The Best Restaurants in Ashland, Oregon

For around eight months each year, the artsy community of Ashland, Oregon, nestled into the leafy hills just above the California border, revolves around the Oregon Shakespeare Festival — a season of theater that runs from March through November and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to a town of around 20,000 full-time residents. During this time, all rhythms of life — including where and when to eat — necessarily sync with curtain calls and theater locations. But there’s plenty here to keep palates entertained the rest of the year, too, with izakayas, fine dining destinations, and farm-to-table palaces spread throughout the town.

Here are the essential places to eat and drink in Ashland, Oregon, the theatrical gateway to the Pacific Northwest. In August 2025 we took another look at this map, adding Nama, Lovejoy’s Tea Room, and Chozu Bath and Tea Gardens.