Hampton and Hampton Beach Restaurant Options

The Sea Ketch Restaurant viewed from the sand on Hampton Beach

The Sea Ketch (pictured above) the Crown Jewel of Hampton Beach restaurants

Hampton Beach’s BIG FOUR Beachfront Restaurants

The Sea Ketch

A view of Hampton Beach and the North Alantic from the fourth-level deck at the Sea Ketch Restaurant, is also pictured at top of this page. (Read Our Review)

Bernie's Beach Bar

A view from the beach of Bernie’s Beach Bar, a restaurant by day and one of New Hampshire’s premier entertainment venues by night. (Read Our Review)

The Boardwalk Cafe & Pub

The second-floor deck at the popular Boardwalk Cafe & Pub on a summer afternoon (Read our Review)

The Purple Urchin

The view of the Hampton Beach Seashell Stage from the Purple Urchin.

The view of the Seashell Stage from the dining deck at the Purple Urchin Restaurant (Read our Review)

Two Best Off-Beach Breakfast (and lunch) Options

The Green Room

The Green Room restaurant on Ashworth Avenue

The airy and palpably beachy Green Room, serving breakfast, lunch and smoothies at the foot of L Street on Ashworth Avenue. (MAP)  Enormously popular.  Get there early! 

Flamingos Coffee Bar

Latte options at Flamingos coffee bar

Latte options at lovely and popular Flamingos Coffee Bar serving breakfast, lunch and specialty coffees on Ashworth Ave (MAP), a block from the Sand.  Our review is coming soon.

Three Unique, Worth-the-Effort, Honorable Mentions

Farr's Famous Chicken

Two Farr's Famous Chicken patrons waiting with a drink for dinner

Farr’s Famous Chicken, at 43 Ashworth Avenue (MAP) is now The Corner Cantina.  Farr’s owners have promised to reopen on Ocean Boulevard in 2027.

The Swell Oyster Shack

The Swell Oyster Shack at Hampton Harbor, across the street from the State Park (MAP), an easy walk from the Beach, and a must-do for Oyster Lovers. Highly recommended. Our review.  

Lupe's 55 Cantina

Lupe's 55 Cantina on Ocean Boulevard

Lupe’s 55 Cantina, a fine, small, family-owned Mexican restaurant on Ocean Boulevard (MAP), directly across from the Beach. Our review is coming soon.   Highly recommended in the meantime.

Three Very Good, Off-Beach (downtown Hampton) Dining Options

Shane's Texas Pit

Shane’s Texas Pit is well known among local residents for generous portions of tender, authentic, Texas-style brisket, its smoky pulled pork, and its large, fall-off-the-bone ribs.  

(Read our Review)  Highly Recommended

CR's Restaurant

CR’s Restaurant is now Buckley’s Burgers and Steaks, located at the edge of downtown (MAP), and still well worth the seven-minute drive from the beach.  

Buckley’s Burgers and Steaks is still highly recommended.  New review coming soon.

The Old Salt

The Old Salt, at the crossroads of downtown Hampton (MAP) has been a local restaurant institution since before President Dwight Eisenhower had Thanksgiving dinner here.

(Read our review)  Highly recommended.