One of Jackson’s most beloved restaurants and consistently the hardest reservation in town. The room is warm and rustic without being kitschy, the menu is built on outstanding local ingredients, and the wine program is one of the best in Wyoming. If you can get in, go.

Housed inside a beautifully restored historic log cabin, this is the most romantic room in Jackson Hole. The menu is creative and inventive — not what you expect to find in a mountain town — and the atmosphere feels like a genuine discovery. One of my personal favorites.

Pan-Asian street food with a mountain twist — fantastic curries, inventive cocktails, and a dimly lit atmosphere that makes everything feel a little more interesting. One of the more fun nights out in town.

A beloved local institution run by chefs who have been cooking in this valley for decades. The open kitchen faces the bar, handmade pasta shares the menu with wood-fired pizza and a legendary burger with blue cheese waffle fries, and the whole room has the warm, unpretentious energy of a place that’s been getting it right for a long time. This is where the locals go.

A European-style tapas bar inside a boutique wine shop where you pick a bottle from the shelves to drink on the patio. It’s a wonderful concept, and it works perfectly. One of my favorite places for a relaxed end to a day.

If you want a side of genuine valley history with your meal, walk into Jackson Drug. This place has been a fixture on the Town Square since 1919, and walking through the doors feels like stepping into a time capsule. While it’s no longer a working pharmacy, the original soda fountain counter is still serving up homemade ice cream, classic malts, and incredible milkshakes. For lunch or a casual dinner, their menu features exceptional burgers made with locally raised, grass-fed beef from the family’s own Jackson Hole Hereford Ranch. It’s unpretentious, deeply historic, and hands-down the best place in town to take the kids after a long day exploring Grand Teton. No reservations needed, just walk right in

I give this recommendation a lot, and guests always come back grateful. Palate is inside the National Museum of Wildlife Art, perched on a sage-covered hillside overlooking the National Elk Refuge. The menu is inventive and seasonal — Idaho trout fish and chips, bison crudo, citrus braised beet salad — and the patio is one of the most beautiful places to eat in Jackson Hole. It’s lunch only, which means it never competes with the dinner restaurants on this list. If you’re visiting the museum — and you should be — build your timing around it.

Most of these restaurants take reservations, and during the peak summer and winter seasons, we highly recommend booking them. Popular spots like Wild Sage and Snake River Grill can book out weeks in advance, so if you are traveling during our busiest months, options will be fairly limited without a plan.

You can figure out your dining choices as you go, and you can always ask your guide or our team for recommendations. Part of our job is knowing the local landscape, and we are always happy to point you in the right direction based on the kind of evening you’re looking for.

The national parks are the main event, but the culinary scene in town is a great way to round out the experience. These restaurants are the perfect place to start.