Best Casual Restaurants in Chapel Hill

Took our daughter out while visiting Chapel Hill. Fun ambience and great food. Salmon dish and butternut squash risotto were delicious!

Celebrating a first year student with a visit from the parents calls for a special dining experience. Bombolo delivered and even exceeded expectations. The service was very informative and friendly. We enjoyed the small plates such as soup and oysters, as well as the pasta and the mushroom fricasee. We also enjoyed a seasonal four course offal meal which was absolutely stunning. From entrance to reluctant exit, we were blown away and have definitely discovered a new favorite restaurant.

The lamb shank and branzino and hummus were all amazing. We also really loved the baklava. Great service and always a lovely evening.

Excellent Indian food. Only downside is trying to find a place to park in Chapel Hill.

Had reservation but ended up sitting in bar area high top where it was louder than normal due to some baseball fans really into the game. We liked the Octoberfest specials: good beer and the roasted apple kraut was outstanding. Overall was fine but would have preferred to have been seated at a regular table upstairs especially now that reservations are more or less required if you don't want to wait an hour on the weekend.