Ocean City Restaurants
The Best Places to Eat
Discover the best Ocean City restaurants for seafood, family dining, date nights & happy hours & more!. Explore local favorites & award-winning spots. Updated for 2025!
News & Updates
See who made the 2025 Best of Ocean City list. The Angler still has the great bayfront location, but is adding a rooftop deck. The High Tide Happy Hour from 3-6 is the same and the sunset cruises are only $10 if you eat there. If you love the sophisticated vibe and great food at the Spain Wine Bar, try the Kebob Project on the boardwalk near the Commander Hotel. Also, get ready for Peter’s next two restaurants: a Lebanese restaurant in Ocean Pines and a fine dining facility with a French twist at the old Cowboy Coast property on Coastal Highway.
Bars & Restaurants by Type
Find your favorite restaurants by type – Waterfront, Seafood, Family Friendly, Upscale, Best of Ocean City® winners. OceanCity.com delivers it all. Just click to find your favorite restaurants.
Seafood is a perennial favorite here in Ocean City and for good reason! Try the Best of Ocean City® winners for 2025: Harpoon Hanna’s and Shark on the Harbor. Best crabcakes winners are Captain’s Galley Crab Cake Shack and Captain’s Table and the best crabs award goes to Crab Bag and Crabs to Go.
Food & Restaurants by Cuisine
Food & Restaurants by Area
Ocean City, Maryland offers distinct dining vibes across its neighborhoods:
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Downtown (around the boardwalk’s south end and inlet) is packed with casual-to-upscale spots right off the beach. Think seafood and waterfront views at Harrison’s Harbor Watch, classic Italian at Captain’s Table, and inventive taco bars like the Tipsy Taco
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Midtown spans roughly 28th to the Route 90 Bridge on Coastal Highway. Here you’ll find a lively mix of bay-facing restaurants, brewpubs, and bars. Notable highlights include Seacrets—an entertainment complex with tropical flair—plus the Dough Roller, pint pubs like 28th Street Pit & Pub, Finnigan’s Irish Pub, and waterfront dining at the Residence Inn’s Bayview Bar & Grill
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North Ocean City (roughly 61st Street to the Delaware border) is a more laid-back stretch filled with condos, malls, and casual bayside family eateries like the many restaurants inside the Carousel, which offer many options from tiki bar, to ice cream shop, to Reef 118 with seafood options – including raw oysters!
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West Ocean City (across the bay) is more residential and suburban, home to communities such as Ocean Pines, Berlin, and Ocean City’s western shoreline. It features cozy takeout spots and local diners geared toward SC-famous bay access and a quieter setting focused on families and locals.
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Finally, the Boardwalk itself is a feast-for-your-eyes strip of oceanfront dining. Stretching about 2¼ miles from the Inlet to 27th Street, this iconic thoroughfare, while incorporated in “Downtown” is unique and is where you’ll find lively pubs (Shenanigans, Purple Moose), American classics (Grotto Pizza, Bull on the Beach), snack stands, fudge shops, and more—all with sweeping ocean vistas and carnival energy. Guido’s Burritos offers cold margaritas and Mexican food with a boardwalk/ocean view.
Each area offers its own character—whether you’re after a romantic oceanside meal, a buzzing nightlife scene, family-friendly bayside fun, or nostalgic boardwalk eats.
Downtown Ocean City Food & Restaurants
Grab a quick snack or casual lunch on the boardwalk. Find your favorites here. If you’re looking for great food with iconic views of the boardwalk and inlet, try the Wedge or Harrison’s Harborwatch overlooking the inlet, for a great bar experience – and a great breakfast, try the Crawl Street Tavern.
Waterfront Restaurants
Looking for a waterfront dining experience? Check out the Angler, the Wedge, Seacrets and Mackys. Fager’s won the Best of Ocean City® voter favorite. Spain Wine Bar is a great rooftop restaurant, but the water views are spectacular! The Hideaway is new for 2025 – it’s owned by Seacrets, is next door and you will feel world’s apart.
Food & Restaurants By Area
Downtown Ocean City Restaurants
If you’ve spent the morning on the beach or walking the boards, you may want to grab a quick snack at a local place without having to run back home and dress. Conversely, if you’re looking for great food with iconic views of the boardwalk and inlet, there really is no limit to downtown dining opportunities.
Midtown Ocean City Restaurants
While Downtown has the boards, midtown has the bay and some of the legendary Ocean City eateries. Setting aside the spectacular ocean and bay views, the great atmosphere and the diversity of food choices, it also is a little less congested in midtown Ocean City. That said, there still is great beach access and parking is also a tad easier.
North Ocean City Restaurants
There are not as many restaurants above the Route 90 bridge, but you do have some good options. Many of the restaurants are actually inside the larger hotels, but they are definitely worth trying whether you are staying there or not. Horizon’s, the oceanfront restaurant inside the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel has an award-winning wine list and great specials during the off-season. They also have Lenny’s with great tropical drinks poolside or served on the beach. The Princess Royale has recently renovated and added an outside bar, better outdoor dining options, and a great craft beer selection.
Restaurants near Ocean City
West Ocean City, Berlin and the Delaware beaches all have their own culinary delights and cultures. Sometimes you want to get away from the Ocean City crowds. If you’re a regular visitor to Ocean City, sometimes you just want to get out and explore the surrounding area. Whatever the case, the restaurants in town near Ocean City are well worth the visit.
Restaurants in Berlin
Berlin was named America’s Coolest Small Town for a very good reason. After years of redevelopment and a massive branding initiative, Berlin has attracted some of the finest restaurants in the area to its classic Main Street. From the iconic bistros to fine dining choices it is easy to find a great meal in Berlin.
Restaurants in West Ocean City
West-O as it’s often called, is more a region than a city, sprawling around Route 50 Bridge and up toward Assateague, it has plenty of fine destination restaurants and enough fast food to keep the kids from chattering for too long.
Selbyville Restaurants, Fenwick Island Restaurants and Bethany Beach Restaurants
Drive up through North Ocean City into Fenwick and you’re in Delaware. The Delaware beaches are fast becoming known for their boutique restaurants and fashion-forward approach to the culinary arts. It isn’t as if the area lacks burger joints, but people looking for a great meal at a reasonable price are a lot less likely to be disappointed in any of the Southern Delaware towns than they were at, say, the turn of the century.
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