OpenTable reviews show more than half of the state’s top 10 restaurants are in South MS

By Mary Perez

October 24, 2024 8:12 AM

Many of the best fine dining restaurants in Mississippi are on the Gulf Coast, according to the latest reviews on OpenTable.

The online reservation booking service for fine dining restaurants uses diner reviews over the past four months to compile lists showing the overall best restaurants, those with the best food, the best service and most booked.

Sitting at the top of the list of overall best restaurants in Mississippi in October is Vestige in Ocean Springs, which earned five star reviews. The James Beard finalist for best restaurant in the U.S. in 2024 impressed reviewers, who said it offers a “phenomenal” dining experience, blending “creative” dishes with “exceptional” service. The restaurant provides “artfully plated” courses and promises a culinary adventure worth every penny, the reviews said.

The OpenTable top 10 overall restaurants are:

▪ Vestige, Ocean Springs

▪ Scarlet’s Steaks and Seafood at Scarlet Pearl Casino, D’Iberville

▪ Morton’s The Steakhouse at Golden Nugget Casino, Biloxi

▪ Staigle’s Steakhouse, Wiggins

▪ White Pillars, Biloxi

▪ The Castle at Dunleith, Natchez

▪ Shapley’s Restaurant, Ridgeland

▪ Viari Italian restaurant, Corinth

▪ Woody’s Tupelo Steakhouse

▪ Ely’s, Ridgeland

Japanese A5 Wagyu beef with black truffle and green garlic oil is on the tasting menu at Vestige restaurant in Ocean Springs. Ian McNulty NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

South Mississippi restaurants listed on the top 10 list for OpenTable Most Booked Restaurants in Mississippi are:

▪ Ruth’s Chris Steak House at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi

▪ Mary Mahoney’s Old French House

▪ Sugar Factory American Brasserie at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi

▪ Morton’s The Steakhouse, Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi

Best Service

▪ Vestige, Ocean Springs

▪ Scarlet’s Steaks and Seafood

▪ Staigle’s Steakhouse, Wiggins

▪ Thirty-two, IP Casino Biloxi

Scarlet’s Tournedos are an example of the cuisine at Scarlet’s Steaks and Seafood at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville. Courtesy of Scarlet's Steak and Seafood

Best Food

▪ Vestige

▪ Tien at IP Casino Biloxi

▪ Radish, Long Beach

▪ Scarlet’s Steaks and Seafood, Scarlet Pearl, D’Iberville

▪ White Pillars

▪ Staigle’s Steakhouse, Wiggins

A whole Gulf flounder is stuffed with shrimp and crab is on the new fall menu at Radish restaurant in Long Beach. Courtesy of Radish

Best Value

▪ Vestige

▪ Scarlet’s Steaks and Seafood, Scarlet Pearl

▪ Radish, Long Beach

▪ White Pillars

▪ Tien at IP Casino Biloxi

▪ Staigle’s Steakhouse

Beijing Barbecued Duckling (Vịt quay Bắc Kinh) is an example of the fare at Tien restaurant in IP Casino Resort in Biloxi. Julian Brunt Special to Sun Herald

Best Ambience

▪ Scarlet’s Steaks and Seafood

▪ Trilby’s, Ocean Springs

▪ White Pillars

▪ Vestige

▪ Mary Mahoney’s

A perfectly fried Gulf oyster impresses diners at White Pillars in Biloxi. Julian Brunt Special to the Sun Herald

Mary Perez

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Mary has won numerous awards for her business and casino articles for the Sun Herald. She also writes about Biloxi, jobs and the new restaurants and development coming to the Coast. She is a fourth-generation journalist.

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