It’s a cycle we see year after year. Numerous new restaurants, bars and food trucks launch across Wichita all with the same goal of capturing the hearts of Wichitans to stay open for years. Throughout 2025, there were many openings all vying to be noticed as Wichita’s best new restaurants of 2025.
As the year comes to a close, I looked through my notes to curate my top five restaurants that opened this year. A list of the very best to consider as you plan your culinary adventure for 2026 in Wichita.
If you love dining out and trying new things, this is a must-read for you. The beauty of this list is it’s not some lazy effort put together from Yelp data or gathered from googling names of places by someone who hasn’t stepped foot in most of the places they write about. These are all personal recommendations made by someone who took the time to visit EVERY single new restaurant that opened this year.
Wichita’s Best New Restaurants of 2025
Sara and Tedros Ethiopian Restaurant – 327 N. Hillside…