Restaurants in Nantucket
Broad Street, located just steps from Steamboat Wharf, is the place to go for cheap takeout eats any time. Good choices are Island Coffee, 4 Broad St. (tel. 508/228-2224), where you can treat yourself to rich coffee and chocolate croissants with Nutella; The Juice Bar, 12 Broad St. always has a line down the block for its made-on-site ice creams; and Stubby's at 8 Broad St. for egg sandwiches and burgers.
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- American
American Seasons
A leader among Nantucket’s restaurants for 25 years, American Seasons emphasizes regional cuisines. Faroe Island salmon with smoked potato and a red onion crème fraîche shares space on the menu with buttermilk chicken with yellow-eye peas and pimento fried biscuits, smoked chicken…$$$Nantucket Town - Japanese
Bar Yoshi
On an island 30 miles out to sea, it makes sense that you would be able to find terrific sushi. Here is your supplier. The small storefront lends itself to takeout, and what could be better than a sushi feast while sitting by the harbor watching the sunset? Be ready for a long wait…$$Nantucket Town - New American
Centre Street Bistro
At this little cafe, two of the island’s top chefs, Ruth and Tim Pitts, creating wonderfully creative meals in an intimate atmosphere. It’s a very unpretentious place to have what is sure to be a memorable meal—the menu changes nightly. Main courses on a given night might include…$$Nantucket Town - New American
Company of the Cauldron
A longtime contender for the honor of most romantic restaurant on Nantucket, this place maintains its special qualities year after year. You enter its little red building from the tree-shaded sidewalk while candles flicker and a harpist performs classical music. There’s just one…$$$Nantucket Town - Seafood
Cru Oyster Bar
Formerly the Ropewalk, this upscale raw bar with an enviable location has long been the place where the yachting crowd goes to toast the day. And why not? They can hop off their boats and be at the bar in a few steps. There are a dozen kinds of oysters on the menu, a revolving…$$$Nantucket Town - New American
Dune
Sleek and modern, Dune may seem at first a little out of place on Nantucket, but the chef-owner, Michael Getter, a longtime resident, knows what he’s doing. Lovely colorful choices here change with the seasons, but you will certainly see items on the menu you have never seen anywhere…$$$Around the Island - New American
Galley Beach
This is really more of an experience than a restaurant. An intake of breath is the typical response as you walk into the dining room set right on a beautiful wide beach with views across the sand to the ocean. Salt breezes accompany your meal. You might expect a place this fabulous…$$$Around the Island - American
Island Kitchen
And this really is the island's kitchen. By which I mean this diner stays open year-round, so its focus is on locals and not tourists. That translates to a place that is far friendlier than many on this (sometimes) snooty isle, with a Cheers-like vibe, as the chef greets guests by…$Near Stop & Shop - New American/French
Le Languedoc Bistro
Run since 1978 with the same owners, this bistro has remains a place where locals feel comfortable coming in for a warm lunch, a cheeseburger with garlic fries perhaps or a bowl of lobster bisque on a crisp fall day. The beauty of the dinner menu is that you can order half-portions…$$$Around the Island - Seafood
Nantucket Lobster Trap
This is Nantucket’s version of your typical clam shack, though keep in mind, it is far more expensive than the Cape Cod version. Seating is at picnic tables, and there’s an extensive raw bar and an outdoor patio area. The standard fried fish dinners are on the menu as well as lobster…$$$Around the Island - International
Òran Mór Bistro
Climbing the copper steps in this historic building to enter Òran Mór, you can tell you are in for a special evening. The vibe is surprisingly down to earth. No white tablecloths or crystal here, and the small handsome bar and attentive service put you at ease. The first course might…$$$Nantucket Town - Seafood
Sayle’s Seafood
A great bargain option is to pick up fried seafood platters or fish sandwiches at Sayle’s, which is a short walk from the harbor, and eat it by the water. This is water-view dining on the cheap, and the fish here is among the best you can get on the island.$$Nantucket Town - New American
Straight Wharf
Perhaps the most lauded chefs on an island of lavishly praised chefs, Amanda Lydon and Gabriel Frasca run the elegant Straight Wharf beside Nantucket Harbor as a sort of chef’s restaurant, a place where foodies flock for the best of the best in creative cuisine. The menus change…$$$Nantucket Town - Pub
The Brotherhood of Thieves
The unusual name of this 1840s bar comes from an 1844 anti-slavery pamphlet written on Nantucket. It’s best for classic pub fare like burgers or even a fish burrito, washed down with craft beer (they have a couple dozen unusual ones available on tap and in bottles.)$Nantucket Town - French
The Chanticleer
This famous restaurant in a rose-covered cottage has become even better in recent years. The chef-owner Jeff Worster has reinvented the strictly French menu to reflect modern ways of dining. That means, just taking a sampling from the appetizers menu, that the seared tuna au poivre…$$$Sconset - Continental
The Club Car
No list of restaurants on Nantucket would be complete without the Club Car, a classic since it was founded in 1977. The restaurant has stuck to the same formula for decades, classic French cuisine served in a traditionally fancy dining room. Diners return year after year for the beef…$$$Nantucket Town - Fusion
The Nautilus
Only a very, very good restaurant could get away with the bizarre/ridiculous reservations policy that the Nautilus practices. So before I go into why you SHOULD dine here, let's discuss why getting a table could be a major pain in the you know what. The Nautilus only accepts advance…$$Nantucket Town - New American
The Proprietors Bar & Table
Although much of the food here has global inspirations, the focus is on sourcing ingredients from small Nantucket and New England farms. The menu has mostly small plates of light bites, and hungry people will need three or four to satisfy them, so you might want to just come for a…$$Nantucket Town - International
Town
The peaceful aesthetic when you enter Town is not an illusion. This restaurant featuring global cuisine is all about balancing the yin and the yang. The decor inside and on the outdoor patio is features muted colors and soft textures, black and ivory, wicker and rattan, cozy booths…$$$Around the Island
