Where to eat in Hamilton

23 independent restaurants, bakeries and food spots in Hamilton. Chains are left out.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Ancaster Mill
With its historic stone buildings, natural panoramas and waterfall, this is a picturesque spot for Sunday brunch and what it bills as "contemporary Canadian Cuisine". Family run.
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Bangkok Spoon
Dundas. Authentic Thai cuisine in the beautiful downtown valley of Dundas.
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Black Forest Inn
Downtown. German. The Black Forest is another Hamilton institution. Full of cuckoo clocks, this restaurant.and its army of servers in Bavarian costume move the crowds through with Germanic precision. Eat there and you'll find out why Hamiltonians keep coming back.
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Boon Burger
100% vegan burgers, poutine, salad, and desserts. Part of a chain with outlets elsewhere in the GTA and in Winnipeg.
Daily 11AM–9PM
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Bronzie's Place
Small basic Italian eatery. Large portions, inexpensive, and fast/friendly service. Nearly everyone goes home with another meal's worth in a doggybag.
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Capri
Downtown. Italian. First restaurant to serve pizza in Hamilton. Gangster movies filmed here. Real gangsters ate here too. Like the mafia in Hamilton, this restaurant is now somewhat faded. Try the pizza bianco.
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Claudio's Ristorante
Upscale Italian dining. Professional and detail oriented staff. Downtown, close to Hunter St. GO Station.
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Edgewater Manor
Features fine dining in a 1920s-era mansion located stunningly on the shores of Lake Ontario. Expensive.
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Hutch's
Offers what many consider the best fish and chips in town and, like its sister restaurant (a 1950s diner on Van Wagners Beach), offers a scenic location to munch them. Hutch's is a famous local institution which once could vie for having the best hamburgers in Canada. Urban renewal has forced Hutch's beach strip location into a boring government building. Cruise nights often held here in the summer. On the beach trail, so you can walk off your Sportsmanburger.
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La Cantina
Upscale Italian dining. Professional and detail oriented staff. Authentic delicious Italian food.
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Mandarin Buffet
Local edition of an Ontario chain of massive buffets with a huge variety of Chinese cuisine. Nice decor and courteous staff. Dinner buffet runs about $25 per person, making it a bit above mid-range (but just barely). Reservations not required, but advised for larger parties.
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Sapporo Japanese Restaurant
In the same complex as Slainte. Possibly the best Japanese food in Hamilton, and the only Japanese restaurant that isn't a sushi bar.
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Shakespeare's
Family-owned & -operated. Fabulous steak, seafood and wild game. Amazing wines.
Lunch Mon-Fri, dinner Mon-Sat from 5PM
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Steve's Open Kitchen
Since 1975. A nice little hole-in-the-wall breakfast diner where you can watch the friendly chefs prepare your meal. Will set you back the change in your pocket - most meals are around five bucks. Not particularly healthy, but few good breakfasts are.
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Tea Hut
In the Landmark Place building (tallest building in the city, hard to miss). Tea Hut is a Taiwanese restaurant known for its bubble tea. A popular hangout for the local Chinese community, and has very friendly staff and owners who will welcome you. Excellent food at affordable prices, and a huge selection of bubble tea. Enjoy a game of XiangQi (Chinese chess) or Jenga, or relax on your laptop with their free wi-fi.
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The Hearty Hooligan
Vegan café. Offers vegan calzones, baked goods, and shakes, in addition to coffee and tea.
Mon-Sat 10:30AM-7:30PM, Sun noon - 4PM
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The Powerhouse
Stoney Creek. Casual fine dining is unique in any of the six historic dining venues offered at this historic site.
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Vida-la-Pita
Small basic eatery. Amazing chicken shawarmas, inexpensive, and fast/friendly service.
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Westdale Delicatessen
Traditional Jewish deli. Hamilton's only kosher restaurant. Closed during Passover.
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B.Love
Raw and vegan cuisine. Meals and snacks.
Tue–Sat 10:30AM–5:30PM, Sun Mon closedentrées $9-15
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Golden Grain Bakery & Deli
A large variety of imported foods and European baked goods.
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My Little Asia
Sushi restaurant.
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My Thai
A stellar Thai restaurant.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Hamilton (CC BY-SA 4.0).