I heard you might be hungry. Let’s fix that. Browse reviews to see what’s great, what’s just okay, or to inspire your next trip out. Because eating out is a celebration, and you deserve the best.

Restaurant Reviews

  • Is Standard Food + Beer Up To My Standards?

    This revamped staple in the Mordecai neighborhood is serving staples that will blow you away. It feels like just yesterday I was walking into a strange grocery/restaurant concept that was fairly empty next to the Raleigh City Gardens. Fast forward many years (to think my freshman year of high school was actually almost eight years… Read more

  • Blue Moon Bistro Restaurant Review

    On the hunt for a meal that feels straight out of an old inn? Look no further.     Tucked away on a side street straight from a Nicholas Sparks book lies a few historical homes. They have white fences that oscillate and scents that waft out the front doors, welcoming you in for a certain good… Read more

  • Poole’side Pies Review

    A place to dive into some good bites and relax in Downtown Raleigh Picture this: You’ve just spent nearly nine hours at a doctor’s appointment and left exhausted as well as with a delay on your chemo that you were expected to begin that day. You haven’t eaten, you’re starved, and frankly not in the… Read more

  • Objects For The Fun Foodies

    What a girl wants, what a girl (kinda) needs. It’s no secret that I love beautiful things. Objects and decor pieces- anything for the aesthetic right? (I recognize this makes me sound incredibly superficial, but I promise I am not. It’s more-so a desire to curate than anything else. It’s satisfying!) With that being said,… Read more

  • Bida Manda

    A Laotian eatery situated by Moore Square in Downtown Raleigh.     It’s been a skinny minute since I last enjoyed a meal. Not because there has been a lack of good food- in fact, there’s been tons of great bites around me. However, having just received radiation to my throat again I have been bound… Read more

  • The Cortez

    A tropical oasis for fresh flavors on Glenwood South. “It smells good as hell.”      I’d have to agree. My dear friend Maddie and I were facing the doors of The Cortez, a tropical oasis on Glenwood South that has a beautiful courtyard and rooftop hangout, but it was a bit cold for that kind of… Read more