The Best of Ocean City® Winners Announced

OceanCity.com is excited to celebrate the winners of the 2026 Best of Ocean City® contest! Once again, visitors and locals showed up in a big way, nominating and voting for the restaurants, attractions, bars, shops, and businesses they love most in Ocean City.

And when we say they showed up, we mean it! More than 100,000 votes were cast this year—a new record for the Best of Ocean City®!

As Ocean City’s longest-running and most prestigious contest of its kind, the Best of Ocean City® is all about the fans. It’s the only local popular vote that isn’t tied to advertising or sponsorship. Businesses earn their place at the top because their loyal customers take the time to vote, cheer them on, and tell us who truly deserves to be called the Best of Ocean City®.

That makes winning an award something worth celebrating! This year’s winners will receive a beautiful plaque featuring a photo of Ocean City’s famous foxes, captured by photo contest winner Nathan Van Dyke, along with a distinctive Best of Ocean City® window decal they can proudly display throughout 2026 and into 2027.

The winners are chosen by OceanCity.com readers and our community of nearly 322,000 Facebook followers. Votes were tallied across 40 categories, including Best Restaurants, Best Bars, Best Activities, Best of the Boardwalk, and plenty more.

A huge congratulations to all of our 2026 Best of Ocean City® winners! Thank you to everyone who voted, supported their favorites, and helped make this our biggest year yet.

Check out the complete list of winners, Editors’ Picks, and five-year winners at OceanCity.com.

Think your favorite deserves the title next year? Best of Ocean City® 2027 voting is already open! Cast your votes now and help decide who will be the best of the best in 2027.