Restaurants

Where to eat in Ocean City

Boardwalk food is an Ocean City tradition. Choose a crab house when the group has time for mallets and paper-covered tables, or reserve a west-facing restaurant for sunset.

Morning

Breakfast on the boardwalk or at 28th Street

Brothers Bistro serves breakfast on the lower boardwalk; Solstice serves breakfast inside the Hilton Garden Inn Ocean City Oceanfront at 28th Street. Both keep breakfast within their surrounding beach district.

Midday

Thrasher's, Fisher's, and Dolle's

Fries, popcorn, candy, ice cream, and pizza are part of a lower-boardwalk walk. Split portions if dinner is only a few hours away.

Evening

Choose crabs, casual seafood, or a planned dinner

A crab meal takes time. Fager's Island and other west-facing rooms add sunset; Longboard Café and Kirby's Pub suit a more casual Midtown meal; 1945 Steak & Seafood is the dressier rooftop choice.

Bayside sunset near Ocean City restaurants

Bayside and rooftop dining

Isle of Wight Bay changes the dinner view.

West-facing restaurants replace Atlantic surf with docks and sunset over Isle of Wight Bay. Fager's Island is the lively large-room choice; Saltwater 75 sits farther north; 45th Street Taphouse keeps the meal central. Families arriving from the beach may prefer Midtown pizza, tacos, or carryout seafood to a long dining-room wait.

Maryland tradition

Give steamed crabs enough time

Allow time to pick steamed crabs rather than fitting them between other stops. Ask about size and availability before settling in; both change with supply.

Family casual

Midtown menus cover mixed groups

Longboard Café combines burgers, tacos, seafood, and sandwiches near 67th Street, while 45th Street Taphouse adds a broad beer list and bayside view. Both offer more range for mixed groups than a single-purpose crab or steak dinner.

Special dinner

Compare three distinct dinner settings

Compare rooftop, oceanfront, and bayside settings directly. 1945 Steak & Seafood, Solstice, and Fager's Island offer distinct rooms and menus rather than one interchangeable special-occasion category.

Current restaurants

Boardwalk breakfast, Midtown pubs, crab tables, and dinner rooms.

First-night pick

Longboard Café

4.6 ★

A casual Midtown restaurant near 67th Street serving burgers, tacos, seafood, and sandwiches. The broad menu and location away from the lower Boardwalk make it a practical first-night meal.

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Casual meal

Kirby's Pub

A neighborhood pub in North Ocean City known for wings, steamed shrimp, crab cakes, and familiar bar food. It is a casual meal near the north-end beach blocks.

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Breakfast / coffee

Brothers Bistro & Bar

4.1 ★

A Boardwalk restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with eggs and breakfast plates in the morning and Italian dishes and pizza later. The lower-Boardwalk location suits a beach morning near the Inlet.

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After the outing

Solstice Oceanfront Bar & Grill

3.9 ★

The oceanfront restaurant inside Hilton Garden Inn Ocean City Oceanfront, serving daily breakfast and a later coastal-American menu. Breakfast and dinner both overlook the Atlantic near 28th Street.

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Special dinner

1945 Steak & Seafood

4.0 ★

A rooftop restaurant at 24th Street serving steaks, seafood, and a more formal dinner than a Boardwalk snack stop. Reserve ahead when the rooftop room is the evening's main event.

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Fager's Island

4.4 ★

A large bayside restaurant and entertainment venue near 60th Street serving seafood, steaks, and American dishes. The west-facing setting becomes lively around sunset.

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Saltwater 75

4.3 ★

A bayside restaurant near 75th Street with seafood, sandwiches, and American dishes overlooking Isle of Wight Bay. It provides a west-facing dinner in north Midtown.

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Tailchasers Restaurant & Dock Bar

4.5 ★

A North Ocean City dock bar and restaurant near 122nd Street serving seafood, sandwiches, and cocktails beside the water. It is a casual north-end meal away from the Boardwalk.

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Bull on the Beach

4.4 ★

A long-running Ocean City stop for pit beef, barbecue, sandwiches, and raw-bar choices, with locations serving the resort strip. The menu offers a hearty alternative to Boardwalk snacks.

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The Hook Up

4.7 ★

A lower-Boardwalk hotel restaurant at the Tidelands Caribbean with seafood and American dishes. Guests near the Inlet and southern Boardwalk can reach it without a cross-town drive.

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Tide Room

4.7 ★

A bayside dining room in North Ocean City serving seafood and seasonal American dishes in a polished setting away from the lower resort crowds.

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45th Street Taphouse Bar & Grille

4.1 ★

A Midtown bayside taphouse near 45th Street serving burgers, seafood, American plates, and a broad beer list, with west-facing water views and central Ocean City access.

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