
Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Hackensack by diners
Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Hackensack 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 Hackensack, 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 Hackensack 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!
#8. Northvale Classic Diner
- Rating: 2.9/5 (188 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 247 Livingston St. Northvale, New Jersey
- Categories: Diners, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#7. Tenafly Classic Diner
- Rating: 3.2/5 (343 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 16 West Railroad Ave. Tenafly, New Jersey
- Categories: Diners, New American, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#6. Maggie's Southern Kitchen
- Rating: 3.4/5 (97 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 1368 Teaneck Road Teaneck, New Jersey
- Categories: Southern, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#5. Raymond's
- Rating: 3.5/5 (711 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 101 East Ridgewood Ave. Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Categories: Comfort Food, Breakfast & Brunch
- Read more on Yelp
#4. Wallington Diner
- Rating: 4.0/5 (52 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 417 Paterson Ave. Wallington, New Jersey
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Burgers, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#3. Al Chile
- Rating: 4.3/5 (116 reviews)
- Address: 187 Hackensack St. Wood Ridge, New Jersey
- Categories: Mexican, Bars, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
#2. Freakin' Vegan
- Rating: 4.8/5 (53 reviews)
- Address: 39 Godwin Ave. Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Categories: Vegan, Comfort Food, Vegetarian
- Read more on Yelp
#1. Mama Hen House
- Rating: 4.9/5 (66 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1364 Teaneck Road Teaneck, New Jersey
- Categories: Korean, Chicken Shop, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 95 metros.