Cleveland's 34 Best Restaurants of 2023

Cleveland's dining scene is rich, lush and continuously growing. After months of journeying through Cleveland's best, most exciting and newest restaurants, here is our 2022 list of Northeast Ohio's essential places to eat. By Cleveland Magazine Staff

There haven't been many years like 2022. After a decade kicked off by closings, our dining scene is finally moving in the right direction again — and just in time to update our list of Best Restaurants for 2023. With the addition of Amba to our list of must-eats, chef Douglas Katz solidifies himself as the reigning king of Cleveland's culinary scene, while Cent's Pizza + Goods' addition confirms Cleveland as a pizza town.

Once again, here is the big list of Cleveland's 34 best restaurants. 

Cordelia ($$$$ / Downtown)
If ever there were big shoes to fill in Cleveland’s dining scene, they came in the form of the building on East Fourth Street that was once home to Lola Bistro, chef Michael Symon’s flagship restaurant. In the past year, though, Cordelia has filled those proverbial shoes so well that Lola’s reign feels like lifetimes ago. While Cordelia describes its approach as “Midwest nice,” we just call it as some of the best food we’ve ever eaten. And the Cleveland Magazine readers agree, voting the restaurant from chef-partner Vinnie Cimino and partner Andrew Watts this year’s Best New Restaurant. “We want to be in the forefront of Cleveland’s culinary scene, to help it continue to grow and flourish and to be better than when we left it,” says Cimino. As former chef de cuisine of Greenhouse Tavern, which fell victim to chef Jonathon Sawyer’s debts, Cimino knows better than anyone how quickly Cleveland’s culinary scene can change — but also how loyal its diners are when they find a spot they love. Learn more about the youngest restaurant on our Best Restaurants list. 216-230-2355, 2058 E. Fourth St., Cleveland, cordeliacle.com