Spago South Windsor is a full-service Italian dining room at Dougall Avenue and Cabana Road, open nightly for the kind of meal that can move from a dramatic shared starter into pizza, pasta, seafood, or meat. The menu's strongest thread is generosity of choice: the Prosciutto Tower opens dinner with contrast and theatre, while squid-ink Fettuccine Di Seppia and the shellfish-rich Linguine di Mare give the pasta section real range.

Downtown Windsor steakhouse for Ontario-sourced beef, classic starters, a Sunday-through-Thursday prix fixe, and a cozy room run by chefs Cody Northgrave and Paul Sauve.

Thompson House is an Olde Riverside British-inspired pub where Fish Tacos, Halibut Fish & Chips, Bangers & Mash, house-named wings, and Thursday-to-Saturday live music carry the visit. It works as a neighbourhood night-out room with enough menu detail to make dinner the point, not just the pint.

Mazaar is a South Windsor Lebanese dining room built around generous mezze, polished grill plates, and group-friendly platters, with a weekday lunch-combo rhythm that makes the room useful beyond special occasions.

A Dog's Breakfast is a downtown Windsor all-day breakfast spot built around Benedicts, breakfast poutine, hot dogs, burgers, and a small-business Maiden Lane story.

Pho Nguyen Hoang is a small family-oriented Vietnamese restaurant near downtown Windsor and the tunnel, strongest when the order stays pho-led: Pho Dac Biet, seafood pho, Cha Gio, Bo Kho, banh mi, and a useful Chicken Pad Thai crossover.

A lively Walkerville cantina for inventive tacos, duck-fat fries, weekend breakfast and colourful group-friendly nights out.

Sarducci’s Pizzeria West has worked from the same Tecumseh Road West address since 1984, building its identity around fresh daily dough, tomato-and-herb house sauces and generously topped pies. The Kitchen Sink Pizza and sauce-served Panzerotti are the clearest introduction, while weekday specials, direct ordering and large formats make this a practical Windsor choice for families and groups.

River's Edge Tap & Table is an Olde Riverside pub at 494 Riverdale Avenue with Little River patio seating, a comfort-food and seafood menu, burgers, wings, lake perch, pickerel, and group-friendly range.

Bacchus Ristorante is a Windsor Little Italy dining room built around current Italian pastas, seafood, steak, wine, and a June specials calendar that makes the polished room useful on weeknights as well as planned dinners.

The Cook's Shop is a dinner-focused Italian room in historic Windsor, open since 1980 and now led by proprietor Spencer Dawson. Use it for reservation-led evenings built around antipasti, handmade pasta, steak, lamb, seafood, wine, and a low-lit cellar setting.

A Riverside Drive grill-and-lounge built around beef ribs, playful sandwiches, wings, lager-battered fish and chips, and a social upstairs-pool-room feel.

Jose's Bar & Grill is a long-running Howard Avenue standby for Tex-Mex-leaning comfort food, ribs, pastas, patio energy, and late-night group meals.

Mandy Plus Restaurant is a Windsor counter-service Middle Eastern spot built around shawarma platters, chicken rice plates, halal pitas, family plates, Greek fries, poutine, and active delivery menus tied to 1705 Wyandotte Street West.

Pho Windsor is an everyday Vietnamese restaurant on Walker Road, built around a deep noodle-soup menu that moves from a loaded house pho to spicy bun bo hue and slow-braised bo kho. Daily lunch-and-dinner hours, three pho sizes, rolls, rice plates and pad thai make it especially useful when one group wants different kinds of comfort.

Treehouse is a long-running downtown Windsor bar and grill where shareable starters, pizzas, wings, wraps, and a late social room make food the opening move for a group night.

Retro Walkerville diner for comfort breakfasts, house burgers, milkshakes and Evil Buttertarts.

KOMA Restaurant is a chef-owned South Windsor dining room built around Michael Anthony Barlozzari, an intimate reservation-led room, and an Italian-leaning menu that moves from pasta into composed seafood, brisket, and beef tenderloin plates.

A long-running Olde Walkerville Irish pub where the smartest order starts with Halibut Fish & Chips, then branches into ribs, wings, smash burgers, weekly features, and a deep beer-tap rhythm.

A public wood-fired pizzeria inside Windsor's century-old Italian club, built around Caboto pizza, parmigiana plates, weekly specials, and a room with real community history.

Eddy's Mediterranean Bistro is a Windsor Lebanese-Mediterranean standby built around shawarma, halal grill platters, dips, salads, wraps, and simple desserts, with enough takeout flexibility for lunch and enough platter depth for group meals.

Sir Cedric's Fish & Chips is a long-running Windsor fish-and-chips stop built around halibut, cod, fresh-cut fries, and practical plates for downtown visitors and local regulars.

Smoke & Spice Southern Barbeque has served Windsor since 2008, using Southern Pride smokers and Canadian maple to give ribs, pork, chicken, and wings a clear smokehouse identity. The menu balances straightforward barbecue plates with playful constructions such as the Pulled Pork Sundae, while included sides, a full-service room, and dine-in, takeout, and delivery options make the restaurant workable for family meals, team dinners, and casual groups.

Antonino's Original Pizza carries a South Windsor family recipe from Antonino Tony Ciaravino's 1959 pizzeria into Joe Ciaravino's present-day operation, where thin cornmeal-baked crust, shredded pepperoni, local mozzarella, and a roster of personality-driven specialty pies define the Windsor style.

Nico Walkerville is the third act of chef-owner Nick Politi’s Windsor restaurant story, now set inside the restored Walker Power Building. The kitchen pairs house-made gnocchi and sourdough pasta with a serious wood-grill section, while the open dining room, cocktail lounge, Sunday jazz and event capacity make the visit feel larger than a conventional Italian dinner. Start with a pasta that shows the kitchen’s specificity, then use the grill and the room to shape the rest of the evening.