The Best Cape Cod Restaurants
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Find the Best Food and Restaurants on Cape Cod, from Seafood to Pizza!
The Top Five Reasons to Visit Restaurants on Cape Cod
Why eat on Cape Cod?
- They have great seafood!
- There aren't many chain restaurants!
- There's watefront dining!
- It has some of the best lobster, scallops, and fish anywhere in the USA! Overall, just fresh fish, which is always the best way to eat it (unlike frozen).
- Cape Cod has great diversity in food!
The Best Seafood Restaurants on Cape Cod
Find delicious seafood on Cape Cod with these highly rated restaurants
Because seafood is such a delicate food and has to be handled with extreme care, generally seafood restaurants get lower reviews than other types of restaurants. Cape Cod, however, does have a big number of excellent seafood restaurants, from the long established to up and coming favorites. The following seafood restaurants have received a 4 out of 5 or higher from patrons on Trip Advisor and other restaurant review websites. If you ever have any doubts about a seafood restaurant you might be visiting, bring use your Blackberry or iphone to search for reviews online. If you don't have internet access, ask a friend or call one and have them do a quick search. It's always fun to experiment with new restaurants, but with seafood, it might be best to do your homework before you dine!Here are some of the best reviewed seafood restaurants on Cape Cod:
- Del Mar Bistro
- Wood fired pizza and excellent seafood make the Del Mar Bistro of Chatham a favorite!
- The Mews Restaurant and Cafe
- This Provincetown seafood restaurant overlooks beachside views of Provincetown harbor. A great place for a night out! It's also at the top of the list for seafood restaurants in Provincetown and throughout Cape Cod.
- Moby Dick's Restaurant
- Located in Wellfleet, this restaurant is popular with Cape residents and tourists. The seafood here is their specialty, with fresh catches being brought in daily.
- Arnold's Restaurant
- In Eastham, you can find Arnold's Restaurant (with the big yellow sign with a lobster on it), right on Route 6. Their seafood is amongst the best on the Cape, and their known for their big portions of onion rings, lobster rolls, fried clams, and fish and chips.
- The Ocean House Restaurant
- The Ocean House Restaurant has amazing views and even better seafood, as well as Italian dishes. The restaurant is on the upscale/more expensive side, but worth the price and the wait.
Cape Cod specializes in ice cream, seafood, Italian food, and bakeries. There are plenty of restaurants to choose from, but this page will focus on the best.
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Recommend a Cape Cod Restaurant!
Name your favorite restaurant on Cape Cod, and tell everyone what's good and why!
Do you have a favorite restaurant on Cape Cod that you think everyone should visit? Great restaurants should be rewarded with personal recommendations and more business, so if you have one to suggest, tell us about it here! Please, no spam comments, I'll delete them, so don't even waste your time.
What Cape Cod restaurants do you recommend?
I recommend this restaurant because...
southshoretees says:
I recommend Carmine's Pizza in Chatham. The sauce is perfect, the toppings are fresh, and the dough is just the right texture. They have a great line of gourmet pizzas, as well as cappuccinos, espresso, and I think calzones (though I've never had one). Go here, it's good!
I didn't like this restaurant because...
The Best Pizza on Cape Cod
Where to get a great pizza on Cape Cod - recommended restaurants
Pizza isn't Cape Cod's specialty. In fact, you might have a hard time finding lots of great pizzerias. That's more of a "mainland" Massachusetts thing. What the Cape Cod might lack in quantity, it makes up for in quality. Carmine's is the best pizzeria on the Cape, that much is for certain. Check out these recommended places to grab a slice, or better yet, the whole pie, below:
- Carmine's Pizza
- Carmine's is located in busy downtown Chatham, and from the outside appearance, might get by just on the tourist traffic. Carmine's doesn't rely on the tourists though, they have an incredible pizza! The crust, the sauce, the cheese, they're all spectacular. They have gourmet pizzas and regular pizzas. A small is big enough to feed two starving people, and a large is enough to feed an army. It's delicious! Reviewers have agreed, and voted this pizza restaurant to the top on Trip Advisor.
- Twistd Sisters New York Pizza
- In Provincetown, you can find another amazing pizza place called Twistd Sisters. This place has great Caesar Salad, pizza, and delivers all over town.
- Spiritus Pizza
- Located in Provincetown, Spiritus specializes in just pizza, and that's about it. It's also open late, and is touted as a "great place to eat when you're drunk."
- Fariway Restaurant and Pizzeria
- In North Eastham, you can find this rustic Cape Cod pizzeria/pub, a great place for pizza and bar food. Just eat here early, because the kitchen closes at 9pm.
Avoid chain restaurants on Cape Cod. Why? There are way too many smaller businesses that are much better than need your business! The food is better, the service is better, and you'll be happier.
More of the Best Cape Cod Restaurants
Great food on the Cape - well reviewed establishments and eateries
Here's a list of other well reviewed Cape restaurants that don't fit into the pizza or seafood category.
- Sundae School Ice Cream
- Some of the best homemade ice cream, on the Cape or anywhere else! There are three locations for the Sundae School: Harwich Port, Dennis Port, and Orleans. This place has rave reviews from people from all over who come to visit here.
- Brazilian Grill Hyannis
- A true authentic Brazilian food dining experience, the Brazilian Grill in Hyannis is a meat lover's paradise. It's out of the ordinary on Cape Cod, so try this for something new!
- The Keltic Kitchen
- You haven't had a breakfast until you've had an Irish breakfast! The Keltic Kitchen in Yarmouth serves up amazing pancakes, french toast, eggs, muffins, breakfast sandwiches, and the mother of all breakfasts, the Irish farmhouse breakfast.
- Glass Onion, Falmouth
- The Glass Onion is one of the best places to eat in Falmouth, and is a fine dining establishment worth visiting. While it many be pricey, the food and ambiance are worth the little extra money. All in all, you'll have a great experience like the other Trip Advisor reviewers have.
- Pie in the Sky Bakery and Cafe
- With some incredible baked goods, soups, salads, and sandwiches, this is a great place to go before you get on the ferry to Martha's Vineyard, or if you're staying in the town of Falmouth. Bring some bakery stuff home, too!
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Cape Cod T-Shirts and Gifts
Unique Cape Cod themed merchandise
Cape Cod Classic Fitted T-Shirt
A classic look on this fitted, made in the USA mens t-shirt.
Price: $23.99
Cape Cod Irish Organic Baby Bodysuit
If you're Irish and from Cape Cod, this organic onesie is the perfect, super soft apparel for your baby!
Price: $25.99
Cape Cod Girl Jr. Jersey T-Shirt
Are you a Cape Cod girl? This adorable t-shirt features pink and red hearts, with black text. Available in many more styles and colors.
Price: $27.99
Cape Cod Primitive Jr. Raglan
A primitive themed raglan shirt features a windswept tree in black. A great Colonial style homage to the Cape! Also available in other styles of shirts and colors.
Price: $23.99
Cape Cod Piping Plover Toddler T-Shirt
The cute endangered piping plover is featured on this yellow toddler shirt. The piping plover is a resident of the Cape and many other beaches in Massachusetts.
Price: $14.99
Comments: Recommend Another Restaurant, or Something to do on Cape Cod!
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If you have a restaurant, business, beach, hotel, or cafe you think is worth mentioning that you visit, tell us about it here! Thanks for stopping by.
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Senora_M
Nov 13, 2010 @ 9:41 am | delete
- Never been to Cape Cod or MA as a matter of fact. Sounds cool. My husband would like all of the fish. I'm not such a fishy-kind-of-girl. :)
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