Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Salt Lake City by diners

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May 5, 2023
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Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City, 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 Salt Lake City 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!

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Blaze of Thunder

#9. Blaze of Thunder

- Rating: 3.6/5 (80 reviews)
- Address: 153 South Rio Grande St. Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Chicken Shop, Southern, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Proper Brewing

#8. Proper Brewing

- Rating: 3.8/5 (127 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 857 Main St. Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Breweries, Burgers, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Ramblin Roads

#7. Ramblin Roads

- Rating: 4.0/5 (160 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 544 West 400th North Bountiful, Utah
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Lazy Day Cafe

#6. Lazy Day Cafe

- Rating: 4.0/5 (532 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2020 East 3300th South Ste 24 Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Cafes, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Vessel Kitchen

#5. Vessel Kitchen

- Rating: 4.1/5 (179 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 905 East 900th South Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Comfort Food, New American, Gluten-Free
- Read more on Yelp

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Penny Ann's Cafe

#4. Penny Ann's Cafe

- Rating: 4.1/5 (868 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1856 West 5400 South Taylorsville, Utah
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Cafes, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Vessel Kitchen

#3. Vessel Kitchen

- Rating: 4.3/5 (64 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3920 West Terminal Drive Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Comfort Food, New American, Gluten-Free
- Read more on Yelp

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Huckleberry Grill

#2. Huckleberry Grill

- Rating: 4.4/5 (101 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 335 West 1830 South Salt Lake City, Utah
- Categories: Food Trucks, Comfort Food, Caterers
- Read more on Yelp

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Burger Pioneers

#1. Burger Pioneers

- Rating: 4.5/5 (27 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 220 North 600 West Pleasant Grove, Utah
- Categories: Food Trucks, Burgers, 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.

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