Top rated Southern us restaurants in Wilmington, United States to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Chicken Salad Chick

Sandwich shop

Chain outlet specializing in many different types of chicken salads, plus sandwiches, soups & sides.

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4.80 (580 reviews)

Rooster & The Crow

Southern restaurant (US)

Easygoing restaurant & bar serving hearty Southern staples in an industrial brick building.

$$ $$

4.70 (767 reviews)

Seabird

Seafood restaurant

Seafood restaurant serving oysters, fish, breakfast & cocktails amid a retro, white-tiled interior.

4.70 (506 reviews)

The Basics

Southern restaurant (US)

Creative spins on traditional Southern cuisine served in a homey, brick-walled bistro setting.

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4.60 (1.4K reviews)

PinPoint Restaurant

Restaurant

Locally sourced New American meals, including many seafood dishes, in a quaint space lined with art.

$$$ $

4.60 (615 reviews)

Ruth's Kitchen

Restaurant

👍👍 Service was great and so was the food. Breakfast tasted home made and delicious. Liz was prompt, friendly and knowledgeable about the area. Loved their homemade Biscuits, Grits was delicious and bacon was the best I ever tasted. Atmosphere small and cozy with lots os locals conversing and having a g...

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4.50 (1K reviews)

Blueberry’s Grill

Brunch restaurant

👍👍 This is a beautiful restaurant. Anyone familiar with how it looked prior to Blueberry’s Grill taking over & remodeling it will know just how much $, time and effort went into this restaurant. So the atmosphere is definitely a 5 star. The service we had was outstanding & also 5 star. Our waitress Em...

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4.50 (762 reviews)

Connie's Chicken and Waffles

Southern restaurant (US)

🫤 I found the food to be mediocre at best. They charge like they are a high quality exotic store $10 for chicken and waffles but in actuality it wasn't worth it. The waffle was bland no thought or care was put into the batter. The butter was cold so it didn't spread on to the waffle the syrup was also...

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4.50 (318 reviews)

Casey’s Buffet

Restaurant

Sprawling, no-frills stop with a buffet spread of BBQ, fried chicken & sides for lunch & dinner.

$ $$$

4.40 (3.1K reviews)

Dixie Grill

American restaurant

Long-running eatery & bar serving up diner classics & Southern dishes in a convivial atmosphere.

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4.40 (934 reviews)

FUWANGZ LLC

Restaurant

👍👍 I haven't gone here yet, but their responses to people's 'hot take' reviews are great! Hilarious. Made me laugh. Five stars. Service industry people deserve mad respect. It's hard dealing with the 10% of customers who are 'special'. I now plan on going soon. Y'all are great, and I wish for you overs...

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4.40 (384 reviews)

Truck's Chicken 'n Fish

Southern restaurant (US)

😠 I’ve decided to write another review regarding this establishment. Since our last visit, it seems as though the owner investigated our “opinion” on the service we received. To EXPLAIN the service we received…it goes like this. When we walked in, it smelled like cigarettes heavily and there was an od...

4.40 (128 reviews)