Best American Restaurants in Carrboro

Elements always provides a consistently great meal with outstanding service. The menu is relatively small but everything on it is prepared expertly. Our party tried the crispy prawns, the salmon in puff pastry, chicken chow fun and beef Wellington, which was a special item that night. All were delicious and presented artistically. Pre-dinner cocktails and starters were excellent as well. We did not try desserts but would expect them to be scrumptious like everything else. I would highly recommend Elements to anyone visiting Chapel Hill along with local residents.

We dined here on Christmas Eve. It was busy, but we had a reservation and were seated right away. I had dined here before, but my mom, husband, and 8-year-old had not. First - our server was attentive, patient, friendly - all the good things. Second, the food came out quickly and was wonderful! We enjoyed all small plates, of which my favorite has always been the beets and brussels salad. My 8-year-old loves mussels and scarfed them up - she was very reluctant to share! :) They do have a kids menu, though, and she got the chicken tenders as a kid often will. Also yummy. I love that this place is light and spacious... yes, there are lots of tables and it's a bit noisy, but that just means it's a popular restaurant. I highly recommend this place for any occasion.

We had a wonderful experience celebrating our daughter’s 13th birthday. Our server was lovely and very attentive. The chef was amazing. He came out to talk to me about my allergies and assured me what I was ordering was free of my allergens. Highly recommend this restaurant.

Great neighborhood place for very good Asian food. Great cocktails !! Restaurant has a great comfortable feel where you are tempted to linger.

Had reservation but ended up sitting in bar area high top where it was louder than normal due to some baseball fans really into the game. We liked the Octoberfest specials: good beer and the roasted apple kraut was outstanding. Overall was fine but would have preferred to have been seated at a regular table upstairs especially now that reservations are more or less required if you don't want to wait an hour on the weekend.