Best Fine Dining in Hazelwood

"Café Natasha’s serves incredible, authentic Persian cuisine with subtle international influences. Enjoy finely prepared dishes such as the Beef Shish Kabob & Koubideh Kabob, Gormeh Sabzie (classic Persian herb-based lamb stew), or Savory Tongue of Beef. Café Natasha’s story begins in 1983, when founders Executive Chef Behshid Bahrami and his wife Hamishe Bahrami opened a small restaurant called “The Little Kitchen."

"This South City spot is both a Persian restaurant and a gin-themed cocktail bar, where you can still order from the full menu. On warm nights, sit on their patio and start off with a cocktail and a few dips, like the walnut-olive feta spread, tart pomegranate eggplant, and hummus. The Gormeh Sabzie, a lamb stew, should be on your table too, and make sure you save room for their freshly baked baklava."

"If you want to enjoy truly great cocktails, ones you think about days or even years later, head to Planter’s House in Lafayette Square. The restaurant and bar, owned by Ted and Jamie Kilgore and Ted Charak, is a true celebration of the storied art of bartending (and a 2019 James Beard semi-finalist for best bar program). At the main bar downstairs, pair the Planter’s House burger, topped with manchego, pickled serrano relish, and spreadable chorizo with the Taco Cat: Milagro blanco tequila, Old El Paso taco seasoning-infused agave syrup, lime, and cilantro."

"The interior’s magnificent, a step back in St. Louis history. $$, American, Best Restaurants 2018, Lafayette Square, South City. Photo by Kevin A. Roberts"

"Cinder House, Gerard Craft's wood-fired, Latin American-inspired restaurant perched atop the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, serves breakfast every day from 6:30 to 10:45am. In addition to a daily selection of pastries, dishes include blueberry pancakes with Missouri maple syrup, brioche French toast PB&J, brown butter scrambled eggs and roasted avocado toast with aged sherry vinegar and candied pecans. On Sundays, Cinder House offers a more extravagant option: Sunday Asado, inspired by the Latin American tradition of asado, or gathering around the grill."

"Source: Photo by Flickr user Nathan Borror used under CC BY 2.0. Photo is only for illustrative purposes. Located atop the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis, Cinder House offers cuisine and atmosphere that is literally elevated above everything else."

"Jim Fiala opened Acero in 2007 to bring "Midwestern Italian" food to the heart of Maplewood. Acero, which means "maple" in Italian, serves traditional dishes made from locally sourced ingredients in a cozy, family-friendly atmosphere. Acero strives to offer a unique experience akin to an "enoteca" (small wine bar or café) found throughout Italy."

"From its humble beginnings in 1948 as a small roadhouse in the countryside with homestyle food, Kreis' Steakhouse as it is known today sets the bar for fine dining in St. Louis. Its famous prime rib Sunday special, along with Prime steaks, fresh seafood and German specialties, are served to loyal patrons in an upscale yet cozy and romantic atmosphere. In every entree you order, you can taste the restaurant's dedication to quality, tradition, consistency and genuine hospitality, which all started with the Kreis family and continues today with current owners George Tompras and Renee Tompras Bogdanos."

"The restaurant is known for its signature steaks for any appetite from the petite filet to the porterhouse for two. Ruth's Chris also serves specialty entrees like lamb chops, shrimp, and lobster."

"Enjoy a wide selection of vegetarian Indian dishes in a warm environment. Open daily for lunch and dinner Full service take-out, catering, wine/beer/alcohol VISA/MC/AMEX/DISC/DC, $$"

"With its beautiful chandeliers and fine paintings, this elegant restaurant is the city's standard-bearer in Italian gourmet cuisine. Dine on shrimp vino blanco (plump shrimp cooked in white wine, garlic and lemon sauce and served with a peppery capellini) or the tender ossobuco with a tomato-based sauce prepared with bay leaf, garlic, and wine and served with risotto Milanese. Reservations are accepted."

"When you want to impress, make plans to dine at Dominic's on The Hill. Dominic's has been serving gourmet Italian fare since 1971. It was even voted one of the two best Italian restaurants in the country by Conde Nast Traveler."

"The beautiful Missouri Botanical Garden is also known as the Shaw Garden, after the businessman and botanist Henry Shaw (1800-89) who laid it out in 1859. In the southeast part of the gardens are the richly appointed Tower Grove House, Henry Shaw's "garden house". The gardens themselves comprise a lovely rose garden, the rather unusual Climatron, built in 1960 for tropical plants, a Japanese Garden, an "aqua-tunnel" under a water-lily pool, and a herbarium."

"Founded all the way back in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation’s oldest botanical garden & National Historic Landmark that is still well-preserved and functional today."

"At one time, this fine restaurant was just one dining room and was called Matt and Tony’s, the owners' names. They served some of the best fried chicken in St. Louis. They outgrew that joint and decided to expand to Hodak’s after receiving an RFT award in 1991."

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"Knead Bakehouse has a variety of brunch items for contactless pickup Tuesdays through Saturdays. The bakeshop offers a variety of donuts and kolaches, both sweet and savory, plus a tasty selection of sandwiches fit for both breakfast and lunch. Don't miss out on their breakfast sandwich; a fried egg, cheese, tomato, lettuce, aïoli and herbs are served on a brioche sesame bun."

"The sourdoughnuts, savory kolaches and homemade Pop-Tarts are all valid reasons to go to the Southampton neighborhood's recent addition, which was funded through Kickstarter. But if you leave without trying a towering cinnamon roll morning bun, well, you've made a mistake. You #knead to check this place out!"

"SUSHI KOI, a sushi bar and Japanese spot in Central West End, is another much-loved go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 170 Yelp reviews."

"Euclid Ave., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the Japanese restaurant and sushi bar 4.5 stars out of 168 reviews."