The best restaurants for dinner in Winnipeg, curated by TastyPals editors.
Fast answers for diners searching for dinner restaurants in Winnipeg. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.
Yen's Kitchen + Bar is a contemporary restaurant in Wolseley in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Chacha Wow East Indian Cuisine on Portage Avenue is doing something pointed: it's named after the Hindi and Punjabi word for uncle — chacha — and that's not a branding flourish, it's a program.
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Mesob Ethiopian Eats is doing something Osborne Village genuinely needed: bringing the communal grammar of Ethiopian dining — injera spread wide, dishes overlapping, hands reaching across the table — into a neighbourhood better known for…
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Winnipeg has been quietly overdue for a falafel spot worth talking about, and The Green Falafel — at 1833 Grant Avenue in River Heights — arrives with real intention behind it.
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Vinni’s By Vinayak is a sensible indian call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Spice Cove Bistro is an easy vegetarian option in The Forks in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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West End Pierogies is a sensible eastern european call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Han Sik Korean Cuisine is an easy korean option in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Kinton Ramen is an easy japanese option in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Mashaallah Halal Pakistani Food Restaurant is a sensible pakistani call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Food Culture on Sterling Lyon Parkway has a clear identity and doesn't waver from it.
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Corydon Avenue has no shortage of places borrowing loosely from Asian cooking traditions, which makes Hello Asian Fusion at 753 Corydon a different kind of proposition worth paying attention to.
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Gojo Ethiopian Restaurant is doing something that most of Winnipeg's dining scene simply isn't — bringing the full communal architecture of Ethiopian eating to a city that too often settles for safe, individualized plates.
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Here's what Winnipeg still hasn't fully caught onto: Ker Breizh is doing something genuinely specific on Sherbrook Street, and specific is rare.
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Let's be clear about the geography first: My Baba is not actually in Winnipeg — it's out in Riverton, Manitoba, which means a real commitment to Highway 8 before you arrive.
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Sassy Thai is the kind of correction a city's Thai restaurant scene occasionally needs.
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Daanook occupies a sliver of real estate in Winnipeg's Exchange District — counter seating, maybe two bar stools, a bistro chair on the sidewalk when summer cooperates — and it doesn't apologize for any of that.
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What Thyme Cafe and Books represents in Winnipeg's food landscape is more than a café attached to a used-book shelf.
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Lemon Tahini is a small Lebanese spot on Marion Street in St.
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Taste of Ukraine is a sensible eastern european call in Downtown in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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MLYN Ukrainian restaurant is a smart brunch call in West Broadway when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
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The Getaway Cafe is an easy contemporary option in St. Vital in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation. Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Ice Cream Sundae also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Feast of Africa is a sensible ethiopian call in West Broadway in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Let's sort the geography first: Chilli Chutney Street Kitchen occupies a 6,200-square-foot former Swiss Chalet on Kenaston Boulevard in River Heights — a scale that signals genuine ambition.
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Kolapata is a dependable pakistani option that a lot of diners already know and return to.
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What Himalayan Restaurant appears to be doing in Winnipeg is making a quiet, committed argument that Nepalese cooking belongs in the same devoted local conversation as the city's Vietnamese or Filipino institutions.
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One navigation note before you go: Baraka Pita Bakery is located on Main Street in Winnipeg's North End, not at The Forks, so adjust your route accordingly.
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LOCAL Public Eatery on Garry Street plants its flag in Winnipeg's North End with a concept that's deliberately broad-church: global bar food for people who want a real drink and something worth eating at the same table.
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Shahi Flames operates at price level one, and its reputation in Winnipeg's South Asian dining scene rests on a straightforward premise: skip the theater, get the spicing right, feed people well.
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Tavern on King Edward is a 6,300-square-foot steampunk-inflected bar dropped into Winnipeg's North End with the kind of menu ambition you don't usually associate with price level one — global, arcade-lit, dog-friendly, and apparently unc…
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West Broadway has kept Bistro Dansk going since 1977, and that kind of longevity in Winnipeg's restaurant landscape is not accidental.
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What separates Ramallah Cafe from Winnipeg's broader Middle Eastern landscape is scale paired with consistency — three locations across Munroe Ave., Pembina Hwy., and Kenaston Blvd.
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Winnipeg has historically undersupplied a very specific kind of room: the one that treats vegetables as a primary language rather than a polite concession.
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Vanxai's sits on Saint Anne's Road in Old St.
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Greek Market on Corydon is what happens when a family refuses to let a specialty grocery stay in its lane.
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What Kozak Food is doing on Ness Avenue is worth paying attention to, and the reason is simple: it's a family-run takeout counter in a Polo Park strip mall where the Ukrainian cooking reads as daily practice rather than heritage performa…
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South Winnipeg doesn't need another spot doing a little bit of everything for a little bit of no one — and United Punjab Eatery & Grill at 2800 Pembina is unambiguous about who it's feeding and why.
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Bistro on Notre Dame isn't competing with anything happening downtown, and that's the point.
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Shaba Thai Cuisine sits on Portage Ave about a block from the University of Winnipeg, occupying the kind of footprint that makes no attempt to seduce you before you've even looked at the menu — four tables, no restroom, a room that puts…
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Sevala's Ukrainian Deli in Transcona has an origin story that functions as a mission statement: Sylvia Beck — Sevala — started the operation out of a converted garage in 1985, feeding neighbors perogies and cabbage rolls until demand out…
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Start with the geography, because the listing will mislead you: Baan Thai is on Portage Avenue out in St.
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Roasted Nomad makes a quiet but pointed argument for what Winnipeg's daytime dining scene is capable of.
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Here's what you need to know about Mom's Perogy Factory: it has no interest in being anything other than exactly what it is, and in Winnipeg — a city with one of the largest Ukrainian-Canadian populations in the country — that kind of st…
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Ken Nguyen's origin story is genuinely unusual for a sushi spot: he started with meal prep, cooking around a day job until the demand outgrew what Tuesday deliveries could contain.
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Shirley's Restaurant & Gourmet Grocery opened in Osborne Village in early 2025 as one of the more deliberate restaurant concepts Winnipeg has seen in recent memory.
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Peshawari Kitchen is an easy pakistani option in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Hdmona Bar and Restaurant is a ethiopian restaurant in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Engocha Ethiopian Food Truck is a ethiopian restaurant in The Forks in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Les Saj isn't trying to be anyone's upscale Lebanese night out, and from everything I've been able to track down about this place, that's precisely the move that makes it work.
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Spice Circle operates out of two Winnipeg locations — Osborne Village and Portage Ave — and while neither technically sits in the Downtown core, the kitchen has built exactly the kind of halal Indian restaurant the city has needed: one w…
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Fergie's Fish N Chips has been operating out of The Forks market in Winnipeg since 2004, which makes it one of those rare food-court anchors that has outlasted trends by simply refusing to cut corners on sourcing.
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Bull & Filly is an easy global option in North End in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation. Moules & Frites and Gluten free Brussels Sprouts also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Magic Thailand Restaurant is a sensible thai call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Sabai Thai has been the quiet anchor of Corydon's dining strip since 2007, which in Winnipeg restaurant years is practically institutional.
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Capital Grill and Bar has established a clear identity in Winnipeg's competitive downtown dining landscape — a steakhouse that, by most accounts, takes its core format seriously without dressing it in the formality that can make occasion…
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Fusion Grill has been running the same play since 1996, and the fact that it still feels fresh is the whole argument for it.
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Prairie Donair at St.
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BabyBaby arrived in Osborne Village in March 2025 carrying some serious credibility — this is the project from the team behind Clementine, the brunch institution that built a loyal following on technique and restraint.
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Greenish occupies an unusual position in Winnipeg's downtown food landscape: a Japanese café that has made its home in the skywalk connecting Newport Center and Portage Place, serving the city's core workers and transit crowd rather than…
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Junction 59 Roadhouse is doing something genuinely specific in Transcona, and it deserves to be taken seriously on its own terms.
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Leopold's Tavern Winnipeg - Osborne South suits a night out in Osborne Village when you want gastropub that feels grown-up without getting stiff. THE Deadly Dipper and MEGA MOZZA STICKS also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Peacock Kitchen & Drinks on Grant Avenue is the kind of restaurant that makes you recalibrate what a neighbourhood room can aspire to.
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Leopold's Tavern Winnipeg - Academy is the kind of gastropub room in River Heights you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more. THE Deadly Dipper and MEGA MOZZA STICKS also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Leopold's Tavern Winnipeg - Transcona is an easy gastropub option in Transcona in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Olympia Diner has been anchoring Greek home cooking on Portage Avenue in Winnipeg's Westwood/St.
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Taverna Rodos on Roblin Boulevard in Charleswood is doing something quietly specific: it's the Greek institution Winnipeg's west end actually needed, operating from a patio ringed by trees and red umbrellas rather than a downtown strip,…
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Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse & Pub on Carlton Street has been doing teppanyaki in downtown Winnipeg since April 1973, which means it was performing tableside theatre decades before hibachi dining became a shorthand for birthday-night spec…
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Leopold's Tavern Winnipeg - Osborne Village is the kind of gastropub room in Osborne Village you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more. THE Deadly Dipper and MEGA MOZZA STICKS also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Naru Sushi has been holding down Osborne Village since November 2008 — a stretch of time that separates the genuinely rooted from the temporarily fashionable.
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Bonfire Bistro operates out of a quietly ambitious corner of Corydon Avenue where River Heights locals have apparently made the place their own in a way that's rare even for a neighbourhood this comfortable with its restaurants.
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Taste of Mediterranean on Kennedy Street has been doing one thing since 2013 and doing it without apology: spinning meat on an open gyro spit in full view of everyone who walks through the door.
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Sushi Ya is a sensible japanese call in Corydon in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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GaiJin Izakaya shouldn't exist where it does — a contemporary izakaya anchored in a Transcona strip mall, next door to a Wild Wings — and that tension is basically the whole point.
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Sushi Ai is a sensible japanese call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well. Sushi Pizza and Tuna Tataki also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Saucers Cafe is an easy contemporary option in River Heights in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Mercadito Latino is a latin american restaurant in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Gohe Ethiopian Restaurant has planted a genuine flag for East African cooking in Winnipeg, operating at a price point that makes communal eating accessible without compromising on the depth of the menu.
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Banza Noodle & Tea House occupies a particular lane in Winnipeg's dining landscape that very few rooms attempt: a genuinely pan-Asian bowl-forward menu that doesn't flatten its references into a single identifiable cuisine.
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The Nook on Sherbrook occupies a particular place in Winnipeg's brunch landscape that is increasingly rare in any mid-sized Canadian city: a counter-service diner whose format has remained structurally unchanged long enough to become the…
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Les Saj | Middle Eastern Cuisine • Grant Ave is a sensible lebanese call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well. Traditional Arabic Shawarma and Hummus with Falafel also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Here's the pitch that most people miss about The Blue Marble: it lives inside the Grand Winnipeg Airport Hotel by Lakeview, and that context is both the constraint and the advantage.
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Merkato operates without the concessions that often diminish Ethiopian food when it travels.
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Taste of Ukraine is an easy eastern european option in Transcona in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Ramallah Cafe is a lebanese restaurant in South Winnipeg in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Brazen Hall Kitchen & Brewery sits in River Heights as a brewpub with genuine dual purpose — the beer brewed on site is reportedly a destination in its own right, not merely incidental to the kitchen.
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Sushi Cushi is a japanese restaurant in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room. Takoyaki and Sushi Pizza also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Silver Heights Restaurant & The Heights Lounge is a steakhouse pick in River Heights in Winnipeg when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Dal's Restaurant & Lounge is a sensible pizza call in Transcona in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well. Chicken Fingers with Fries and Wings also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Copper Chimney has been operating since 2014, growing from a single St.
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Little Bones Wings is an easy contemporary option in Transcona in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation. If Little Bones Wings is your kind of order, that is a good sign.
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Sukhothai Restaurant | Thai is a sensible thai call in Osborne Village in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Pizzeria Gusto has held a prominent place in Winnipeg's pizza conversation long enough that its reputation reads as structural rather than trendy.
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Kristina’s is a greek pick in Corydon in Winnipeg when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Little Korea on Ellice Avenue occupies a specific and useful role in Winnipeg's Korean dining landscape: it's a neighbourhood-anchored room that takes authenticity seriously at a price point that makes regulars out of newcomers.
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Next Door earns its place on Sherbrook Street by doing something Winnipeg's bar-restaurant scene rarely gets right: the brewery attachment doesn't drag the food down.
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Commonwealth Kitchen & Bar is a smart brunch call in West Broadway when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion. Baked Brie and Stuffed Dates also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Homers isn't trading on nostalgia alone — though it has plenty to trade.
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Bangkok Thai has been doing this longer than most of Osborne Village's current tenants have existed.
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BISIKITCHEN & HADIORS RESTAURANT is a ethiopian restaurant in Corydon in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room. Jollof Rice & Peppered Turkey and Ofada Rice also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Sushi Academy has been quietly holding down Academy Road in River Heights for long enough that it's become the kind of neighbourhood spot that locals stop questioning and just use.
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morak morak is an easy korean option in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation. Bulgogi Kimbop and Morak-Bokki also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Cora Breakfast and Lunch is a sensible contemporary call in St. Vital in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well. Kale-Mango Smoothie Bowl and Raspberry Pina Colada Smoothie also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Big Guy's Ranch & Saloon is a contemporary restaurant in St. Vital in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room. Louisiana Chicken Wings and Mushrooms Neptune also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Thida's Thai Restaurant is a thai restaurant in Downtown in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Kazoku Restaurant is a sensible japanese call in South Winnipeg in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Blufish Japanese Restaurant is a japanese restaurant in Exchange District in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Oval Room Brasserie is a smart brunch call in West Broadway when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
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Seoul Korean BBQ&Morals Village Hot Pot 首尔韩式烤肉&德庄火锅 is an easy korean option in South Winnipeg in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Kiwa Korean cuisine restaurant is a sensible korean call in South Winnipeg in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Pad Thai is an easy thai option in Downtown in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Sherwood's Lounge & Bistro is a sensible bistro call in Transcona in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well. Pork Lumpia and Wings (1lb) also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Sakura BBQ & Hotpot is a sensible korean call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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State & Main is an easy contemporary option in Transcona in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Lahore by IKitchen is a sensible pakistani call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Charisma of India is an easy indian option in Wolseley in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Zaytoon suits a night out in Osborne Village when you want greek that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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KYU Bistro is a japanese restaurant in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Kimbaek Restaurant is a sensible korean call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Grizzly Goose is a sensible contemporary call in St. Vital in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well. Dry Ribs and Chicken Wings also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Kokeb Restaurant is a sensible ethiopian call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Baba Kays is a sensible eastern european call in The Forks in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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PeshWarain ~ Wari is a sensible pakistani call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Carlos & Murphy's is a mexican pick in Osborne Village in Winnipeg when you want dinner to feel a little more planned. Nachos Oaxaca and Pig & Pineapple Nachos also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Cork & Flame is a global restaurant in North End in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Multani Dera is an easy pakistani option in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Yuu Izakaya is a sensible japanese call in Transcona in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Hi-Ball Restaurant is the kind of chinese room in River Heights you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Jackson Heights Fish and Chips is a seafood restaurant in South Winnipeg in Winnipeg that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Fergies Fish 'n Chips is a sensible seafood call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Dera Restaurant is an easy pakistani option in Downtown in Winnipeg to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Kabab King is a sensible pakistani call in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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Table Top Eatery and Pub (Selkirk Ave.) is a sensible gastropub call in North End in Winnipeg when you want something that usually lands well.
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The top restaurants for dinner in Winnipeg include Yen's Kitchen + Bar, Chacha Wow East Indian Cuisine, MESOB ETHIOPIAN EATS. TastyPals curates these picks based on occasion tags, Google ratings, and editorial judgment.
Yen's Kitchen + Bar is among the top-rated options for dinner in Winnipeg, with a 10.0 Google rating and 33 reviews.
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