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 [email protected] and we’ll check it out.
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