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The NWA 38

Restaurants.

The thirty-eight restaurants every NWA local should know. Updated quarterly.

Ordered by local weight (review volume + rating). Curated by NWArkansas.com. Missing a place you love? Tell us.

  1. MarketPlace Grill

    Springdale · Har-Ber Cove4.9(12,282)

    an institution in Har-Ber Cove, Springdale, pulling a 4.9 rating across 12,282 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  2. The Big Biscuit

    Fayetteville · Mission Boulevard4.9(5,212)

    an institution in Mission Boulevard, Fayetteville, pulling a 4.9 rating across 5,212 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  3. Sushi House

    Bentonville · Scissortail4.8(4,705)

    a crowd favorite in Scissortail, Bentonville, pulling a 4.8 rating across 4,705 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  4. The Buttered Biscuit

    Bentonville · Scissortail4.5(3,736)

    a crowd favorite in Scissortail, Bentonville, pulling a 4.5 rating across 3,736 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  5. Tokyo House of Rogers

    Rogers4.5(3,666)

    a crowd favorite in Rogers, pulling a 4.5 rating across 3,666 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  6. Catfish Hole Fayetteville

    Fayetteville4.6(3,533)

    The Catfish Hole has been the honest answer to 'where should we eat in Fayetteville?' for three generations. Fried catfish, hushpuppies, coleslaw, and a communal big-family atmosphere. This is not the restaurant that shows up on a national best-of list: it's the one locals bring visiting relatives to when they want them to understand what Arkansas means by 'Southern food.'

  7. Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

    Rogers · Metro Park4.2(3,375)

    a crowd favorite in Metro Park, Rogers, pulling a 4.2 rating across 3,375 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  8. Denny's Restaurant

    Springdale · Har-Ber Cove4.1(3,292)

    a crowd favorite in Har-Ber Cove, Springdale, pulling a 4.1 rating across 3,292 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  9. Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant

    Rogers · Metro Park4.4(3,180)

    a crowd favorite in Metro Park, Rogers, pulling a 4.4 rating across 3,180 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  10. The Buttered Biscuit at I Street

    Bentonville4.7(3,047)

    The brunch line tells you everything. Skillets, hash, eggs benedict done six ways, and, obviously, biscuits. The Bentonville flagship is the original; weekends are a 30-minute wait and worth it. Bring your mother-in-law the morning after you fly her in, then walk the square.

  11. Village Inn

    Fayetteville · Mission Boulevard4.5(3,033)

    a crowd favorite in Mission Boulevard, Fayetteville, pulling a 4.5 rating across 3,033 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  12. IHOP

    Rogers · Metro Park3.7(2,973)

    a crowd favorite in Metro Park, Rogers, pulling a 3.7 rating across 2,973 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  13. LongHorn Steakhouse

    Rogers · Metro Park4.4(2,947)

    a crowd favorite in Metro Park, Rogers, pulling a 4.4 rating across 2,947 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  14. Outback Steakhouse

    Rogers · Metro Park4.4(2,937)

    a crowd favorite in Metro Park, Rogers, pulling a 4.4 rating across 2,937 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  15. Whataburger

    Fayetteville · Mission Boulevard4.1(2,926)

    a crowd favorite in Mission Boulevard, Fayetteville, pulling a 4.1 rating across 2,926 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  16. Whataburger

    Fayetteville · Stonebridge Meadows4.1(2,873)

    a crowd favorite in Stonebridge Meadows, Fayetteville, pulling a 4.1 rating across 2,873 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  17. Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

    Fayetteville · Mission Boulevard4.3(2,834)

    a crowd favorite in Mission Boulevard, Fayetteville, pulling a 4.3 rating across 2,834 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  18. Chick-fil-A

    Rogers · Metro Park4.5(2,754)

    a crowd favorite in Metro Park, Rogers, pulling a 4.5 rating across 2,754 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  19. Texas Roadhouse

    Rogers · Pinnacle Hills4.4(2,716)

    a crowd favorite in Pinnacle Hills, Rogers, pulling a 4.4 rating across 2,716 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  20. Hugo's

    Fayetteville · Square Adjacent4.6(2,672)

    a crowd favorite in Square Adjacent, Fayetteville, pulling a 4.6 rating across 2,672 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  21. Red Lobster

    Rogers · Metro Park4.3(2,600)

    a crowd favorite in Metro Park, Rogers, pulling a 4.3 rating across 2,600 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  22. First Watch

    Rogers · Metro Park4.6(2,590)

    a crowd favorite in Metro Park, Rogers, pulling a 4.6 rating across 2,590 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  23. Outback Steakhouse

    Springdale · South Springdale4.4(2,565)

    a crowd favorite in South Springdale, Springdale, pulling a 4.4 rating across 2,565 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  24. Chick-fil-A

    Fayetteville4.4(2,518)

    a crowd favorite in Fayetteville, pulling a 4.4 rating across 2,518 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  25. Hammontree's Grilled Cheese

    Fayetteville · Downtown Fayetteville4.6(2,515)

    A grilled-cheese restaurant could read as a gimmick. It isn't, Hammontree's does it with the kind of bread-and-butter seriousness the cuisine deserves. The Farmhouse (apple, bacon, sharp cheddar) and the tomato soup pairing are the entry points. Dickson Street location, quick lunch, Fayetteville classic.

  26. Chick-fil-A

    Rogers · Pinnacle Hills4.5(2,515)

    a crowd favorite in Pinnacle Hills, Rogers, pulling a 4.5 rating across 2,515 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  27. Lucy's Diner

    Rogers · Rogers Historic District4.1(2,475)

    a crowd favorite in Rogers Historic District, Rogers, pulling a 4.1 rating across 2,475 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  28. Callahan's Steak House

    Siloam Springs · South Siloam Springs4.4(2,460)

    a crowd favorite in South Siloam Springs, Siloam Springs, pulling a 4.4 rating across 2,460 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  29. IHOP

    Fayetteville · Paradise Valley3.8(2,455)

    a crowd favorite in Paradise Valley, Fayetteville, pulling a 3.8 rating across 2,455 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  30. Crepes Paulette

    Bentonville · Downtown Bentonville4.7(2,422)

    a crowd favorite in Downtown Bentonville, Bentonville, pulling a 4.7 rating across 2,422 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  31. Chick-fil-A

    Bentonville · The Meadows4.4(2,411)

    a crowd favorite in The Meadows, Bentonville, pulling a 4.4 rating across 2,411 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  32. Smokin' Joe's Ribhouse

    Rogers · Rogers Historic District4.4(2,353)

    a crowd favorite in Rogers Historic District, Rogers, pulling a 4.4 rating across 2,353 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  33. First Watch

    Bentonville · Southeast Bentonville4.7(2,317)

    a crowd favorite in Southeast Bentonville, Bentonville, pulling a 4.7 rating across 2,317 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  34. Chili's Grill & Bar

    Rogers4.2(2,312)

    a crowd favorite in Rogers, pulling a 4.2 rating across 2,312 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  35. Table Mesa Bistro

    Bentonville · Downtown Bentonville4.4(2,274)

    Table Mesa was one of the first signs Bentonville could produce a grown-up food scene. South American-leaning flavors, strong cocktail program, dim-lit patio right off the square. Date-night reliable for twelve years and counting. Order the tres-chiles filet, split the chocolate mousse, tip well.

  36. Lin's Garden

    Bentonville · Scissortail4.0(2,272)

    a crowd favorite in Scissortail, Bentonville, pulling a 4.0 rating across 2,272 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  37. McDonald's

    Siloam Springs · South Siloam Springs3.5(2,267)

    a crowd favorite in South Siloam Springs, Siloam Springs, pulling a 3.5 rating across 2,267 reviews. Notes coming soon.

  38. Steak 'n Shake

    Fayetteville · Mission Boulevard4.2(2,227)

    a crowd favorite in Mission Boulevard, Fayetteville, pulling a 4.2 rating across 2,227 reviews. Notes coming soon.