Where the Locals Eat Rating
Top 100 Restaurant, Philadelphia
"Opened in February of 2006, Ansill brings its own take on the neighborhood eatery. Our menu features a wide variety of European small plates and is designed to encourage sampling. In addition, we offer an extensive selection of premium wines & beers as well as a full bar."
–Ansill website
"The food is consistently just about perfect and the small plates let you taste a number of things."
–Philadelphia Style Magazine
"At his new namesake restaurant in Philadelphia, chef David Ansill serves some of the boldest food ever to land on tiny china. ...The menu's a veritable checklist of deliciously obscure animal parts."
–Esquire
"Fear not, there are many choices for the faint of heart as well."
–Gayot
" ... epicures and off-duty chefs are streaming in, making for a truly convivial eat-at-the-bar crowd."
–Philadelphia magazine
How others rate Ansill
Zagat 2008
25 Food Rating (Very Good to Excellent)
Philadelphia magazine
No. 17 on Top 50 Restaurants list, 2008
Philadelphia City Paper
Best New Restaurant, 2007
Gayot
15 (of 20, Very Good)