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100 Most Scenic Restaurants in USA

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Get your next meal with a side order of delicious scenery. Restaurants with scenic views get top ratings from their customers, especially when the food and service is as great as the view. Every year, OpenTable lists the 100 most scenic restaurants in the USA. There are winners in nearly every US state, and nearly every type of cuisine.

The winners are based on the combined opinions of more than 10 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified diners, for more than 25,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

American fare tops the list, with more than 40 restaurants on the list, while seafood and steak lovers will delight in more than a dozen options, each, across several states.

The complete list represents a diverse mix of menus for all palates, including Asian, French, Italian, Latin American, among other top cuisines.

California tops the list again with thirteen winning restaurants, the most for any state, including Sir Winston’s Aboard the Queen Mary.  North Carolina in second place with six. Florida, Nevada, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin each receive five honorees apiece, while Colorado, New Jersey, and Texas each have four.

Nearly half of the 2017 list are returns from 2016, while the remaining 60 make their 2017 debut, among them Joseph’s by the Sea in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, and The Restaurant at Gideon Ridge in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

The 100 Most Scenic Restaurants in America list is generated from more than 10 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners between July 1, 2016, and May 31, 2017. All restaurants with a minimum “overall” score and number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration.

Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the percentage of qualifying reviews for which “scenic views” was selected as a special feature.

2017 100 Most Scenic Restaurants in America, in alphabetical order –

15 Point Road – Portsmouth, Rhode Island

360 Steakhouse – Harrah’s Council Bluffs – Council Bluffs, Iowa

Alpenglow Stube – Keystone, Colorado

Al’s Upstairs – West Columbia, South Carolina

Altius – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Baxter’s Lakeside Grille – Lake Ozark, Missouri

Bay Harbor – Sandusky, Ohio

Beachcomber Cafe – Crystal Cove, Newport Coast, California

Bertrand at Mister A’s – San Diego, California

Beverly’s – Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

The Bistro at Childress Vineyards – Lexington, North Carolina

The Bistro at Gervasi Vineyard – Canton, Ohio

The Bistro at Topsail – Surf City, North Carolina

Black Bass Hotel – Lumberville, Pennsylvania

Blue Ridge – Asheville, North Carolina

The Boathouse – Multiple locations

Boat House Waterfront Dining – Tiverton, Rhode Island

Bon Appetit – Dunedin, Florida

Brave New Restaurant – Little Rock, Arkansas

Bridges Restaurant – MD – Grasonville, Maryland

Cafe Pacific – Palos Verdes, California

Camp Verde General Store and Restaurant – Camp Verde, Texas

Canyon Kitchen – Sapphire, North Carolina

Chart House – Multiple locations

Chateau Morrisette – Floyd, Virginia

The Chateau on the Lake – Bolton Landing, New York

Citico’s – Lenoir City, Tennessee

Coast Guard House – Narragansett, Rhode Island

Coco Palm – Pomona, California

The Comus Inn at Sugarloaf Mountain – Dickerson, Maryland

Cygnus 27 – Grand Rapids, Michigan

Dauphin’s – Mobile, Alabama

Different Pointe of View – Phoenix, Arizona

Edgewood Restaurant – Stateline, Nevada

Eleven at Crystal Bridges – Bentonville, Arkansas

Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck – Dallas, Texas

Flagstaff House – Boulder, Colorado

The Fort – Morrison, Colorado

Four Winds Steakhouse – Wills Point, Texas

Golden Mast – Okauchee, Wisconsin

Grand View – San Jose, California

Harbor House – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Highlawn Pavilion – West Orange, New Jersey

The Hobbit Restaurant – Ocean City, Maryland

Iridescence – Detroit, Michigan

JB Hooks – Lake Ozark, Missouri

Joseph’s by the Sea – Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Kemoll’s Italian Restaurant – St. Louis, Missouri

King Estate Restaurant – Eugene, Oregon

Latitudes on Sunset Key – Key West, Florida

Log Haven – Salt Lake City, Utah

The Marine Room – San Diego, California

The Mariner’s Inn – Madison, Wisconsin

Martini’s Grille – Burlington, Iowa

Mesquite Grill at Tonto Verde – Rio Verde, Arizona

Middleton Place Restaurant – Charleston, South Carolina

Monterey Bay Fish Grotto – Mt. Washington – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nick and Nino’s Penthouse Steakhouse – Springfield, Illinois

Ocean – Kennebunkport, Maine

The Ocean House Restaurant – Dennis Port, Massachusetts

Ophelia’s on the Bay – Sarasota, Florida

Oyster Loft – Pismo Beach, California

Panini Bay Waterfront Restaurant – Tuckerton, New Jersey

Pepper Tree Restaurant – Colorado Springs, Colorado

Pier W – Cleveland, Ohio

Portland City Grill – Portland, Oregon

Primavista – Cincinnati, Ohio

The Pump House – Rock Hill, South Carolina

Queensview Steakhouse – Long Beach, California

Range Steakhouse – Harrah’s Laughlin – Laughlin, Nevada

Region’s 117 – Lake Frederick, Virginia

The Restaurant at Gideon Ridge – Blowing Rock, North Carolina

The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm – Lovettsville, Virginia

The Roof Restaurant – Salt Lake City, Utah

River Crab – St. Clair – St. Clair, Michigan

River’s End – Jenner, California

RIVUE Restaurant and Lounge – Louisville, Kentucky

Rupert’s at Hotel McCall – McCall, Idaho

Salute E Vita Ristorante – Richmond, California

Sea Venture –  Pismo Beach, California

Seven Glaciers – Girdwood, Alaska

Shearns Seafood and Prime Steaks – Galveston, Texas

Simon Pearce Restaurant – Quechee, Vermont

Sir Winston’s Aboard The Queen Mary – Long Beach, California

Spinners Rooftop Revolving Bistro & Lounge @ Grand Plaza Hotel-St Pete Beach – St. Pete Beach, Florida

Sunset Terrace – Omni Grove Park Inn – Asheville, North Carolina

Tarragon at The Inn at Honey Run – Millersburg, Ohio

The Sun Dial Restaurant at the Westin Peachtree Plaza – Atlanta, Georgia

Thirty-two – Biloxi, Mississippi

Timmer’s Resort – West Bend, Wisconsin

Top of Binion’s Steakhouse – Las Vegas, Nevada

Top of the World Restaurant – Stratosphere Hotel – Las Vegas, Nevada

TS Steakhouse at Turning Stone – Verona, New York

Twenty Eight Atlantic at Wequassett Resort – East Harwich, Massachusetts

Vast – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Venezia Restaurant – Boston, Massachusetts

Ventana Grill – St Pismo, California

Vivace Restaurant – Tucson, Arizona

The Waterfront Restaurant and Tavern – La Crosse, Wisconsin

X2O Xaviars on the Hudson – Yonkers, New York

The 100 Most Scenic Restaurants in America list is generated from more than 10 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners between July 1, 2016, and May 31, 2017.

All restaurants with a minimum “overall” score and number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the percentage of qualifying reviews for which “scenic views” was selected as a special feature.

Read more about the 100 Most Scenic Restaurants in America for 2017 on the OpenTable blog.

If you have a favorite restaurant with a scenic view that’s not on this list, let us know.  Email info@ecoxlorer.com and we’ll check it out.

photo courtesy OpenTable

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