ST. LOUIS – With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to start planning a special night with your significant other. For those looking to elevate their experience, two St. Louis-area restaurants just earned national praise as top date-night destinations.
Yelp recently released its “Top 100 Date Night Restaurants” list for 2025 in anticipation of Valentine’s Day.
Two of the Top 100 can be found in the St. Louis region: Polite Society Restaurant and Bar in St. Louis City and Noto Italian Restaurant in St. Peters.
Yelp ranked Polite Society as the 77th best date night restaurant in the nation. The restaurant is well known for its weekend brunch specials and extensive wine selection. Some popular selections include Shrimp and Grits, Bistro Steak, and Pork Osso Bucco.
Polite Society is located at 1923 Park Avenue in St. Louis’ Lafayette Square neighborhood. Reservations are encouraged, especially for Valentine’s Day and
Yelp ranked Noto as the 97th best date night restaurant in the nation. The restaurant is well known for its housemade Neapolitan pizzas, which are cooked in a wood-fired oven. Other popular selections include Ora King Salmon, Rigatoni, and Snow Crab, while a variety of cocktails are also available.
Noto is located at 5105 Westwood Drive. Reservations are required due to seating capacities.
To name the top date night restaurants in the nation, a research team compiled data from U.S. businesses and searched for reviews with various date night terms. Yelp then accounted for several factors to rank its Top 100 choices, including volume and average ratings of reviews.
An Italian restaurant in San Diego known as Cesarina topped the list. A French restaurant in Kansas City known as Le Fou Frog finished seventh, the only other Missouri restaurant on Yelp’s new list.