Best Date Night Restaurants In Atlanta

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When it’s date night in Atlanta, where you take the person you care to wine and dine is something you need to get right. 

In this article, we’ll go over the best restaurants in Atlanta to take a date.

The most romantic restaurants in Atlanta all have top-notch wait staffs, excellent food and intimate settings. Date night restaurants in Atlanta are not scarce, but relatively few at the same time.

Here Are The Best Atlanta Restaurants For Date Night

Here are the best date night restaurants in Atlanta:

2 Urban Licks

820 Ralph McGill Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30306

2 Urban Licks is a great date night restaurant for a number of reasons: It’s a chi chi spot, the drinks are amazing and it’s a people-watching place.

Here is what one Google reviewer says about 2 Urban Licks: “It was a great casual place to celebrate our anniversary! Food was great! Beware though, the quantities are large! We decided to share 3 apps and an entree…even that was too much food.”

Coalition Food & Beverage

Coalition Food and Beverage is spread across 3,331-square-feet of space and seats approximately 150 diners, including a bar, outdoor dining and private dining.

While not as stiff and contemporary-looking as many of the restaurants you’d see in Midtown, Coalition at 50 Canton Street in Alpharetta strives for a more urban aesthetic and community feel.

White Oak Kitchen & Cocktails

270 Peachtree St NW, 100, Atlanta, GA 30303  (404) 524-7200

Here’s what one Google reviewer says about White Oak Kitchen: “I was staying in a hotel adjacent to this restaurant and went in for a late night bite and drink with my wife. We just wanted an appetizer and drinks but, what a creative selection, it was hard to choose just a few things. We got some wine and a couple of cocktails and the charred broccoli and carrots.”

Paschal’s

180 Northside Dr SW #B, Atlanta, GA 30313

Intl Airport, Concourse B, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, N Terminal Rd Suite T120, Atlanta, GA 30320

Known as the kitchen of the civil rights movement, Paschals has had the most continuous success of any soul food joint in the city.

Founded by the Paschal brothers, James and Robert in 1947, this CastleberryHill eatery has long enjoyed strong support from Atlanta’s black community. Since 1947, James and Robert Paschal, The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy and Hosea Williams all planned protests in the back room while collard greens and corn bread baked only feet away from them. Today,  Elby Marshall Slack is the only original member of the staff still there. Paschal’s has morphed into a mid-upscale eatery with a cosmopolitan clientele. But it still has some of the meanest soul food in the ATL. Best dishes include Gulf shrimp, chicken and Andouille as well as the Caribbean Fish Tacos.

Sweet Auburn Seafood

171 Auburn Ave NE P, Atlanta, GA 30303

Venture down Auburn Avenue and you’ll run right into an oasis of seafood, courtesy of Sweet Auburn Seafood, the largest restaurant in the corridor. Owner Paul Williams cut his teeth in the restaurant industry as a Wendy’s franchisee for more than two decades. When he opened Sweet Auburn Seafood, he wanted it to pay homage to the area’s rich African-American past.

Menu favorites include the shrimp and grits and biscuit-size crab cakes.

The Consulate

10 10th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Interior designer Douglas Hines and his wife Mei Lin, a chef with global influences, teamed up to open The Consulate in 2016 in Midtown. Before that, the Atlanta power couple opened Honey Bubble Tea in Poncey-Highland.

If you want to experience different cultures through food, this couple has you covered. They plan to open as many as eight restaurants across the city.

Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours

1133 Huff Rd NW #D, Atlanta, GA 30318

This relatively new eatery has quickly stolen the hearts of soul food lovers in the city. Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours is run by Executive Chef and Owner Deborah VanTrece has become a culinary force in Atlanta. She also runs her own catering company Catering by VanTrece. Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours has become known as an eatery that offers creative versions of Southern classics such as Jack Daniels Pecan Honey Chicken Wings and Sweet Tea Baby Back Ribs. Their Blue Plate Specials are great.

Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint

200 Peachtree St. NW L05, Atlanta, 404-230-5853

Housed in a former Macy’s department store in downtown Atlanta, Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint is a favorite spot for tourists and business travelers. Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint is owned by Terry Harps, a former CPA who also presides over Global Concessions Inc., a multi-concept operator involved in dining options at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The restaurant opened in 2011 and is known for its live music on weekends.

Read more: 15+ essential soul food spots in Atlanta

Patrons typically order off a menu board like they would at a burger joint, but the convenience of sitting down to leisurely enjoy their food has made the segment a popular one with the restaurant industry.

If you want to check out some other romantic restaurants in Atlanta, these are hard to beat. But Atlanta also has trendy restaurants, pop-ups and time-tested landmarks that continue to draw big crowds.
 
CJ Johnson: CJ is a longtime Atlantan who has written a book about Atlanta's food scene. He has also fallen in love with the city's music and sports scenes. He writes about Food, Restaurants, Travel, Sports and Atlanta Culture. Check out the book. https://amzn.to/3RPmbZM