Nantucket — An Island That Dines Exceptionally Well

The island's undisputed pinnacle — AAA Five Diamond, Relais & Château, and a wine cellar of 2,000 bottles overlooking Nantucket Bay at its most serene.

A tiny red building, candlelight only, one prix fixe menu per night — the most romantic table on an island full of them.

A Nantucket institution since 1976 — the harbor practically laps at the dining room as the menu changes nightly with whatever the sea provides.

The island's most inventive kitchen — creative cocktails, splashy energy, and the Nantucket Salt & Pepper Wok-Fried Lobster that Travel & Leisure put on its world's best list.

Sand underfoot, sunset over the water, 5,000 bottles in the cellar — the family-owned Galley Beach has been making moments since 1958.

The most stylish perch on Nantucket Harbor — oysters harvested from the island's own waters, two bars, and a view that earns every dollar.

Venetian bacaro transported to a Nantucket boutique hotel — the wood-panelled intimacy of Greydon House designed by the team behind the Ace Hotel New York.

Nantucket's premier power table — the White Elephant's veranda steak-and-seafood anchor where harbour views and Wine Spectator credentials command respect.

Tucked upstairs in a historic Nantucket house, Oran Mor serves the kind of quiet, assured cuisine that rewards those who seek it out.

The most reliably brilliant room in town — nautical warmth, exceptional cocktails, and a menu that manages to be both seasonal and crowd-pleasing.

Classic French technique, Nantucket provenance — a bistro that understands what the words "coq au vin" and "sole meuniére" actually mean.

Nantucket's most kinetic room — dishes designed for sharing, a bar that anchors the island's social scene, and flavour that punches well above its price.

Three dining rooms, each with its own personality, all serving the same reliably creative New American cooking that has made Dune a fixture on the island.

Below-street dining in an 1831 whaling captain's mansion — the kind of understated warmth that makes eating alone feel like a privilege rather than a concession.