
Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Denver by diners
Comfort food. Just saying the phrase manages to create a feeling of warmth that suddenly envelops you and travels directly to your stomach. It's the small, happy dance you do in your chair as your mom puts your favorite dinner in front of you when you go home to visit. It's the infamous cranberry sauce that your beloved aunt makes every Thanksgiving. It's the inexplicably delicious French bread pizza that makes you remember the nostalgia of childhood when everything was simple and eating pizza for lunch felt like a dream come true.
There's a wonderfully subjective quality about comfort food because when it comes down to it, the only criterion it has to have is that it has to make you feel comfortable when you eat it. It's the dish you eat when you're having a rough day—like a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream—or it's the dish you eat when you have something amazing to celebrate—also a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream.
Whether you're out traveling for work, enjoying a road trip for solely play-related purposes, or just tired of figuring out what to have for dinner tonight, Stacker decided to help you find some of the highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Denver, using Yelp data current as of July 22, 2025. The restaurants that serve the starchy, salty, sweet, greasy, cheesy, flaky, buttery comfort food that hits close to home, exactly when you need it most.
Businesses in the "comfort food" category were selected using Yelp's ranking system, which calculates an adjusted rating value that takes into account the number of ratings as well as the rating score itself. Only businesses with at least 20 reviews and within a 10-kilometer radius of Denver were considered. Also, in an effort to highlight independent businesses and local chains, those with more than 10 locations nationally, based on our Yelp data, were not included.
Keep reading to find out if your favorite comfort spot made it or to find a new favorite!
#17. Lou's Hot & Naked at Denver Milk Market
- Rating: 2.8/5 (44 reviews)
- Address: 1800 Wazee St. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: American, Comfort Food, Chicken Shop
- Read more on Yelp
#16. The Mac Shack
- Rating: 2.9/5 (24 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Food Trucks, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#15. Blazing Bird -Downtown Denver
- Rating: 3.0/5 (62 reviews)
- Address: 1920 17th St. Ste 120 Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Comfort Food, Chicken Wings, fast food
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#14. Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria at Denver Milk Market
- Rating: 3.4/5 (27 reviews)
- Address: 1800 Wazee St. Ste 100 Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Pizza, Comfort Food, Italian
- Read more on Yelp
#13. 9Thai Restaurant
- Rating: 3.9/5 (244 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 4122 East Colfax Ave. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Thai, Comfort Food, Noodles
- Read more on Yelp
#12. D Bar Central Park
- Rating: 3.9/5 (30 reviews)
- Address: 7302 East 29th Ave. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Bakeries, Venues & Event Spaces, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#11. Black+Haus Tavern-Littleton
- Rating: 3.9/5 (85 reviews)
- Address: 2439 Main St. Littleton, Colorado
- Categories: Steakhouses, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#10. I Heart Mac & Cheese
- Rating: 3.9/5 (56 reviews)
- Address: 8801 East Montview Blvd. Unit 100 Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Sandwiches, Comfort Food
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#9. The Original
- Rating: 4.0/5 (230 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1600 20th St. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Diners, Comfort Food, New American
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#8. Bird
- Rating: 4.0/5 (357 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1529 South Pearl St. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: American, Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#7. WaterCourse Foods
- Rating: 4.0/5 (2547 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 837 East 17th Ave. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Vegetarian, Vegan, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#6. The Delectable Egg-Denver
- Rating: 4.2/5 (804 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1642 Market St. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#5. Sassafras American Eatery, Highlands
- Rating: 4.3/5 (1352 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3927 West 32nd Ave. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Cajun/Creole, Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food
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#4. Mac & Cheezary
- Rating: 4.3/5 (146 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 3895 Wadsworth Blvd. Wheat Ridge, Colorado
- Categories: Comfort Food, New American, fast food
- Read more on Yelp
#3. Pho & Bar
- Rating: 4.6/5 (286 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1600 East 17th Ave. Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Vietnamese, Bars, Comfort Food
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#2. Latke Love
- Rating: 4.7/5 (232 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 699 West Littleton Blvd. Littleton, Colorado
- Categories: Delis, Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#1. Cluck Chicken
- Rating: 4.8/5 (186 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 1384 South Broadway Denver, Colorado
- Categories: Comfort Food, Southern, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 95 metros.