Diners' Choice: Best Value restaurants in Charlotte

OpenTable

Updated October 05, 2026

Looking for the best value restaurants in Charlotte? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Calle Sol Latin Café - Plaza Midwood

4.9

4.9 (36)

$30 and under

South American

Plaza Midwood

About the restaurant

Neighborhood Latin Café & Cevicheria. Calle Sol has a casual atmosphere with lively music and even livelier food. The menu focuses on cuisine from Cuba to Peru but has touches from all over Latin America, based on neighborhood dining spots in Tampa and Miami. Chef Anthony Mossa leads the team making delicious ceviches, pressed sandwiches and so much more. End your night at the rum bar and go home feeling like you've been on the beach all day.

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Joseph

Dined on Oct 23, 2026

Awesome atmosphere, service and food. No complaints here.

The 220 Café

5.0

5 (499)

$30 and under

American

Statesville

About the restaurant

The 220 Café is a Contemporary American Cuisine restaurant, located in the historic district of downtown Statesville, NC.

The 220 Café provides a fine dining experience and atmosphere for all of our guests. With a combination of class and elegance, the 220 Café also exudes a “stop by anytime” welcome to the restaurant.

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MaureenGold

Dined 5 days ago

I enjoyed a lovely lunch with my girlfriend. Great service, great food!! A wonderful place to dine went in Statesville.

Calle Sol Latin Café - SouthPark

4.9

4.9 (51)

$30 and under

Latin American

South Charlotte

About the restaurant

Calle Sol has a casual atmosphere with lively music and even livelier food. The lunch and dinner menus focus on cuisine from Cuba to Peru but have touches from food all over Latin America, based on neighborhood dining spots in Tampa and Miami. Our chefs bring extensive knowledge from their training in Latin America and Florida. Expect pressed sandwiches, ceviches and so much more. End your night at the rum bar and go home feeling like you’ve been on the beach all day—without the sand stuck to your feet.

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carrieGold

Dined on Oct 1, 2026

Everything we ordered was delicious and our waitress. Hannah was very attentive and gave us great service. The outside patio is beautiful. The crispy beef was my favorite but everything tasted fantastic and loved the $7 mojitos!

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Constantine’s Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (299)

$30 and under

Mediterranean

Gastonia

About the restaurant

Visit our restaurant to experience our relaxing atmosphere, to find a peace of mind and to enjoy our diverse, delicious, gourmet menu. Our extensive choice of side and main dishes and appetizers, as well as NA and alcoholic beverages are made to make your taste buds happy!

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David

Dined 7 days ago

Constantine’s has become one of our favorites. We drive about 1 hr to get there but the food is always great. The last few visits we have had Tristian as our server and she is amazing. Even tonight with a full restaurant she took amazing care of us!!

Little Mama's Italian - SouthPark

4.8

4.8 (229)

$30 and under

Italian

SouthPark

About the restaurant

Little Mama’s is the place you come with friends, family, coworkers—anyone you care about. We feature heart warming foods inspired by classic Italian-American recipes. If you’ve never had a meal with us, try the fresh mozz bar and some scratch made pastas. A full bar, sun room and dining room give you a variety of spaces to enjoy yourself and have a leisurely time with a cold beverage and some food like your grandmother used to make. Inspired by the 1960s and 70s Italian restaurants of his youth, Frank Scibelli opened Little Mama’s in 2020 as a sister concept to Mama Ricotta’s, a Midtown fixture since 1992 known for its pizzas and comfort classics.

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DebraGold

Dined 5 days ago

Little Mama's Italian-SouthPark is one of our favorite restaurants, and our most recent visit was exceptional, in part because we were able to see our favorite manager, Will. He warmly greeted us and checked on us several times during our meal, making sure we were enjoying our time there. Khad, our server, was excellent, providing detailed information about certain dishes; and based on Khad's specifics about the soup of the day (beans and greens), I tried it despite my general dislike of greens. The soup was fantastic! The Mama's Salad with chicken was delicious with the Barolo house dressing, and my husband had the Mama's Chicken Sandwich, which was also great. Little Mama's has a variety of superb dishes. Great people, food, and atmosphere.

Primo Prime

5.0

5 (643)

$31 to $50

Italian

Myers Park

About the restaurant

We bring the best of Italy to the heart of Myers Park, offering classic Italian cuisine created from the freshest ingredients served in a warm, casually elegant atmosphere. Preview wines from our wine cellar and enjoy a cocktail before or after dinner in our cozy bar.
At Primo Prime, pride in our food, excellent service, and an inviting atmosphere never let us settle for being anything less than the best. We were featured in the South Charlotte Weekly Culinary Corner. Come on upstairs and see why they gave us five stars!

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JOHNGold

Dined 6 days ago

Consistently excellent - in food quality, drinks, service and atmosphere.

Seaboy

5.0

5 (1027)

$31 to $50

Seafood

Cornelius

About the restaurant

Seaboy is the first solo venture from chef and owner Jonathan Cox, built from a simple idea: create the kind of place we’d want to eat at ourselves. We love great seafood, interesting ingredients, good wine, and hospitality that feels genuine rather than rehearsed. Our menu moves with the seasons and gives our kitchen room to cook what’s fresh and exciting.

Seaboy was always meant to be small and personal—a cozy neighborhood restaurant where we can pay attention to the little things and really care about what leaves the kitchen. Nothing too complicated. Just really good food, a comfortable room, and a team that loves what we do.

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Rebekah

Dined 2 days ago

I've done a lot of dining out at terrific restaurants from Chicago to NYC to Boston and Charleston, SC I've dined at some of the finest restaurants in other parts of the world and this place has now made it to the top of my list of favorites!!!! I'll become a regular there! Everything was EXCEPTIONAL!!!

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4.8

4.8 (3440)

$30 and under

Italian

Midtown

About the restaurant

From the Wine Spectator Award to "Best Italian Restaurant" from Zagat, Mama Ricotta's Italian Restaurant brings to life the award-winning vision of owner Frank Scibelli. With a long, proud reputation built on authentic recipes, made from the freshest of ingredients and prepared by the finest culinary minds in the South, Mama Ricotta's restaurant is the premier Italian dining destination in Charlotte. "Upscale homestyle" is our style, and we love to bring it to you, again and again. Begin your adventure with a warm Goat Cheese and Mascarpone Dip served with grilled crostini, and then move into the warm freshness of our Penne Alla Vodka, tossed in a spicy cream tomato sauce. Or, let the subtle flavors of our Pollo Carciofi delight even your most discriminating of tastes. Our commitment to freshness is one of our most valued traditions - we even house-make our mozzarella! With over three decades of success, we've made it our goal to bring you only the best, with our best.

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JohnGold

Dined 4 days ago

Always delicious! Eric provided tremendous service.

Uchi Charlotte

4.8

4.8 (12)

$50 and over

Sushi

Charlotte

About the restaurant

Uchi, "house" in Japanese, is founded by James Beard Award-winning Chef Tyson Cole. A delicate balance of elevated food and impeccable service, Uchi offers non-traditional Japanese cuisine with signature tastings, sushi, and seasonal omakase.

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OpenTable Diner

Dined 2 days ago

Enjoyed our meal so much! Server was incredibly nice, and all our food was out of this world!

Midwood Smokehouse - Plaza Midwood

4.8

4.8 (23)

$30 and under

Barbecue

Plaza Midwood

About the restaurant

Midwood isn’t trying to reinvent barbecue. It’s not pouring miso foam on pulled pork or stuffing brisket into croissants like some sort of smoked meat sadist. What it is doing is taking everything you love about the Carolinas’ most sacred tradition and executing it with religious consistency, craft, and yes—actual fire. Not propane. Not fairy dust. Real. Damn. Wood.

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RoyGold

Dined on Sep 17, 2026

The food and service was excellent! We had family visiting us and wanted to take them for the best barbecue in Charlotte so of course we had to go to Midwood Smokehouse!

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