Restaurants in Randolph, MA — a guide from people who eat here

Randolph punches above its weight for food. It's a town of about 34,000 sitting where Route 24, Route 28, and Route 93 all come together, which means it feeds a lot more people than live here — commuters, folks from Holbrook and Avon, and anyone cutting across the South Shore. The result is a genuinely mixed restaurant scene: old-guard Italian, bar pizza worth the drive, a deli counter, and a newer wave of Haitian, Cape Verdean, and Albanian kitchens that reflect who actually lives in town now.

We run Sunnyside Cafe, the breakfast and lunch end of that list, and we've been here since 2009. Here's the honest version of where to eat — including the places that aren't us.

If you want breakfast

This is the part we know best. Randolph is short on early openings — most kitchens in town don't turn the lights on until 11:00. We open at 6:00 AM every single day, which is why our first hour is mostly trades, nurses coming off shift, and people trying to get onto Route 24 before it seizes up.

What people order: buttermilk pancakes, build-your-own omelettes, the Sunny Sky Skillet (home fries, three toppings, two eggs, melted cheese, in a cast-iron pan), French toast, and — once it's past 11:00 — the Black Pastrami Super Melt on grilled rye. Breakfast runs all day until we close at 3:00 PM. More on breakfast in Randolph, or read the full menu.

If you want lunch or dinner

We close at 3:00, so past mid-afternoon you want one of these. Grouped by what you're actually in the mood for:

We've kept these descriptions to cuisine only — hours and menus change, and we'd rather you check with them directly than trust our second-hand version. If you run a Randolph restaurant and want a correction, tell us and we'll fix it.

Eating just outside Randolph

Randolph sits close enough to everything that “in Randolph” is a loose category. Holbrook is five minutes down Union Street. Braintree is ten minutes east and has the biggest concentration of chain restaurants nearby on Granite Street. Quincy is about fifteen minutes up Route 93 and has the deepest restaurant scene of any town on this list. Avon, Stoughton, and Canton are all a straight run on Route 28.

Common questions

What restaurants are in Randolph, MA?

Randolph has Italian (La Scala, Caffe Bella), bar pizza (Lynwood Cafe), a deli (Fresser's Delicatessen), modern Mexican (Santa Madre), several bar-and-grill spots (The Lodge, West End Grill, 1048 Bar & Grill), and breakfast and lunch cafes including Sunnyside Cafe. The town also has a growing set of Haitian, Cape Verdean, and Albanian places reflecting who actually lives here.

Where can I get breakfast in Randolph, MA?

Sunnyside Cafe on the Randolph/Holbrook side of town serves breakfast and lunch daily from 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with breakfast available all day. It is one of the earliest openings in town, which matters if you are heading out before a 7:00 AM shift.

What time do restaurants in Randolph open?

Breakfast spots open earliest — Sunnyside Cafe opens at 6:00 AM daily. Most lunch and dinner restaurants in Randolph open between 11:00 AM and noon, and the bar-and-grill places run latest into the evening.

Is Randolph, MA a good place to eat out?

For its size, yes. Randolph sits at the junction of Route 24, Route 28, and Route 93 on the South Shore, so it draws from Holbrook, Braintree, Canton, Stoughton, Avon, and Brockton. That mix supports a wider range of cuisines than a town of 34,000 usually sustains.