Sarah's Guidebook

Sarah
Sarah's Guidebook

Food Scene

great outdoor covered patio! Good food and reasonable prices
39 locals recommend
The Station at Person Street
701 N Person St
39 locals recommend
great outdoor covered patio! Good food and reasonable prices
Great outdoor seating areas. Good cocktails!
28 locals recommend
Standard Foods
205 E Franklin St
28 locals recommend
Great outdoor seating areas. Good cocktails!
fantastic drinks and a lively bar on weekends
25 locals recommend
William & Company
616 N Person St
25 locals recommend
fantastic drinks and a lively bar on weekends
Really incredible Food!
54 locals recommend
Crawford and Son
618 N Person St
54 locals recommend
Really incredible Food!
best shop in town!
24 locals recommend
Pelagic Beer and Wine
300 Pace St
24 locals recommend
best shop in town!
a fun neighborhood bar with a huge outdoor seating are
Brookside Bodega
1000 Brookside Drive
a fun neighborhood bar with a huge outdoor seating are
coffee, wine, and a cafe with a beautiful patio out back
14 locals recommend
The Optimist Raleigh
1000 Brookside Dr
14 locals recommend
coffee, wine, and a cafe with a beautiful patio out back
upscale dining with delicious food!
33 locals recommend
Second Empire Restaurant and Tavern
330 Hillsborough St
33 locals recommend
upscale dining with delicious food!
Owned Ashley Christensen, the brunch is incredible!
102 locals recommend
Poole's
426 S McDowell St
102 locals recommend
Owned Ashley Christensen, the brunch is incredible!
This was the old newspaper printing press that has been turned into a bar and restaurant. There's an up stairs roof patio as well
105 locals recommend
The Raleigh Times
14 E Hargett St
105 locals recommend
This was the old newspaper printing press that has been turned into a bar and restaurant. There's an up stairs roof patio as well
Best view in Raleigh! and the best brunch in my opinion
43 locals recommend
Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing
201 S Boylan Ave
43 locals recommend
Best view in Raleigh! and the best brunch in my opinion
my favorite sushi spot!
ShabaShabu
3080 Wake Forest Road
my favorite sushi spot!

Sightseeing

Such a cool museum!
288 locals recommend
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 W Jones St
288 locals recommend
Such a cool museum!
The oldest neighborhood in the city with incredible architecture
46 locals recommend
Historic Oakwood
46 locals recommend
The oldest neighborhood in the city with incredible architecture
The best place for a picnic in Raleigh! And they have a massive sunflower garden in summer
Dorothea Dix Park
1030 Richardson Drive
The best place for a picnic in Raleigh! And they have a massive sunflower garden in summer
Great hiking!
19 locals recommend
William B. Umstead State Park
8801 N Harrison Ave
19 locals recommend
Great hiking!
an old plantation and free to go wander. they also offer tours
20 locals recommend
Mordecai Historic Park
1 Mimosa St
20 locals recommend
an old plantation and free to go wander. they also offer tours

Neighborhoods

several breweries in the neighborhood with big beautiful mostly remodeled homes
8 locals recommend
Five Points
8 locals recommend
several breweries in the neighborhood with big beautiful mostly remodeled homes
the architecture is beautiful.
46 locals recommend
Historic Oakwood
46 locals recommend
the architecture is beautiful.
homes from the 1920s with a great park in the neighborhood
7 locals recommend
Mordecai
7 locals recommend
homes from the 1920s with a great park in the neighborhood

City advice

Book before you go

restaurants need reservations

restaurants fill up quickly. Book a reservation well in advance if you want to go somewhere specific