The Best French-Door Refrigerators of 2023

Nothing adds a bit of luxury to a kitchen like a massive French-door refrigerator. There’s something majestic about opening up those double doors and having more than enough room for whatever giant casserole dish or whole turkey you want to store.

Besides boasting extraordinary interior space, French-door fridges often offer a number of highly desirable features. If you want a water dispenser, ice maker, or a high-end finish, you’re more likely to find those features on a French-door. They also tend to have a larger chassis, which provides more room for compressors and superior airflow.

While the best French-door refrigerators cost more than their side-by-side and top-freezer counterparts, the user satisfaction that comes with a French-door refrigerator is typically worth the higher price tag.

The Frigidaire Gallery Quattro GRQC2255BF
(available at Best Buy for $2,399.99)

tops our list of models currently available. It offers near-perfect temperature consistency, lots of storage, and uses far less electricity than similar models.

Credit:
Reviewed / Michael Elderbee

Best Overall

Frigidaire Gallery GRQC2255BF

• Dimensions: 70.13″ x 36″ x 29.6″ (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 21.5 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 9.34-cubic-foot refrigerator, 4.7-cubic-foot freezer
• Finishes: Stainless steel
• Special features: CrispSeal Crispers with Auto Humidity, SpaceWise Organization System, Custom-Flex Temp Zone
• Dispensers: Through-the-door ice and water dispenser

The Frigidaire Gallery Quattro GRQC2255BF 4-door French-door is the best refrigerator we’ve tested to date, by a healthy margin.

One of the most impressive abilities of this fridge is to keep temperatures within a fraction of a degree of their target, both over time and throughout each of its compartments. Typically there’s a bit of wiggle to any fridge’s temperatures due to defrost cycles or opening the door to grab something. Thanks to its TwinTech cooling system, the GRQC2255BF is able to adapt quickly to any changes to prevent your food’s internal temperature from changing even a single degree Fahrenheit. This is, by far, the best temperature performance we’ve ever recorded.

The Frigidaire Gallery Quattro GRQC2255BF doesn’t stop with near-perfect temperatures. When it comes to extra features, the GRQC2255BF has just about everything you’d expect from a high-end fridge. It has a through-the-door ice and water dispenser, a custom-temp compartment located next to its freezer, and some highly-customizable storage throughout.

The GRQC2255BF offers an unbelievable value for its purchase price, both in terms of its raw performance and its overall usability. If you want to buy the best of the best, the Frigidaire Gallery Quattro GRQC2255BF is it.

Read our review of the Frigidaire Gallery Quattro GRQC2255BF.

Pros

• Near-perfect temperatures

• Custom-temp compartment

• Tons of great extra features

Cons

• Short warranty

$2,399.99 from Best Buy

$2,398.00 from Home Depot

$3,419.00 from Abt

$2,399.00 from Lowe’s

Other French-Door Refrigerators We Tested

Best Overall

Bosch B36FD50SNS

• Dimensions: 70 x 35.63 x 32.13 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 26 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 12.71-cubic-foot fridge, 4.92-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Stainless steel, black stainless steel

The Bosch B36FD50SNS boasts outstanding performance, stellar features, and Bosch’s excellent warranty.

During testing, temperature control was nearly perfect—temperatures in both the fridge and freezer were ideal, and remained consistent over time. The B36FD50SNS, which is Energy Star certified, maintains these temperatures while using less electricity than most other refrigerators.

We love that you can monitor temperatures via an app you can download to your smartphone. This app also allows you to check the temperature and humidity in the crispers, which perform better than most others we’ve tested.

The B36FD50SNS also has impressive storage, with 13% more usable space than the average fridge and nearly 5% more in the freezer. To put that in perspective, that equates to six extra basketballs in the fridge and nearly one basketball in the freezer.

This fridge has a sleek, stainless steel finish and a through-the-door ice and water dispenser, but one thing we didn’t like was that its fridge shelves only have spill-capture lips in the front.

While this fridge costs more than the average French-door refrigerator, we think it’s a good value and worth its purchase price.

Pros

• Solid temperatures

• Lots of fridge storage

• Through-the-door dispenser

Cons

• Its shelves only have a spill-capture lip on their front

$2,999.99 from Best Buy

$3,199.00 from Abt

$2,999.00 from Lowe’s

Bosch B36CD50SNS

• Dimensions: 69.5 x 35.63 x 31.13 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 21.6 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 10.68-cubic-foot fridge, 3.82-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Stainless steel, black stainless steel

The Bosch B36CD50SNS offers near-perfect performance.

It passed all our tests with flying colors, offering consistent temperatures in both the fridge and freezer. It also has useful features like a through-the-door dispenser for ice and water, and smart connectivity that allows for remote operation and notifications.

While the B36CD50SNS lacks a spill-capture lip on its fridge shelves and has slightly less than average storage capacity, it’s still one of our top-rated refrigerators of all time.

Pros

• Near-perfect temperatures

• Through-the-door dispenser

• Smart connectivity

Cons

• Less storage space than average

$3,299.99 from Best Buy

Buy now at Home Depot

$3,299.00 from Abt

$3,101.00 from Walmart

Cafe CVE28DM5NS5

• Dimensions: 69.88 x 35.63 x 34.25 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 27.8 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 10.83-cubic-foot fridge, 4.75-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Stainless steel with recessed handles, black with stainless steel door handles, white with brushed bronze door handles, platinum glass with recessed handles

The GE Café CVE28DM5NS5 has everything you would expect from a premium refrigerator. Featuring a platinum glass finish, shelves with rose gold accents, and backlit LED lights in the fridge, it’s a statement piece for the kitchen.

The CVE28DM5NS5 has more than just looks, though. Both the fridge and freezer excel at temperature control. The crisper drawer does a great job of controlling humidity, and there are a number of flexible storage options, including a flex drawer that has its own temperature controls.

This refrigerator takes its through-the-door dispenser to the next level with its Autofill, which senses the height of your water container as water is dispensed and stops when it’s full. It then reports how much water was dispensed.

There were some things about the CVE28DM5NS5 that we didn’t like as much. While the freezer has more usable space than an average French-door model, the fridge does not, the cost of a great dispenser. Also, energy costs are slightly higher than average.

Yes, this refrigerator is expensive, but if you have a big budget, you’ll appreciate the looks and the utility of the CVE28DM5NS5.

Pros

• Consistent temperatures

• Backlit interior

• Custom-temp drawer

Cons

• Smaller capacity

$4,229.99 from Best Buy

$4,228.00 from Home Depot

$3,699.00 from Walmart

Samsung Bespoke RF29BB86004MAA

• Dimensions: 70 x 35.75 x 34.25 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 29 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 10.61-cubic-foot fridge, 5.28-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Internal ice and water
• Finishes: White glass, charcoal glass, matte gray glass, Morning Blue glass, clementine glass, pink glass, Sunrise Yellow glass, stainless steel, matte black steel, navy steel, Tuscan steel, emerald green steel

The Samsung Bespoke RF29BB8600AP, which has a slew of available customization options, offers unique looks and great performance.

During testing, temperatures in the fridge were ideal and consistent. They also didn’t vary from one spot in the fridge to another. While there were a couple temperature spikes in the freezer during testing, overall, temperatures remained steady.

To help prevent cold air escaping from the fridge, the RF29BB8600AP has a door-in-door design that provides easy access to your door bins. This fridge also has a flex drawer for adaptable storage.

With a list of finishes to choose from in either glass or steel, the RF29BB8600AP is a great way to place a custom look in your kitchen. And while it may be expensive compared to more basic refrigerators, the RF29BB8600AP is actually one of the cheaper ways to get this sort of customization.

Pros

• Solid fridge temperatures

• Flexible-temperature drawer

• Customizable aesthetic

Cons

• The custom-color panels are a separate purchase

$2,599.99 from Best Buy

$2,598.00 from Home Depot

$2,599.00 from Lowe’s

$2,599.00 from Samsung

Frigidaire Galllery GRMC2273CF

• Dimensions: 70.19″ x 35.9″ x 29.5″ (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 21.5 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 11.6-cubic-foot refrigerator, 3.6-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door ice and filtered water dispenser
• Finishes: Black stainless steel, stainless steel

If you’ve been looking for a counter-depth French-door, but haven’t been thrilled with their low overall storage, the Frigidaire Gallery GRMC2273CF French-door fridge may be the pick for you.

While the GRMC2273CF does feature a counter-depth design (which is less deep than full-size builds, resulting in lower overall storage), it manages to use the space it does have incredibly well, with more fridge storage space than even some full-size models.

The GRMC2273CF also provides some excellent customization features to make sure that space conforms to your specific needs. It has sliding door bins and folding shelves that can move to make way for taller objects stored underneath, a storage area at kid-height called the Snack Zone, and a custom-temperature drawer that can be set anywhere from freezing to 45°F for chilling wine.

The GRMC2273CF excels in most other areas as well. Modern Frigidaire fridges are using a new air circulation technology, the TwinTech cooling system, which keeps temperatures consistent throughout its compartments as well as over time.

Pros

• Near-perfect temperatures

• Lots of highly-customizable storage space

• Effective crispers

Cons

• A few fixtures feel cumbersome to use

$2,299.99 from Best Buy

$2,298.00 from Home Depot

$2,299.00 from Lowe’s

GE Profile PVD28BYNFS

• Dimensions: 69.88 x 35.63 x 36.75 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 27.9 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 10.2-cubic-foot fridge, 4.11-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Stainless steel

The GE Profile PVD28BYNFS will be right at home in any high-end kitchen.

The PVD28BYNFS, which has a fingerprint-resistant finish, excels at form and function. The backlit fridge interior raises the aesthetic quality while also making it easier to find food. In addition to flexible shelving options, the fridge’s door-in-door design allows bins to rotate outward. The PVD28BYNFS also has an auto-sensing water dispenser and a separate flex drawer with its own temperature controls.

While this fridge performed well in our temperature tests and the crisper drawers are some of the best we’ve ever tested, it has slightly less capacity than other French-door fridges. Also, energy costs are slightly higher than average.

Overall, though, the GE PVD28BYNFS is well worth the money if you have a larger budget.

Pros

• Backlit interior

• Flexible drawer with custom temp

• Through-the-door ice and water

Cons

$2,999.99 from Best Buy

$2,998.00 from Home Depot

$2,994.00 from Abt

$2,732.24 from Walmart

KitchenAid KRFC704FBS

• Dimensions: 71.88 x 35.63 x 31.5 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 23.8 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 11.42-cubic-foot fridge, 3.83-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Stainless steel, black stainless steel

The KitchenAid KRFC704FBS stands out for its wood-look finish material, which is moisture- and stain-resistant, and metal trim on the interior shelves and drawers.

This refrigerator isn’t just about style, though. During testing, the temperature in the fridge was close to ideal and consistent over time. The freezer did well during testing, as well, with temperatures below 0°F.

This refrigerator also has a retractable middle shelf in the fridge that makes room for taller items, soft-close drawers, and intuitive controls.

People with a bigger budget who are looking for something different than a white plastic interior will likely love this KitchenAid fridge.

Pros

• Maintains consistent temperatures

• Interior wood finish

• Through-door dispensers

Cons

• Drawers feel rickety

$4,499.99 from Best Buy

$4,499.00 from Home Depot

$4,499.00 from Abt

$4,049.00 from Walmart

GE GNE25JMKES

• Dimensions: 69.88 x 32.75 x 37.5 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 24.7 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 12.28-cubic-foot fridge, 4.80-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Internal water; internal ice maker
• Finishes: Black, slate, white

The GE GNE25JMKES has clean lines and a sleek exterior, featuring a discreet interior water dispenser and internal ice-maker instead of through-the-door dispensers.

A well-priced French-door refrigerator, the GNE25JMKES has quite a few features, including retractable shelves to store taller items in the fridge and custom-temperature deli drawer. The interior of the fridge also is well-lit and has big bins on the doors.

While the GNE25JMKES did well on our temperature tests—the fridge was able to maintain safe temperatures and the freezer temperature was consistent—its ability to maintain humidity was a concern: the produce drawers lost water faster than others we tested.

While it looks like a basic French-door, we like the GE GNE25JMKES because it includes some of the most convenient features that you typically only find on more expensive options.

Pros

• Maintains consistent temperatures

• Temperature-controlled drawer

• Retractable shelves

Cons

• Lacks through-door dispensers

$1,889.99 from Best Buy

$1,888.00 from Home Depot

$1,889.00 from Abt

$1,719.00 from Walmart

Bosch B36CT80SNS

• Dimensions: 72 x 36 x 27.81 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 21 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 13.6-cubic-foot fridge, 2.5-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Stainless steel, black stainless steel

The Bosch’s 800 Series B36CT80SNS excels at temperature control, but the freezer capacity is low, nearly half that of the average French-door refrigerator.

Although the freezer is small, it is well-organized, giving users more flexibility by including a third tier of drawers. The fridge has lots of storage space, over 20% more than the average French-door fridge.

The B36CT80SNS passed all of our performance tests, maintaining cold, consistent temperatures in the fridge and freezer. With customizable temperatures in the fridge’s crispers, your fruit and vegetables will also stay fresh longer.

We also like its smart capabilities via Home Connect, which can be used to control temperatures in the fridge, adjust lighting, and run diagnostics. Home Connect also allows you to get a notification on your smartphone or tablet if the doors aren’t closed.

Pros

• Excellent temperature control

• Large fridge compartment

• Internal dispensers

Cons

• Small freezer

$3,499.99 from Best Buy

$3,499.00 from Abt

Buy now at Walmart

$3,499.00 from Lowe’s

GE Profile PYE22PYNFS

• Dimensions: 69.88 x 35.75 x 31.25 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 22.1 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 7.73-cubic-foot fridge, 3.79-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door ice and water (cold and hot) and Keurig K-Cup coffee maker
• Finishes: Stainless steel, black stainless steel

The GE Profile PYE22PYNFS has high-end features like an in-the-door Keurig K-cup brewing system and smart integration that lets you schedule hot water in advance.

The PYE22PYNFS does not disappoint with its temperature control, either, with safe, consistent temps. In testing, the fridge recorded a steady at 38.76°F and did not waver, even with the doors being opened frequently over 72 hours. The fridge’s temperature consistency score was almost perfect. The freezer performed even better.

The freezer has two full-width storage baskets, which allows plenty of room for storing frozen foods compared to other counter-depth French-door models. We didn’t like that the freezer drawer was wobbly. While capacity if the fridge is low, there are flexible storage options, such as a shelf that retracts so you can store taller items.

While we love the idea of a Keurig on our fridge, the dispenser is unintuitive and kind of messy. The learning curve to use the Keurig can be overcome, but you’ll still likely have to deal with coffee splatter on the stainless steel backing of the dispenser.

Pros

• In-the-door Keurig coffee brewing system

• Excellent temperature consistency

• Humid crispers

Cons

• Low on storage

$3,598.00 from Home Depot

$3,279.00 from Walmart

$3,598.00 from Wayfair

GE GFE28GYNFS

• Dimensions: 69.88 x 35.75 x 36.25 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 27.7 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 9.56-cubic-foot fridge, 4.26-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Black slate, slate, stainless steel

The GE GFE28GYNFS is a solid French-door refrigerator, with stable temperatures and a through-the-door dispenser.

While it’s smaller than the average French-door refrigerator, it makes the best use of its space, with excellent storage options. Another relatively minor complaint we had about the GFE28GYNFS: It needs to be calibrated a little cool to hit ideal temperatures, but that’s an easy fix.

Pros

• Steady temperatures

• Highly-customizable storage

• Effective crispers

Cons

• Lower-than-average capacity

$1,999.99 from Best Buy

$1,998.00 from Home Depot

$1,994.00 from Abt

$1,821.22 from Walmart

Whirlpool WRX735SDHZ

• Dimensions: 70.13 x 35.63 x 34.63 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 24.5 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 10.33-cubic-foot fridge, 3.68-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Stainless steel, black stainless steel

The Whirlpool WRX735SDHZ looks sleek, maintains cold, consistent temperatures, features through-the-door dispensers, and has a temperature-controlled exterior drawer.

It’s not the biggest French-door we’ve tested, but it should have plenty of room for most users. If storage space is your primary concern, you may want to consider another option, though.

Overall this is just a really solid fridge, with key features and great performance.

Pros

• Cold, steady temperatures

• Ice/water dispenser

• Exterior drawer

Cons

• Low storage capacity

$2,099.99 from Best Buy

$2,098.00 from Home Depot

$2,098.00 from Abt

$1,888.92 from Walmart

LG LRFDC2406S

• Dimensions: 70.3 x 35.8 x 30.8 inches (H x W x D)
• Advertised capacity: 24 cubic feet
• Measured capacity: 8.52-cubic-foot fridge, 4.03-cubic-foot freezer
• Dispensers: Through-the-door water and ice
• Finishes: Stainless steel, black stainless steel

The LG LRFDC2406S solidified our obsession with spherical ice. However, if you aren’t particularly interested in this feature, this refrigerator likely isn’t a great value.

The LRFDC2406S offers spot-on temperatures that barely waver. It also has a ton of options for customizing its storage space, including additional bins.

While the LRFDC2406S does cost more than most, its price point isn’t uncommon for an appliance that offers a technology that’s new in the product space.

Pros

• Spherical ice

• Internal drawer with custom temp

• Solid temperature performance

Cons

• None that we could find

How We Test French-door Refrigerators

Credit:
Reviewed / Tim Renzi

Our refrigerator testing lab is a sealed room connected to a system that automatically maintains a constant 70°F temperature and 50% relative humidity, regardless of how hot and dry or cold and wet it may be outside. Keeping environmental factors consistent is extremely important, because variations in temperature and humidity can affect how hard a fridge needs to work.

We evaluate French-door refrigerators on objective and subjective metrics; you can read about our complete testing process for more information. The objective tests allow us to compare performance across models and manufacturers, while the subjective tests give us insight into how easy or difficult it is to use a refrigerator in day-to-day life.

To ensure consistency in our testing, we keep each refrigerator in a climate-controlled chamber that ensures a temperature of 72°F +/- 5°F and a relative humidity of 50% RH +/- 15% RH. Refrigerators have to work harder if the air surrounding them is extremely hot or cold, so by ensuring stable room temperature conditions we can directly compare fridges without worrying about the weather that particular day.

We spend a week running various tests on the refrigerators, measuring everything from their temperature consistency over time, their humidity levels, and how energy efficient they are. We also hand-measure each and every shelf and bin, to ensure a consistent methodology across brands: No counting the empty space around an ice-maker or in the gap between the door and interior shelves.

Check out one of our in-depth refrigerator reviews below:

What You Should Know Before Buying a French-Door Fridge

There are many factors to consider before buying a refrigerator. Beyond budget, style, and kitchen space, you may also want to think about finish, warranty, and special features like smart platforms.

What Is a French-Door Refrigerator?

French-door refrigerators have two large doors with handles at the center of the fridge. These open from the center out, much like a side-by-side fridge, but unlike a side-by-side, the French-door opens into the same large, refrigerated compartment.

In most French-door models, the freezer sits beneath the refrigerated compartment, similar in design to what you’d find on a bottom-freezer, and pulls outward like a drawer. Some models have four- or even five-door designs, integrating separate, flexible-temperature compartments into the usual “fridge and freezer” paradigm.

The boon of a French-door fridge over a top-freezer, bottom-freezer, or side-by-side, is its sheer amount of space, as well as premium features like through-the-door dispensers and custom-temperature flex drawers.

How Much Does A French-Door Refrigerator Cost?

When deciding how much to spend on a fridge, know that French-door fridges can be pricey, but they also have the highest ceiling for possible extra features, resulting in a huge range of possible prices.

Most French-doors typically fall into the $2,000-$3,000 range, sometimes running upward of $4,000. We’ve reviewed excellent, entry-level French-door refrigerators that cost under $1,500 and higher-end, feature-dense models that cost over $5,000.

Special features like through-the-door dispensers, higher-end ice-makers, custom-temperature flex drawers, and smart platforms and built-in touchscreen displays can boost the price.

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