St. Louis is best known for it historical monuments, parks, museum, giant artistic construction and an array of restaurants. Post urban revitalization has promoted the dining scene in St Louis and since then the city has savored platters of international cuisines.

The number of vegetarian restaurants in the city is quite limited as compared to the other cities in the US. However, you can find a wide variety of cuisines, ranging from Mexican Cuisine to Chinese cuisine, in the vegetarian restaurants of St. Louis. The various restaurants are known to serve mouth watering dishes and special care is taken to ensure the quality of the food served.

The vegetarian restaurants in St. Louis have an assortment of vegetarian dishes in their menus. You can choose from mouth watering appetizers to exclusive entrees. Schlafly Bottle works, the Vine Mediterranean, King and I, India's Rasoi and Brio Tuscan Grille are some of the finest vegetarian restaurants that you can find in the city. These restaurants are not only affordable, but also provide an excellent dining experience.

In addition to the different kinds of cuisines from all over the world, some of the vegetarian restaurants are also known for their signature American dishes and are quite popular among the native residents of the city as well. Restaurants like 'Flavors of India' and 'Lemon Grass' offer only a single type of cuisine and are still very popular.

Moreover, some of the restaurants also feature a separate take-away counter and gives you the chance to grab something delicious on the go.

People looking for a choice between American, Italian, Mexican, French, Oriental or Ethnic Indian food have a lot to pick in St. Louis. Some of the restaurants in downtown St. Louis that deserve a mention are for Italian Cuisine are - Joe Boccardi's, Lombardo's Trattoria and Kemoll's. While the first two deserve a mention for good food and moderate rates, kemoll's is slightly on the pricier side.

For fine dining but on the expensive side is Franco belonging to the French cuisine category with a wide selection of French wine to boot. It is also rated highly on the user rating aspect.

List of Downtown Restaurants in St. Louis

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One can also choose Mike Shannon's Steak sport themed restaurant falling in the American food category. People love the seafood, steaks on order here. Although expensive this place lives up to its name in St. Louis.

For people interested in a bit of Mediterranean cuisine head to the Pitted Olive that has a good selection of fine wine with affordable price tags. Known for it's after dinner desserts this St. Louis restaurant is a good choice for a weekend.

Best restaurants in St. Louis

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Listing of Restaurants in Greater St. Louis Area

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For those people staying in and around the greater St. Louis area the options vary from Chinese and Japanese Cuisines, American and Italian, Mexican and Latin and the Steak joints. Some of the highly rated ones are - Cafe Napoli Ristorante Italiano, Trattoria Marcella for Italian cuisine. While the places mentioned fall in the expensive range the service is good and the food excellent.

For those fond of thai cuisine you can head to the Thai Country Cafe which has a good food menu and affordable menu list. People can finally take off for some quality desserts in the Great St. Louis area by heading to Fritz's Frozen Custard. Other choices for after dinner desserts include Hank's Cheesecakes that boasts of around 32 flavors of cheesecake in addition to sugar free variants for diabetics.

Restaurants in the Central West End St. Louis MO

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