How many restaurants in Downtown Des Moines does Des Moines Insider list?

As of 2026-10-01, 29. By Google star rating, the highest rated are Judges DSM (5.0), Café Madeleine (4.9), 801 Chophouse (4.7), Lua Brewing (4.7) and Centro (4.6).

What kinds of food do Downtown Des Moines restaurants serve?

By the first cuisine each listing records, the most common are American (9), Bar & Grill (7), Japanese (2) and New American (2). A place can record more than one cuisine; only the first is counted here.

Why is a restaurant in Downtown Des Moines missing from this list?

This page lists restaurants in the Des Moines Insider directory whose map location falls inside the Downtown Des Moines boundary this site uses (west of the Des Moines River, north of the Raccoon River, south of Center Street and east of 15th and 18th Streets). Restaurants marked closed, or announced but not yet open, are left out. A place that is not listed is not in the directory yet.

Restaurants in Downtown Des Moines

The Des Moines Insider restaurant directory lists 29 restaurants in Downtown Des Moines right now. The list below shows 12 of them, read from the directory live and ordered by rating, and each name opens that restaurant's own page with the address, hours, price range and links the directory holds for it. Closed restaurants and ones that are announced but not yet open are left out.