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The List of Top Restaurant Chains in America includes famous restaurant chains from throughout the United States. Restaurant chains offer a familiarity through their decor and menu throughout all of their locations. As such, they tend to be most popular in areas where one would find travelers or tourists. From fast food, to drive-thrus, and even some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-top-bar-and-grill-restaurant-chains/restaurant-chains" target="_blank">sit-down franchises</a>, there are a variety of restaurants on this list, each serving different international cuisines or their own takes on American classics.

The idea of chain restaurants is widely credited to Harland Sanders, more famously known as &quot;Colonel Sanders.&quot; By &quot;franchising&quot; out his secret recipe, restaurants that served his food had an advantage as travelers knew what to expect. His restaurant, KFC, is now one of the largest in the world. Today, nearly every cuisine imaginable has a restaurant chain attached to it.

Vote up your favorite chain restaurants below, or vote down those you&#39;ll never go back to again. Looking for more of a sweet treat? Check out lists of the Best Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt Chains.&nbsp;Cook up some mediocre Italian food at home using this list of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/olive-garden-recipes/shutup-barry">Olive Garden recipes</a>, and take a look at other delicious lists like, the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-japanese-foods/ranker-food">Best Japanese Foods</a> and the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-brain-foods/ranker-food">Best Brain Foods</a>.

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This is a list of the best kid-friendly <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america" target="_blank">restaurant chains</a> in America. If you don&#39;t have kids, you don&#39;t understand the trauma that parents endure taking their children to eat out. It was thus that the family restaurant was born. Over the years, a lot of family restaurants have popped up across the country and have become standard American restaurants that can be seen all over the world. You&#39;ll see breakfast restaurants such as IHOP on this list as well as Cracker Barrel, Red Lobster, and Denny&#39;s.

Just because a restaurant is a chain, that doesn&#39;t mean it necessarily specializes in distinctly American cuisine. Other popular restaurants include the Australian-themed Outback Steakhouse, P.F. Chang&#39;s China Bistro, and Chipotle Mexican Grill. While many of these restaurants may not overlap in their menus, the one thing all have in common is that they are considered the best family restaurant chains in America.&nbsp;

Vote for your personal faves, and add any you see missing. Keep in mind these are national chains, not local haunts, so add your restaurants accordingly, keep in mind, only family style.&nbsp;

Check out more lists like&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-restaurant-chains-for-kids-birthdays/restaurant-chains">Best American Restuarants for Kid&#39;s Birthdays</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-restaurants-to-stop-at-during-a-road-trip/restaurant-chains">The Best Restaurant Chains to Stop at During a Road Trip</a>.

Chain Restaurants

Hard Rock Cafe

This is a list of the best high end <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america" target="_blank">restaurant chains</a>. While you may usually choose inexpensive restaurants for your normal lunches and dinners out, every once in a while, it&rsquo;s nice to treat yourself and your family to a fancy meal. If you&rsquo;re celebrating a birthday or promotion, a top-grade restaurant is the best way to commemorate. When you&rsquo;re trying to impress an important client, a high-end chain restaurant is a good way to illustrate how important their business is to you. Maybe you just want to treat yourself after a long, stressful week with a well-made cocktail and steak dinner. No matter the reason, first-class restaurants are the perfect method to show off and enjoy yourself.

The fine dining chain restaurants on this list make high-quality food in an atmosphere that&rsquo;s sure to impress potential business partners, family members, and friends. Restaurants like Ruth&rsquo;s Chris Steak House and The Melting Pot offer ambiance perfect for a romantic dinner, whether you&rsquo;re on a first date or celebrating a 20th anniversary. 

If you&rsquo;ve been wondering, &ldquo;What are the best high end chain restaurants?&rdquo; this list has the top choices. The restaurants on this list are known for their upscale feel, top notch food, and amazing cocktails for any type of meal.

Uno Chicago Grill

A list of bar &amp; grill restaurant chains. Sit down bar and grill chains from throughout the United States are included. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america" target="_blank">Restaurant chains</a> offer a familiarity through their decor and menu throughout all of their locations. As such, they tend to be most popular in areas where one would find travelers or tourists. This list focuses primarily on sit-down restaurants and bar and grill restaurant chains.

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-fast-food-brands" target="_blank">Fast Food establishments</a> will receive their own list, as will <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-high-end-restaurant-chains/restaurant-chains" target="_blank">upscale restaurant chains</a>. That said, a few fast food restaurant chains have been included. The idea of a chain restaurants is widely credited to Harland Sanders, more famously known as &quot;Colonel Sanders&quot;. By &quot;franchising&quot; out his secret recipe, restaurants that served his food had an advantage as travelers knew what to expect. Today, nearly every cuisine imaginable has a restaurant chain attached to it.

What the top bar and grill restaurant chains? What are the best bar &amp; grill chains in America? That depends entirely on your point of view. Vote for the best bar chains in America that have good food and add any to the list that may be missing.&nbsp;

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Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

A list of the best fried chicken chain restaurants. These restaurants are listed in order of most favorite to least, and can be re-ordered when viewers vote on their favorite chicken restaurants. If you are looking for a popular fried chicken chains, this is an excellent place to start your search. You can also copy the list of favorite fried chicken restaurants to make your own list or as a reference for your personal use.Are you wondering which fried chicken chain restaurant is the #1 favorite so you can give it a try? Browse our list, find the top best fried chicken eating places and try it out for yourself. Most of us are familiar with popular fried chicken restaurants like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kfc-menu-items/ranker-food" target="_blank">Kentucky Fried Chicken</a>, but there may be a few new fried chicken fast food restaurants on the list that you would like to try out for the first time.Is your favorite chicken restaurant not on the list? Go ahead and add it to the list, then see where it ranks in order of favorites. It may be #1! With new fried chicken restaurants to try, enjoy exploring new fast food chicken options and get ready for a delicious meal!

Whataburger

Be it because of a craving for a greasy burger, a need for a hangover cure or simply a needed meal on the run, millions of people eat fast food each day, but which are the top fast food chains of all? That is where you can be the judge folks. Add your list of the best fast food restaurants and vote for your favorite <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/fast-food-from-every-decade/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">quick-service eatery</a>.

Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonalds, Wendy&#39;s, Burger King and Taco Bell are just a few of the largest fast food chains in the world, but the jury is out on which is actually the best. Some may even argue that regional joints like In-N-Out Burger would take the cake while others would debate that the healthier options, like Subway and Panera Bread, are where it&#39;s at. Or maybe <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-del-taco-menu-items/ranker-food" target="_blank">Del Taco&#39;s menu</a> featuring Mexican and American options puts them near the top. <a href="http://Fast Food Places That Deliver Via Apps Like DoorDash And Grubhub	https://www.ranker.com/list/best-fast-food-places-that-deliver/sammy-leary" target="_blank">Some fast food places deliver</a>, which can make people like them more.

So tell us fast food lovers, which of the top fast food restaurants are the best and why? Which artery-clogging grease famous fast food factory rules and which would you never visit even if it&#39;s the last thing on Earth?

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

A list of the best mall food court restaurants to visit. Do you enjoy eating at the mall food court when you’re out for a day of shopping? There are some favorite mall restaurants that are ranked higher than other mall food court restaurants. If you have a particular favorite food court restaurant at a mall that is on the list but isn’t ranked as high, vote on it to get it into a higher spot in order of the best food court restaurants to the least popular. You can also copy the list and make your own list of the most special mall food court restaurants. If you want to know which mall restaurant is the best food court restaurant to try, browse through our extensive list and pick from your <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/favorite-types-of-cuisine?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">favorite type of food</a>. Then you can research the restaurant to see if it is available at the mall nearest you to try. There are many different types of mall food court restaurants, ranging from fast food, taco places and Mexican food to Chinese cuisine. There is usually something for everyone to choose from at a mall food court, making it a good choice to try when on a shopping spree.Go ahead and pick out your favorite types of mall restaurants and look for some new favorites. Who knows? You may even find a new favorite shopping mall while looking for a specific type of mall food court restaurant!

List of Italian restaurant chains, including Macaroni Grill, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-olive-garden-dishes/ranker-food" target="_blank">Olive Garden</a>, Carraba&#39;s and all of the best Italian food chains. Italian restaurant chains are some of the most popular family restaurants in America--and while many chain restaurants get a bad rep for having bland food, the italian restaurants on this list are actually pretty good. Restaurant chains offer a familiarity through their decor and menu throughout all of their locations. As such, they tend to be most popular in areas where one would find travelers or tourists. This list focuses primarily on sit-down Italian restaurants. Today, nearly every cuisine imaginable has a restaurant chain attached to it, but in the USA at least, few types of sit down restaurants are more popular than Italian food - pizza, pasta, breadsticks - yum!

And if you&#39;re looking for the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-pizza-delivery-chains-in-the-world" target="_blank">best fast pizza delivery</a>&nbsp;or the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-pizza-places/the-working-man" target="_blank">best pizza places</a> to go to, we have&nbsp;lists on that too.

Sonny's BBQ

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-fried-chicken-restaurant-chains/restaurant-chains" target="_blank">Fried chicken</a>, biscuits, barbecue, tacos... The American South covers a lot of area, and the variety of food its inhabitants love is just as wide. This is a list of the best Southern <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america" target="_blank">restaurant chains</a>, including fast food, fast casual restaurants, and even single-state hole-in-the-wall-type places that only have a handful of (much beloved) locations. Is your favorite on the list? Here, you&#39;ll find the kind of places Southern ex-pats dream about - and drop in to visit whenever they&#39;re back &quot;home.&quot;&nbsp;

What boundaries would you draw around the South? Which fast food chains are officially &quot;Southern&quot;? The list includes restaurant corporations that originated in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States#Geography" target="_blank">Southern states</a> as defined by the U.S. census bureau: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. While some of these states fought for the Confederacy, others were heavily influenced by the cultures of Mexico, France, and, even just the Northern part of the U.S. Some are lush with trees and mosquitoes, and others have alligators or mountains or crabs or deserts. All of them will deep-fry just about anything. All of them.

Quiznos

What are the best fast casual restaurants in the country? Fast casual, or fresh casual dining includes restaurants that offer the best, freshest ingredients available in a fast-food kind of setting, with quick service. Need a healthy burrito made with free range chicken? That&#39;s fast casual. The idea is that yes, this is food made fast, but it&#39;s not typically as unhealthy as traditional fast food. What&#39;s the most tasty fast casual restaurant around? That&#39;s up to you to decide, with your votes. Be sure to add your favorite fresh casual restaurants that aren&#39;t listed, too!

In an economy that&#39;s struggled in recent years, fast casual restaurants have managed to prosper (in most cases). The demand for fresher, higher quality, healthier fast food options no doubt has driven consumers to seek out fast casual dining, whether it&#39;s Mexican, deli-style, bakeries, burgers or even pizza joints.

Some of the most popular fast casual restaurants are big chains, including Chipotle, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-panera-menu-items/ranker-food" target="_blank">Panera Bread</a>, Zaxby&#39;s and Panda Express. Each of these fast casual chains represents a different kind of food option, but each has done extremely well. One thing all of these places has in common with fast food restaurants: There is no full table service. It&#39;s quick, it&#39;s simple and it&#39;s tremendously popular among foodies who don&#39;t want to eat at regular fast food chains or more traditional family restaurant chains, either.

Again, be sure to vote for the restaurants that you think are truly the best fast casual eateries around, vote down any you don&#39;t like -- and add any that are missing.&nbsp;

What are fast casual restaurants? This list will take a look at the best ones and it&#39;s up to you to rank them

Check out more lists like the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-fast-food-brands">best fast food brands</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-family-restaurant-chains-in-america/desertrat89">top family restaurants</a> and the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america">nicest restaurants in America to visit for your foodie&nbsp;needs</a>.&nbsp;

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Get in the car - easy meals coming up! This is a comprehensive list of the best drive-thru restaurant chains, including Chick-fil-A, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-taco-bell-menu-items/ranker-food" target="_blank">Taco Bell</a>, and Wendy&#39;s. Are you looking for the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-fast-food-brands" target="_blank">best fast food&nbsp;restaurant chains</a>&nbsp;with drive-through windows? Look no further than our list of favorite restaurant chains that let you just zip on by without getting out of your vehicle. This list of drive-thru restaurants is listed in order from most popular to least, and can be changed depending on which ones the voters prefer the most&mdash;even more than McDonald&#39;s or <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-burger-king-menu-items/ranker-food" target="_blank">Burger King</a>. So pick your favorite chain restaurants in order depending on which ones you most like to visit for drive-through, or copy the list to make your very own list of drive-thru chain restaurants.

Did you forget the name of that delicious chain restaurant that you stopped at on your last vacation? Chances are good that you will find it listed here and can then search for the nearest location to enjoy another visit with delicious drive-thru food. With over 40 restaurants with drive-through chains listed here, most of your favorites will already be on the list. Even if a particular favorite chain restaurant is not in your area, a short drive to the nearest big city may bring you the eating pleasure you were longing for.

Get a pen and paper, browse through the list, and then search for the location closest to you. It&rsquo;s time for a road trip to experience all your favorite drive-thru restaurants in one trip!

Harvester

List of restaurant chains from the UK. Famous restaurant chains from throughout the United Kingdom have been included. Restaurant chains offer a familiarity through their decor and menu throughout all of their locations. As such, they tend to be most popular in areas where one would find travelers or tourists. This list focuses primarily on sit-down restaurants. That said, a few fast food restaurant chains have been included. What are the best restaurant chains in the UK? Today, nearly every cuisine imaginable has a restaurant chain attached to it.

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List of the best restaurant chains for lunch. Going out for lunch is an entirely different atmosphere than dinner. It’s a far more laid back meal, as well as less expensive than dinner. Whether you’re going out fora quick bite to eat, having a lunch meeting with colleagues or potential business partners, or having a relaxing weekend meal with the family, the place you go to lunch should be tailored to your needs. This list answers the question, “What are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best chain restaurants</a> to have lunch?” The restaurants on this list offer specific lunch menus and have the perfect atmosphere for whatever sort of lunch you’re looking to have.If you have a very small window of time for your work’s lunch break, fast food <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-fast-food-tacos/ranker-food?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">restaurants like Taco Bell</a> and Quiznos are the best places to pick up a complete meal, eat, and get back to work before the end of your break. Some of the restaurants on this list are made for people with tight budgets, laid back meals, and high quality food. Other restaurants on the listare great for impressing a potential client during a lunch meeting.The restaurants on this list range from quick bites,business casual, family friendly, to upscale eateries. Whatever sort of lunch you want, or if you are looking for daily deals and good lunch specials, the restaurants on this list offer the best meals for you.

Asian

Mandarin Restaurant

Looking for a quick, delicious meal? Look no further. This list rounds up the best Asian restaurant chains of all time. There&#39;s&nbsp;a cuisine here for every palate. Some top Asian chains make Chinese dishes while other popular <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-american-chinese-food-chain-in-the-u-s-/zxray?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Asian chain restaurants</a> offer quality Japanese fare. Several of the top Asian chains are even quick service restaurants.

What establishments will you find on this list of the best Asian chain restaurants? Maybe you&#39;ll rank P.F. Chang&#39;s near the top. Since its foundation in 1993, P.F. Chang&#39;s has offered diners authentic pan-Asian cuisine in a casual atmosphere. Chang&#39;s spicy chicken, mapo tofu, and pad thai are just a few of the delicious entrees that you will find on the menu. Pei Wei Asian Diner is another good Asian chain restaurant. For hungry diners looking for Asian food on the go, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-panda-express-menu-items/ranker-food" target="_blank">Panda Express</a> offers tasty dishes fast and fresh. Other notable restaurants featured on this top Asian chains list include BD&#39;s Mongolian Grill, Pick Up Stix, and Chinese Gourmet Express.

Do you have a go-to restaurant chain for Asian food? Give your favorite places a thumbs up and add any eateries that are missing.

Baja Fresh

The best Mexican restaurant chains list includes fast food Mexican restaurants like La Salsa, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rubios-menu-items/ranker-food" target="_blank">Rubio&#39;s Coastal Grill,</a> and Chipotle as well as sit down Mexican chains like Acapulco and Chevy&#39;s. Mexican chain restaurants include any <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-fast-food-tacos/ranker-food" target="_blank">taco restaurant</a> where you can order Mexican cuisine. While not for everyone, Mexican chain restaurant dining is a popular dining destinations for families all across America who love the spicy flavors of Mexico and the comfort of chain restaurants.

What are the best chain Mexican restaurants? Compared to taco stands in Mexico,&nbsp;Mexican chain restaurants in the USA often serve tacos, burritos and salsa that is more adapted to American tastes than authentic&nbsp;food.&nbsp;Mexican food chains also offer a familiarity through their decor and menu throughout all of their locations. So, what is the best Mexican restaurant chain? Where do you go if you are looking for Mexican food in the US? This list focuses primarily on sit-down restaurants, but feel free to add your own favorites.

VIP&#39;s

Sometimes you just need a heaping plate of comfort food &ndash; with a milkshake on the side. That&#39;s where these diner chains come in. The best diner restaurants come in many forms. Some top diner chains serve up a mean breakfast while other popular diners are best known for their delicious burgers and fries. Some of the all-time best diner <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america" target="_blank">restaurant chains</a> are even open 24 hours a day to sate any late-night craving.

What establishments will you find on this list of the best diner chains? Maybe you&#39;ll vote Denny&#39;s to the top. Since the first Denny&#39;s restaurant opened in 1953, families have enjoyed breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the chain. The Grand Slam Breakfast plate and Moons Over My Hammy are two of Denny&#39;s most popular meals. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-ihop-dishes/ranker-food" target="_blank">IHOP</a> is another one of the most popular diner chains, known for &ndash; what else? &ndash; fluffy pancakes. When it comes to a great burger, no diner does it better than Steak &#39;n Shake. Other good restaurants featured on this top diner chains list include Waffle House, Perkins Restaurant, and Big Boy.

What&#39;s your favorite diner restaurant? Give the best chains a thumbs up to move them to the number-one spot on the list, and please add any good diners that are missing.

Travel

White Castle

A list of the Best Restaurants to Stop at During a Road Trip. Are you planning a road trip in the near future? After listening to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-road-trip-songs-2018/ranker-music" target="_blank">your perfect road trip playlist</a>, one of the most important things on a trip is finding just the right restaurant to stop at for your meals. During a road trip, it is exciting to try different types of eating places. This <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">list of restaurants</a> is ranked in order of most popular restaurants to stop at during a road trip, to least popular. You can save and copy the list for a reference of best restaurants on your upcoming road trip, or you can make your own list to look at on the computer.You can also vote for a favorite restaurant that you tried on your last road trip. See your favorite restaurant get ranked higher on the list so that others can try a good restaurant on their next road trip as well. You might even find a new favorite restaurant to eat at during your road trip.Sometimes, people will try different restaurants on a road trip that they never have tried in their own hometown, simply because the restaurant is in a convenient place to stop at on a road trip. Often, the restaurants located right off the interstate are tempting to road trippers, and the ones located close to the hotels are also excellent restaurants to try on a road trip. So browse through the list before going on your next trip to find a new favorite vacation restaurant!

A list of the best theme restaurant chains. Tired of the same old place to eat? Are you looking for dining with a little more excitement? Try browsing through our list of favorite theme restaurants to find a new dining place to try. With our list of most popular theme restaurant chains ranked at the top, it will be easy to find a new and exciting theme restaurant in an area near you. If you don’t see your favorite themed restaurant listed here, there’s no need to worry. Simply add your special theme restaurant chain and see where it ranks in order of most popular to least. Are you wondering what a theme restaurant is? From the wild jungle excitement of the Rainforest Caf&eacute; to the sea atmosphere of Long John Silver’s, chain restaurants with themes bring just the right touch of atmosphere to provide a new type of dining experience. Theme restaurants are especially liked by children, so families will enjoy trying new chain restaurants with special themes, no matter where they are or what they are doing. So browse through our list of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">popular chain restaurants</a> with themes to find a new dining adventure for the evening, and then come back home and rank your new favorite theme restaurant so that it can get moved to a higher spot on the list.

Red Lobster

List of the restaurant chains with the best drinks, as ranked by food critics and restaurant enthusiasts. At the end of the day, there’soften nothing better in the world than an alcoholic drink to unwind the stress of a long, tough week. Whether you’re meeting up with a bunch of girlfriends for fruity cocktails or interested in a cold beer while watching a football game, the restaurants on this list can facilitate your de-stressing needs. This list answers the question “What are the best restaurant chains to have a drink?” with businesses that offer wine, cocktails, beer, and whatever other drinks you may fancy.Some restaurants like BJ’s also serve as breweries and therefore make their own brand of one-of-a-kind drinks. Other restaurants, such as P. F. Chang’s and The Melting Pot, specialize in unique cocktails and high-end, stiff drinks. The steakhouses on this list have full bars with professional bartenders where you can get any type of drink that you can imagine.This list is filled with restaurants that have amazing food along with the best drinks on the market. Whether you just need to relax after a hard day at work or want to have a fun night with your friends, the restaurants on this list are sure to offer a good time.&nbsp;

A list of the Best Restaurant Chains for Anniversary Dinners. Looking for somewhere romantic to go to celebrate your anniversary? Browse through our list of the most popular restaurant chains for anniversaries to find the best eating place to take your sweetheart on your anniversary. Ranked in order of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-restaurant-chains-in-america?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most popular restaurants</a> for anniversaries to least popular, you are sure to find an excellent choice of restaurant for your special anniversary. If you don&rsquo;t see a favorite restaurant listed, go ahead and add it to the list. You can also vote for your favorite restaurants and see them get ranked higher on the list.

From the Italian romance of Olive Garden to the western d&eacute;cor of Texas Roadhouse, there are styles and themes on this list to suit any couple. Romantic steakhouses like Ruth&#39;s Chris and Morton&#39;s ensure quiet alone-time, while more bustling restaurants like The Melting Pot and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-cheesecake-factory-dishes/ranker-food" target="_blank">The Cheesecake Factory</a> encourage sharing. Make this anniversary a night to remember by picking out that one special restaurant that is enjoyed by both partners. You can rerank this list to make your own list of favorite anniversary dinner restaurants as well.

So go ahead and look through this list to find that one special romantic eating place. You can also research particular restaurants to find one in your area. Try something new this year, and make this special meal a surprise that will never be forgotten. Pick out a new favorite restaurant for this year&rsquo;s anniversary dinner.

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A list of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-chinese-animation-anime/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best Chinese</a> restaurant chains. Ranked in order of most popular Chinese restaurants to least popular, it is easy to find that special Chinese restaurant chain by browsing through this list and seeing which Chinese restaurants have been voted the top Chinese restaurants of the area. If you see a particular favorite Chinese restaurant that you really enjoy eating at, but it’s ranked lower on the list, go ahead and vote for it so that it can get placed at the top as one of the best Chinese restaurants to visit. You can also add favorite <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-american-chinese-food-chain-in-the-u-s-/zxray?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Chinese chain restaurants</a> to the list if you don’t see the ones you like to dine at listed.Are you in the mood for Chinese food but don’t know where to go for the best-tasting Chinese cuisine? There can be a big difference in Chinese restaurants, such as <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-panda-express-menu-items/ranker-food" target="_blank">Panda Express</a> and Pei Wei. Some have different nationalities of foods and a wider variety of items. Some have excellent buffets where you can choose any type of Chinese food items you are craving, all in the same meal. Still others vary a great deal in prices, and you can get great portions for a great price.Whether you are looking for variety, nationality or a great value for the price, you are sure to find something that pleases you in this list of the top Chinese restaurant chains. Chances are you will find a new Chinese chain restaurant close to you that you didn’t even know was there!

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Panda Express

Panda Express is a fast casual restaurant chain, serving American-Chinese cuisine. It operates mainly in the United States, with smaller units frequently found in casinos, shopping malls and other entertainment venues. It is the USA's largest American-Chinese restaurant business.
In 1997, the company opened its first stand-alone, drive-through restaurant, in Hesperia, California.
Panda Express has close to 1,700 restaurants, located in 47 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and Guam. As the company does not offer franchises, all units are company-owned.
The chain offers a variety of Chinese-cuisine-inspired dishes. "Combo meals" are served with customer's choice of either fried rice, steamed rice, chow mein, or mixed vegetables. No MSG is added to any of the items at Panda Express after it has been delivered to the restaurant, nor does Panda Express purchase from any suppliers who add MSG prior to delivery.
Panda Express is headquartered in Rosemead, California. The Panda Express brand is a casual, high-quality, fast-food variation of corporate sibling and predecessor Panda Inn.

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P. F. Chang's China Bistro

P. F. Chang's is an Asian-themed US casual dining restaurant chain owned and operated by Centerbridge Partners and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. As of October 2014, P. F. Chang's operated 204 restaurants in the United States and 56 in international markets under licensee agreements. Countries include Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Turkey, Lebanon, Philippines and the Middle East. It is the largest full service, casual dining Chinese restaurant chain in the United States with locations across the country.
"P. F. Chang's" is the namesake of Paul Fleming and Philip Chiang.

Pei Wei Asian Diner

Pei Wei Asian Diner is a restaurant chain in the United States. All of Pei Wei's dishes are made to order and offer customization. Pei Wei has 190 locations in the US and 3 international locations.
Pei Wei offers different menu items and a different dining atmosphere than its parent company, P.F. Chang's. Pei Wei features a counter service, coffee bar, where guests order from a cashier, and the food is brought out to the table, a style known in the industry as fast casual. Pei Wei has a designated door in the restaurant for cashiers to offer take away food orders.
Pei Wei is owned by P. F. Chang's China Bistro. On July 2, 2012, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. was acquired by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. Centerbridge completed a tender offer making P. F. Chang's China Bistro an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Wok Parent L.L.C. It is currently headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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HuHot Mongolian Grill

HuHot Mongolian Grill is an American restaurant chain specializing in a pan-Asian create-your-own stir fry cuisine. Based in Missoula, Montana, there are currently 52 HuHot Mongolian Grills in 16 states, the vast majority located in the Midwest and the Mountain West states. As of December 2013, two additional restaurants are scheduled to open in 2014 in Colorado and Wisconsin.

Pick Up Stix

Pick Up Stix is a San Clemente, California based "fast-casual" restaurant chain that serves fresh Asian cuisine through corporate-owned restaurants and franchises in Southern California. The company serves both dine-in and take-out customers, and offers offsite catering and some delivery services. It also supplies meals to private schools as part of a school lunch program. It is owned by Lorne Goldberg's Mandarin Holdings, parent company of Leeann Chin, who bought the company from Carlson Companies in 2010.
All of the company's food is cooked-to-order over high-heat burners using traditional woks. In a readers poll in the June 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine, Pick Up Stix was named one of three "Best Takeout" restaurants in San Diego.

BD's Mongolian Grill

BD's Mongolian Grill is an American restaurant chain specializing in patron-prepared stir-fry meals in a style known as "Mongolian barbecue". Grillers use 3-foot metal "swords" and cook on an 8-foot diameter gas flat top grill reaching temperatures of 600 degrees Fahrenheit.
BD's was founded in 1992 by Michigan State University alumnus and entrepreneur Billy "BD" Downs and his wife after a visit to a similar restaurant in London. The restaurant is headquartered in Royal Oak, Michigan and has 28 locations as of 21 February 2015 in 11 states and 2 countries, mostly concentrated in the northern Midwest. In May 2005, BD's opened a franchise in Ulan Bator, as the first American-franchised restaurant in Mongolia.

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Manchu Wok

Manchu Wok is a Chinese-themed fast food restaurant chain in the United States and Canada. The chain operates 200 stores, primarily in shopping mall locations. It is owned by Canada-based MTY Food Group since 2014.
Despite the chain's name, the menu does not feature any dishes from traditional Manchurian cuisine and instead contains mostly American Chinese cuisine and Canadian Chinese cuisine.

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Chowking

Chowking is a Philippine-based chain that pioneered the Asian quick-service restaurant concept in the Philippines. The concept combines a Western fast food service style with Chinese food. Chowking predominantly sells noodle soups, dim sum, and rice toppings. The company was founded in 1985, at a time when Western-style burger joints were dominating the Philippine fast food scene.

Peter Chang Cafe

Chinese Gourmet Express

Chinese Gourmet Express is the second largest fast food American restaurant chain serving Americanized Chinese cuisine.

Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy is a restaurant chain based in Chicago, Illinois that specializes in Asian-style stir fry food and other Asian-themed dishes.
Stir Crazy features a Market Bar or "build your own stir fry" menu, where the customer creates a custom stir fry dish from about 30 different vegetables, spices, and sauces. After placing the selections in a small wok, the customer hands it to a chef who prepares it along with a choice of meats, fish, rice, and/or noodles. The stir fry is cooked in front of the customer.
The menu features many traditional Asian appetizers and entrees which are prepared to order and a Crazy Buddha Bar, which serves both traditional drinks and unique Stir Crazy creations. Stir Crazy has locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, New York, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Indiana and Minnesota. In August 2009, Stir Crazy Restaurants LLC merged with Flat Top Grill, also based in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, to form Flat Out Crazy, LLC.

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Flat Top Grill

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85C Bakery Cafe

85°C Bakery Cafe is a Taiwanese chain of coffee shops run by Gourmet Master Co., Ltd. The company, with an estimated yearly revenue of $200 million, was founded in 2004 by tea shop owner Wu Cheng-Hsueh and has over 325 branches located within Taiwan and Australia. Known as the "Starbucks of Taiwan", in 2008, the company opened its first US location in Irvine, California.

Ten Ren Tea

Ten Ren's Tea or Tian Ren's Tea is a Taiwan-based company that specializes in tea and ginseng products.

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