Ardmore Asian Cafe
A small Chinese kitchen on East Spring Ave: pork dumplings, scallion pancakes, lo mein and fried rice, plus a Hong Kong wonton noodle soup. Pickup or delivery, and it shuts by early evening.
Where to eat in Ardmore
The restaurants and kitchens locals actually argue about.
43 places to eat in Ardmore, PA, on one page: 28 takeout, 11 date night, 11 italian.
Where we'd send you first
- Eshkol Ethiopian Cuisine & Cafe
The first Ethiopian kitchen on the Main Line and the one room in town the Inquirer, Main Line Today and the Infatuation have all written up.
- DePaul's Table Steakhouse
The room you book when the night matters: the old Haverford Trust bank building on Lancaster, dry-aged LaFrieda beef, oysters Rockefeller, a bar worth eating at alone.
- Villa Artigiano Ristorante BYOB
Main Line Today put it among the best new restaurants in the western suburbs, and it beats the town's other Italian rooms because Nuri Kupa cooked at La Viola in Center City before he cooked here, with one son on the line and another running the floor.
- DanDan
Kevin and Catherina Huang worked at Han Dynasty before they opened this, and it tells in the dan dan noodles and the three cup chicken more than in anything on the drinks list.
- Carlino's Market
A market rather than a dining room, and it still puts more dinner on more Ardmore tables than most kitchens on this list.
- Osushi - Ardmore
Main Line Today's critics named Osushi the region's date-night spot for 2026, and the Greenfield Avenue room is on that ticket.
- Bam Bam Kitchen
The Inquirer's Ardmore guide names one Korean kitchen and this is it, down to the mandoo and the kimchi jjigae.
- Bikini Burger
A counter with a handful of seats does not usually outrank a dining room, and this one has the receipt: Main Line Today's critics called it the best burger, fries and a shake in the whole western suburbs for 2026.
- Mikado Thai Pepper Restaurant
Thai Pepper opened in 1991, Mikado went in next door, and in 2008 the family knocked the wall down so one table could order sashimi and red curry at once.
- Lola's Garden
The room is the argument: 300 seats under glass on the Suburban Square green, from the group behind Harper's Garden, and a bar list built entirely on Pennsylvania wine, beer and spirits, which no other big room out here bothers to do.
The whole list
- Ardmore Asian Cafe
- Ardmore Pizza
- Ardmore Station Cafe
- Bam Bam Kitchen
- Bella Italia Pizza
- Bikini Burger
- Buena Vista Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Ardmore
- The Buttery | Ardmore
- Carlino's Market
- CHUMS Poke & Yogurt Bowl
- DanDan
- Delice et Chocolat - Ardmore
- DePaul's Table Steakhouse
- Eshkol Ethiopian Cuisine & Cafe
- Felicia's Pizza Kitchen
- Golden Bowl Ardmore
- Half a While
- Herosame
- Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen
- Jeannie's Deli
- Lola's Garden
- Lu & Aug's
- Marrone's Pizzeria
- Mikado Thai Pepper Restaurant
- Mr. Korea
- Ogyu Japanese BBQ & Bar
- Original Eagle Pizza
- Osushi - Ardmore
- Pak Yue Chinese Restaurant
- Philly Lobster Gourmet Foods
- Positano Ristorante
- Raff's Fine Italian Dining
- Sake Mian 麺
- Sam's Brick Oven Pizza
- Sesami
- Songsan Korean BBQ
- Sushi Sei Express
- Tabouli Cuisines
- Ultimate Bake Shoppe of Ardmore
- Villa Artigiano Ristorante BYOB
- Vintner's Table
- White Dog Cafe - Haverford
- Yu Noodles
Ardmore Pizza
Pizza on Rittenhouse Place since 1973, still doing pickup and delivery seven days. The menu runs well past pizza: strombolis, hoagies, cheesesteaks, buffalo wings by the fifty, and an upside-down pie with the sauce on top.
Ardmore Station Cafe
Breakfast and lunch a few steps from the Ardmore train station on Station Road. The kitchen closes at 2pm and the doors stay shut Mondays, so this is a morning plan, not an evening one.
Bam Bam Kitchen
Korean cooking on East Lancaster Avenue, from double fried chicken with your pick of sauce to bibimbap that comes out in a sizzling stone bowl if you eat in. Entrees arrive with the day's banchan.
Bella Italia Pizza
Vito and Maria Cilluffo bought this Lancaster Avenue pizza shop in 1982 and have been making New York style pies in the Sicilian tradition ever since. Beer and wine on hand for dine in or takeout.
Bikini Burger
Mia Robertson's burger shop on Rittenhouse Place builds its beef from a double ground blend of sirloin, brisket, rib eye and chuck, on a seeded Martin's roll with Cooper Sharp. Crinkle fries and shakes alongside.
Buena Vista Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Ardmore
Family Mexican restaurant from chef Jorge Martinez, who started the group in 2010. Ardmore is one of the locations with a bar rather than a BYOB, and the kitchen runs mole poblano and a molcajete built for two.
The Buttery | Ardmore
The Ardmore counter of the Buttery, a Malvern bakery running since 2015. Sourdough, bagels, croissants and canelés, with coffee alongside. This location is takeout only, so the pastry goes home with you.
Carlino's Market
Italian specialty market the Carlino family has run since 1983, with a second store in West Chester. Prepared dinners, custom cakes, deli sandwiches and pizza, and their own jarred sauces and dried pasta on the shelves.
CHUMS Poke & Yogurt Bowl
Yogurt bowls built on yogurt the shop cold-strains for 48 hours, topped with fresh fruit, granola and drizzles. The whole place runs on a two-tone cat mascot called Chummy. Poke bowls and skewers are at the Berwyn sibling, not here.
Delice et Chocolat - Ardmore
A French pastry shop and cafe from brothers Joseph and Antonie Amrani, who grew up in Grenoble. The Ardmore room was a tailor shop for 75 years before the croissants, croque monsieur and cakes moved in.
DePaul's Table Steakhouse
A modern Italian steakhouse on East Lancaster, dinner only, with big chops and flatbreads alongside the steaks. Social hour runs 4:30 to 6 every night, and parking is the SEPTA lot out back.
Eshkol Ethiopian Cuisine & Cafe
Ethiopian cooking from Chef Chaltu Merga, twenty five years into it, on East Lancaster Avenue. The menu runs to kitfo with ayib and her minchet abish, with gomen and shiro for the vegan end of the table.
Felicia's Pizza Kitchen
Pizza on West Lancaster Avenue, run as a takeout counter with a handful of seats. The house special stacks spinach, fresh tomato and garlic on a thin crust.
Golden Bowl Ardmore
Hong Kong style Chinese on Rittenhouse Place, open seven days and set up for pickup as much as for the dining room. Crystal shrimp dumplings, roast duck, big bowl noodle soups, and a whole page of smoothies.
Half a While
A tea and cake shop in the old Kung Fu Tea storefront, run by Leo Wei and Haley He. Cold-brewed leaf teas, handmade crepe and tiramisu cakes, and buns filled with taro or minced pork.
Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen
Mediterranean counter on Greenfield Avenue, where the menu runs from sabich sandwiches and gyro platters to house-made manti and gozleme. They cater too, and say they have been doing it for 14 years.
Jeannie's Deli
Athens Avenue deli with a 6am open and a specials board rewritten every day. Meatball subs, turkey reubens, grilled chicken quesadillas, and five soups daily, chili and chicken gumbo among them.
Lola's Garden
A greenhouse of a dining room in Suburban Square, done in greenery and community-style tables by the same hand as Center City's Harper's Garden. Seasonal modern American plates, and a bar list built entirely on Pennsylvania wine, beer and spirits.
Lu & Aug's
Small-batch soft serve built on local dairy, with flavors that rotate between the classics and the ones nobody asked for. Affogato, made-to-order hot chocolate, build-your-own pints, and espresso running past 5pm.
Marrone's Pizzeria
Pizza and Italian plates at the same East County Line Road address since 1946, dine-in or carryout. There's a room set aside for private parties, and specials run Monday through Thursday.
Mikado Thai Pepper Restaurant
Thai Pepper opened in 1991, Mikado joined it next door in 1999, and in 2008 the wall between them came down. Sit anywhere and order off both menus, sashimi or Thai red curry. BYOB.
Ogyu Japanese BBQ & Bar
Yakiniku on Greenfield Avenue: A5 wagyu and marbled cuts you grill at your own table, priced all-you-can-eat or a la carte, with sake and cocktails at the bar. Friday and Saturday run to 11pm.
Original Eagle Pizza
On Haverford Road since 1970, three generations on from the family's first Philly restaurant in 1947. Pizza, hoagies, cheesesteaks and gyros, with the Down Under Special the one they lead with. Closed Sundays.
Osushi - Ardmore
Sushi on Greenfield Avenue, one of three Osushi rooms along with Wayne and Marlton. The specials run to otoro tartare, A5 wagyu carpaccio and rock shrimp tempura, with an omakase nigiri set if you want the counter to choose.
Pak Yue Chinese Restaurant
Neighborhood Chinese takeout on Haverford Road, with lunch specials from 11 to 3 that come with rice and a choice of egg roll or soda. The menu runs long: Hunan and Szechuan plates, moo shu, and a Happy Family piled with lobster meat and scallops.
Philly Lobster Gourmet Foods
A seafood counter on East Lancaster Avenue in Wynnewood that brings inventory in fresh daily, with produce alongside it, prepared entrees to finish at home, and rolls their sushi chef makes on site.
Positano Ristorante
Southern Italian on West Lancaster Avenue, named for the Amalfi Coast town it takes after. Three candlelit dining rooms and a terrace, and a copper and marble bar holding the wine and cocktail list.
Raff's Fine Italian Dining
Tuscan-leaning Italian on Cricket Avenue, BYOB with a $4.95 corkage. Linguine pescatore and spaghetti caprese anchor the menu, and the dining rooms are small enough that a reservation is the safer plan.
Sake Mian 麺
Japanese kitchen on East Lancaster Avenue where the raw side and the noodle side share one menu: yellowtail tiradito, seared tuna tataki and premium sashimi, then shoyu ramen and tonkatsu sets. Closed Tuesdays.
Sam's Brick Oven Pizza
Family-run brick oven pizzeria at County Line Road, with a full bar, an Italian menu that runs well past the pizza, and a second-floor hall for parties. Open until 2am seven nights.
Songsan Korean BBQ
Korean cooking on Rittenhouse Place, where the menu runs from a Table BBQ section to dolsot bibimbap, tteokbokki and Korean fried chicken by the six-piece. The $22 KBBQ platter special tops their own best-seller list.
Sushi Sei Express
A sushi counter inside the Ardmore Farmers Market, cutting rolls to order and packing party trays on pre-order. Chef Tu Truong started at 16 as a dishwasher at Kawabata in Old City. The ginger miso, honey wasabi and spicy mayo are made in house.
Tabouli Cuisines
Chef Mona cooks the Levantine food she grew up with in the Golan Heights: hummus, muhammara, maqlubi and stuffed cabbage sold by weight from the case at the Ardmore Farmers Market, plus imported za'atar, sumac and raw tahini to take home.
Ultimate Bake Shoppe of Ardmore
A counter inside the Ardmore Farmers Market at Suburban Square, baking since 1982. Custom cakes and decorated cookies are the main trade, with vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free versions coming off the same bench.
Villa Artigiano Ristorante BYOB
Family-run BYOB on West Lancaster Avenue that cooks across Italy rather than picking one region. Lobster ravioli in a pink garlic cream, cappellini with crab meat and basil, branzino served whole or filleted. Patio seating when the weather holds.
Vintner's Table
A wine bar and Italian kitchen from the Folino family, who grow the wine list at their Berks County estate. Roman-style flatbreads, house-made pasta and Italian farmer's boards, each dish printed with a pairing. Not open yet as of August 2026.
White Dog Cafe - Haverford
Two iron dogs out front in Haverford Square, and inside, rooms called the Den, the Kitchen and the Living Room. Executive chef Josh White rewrites the menu monthly around local farms: Kennett Square mushroom soup, house-made rigatoni in lamb bolognese.
Yu Noodles
Sichuan noodle shop on East Lancaster Ave, built on Chongqing noodles, Szechwan beef noodle soup and pork soup dumplings. There is a cold noodle section too, and homemade mango pomelo sago for dessert.
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