The Best Restaurants in Malvern
Almost every kitchen in Malvern crowds onto King Street, which makes ranking them a contact sport. Here's our order.
Dinner around an open wood-fired grill leads this one; close behind come a plate of eggplant parm and a neighborhood bar where one beer has a way of becoming three. All seven sit within a few blocks of King Street, which kept the fieldwork efficient. The order is below, slot by slot, and we stand by all of it.
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. A longtime Malvern draw; the top slot wasn't close.
Brick & Brew
A gastropub built around its craft taps, out on the 400 block of East King Street. Order a burger and a local draft at the bar and you've done it right.
Flying Pig Saloon
A neighborhood bar on East King Street with a full kitchen and a deep tap list. Plan on one; the taps have other ideas.
Anthony's Pizza & Italian Restaurant
Pizza and red-sauce Italian on West King Street, the kind of neighborhood place you keep on speed dial. Friday pie or a plate of eggplant parm; both calls are correct.
The Buttery
Breakfast, lunch, and a case full of pastries on East King Street. The coffee keeps coming and nobody rushes you out, which is the whole point.
Julie Anne's Place
Eggs, pancakes, and the standard morning lineup on South Warren Avenue, done without fuss. Sometimes the correct breakfast answer is the plain one.
Malvern Pizza
The slice shop on East King Street: pies, strombolis, counter service, quick. The move when you're headed through town anyway.
