Highest-rated Southern restaurants in Greensboro by diners
Highest-rated Southern restaurants in Greensboro by diners
When you travel below the Mason-Dixon Line, you'll find some of the most mouthwatering, comforting cuisine in the U.S.: Southern food.
Southern dishes are a vital part of American cuisine, from hushpuppies to ham hocks and beignets to barbecue. It's impossible to define a classic Southern meal, but a solid one starts with the sharp savory flavor of pimento cheese dip, followed by the delicious crunchiness of fried chicken or a spicy Louisiana étouffée, culminating with a sugary slice of chess pie that's best washed down with a tall glass of sweet tea.
What's unique about Southern fare is that multiple ethnic and cultural groups have influenced it. Spanish staples, such as potatoes and cocoa, are in many Southern dishes; the Acadians, who traveled to Louisiana from Nova Scotia and later became Louisiana Creoles, contributed their seafood to many Southern meals; African ingredients—okra, sorghum (an ancient grain), and black-eyed peas—became a part of the cuisine through the forced labor of enslaved people; French cooking methods, like braising and sautéing, are used for many Southern recipes; and Native Americans introduced corn to Southern recipes, yielding dishes like succotash and grits.
The Southern culinary scene is an explosion of cultures. To find out where you can sample some Southern offerings, Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated Southern restaurants in the Greensboro area using data from Yelp as of May 2, 2025. Businesses 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 restaurants with at least 20 reviews tagged as "southern" on Yelp within a 10-kilometer radius of Greensboro were included. As a result, some restaurants featured may serve other food items.
Read on to find the perfect spot to get a taste of the South near you.
#13. The Barn Dinner Theatre
- Rating: 3.6/5 (48 reviews)
- Price level: $$$
- Address: 120 Stage Coach Trl Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: Performing Arts, Dinner Theater, Southern
- Read more on Yelp
#12. Hickory Tree Turkey BBQ
- Rating: 3.7/5 (55 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 2804 Randleman Road Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: Barbecue, Turkish, Southern
- Read more on Yelp
#11. Aunt E's Southern Cuisine
- Rating: 3.9/5 (66 reviews)
- Address: 2618 Lawndale Drive Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: Chicken Wings, Seafood, Southern
- Read more on Yelp
#10. Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen
- Rating: 4.0/5 (622 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1421 Westover Ter Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: New American, Southern
- Read more on Yelp
#9. Cille And Scoe
- Rating: 4.0/5 (258 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 312 South Elm St. Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: Southern, Comfort Food, Cocktail Bars
- Read more on Yelp
#8. At Elm St Grill
- Rating: 4.0/5 (246 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3606 North Elm St. Ste A Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: New American, Southern, Asian Fusion
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#7. Pantry Fried Chicken
- Rating: 4.2/5 (25 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 2921 East Martin Luther King Jr Drive Ste 101 High Point, North Carolina
- Categories: Chicken Wings, fast food, Southern
- Read more on Yelp
#6. 913 Whiskey Bar & Southern Kitchen
- Rating: 4.2/5 (433 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 913 South Chapman St. Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: Southern, Cocktail Bars, Whiskey Bars
- Read more on Yelp
#5. Finial At Grandover
- Rating: 4.3/5 (26 reviews)
- Address: 1000 Club Road Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: Southern, Coffee & Tea, Breakfast & Brunch
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#4. Scrambled Southern Diner
- Rating: 4.3/5 (1313 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2417 Spring Garden St. Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Diners, Southern
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#3. Southern Roots
- Rating: 4.3/5 (524 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 119 East Main St. Jamestown, North Carolina
- Categories: Southern, Specialty Food
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#2. Blue Denim Restaurant
- Rating: 4.5/5 (368 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 217 South Elm St. Greensboro, North Carolina
- Categories: Cajun/Creole, Southern, Salad
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#1. SidWill's Cafe & Catering
- Rating: 4.6/5 (80 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 116-E East Main St. Jamestown, North Carolina
- Categories: Southern, Cafes
- Read more on Yelp
