Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week is back. Here’s a list of spots & deals

A super-sized Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week kicks off this week, showcasing dozens of opportunities to try out a new spot.

Restaurant week runs from Thursday, July 24 to Sunday, August 3 and features more than 45 restaurants, cafes, pizzerias and noodle shops.

Organized by the Downtown Raleigh Alliance (DRA), restaurant week offers diners deals on lunch, dinner and drinks at many of the city’s most popular restaurants.

How does Restaurant Week work?

Restaurants are offering lunch and dinner specials, plus some three-course prix fixe menus, drink specials and general discounts.

▪ Lunch prices range from $11 meals to $25 three course feasts.

▪ Dinner prices range from $15 to $45.

▪ Drink specials include nightly deals or signature drinks.

When is Restaurant Week?

DRA organizes restaurant week to give local restaurants a boost in the steamy summer doldrums when business is slow.

The push gives diners an extra incentive to try out one (or several) of the dozens of downtown restaurants they haven’t made it to yet.

Officials said this year’s Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week features 85% participation from downtown restaurants.

New restaurants

The best part of restaurant week is seeing the new spots popping up each year. Here are some of the newcomers for summer 2025:

• Amrut: Taste of India
• Birdie’s Barroom & Kitchen
• Boatman Spirits
• Le Dive
• Omakase by Kai

Raleigh restaurant week places

Here is the full list of participants for 2025:

• 10th & Terrace

• Amrut: Taste of India

• Anthony’s La Piazza

• Birdies Barroom and Kitchen

• Biscuit Belly

• Boatman Spirits

• Botanical Lounge

• Caffe Luna

• Centro Mexican Restaurant

• Element Gastropub

• Flavor Hills

• Flour and Barrel

• Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

• Good Day Good Night

• Gravy Italian-American Kitchen

• Irregardless

• Jimmy V’s Osteria & Bar

• La Terrazza

• Le Dive

• Libations 317 & Su-Z’s Asian Kitchen

• Marian Cocktails & Kitchen

• Midwood Smokehouse

• Mulino Italian Kitchen & Bar

• Omakase by Kai

• ORO Restaurant & Lounge

• Overlook Restaurant

• Palm Berries

• Sitti

• Sono Sushi

• Sugar Euphoria

• Sullivan’s Steakhouse

• Sushi Blues Cafe

• Sushi O

• Taverna Agora Greek Kitchen and Bar

• The Cupcake Shoppe Bakery

• The Parlor at Heights House

• The Pit Authentic Barbecue

• The Raleigh Times

• The Willard Rooftop

• The Yard Milkshake Bar

• Tuscan Blu

• Urban Oak Rooftop Bar & Lounge

• Vidrio

• Wonderland Raleigh

• Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing

For more information, and to find out about specific deals, visit downtownraleigh.org/restaurant-week/restaurants.

This story was originally published July 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM with the headline "Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week is back. Here’s a list of spots & deals."

Drew Jackson

The News & Observer

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Drew Jackson writes about restaurants and dining for The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun, covering the food scene in the Triangle and North Carolina.