Allesandro's Enoteca
The Bryn Mawr sibling to Alessandro's Wood Fired Italian in Wayne, from Sicilian-American chef-owner Alessandro Fiorello. The site lists a September 2026 opening and no menu yet.
Where to eat in Bryn Mawr
The restaurants and kitchens locals actually argue about.
Where we'd send you first
- Johnny's Pizza Bryn Mawr
The only Bryn Mawr kitchen on The 76, the Inquirer's annual list of the region's most vital restaurants, and the only one Craig LaBan has called a rare double threat.
- The Choice
The one room in town cooking at tasting-menu level, six courses climbing from $80 to $120, run by two Ukrainian families and reviewed at length by Craig LaBan in 2022.
- La Cabra Brewing Smokehouse
The Infatuation scores it higher than anything else in Bryn Mawr and calls it the best barbecue on the near Main Line.
- Fraschetta BYOB
The only restaurant in Bryn Mawr carrying an Inquirer bell rating, three of them, and since the paper retired bells in 2022 nothing new in town can ever earn one.
- Dua Restaurant
Both the Infatuation and Main Line Today went out to the west end of Lancaster Avenue for this one, and the Albanian half of the menu is why: burek, lamb chops, shrimp saganaki.
- Manorah
Southern Thai, the spicier end of the country, which nobody else on this stretch of Lancaster Avenue is attempting.
- Fellini Cafe Bryn Mawr
Main Line Today's critics called it the best Italian cooking on the whole Main Line in 2025, which is a heavy thing to say in a region this thick with red sauce.
- Carina Sorella
Voted Main Line Today's best new restaurant of 2025, and the only place on this list you can sit down at ten on a Sunday morning and again at ten on a Friday night.
- White House Tajine
The only Moroccan kitchen on the Main Line, which would put it here on its own, and Main Line Today made the trip out for it anyway.
- The Bakery House
Main Line Today readers have handed it best bakery, best muffins and best cookies across the past two years, and it has held the same Lancaster Avenue address since 1989.
The whole list
- Allesandro's Enoteca
- ANEU Kitchens
- Angelo’s Café Bryn Mawr
- Antonella's Italian Kitchen
- The Bakery House
- Bubba's Steaks and Shakes Bryn Mawr
- Carina Sorella
- The Choice
- Cozy Lounge
- Dim Sum Factory - Bryn Mawr
- Don Mezcal Mexican Grill
- Dua Restaurant
- Ekta Indian Cuisine
- Exit 13
- Fellini Cafe Bryn Mawr
- Flakely Gluten Free BRYN MAWR
- Flip & Bailey's
- Fraschetta BYOB
- Garrett Hill Ale House
- Hu's Kitchen?
- Jin Ding Restaurant
- Johnny's Pizza Bryn Mawr
- The Juice Pod, Bryn Mawr
- La Cabra Brewing Smokehouse
- Las Fridas Mexican kitchen Bryn Mawr
- Love & Honey Fried Chicken - Bryn Mawr, PA
- Manorah
- My Pita Pies
- Nirvana Indian Bistro, Bryn Mawr
- Otto By Polpo
- Pho Street
- Pinwheel Provisions- Local Market & Table
- The Pullman Restaurant and Bar
- Sun Valley Pizza and Catering
- Sushi Land
- Tao One Asian Cuisine
- up-RYES Bagel & Deli
- Veekoo
- Vic's Sushi Rosemont
- Wadaya
- White House Tajine
- Xolo Tacos
- Yamazaki Ramen
ANEU Kitchens
The Bryn Mawr counter of the kitchen Meridith Coyle started in Paoli back in 1992. Acai bowls, smoothies, chia seed puddings, matcha and drip coffee, plus weekly meal plans and catering out of the same kitchen.
Angelo’s Café Bryn Mawr
Family-owned breakfast and lunch counter on Lancaster Ave that shuts by mid-afternoon. Two dozen omelets on the board, a scrapple Benedict and a dozen kinds of pancakes, then burgers and cheesesteaks once lunch starts.
Antonella's Italian Kitchen
Italian deli on Conestoga Road doing made-to-order hoagies, fresh chicken cutlets and homemade meatballs. Its chicken cheesesteak, onions and peppers cooked down with white wine under provolone, turned up on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
The Bakery House
A Lancaster Ave bakery since 1989, started on cookies and pies and now known mostly for custom cakes. Order a whole one ahead through the site, or take a slice from the case.
Bubba's Steaks and Shakes Bryn Mawr
Cheesesteaks and milkshakes on Lancaster Ave, open every day from 11 to 9. Takeout, delivery or eat in, and they would rather you order direct through them than pay a delivery app's markup.
Carina Sorella
Neighborhood Italian from the same family as Trattoria Carina, the name meaning darling sister. Homemade pastas and pizzas, a full bar, weekend brunch until 2:30 and happy hour 4 to 6 on weekdays.
The Choice
Dinner-only fine dining on Lancaster Ave, where the kitchen goes as far as a 4 oz A5 Miyazaki wagyu and a butter-poached lobster served out of the shell. No drinks list on the menu, so bring your own bottle.
Cozy Lounge
A late-night spot on Lancaster Ave serving food and soft drinks, open to 1 a.m. on weeknights and later on Friday and Saturday. Built for grown-ups winding down after work rather than a college crowd.
Dim Sum Factory - Bryn Mawr
The Bryn Mawr branch of the Tom's Dim Sum family that started in Philadelphia's Chinatown, cooking Shanghai and Cantonese dim sum. Soup dumplings, pan-fried pork dumplings and scallion pancakes.
Don Mezcal Mexican Grill
Mexican grill on Lancaster Ave with a full Del Mar seafood section, a molcajete of rib eye, shrimp, scallops and chorizo, and fajitas that arrive in a carved pineapple if you order the Hawaiian.
Dua Restaurant
Mediterranean and Italian cooking on Lancaster Ave, with Albanian-inspired plates, house-made pasta and grilled seafood. BYOB, and the state store sits two doors down. Dinner only, Tuesday through Saturday.
Ekta Indian Cuisine
Indian kitchen in the small run of shops on West Lancaster Ave, and the only one of the four Ektas outside the city. Curries, biryani and mango lassi, with pickup and delivery inside a five-mile radius.
Fellini Cafe Bryn Mawr
BYOB Italian on Lancaster Avenue from Franco Raimondo and Pino D'Alto, who opened the first Fellini on the Main Line more than 20 years ago and have brought it back to Bryn Mawr. Dinner only, walk-ins and reservations both fine.
Flakely Gluten Free BRYN MAWR
A fully gluten-free bakery on Lancaster Avenue. Chef Lila Colello bakes the croissants, danishes, morning buns and breads fresh daily in the Bryn Mawr kitchen, and the same pastries ship nationwide through Goldbelly.
Flip & Bailey's
Two-story neighborhood bar in Garrett Hill with a full bar on each floor and rotating drafts. Pool, shuffleboard, darts, Pac-Man and Golden Tee if you want something to do between rounds.
Fraschetta BYOB
Roman born chef Gianluca Demontis cooks house-made pastas and grilled fish on Lancaster Avenue, on a menu priced at $40 and under. BYOB, and the Inquirer rated it three bells.
Garrett Hill Ale House
A neighborhood tavern in Garrett Hill with a scratch kitchen and rotating craft taps. The 10oz Alehouse Burger and the crepe lasagna are the two dishes the kitchen puts its name on, and Sunday brunch runs 10am to 3pm with a custom Bloody Mary bar.
Hu's Kitchen?
Locally owned Chinese kitchen on Lancaster Avenue, set up for eating in or carrying out. The counter leads with handmade pan-fried pork buns and braised beef noodle soup, and there is a points program if you order often enough to care.
Jin Ding Restaurant
A Chinese kitchen on Conestoga Road running several menus at once: a dim sum list of crystal shrimp dumplings and roast pork buns, a Sichuan page of dan dan noodles and Chongqing chicken, and Peking duck under the chef's specials. Lunch deals Mon to Sat until 3pm.
Johnny's Pizza Bryn Mawr
Brooklyn-style pizza on the Main Line: square pies built on hand-crushed plum tomato sauce and pecorino, plus hand-tossed thin-crust rounds. The cheesesteak comes on a seeded long roll, and the 20-inch Monster size carries better than a pound of ribeye.
The Juice Pod, Bryn Mawr
Raw juices, smoothies and acai bowls a few blocks from Villanova's campus on Lancaster Avenue. The Bryn Mawr shop opened in 2019, run by the sister of the woman who started the brand in 2016.
La Cabra Brewing Smokehouse
The Bryn Mawr barbecue arm of La Cabra Brewing, with its own beer list beside the pit. Brisket and baby back ribs come off the smoker, the signature mac and cheese runs four ways, and Wednesdays from 3pm bring 36-hour fermented sourdough pizza.
Las Fridas Mexican kitchen Bryn Mawr
Street-style Mexican on Lancaster Avenue, named for Frida Kahlo, with sibling kitchens in Doylestown and Lansdale. Doors open at 9:30am, so breakfast tacos and huevos rancheros divorciados share the board with quesabirria and grilled octopus.
Love & Honey Fried Chicken - Bryn Mawr, PA
The Bryn Mawr counter of Todd and Laura Lyons' fried chicken shop, hand-breaded and fried to order. The Nashville Hot sandwich carries three sweet pickles so there is one in every bite, which tells you how the kitchen thinks.
My Pita Pies
Greek pita pies with phyllo rolled by hand to paper thinness, then filled. The spanakopita recipe comes from the owner's father, born in the village of Velvendos, Greece. Ordering is online, pickup is round the back at 22 N Bryn Mawr Ave.
Nirvana Indian Bistro, Bryn Mawr
The Bryn Mawr room of a six-location Indian kitchen, and the one location of the six with a liquor license, with a $10 corkage fee if you bring a bottle anyway. The menu runs past tikka masala into Nepali steamed momos.
Otto By Polpo
Modern Italian BYOB off Lancaster Avenue, run by executive chef Bujar. The kitchen leans seafood: baby octopus with roman artichokes, linguine alle vongole, angel hair with lump crab.
Pho Street
A Vietnamese kitchen on the west end of Lancaster Ave, working through pho, banh mi and summer rolls. It keeps no website of its own, so the phone is the only way to check hours before you go.
Pinwheel Provisions- Local Market & Table
A market and cafe on the Bryn Mawr Film Institute property, with a bulk pantry section, house-made pastries and alcohol-free cocktails. Your coffee and snacks are allowed to come with you into the film.
The Pullman Restaurant and Bar
The old Bryn Mawr train station, redone into a dining room with mosaic tile floors and a bar the owners rate among the largest on the Main Line. American cooking with an Italian lean, and a Music Lounge that runs live sets most of the year.
Sun Valley Pizza and Catering
A pizzeria and caterer on Lancaster Ave with a long gourmet list, including a cheeseless Main Line pie of broccoli, zucchini, carrots and squash, and a gluten-free version of nearly every pizza on it. Cheesesteaks, hoagies and pasta round it out.
Sushi Land
A Japanese kitchen on Lancaster Ave that has been at it since 2004, with a long list of special rolls next to the raw and cooked standards. Lunch closes at 2:30, dinner picks up at 4, and Mondays are closed.
Tao One Asian Cuisine
Japanese, Chinese and Thai cooking on Lancaster Ave, from a kitchen that sticks to what its owners grew up eating. Lunch runs Monday to Friday, dinner every night from 4:30.
up-RYES Bagel & Deli
Hand-rolled bagels that rise more than 24 hours before they hit the oven, from a shop a few steps off the Bryn Mawr train station. Deli sandwiches on house-baked bread, omelets and cinnamon buns too. Doors close at 2pm.
Vic's Sushi Rosemont
Benny and Eric have been making sushi since 1998, and this Rosemont storefront is their newest counter. Benny is up at 5am to pick the fish at the New York markets. Closed Sundays.
White House Tajine
Moroccan cooking on West Lancaster Avenue: lamb shank and goat tajines, chicken pastilla, couscous plates and halal-certified kebabs off the grill. Mint tea comes by the pot.
Xolo Tacos
Family-run Mexican spot on North Merion Avenue, built around tacos, fajitas and empanadas, with a full bar leaning hard on margaritas. About 95% of the menu is gluten free, and vegetarian and vegan options run right through it.
Yamazaki Ramen
A ramen counter on West Lancaster Avenue working in shoyu and tonkotsu broths, topped with chashu pork belly, soft-boiled egg, bamboo shoots and scallions.
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