolls, sliders, cocktails, and weekend music in one late-running room.
The Dragonfly Sushi Bar
9.5The Dragonfly Sushi Bar is a compact Walkerville sushi spot with dine-in, pickup, and delivery around a menu of big rolls, platters, dumplings, salads, bowls, and house sauces. Dynamite Roll and Steamed Shrimp Dumplings lead the order, with walk-in dinner service posted Wednesday to Saturday.
Souq Lebanese Grill
9.5Souq Lebanese Grill is a Windsor Lebanese grill with a wide dip-and-skewer table, comfort dishes like Bechamel Pasta and Jwaneh, weekday lunch utility, and a community-rooted story that goes beyond takeout.
TOAST
9.4TOAST is a Windsor daytime brunch room built around playful sweet signatures, hearty skillets, Benedicts, and complete breakfast plates. The menu is strongest when it turns familiar brunch into specific orders: Cinnamon Toast Crunch French Toast, Chicken N Waffles, Avocado Toast, and breakfast poutine.
Acapulco Delight Restaurant
9.4Family owned since 1991, Acapulco Delight is a downtown Windsor Mexican spot built around flautas, chimichangas, loaded fries, combo plates, and easy pickup or delivery value.
The Sandwich Nook Restaurant
9.3The Sandwich Nook Restaurant is a long-running Manning Road diner built around all-day breakfast, stacked sandwiches, steady portions, and a regulars-first rhythm. The safest order path is classic comfort food: the Reuben Sandwich, Club Sandwich, Eggs Benedict, Corn Beef Hash & Eggs, pancakes, waffles, soup, and other familiar breakfast-lunch staples.
World Marathon Ethiopian
9.3World Marathon Ethiopian is a downtown Windsor Ethiopian restaurant built around injera combo platters, doro wat, tibs, shiro, rice dishes, soups, juices, and coffee ceremony, with a shareable menu that works for both first-timers and plant-forward diners.
Eastern Flavours
9.2Eastern Flavours is a South Windsor halal restaurant where Pakistani, Indian, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern cooking share one practical, group-friendly menu.
Top 10 in Windsor
The highest-rated restaurants and most-loved dishes, ranked by Restaurantica readers.
- 1Halibut Fish & Chipsat Sir Cedric's Fish & Chips12 votes
- 2Beef Tartareat The Cook's Shop10 votes
- 3Halibut Fish & Chipsat O'Maggio's Kildare House10 votes
- 4Ribeyeat Take Five Bistro10 votes
- 5Gnocchi Gorgonzolaat The Cook's Shop8 votes
- 6Pad Thaiat Bally's Kitchen8 votes
- 7Zabaydi (Golden Pompano)at La Marina by Eddy's8 votes
- 8White Cheddar & Bacon Filet Mignonat Take Five Bistro8 votes
- 9BBQ Platterat Eddy's Mediterranean Bistro8 votes
- 10Roasted Duckat Sun Hong B B Q & Seafood Restaurant8 votes
Windsor’s Best Of Lists
Curated by our local editors for every occasion, persona, and preference.
What Windsor loves to eat
Explore the most-loved dining styles in the city.
Italian8 placesDiscover the city’s best italian kitchens.
Lebanese4 placesDiscover the city’s best lebanese kitchens.
Breakfast3 placesDiscover the city’s best breakfast kitchens.
Mexican2 placesDiscover the city’s best mexican kitchens.
Japanese2 placesDiscover the city’s best japanese kitchens.
Vietnamese2 placesDiscover the city’s best vietnamese kitchens.
Canadian2 placesDiscover the city’s best canadian kitchens.
Diner1 placeDiscover the city’s best diner kitchens.Eat your way through Windsor
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