Ogunquit Dining

Harbor seafood, Shore Road dining, a busy piano bar, and breakfast before the beach.

Ogunquit’s dining splits between dockside seafood in Perkins Cove, formal Shore Road dining, busy piano-bar evenings, and casual breakfast or pizza near the village. Choose the area and formality before comparing menus.

Reserve weekend dinner at formal restaurants in summer. Keep lunch flexible when a beach morning or boat trip depends on weather.

Perkins Cove seafood, Shore Road dinners, and village breakfast

Lobster boats and wharves in Perkins Cove

Perkins Cove seafood

Barnacle Billy’s serves casual harbor-side lobster and chowder. M.C. Perkins Cove is a more formal dinner with wide water views; reservations are recommended at busy times.

Shore Road in Ogunquit near evening dining

Shore Road dinner

Five-O Shore Road suits a quieter full dinner. The Front Porch has a busy piano bar, while That Place in Ogunquit offers a relaxed dining room away from the busiest part of Perkins Cove.

Morning on Ogunquit Beach near village breakfast stops

Breakfast and casual food

Bread and Roses serves coffee and baked goods; Bessie’s offers a seated breakfast or brunch; Brickyard Hollow serves pizza and beer after the beach.

Compare Perkins Cove lunch with Shore Road dinner

Barnacle Billy’s suits lobster, chowder, and a casual lunch after Marginal Way. M.C. Perkins Cove offers a more formal dinner with broad water views and reservations recommended at busy times.

Shore Road has more conventional dining rooms than Perkins Cove. Five-O serves contemporary American food; The Front Porch has a piano bar and nightlife; That Place offers a broad full-service menu away from the busiest Cove traffic.

Breakfast depends on whether the first stop is beach or cliff walk

Bread and Roses is the quick village option for coffee, pastry, and bread before entering Marginal Way from Shore Road. Bessie’s works for a seated breakfast or brunch when you have more time.

Brickyard Hollow serves pizza and beer when the group returns from the beach hungry and sandy. It is a casual alternative, not a substitute for a harbor seafood meal or a reserved Shore Road dinner.

Check seasonal hours

Ogunquit restaurants may close on selected weekdays or reduce hours outside summer and foliage season. Check the restaurant’s current site before walking over, and reserve prime Friday and Saturday dinner times when the Playhouse or a holiday weekend adds demand.

Where to eat

Eight named Ogunquit restaurants

Compare harbor views, Shore Road dining rooms, breakfast counters, and casual tables before checking current hours and reservations.

Casual meal

Brickyard Hollow

4.4 ★

A casual village restaurant serving pizza and beer after the beach.

After the outing

Bessie's

A seated breakfast and brunch option in the village for omelets, pancakes, and coffee before the beach or Marginal Way.

Breakfast / coffee

Bread and Roses Bakery

A village bakery for coffee, pastries, bread, and grab-and-go breakfast before Marginal Way or the beach.

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Barnacle Billy's

4.2 ★

A casual Perkins Cove restaurant serving lobster and chowder at harbor-side tables.

Special dinner

M.C. Perkins Cove

4.3 ★

A Perkins Cove dining room with broad harbor views, seafood-forward plates, cocktails, and reservations recommended at busy times.

First-night pick

Five-O Shore Road

4.5 ★

A quieter Shore Road restaurant serving contemporary American food and cocktails; reservations are recommended on busy weekends.

Shore Road and village dinners

The Front Porch

4.5 ★

A Shore Road restaurant and piano bar for travelers who want dinner followed by a lively Ogunquit evening.

Shore Road and village dinners

That Place in Ogunquit

4.6 ★

A relaxed full-service dinner away from the tightest Perkins Cove crowds, with a broad menu and dining-room setting.