Anthony's Pizza & Italian Restaurant
Pizza and red-sauce Italian on West King Street in Malvern. The kind of neighborhood place you call for a Friday pie or a plate of eggplant parm.
Where to eat in Malvern
The restaurants and kitchens locals actually argue about.
Where we'd send you first
- Restaurant Alba
Italian-leaning plates off the open wood-fired grill on West King Street, with a wine list that assumes you have nowhere else to be.
- Brick & Brew
A gastropub built around its craft taps, out on the 400 block of East King Street.
- Flying Pig Saloon
A neighborhood bar on East King Street with a full kitchen and a deep tap list.
- Anthony's Pizza & Italian Restaurant
Pizza and red-sauce Italian on West King Street, the kind of neighborhood place you keep on speed dial.
- The Buttery
Breakfast, lunch, and a case full of pastries on East King Street.
- Julie Anne's Place
Eggs, pancakes, and the standard morning lineup on South Warren Avenue, done without fuss.
- Malvern Pizza
The slice shop on East King Street: pies, strombolis, counter service, quick.
The whole list
- Anthony's Pizza & Italian Restaurant
- Bamboo House of Noodle Soups
- Bao Nine
- Bomba Taco + Bar
- The Buttery
- Cafe Baladi
- Cedar Hollow Inn Restaurant and Bar
- The Classic Diner
- Common Good Pizza & Tap
- East Star Chinese Restaurant
- General Warren
- The Jockey Tavern
- Joey Chops
- Julie Anne's Place
- The Lost Cow
- Malvern Pizza
- Moca Asian Cuisine
- Restaurant Alba
- Scoops and Smiles Ice Cream & Water Ice
- Sublime Cupcakes
- Tonino's Pizza and Pasta
- The Valley House Bar & Restaurant
- Venice Pizza and Pasta
Bamboo House of Noodle Soups
A family-owned Vietnamese BYOB with a hometown-inspired menu — the family traces its cooking to Quang Ngai province and isn't shy about it. Noodle soups lead, with vegetarian options throughout.
Bomba Taco + Bar
Tacos and tequila at The Grove, with scratch-made cocktails and a bar calendar that stays busy — Marg Mondays, a Jeopardy bar league, the occasional throwback dance party. One of two Bomba rooms out here; the other is in Newtown.
The Buttery
The Buttery sits on East King Street and does breakfast, lunch, and a case full of pastries. It's the kind of morning spot where the coffee keeps coming and nobody rushes you out.
Cafe Baladi
Home-style Lebanese cooking in the Lincoln Court shopping center, all halal meat and a rotating list of everyday specials. Closed Sundays and Mondays, so make it a weekday.
Cedar Hollow Inn Restaurant and Bar
A locally owned spot on Yellow Springs Road whose whole pitch is 'no gimmicks, no fuss' American cooking, open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. on weekends, which quietly makes it a brunch option too.
The Classic Diner
Breakfast and lunch only — creative takes on the classics with more polish than the word 'diner' promises, and they've been at it since September 1995. Doors open at 6:30 a.m.; the kitchen wraps by 2 on weekdays, 3 on weekends.
Common Good Pizza & Tap
Pizza and a rotating tap list on Pennsylvania Ave. Drop in for a pie and a local draft.
East Star Chinese Restaurant
Neighborhood Chinese on Lancaster Avenue where the kitchen has cooked off-menu mapo tofu for a diner who asked. The testimonials on its own site are the tell — one swears by the lunch specials, another drives in from Newtown Square just to eat here.
General Warren
Fine dining in a historic inn, with chef Joshua Smith running locally sourced ingredients through classic technique, Tuesday through Sunday from 4. If white tablecloths aren't the mood, the soapstone bar sits on the footprint of the original 18th-century tavern, and its stools take walk-ins.
The Jockey Tavern
Malvern's horse-country tavern, with lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and a 'Jockey Hour' on the board. The kitchen closes at 9 most nights, but the bar keeps pouring — until 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Joey Chops
A modern American steakhouse in the former Stove and Tap space, running weekday lunch and dinner seven nights. Steaks and seafood headline; the daily 4-to-6 food-and-drink specials are the cheap seats.
Julie Anne's Place
A breakfast-and-lunch spot on South Warren Avenue in Malvern. Eggs, pancakes, and the standard morning lineup, done without fuss.
The Lost Cow
A Malvern food operation that runs catering and pop-ups rather than a sit-down dining room. Check where they're set up before you head over.
Malvern Pizza
Malvern Pizza is the slice shop on East King Street, doing pies, strombolis, and the usual pizzeria lineup. Counter service, quick, and easy to grab on the way through town.
Moca Asian Cuisine
Dim sum and sushi share the menu with the Chinese standards, and the dining room takes OpenTable reservations. Mind the clock — Monday through Thursday the kitchen breaks from 3 to 4 between lunch and dinner.
Restaurant Alba
A wood-fired restaurant on West King Street and a longtime Malvern draw, built around the open grill. Italian-leaning plates and a wine list worth lingering over.
Scoops and Smiles Ice Cream & Water Ice
Scoops and Smiles does ice cream and water ice on East King Street, the summer-evening kind of stop. Cones, sundaes, and a walk-up window when the weather's right.
Sublime Cupcakes
The cupcake case changes with the day of the week — a Tuesday brings Banana Cream Pie, Chocolate Dipped Strawberry, and Sublime Key Lime. There are gluten-free versions too, including a Choc PB Crunch.
Tonino's Pizza and Pasta
A family-run Lincoln Court pizzeria going since April 2014, rolling house-made pasta and baking a 30-inch pizza that needs its own table. BYOB with no corking fee, so grab a bottle on the way over.
The Valley House Bar & Restaurant
'Smash'-style burgers, pasta, and daily specials on the food side; 20 craft, domestic, and local taps plus craft cocktails on the other. The bar opens at 11 every day and keeps going after the kitchen calls it.
Venice Pizza and Pasta
Neapolitan thin pies, a no-cheese tomato pie, and 18-inch stuffed specialty pizzas that eat like a project. Pasta runs on a weekly schedule — gnocchi Tuesdays, baked ziti Wednesdays, stuffed shells Fridays.
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