Best Restaurants in Massachusetts 🇺🇸

1135 restaurants analyzed across 6 cities · 20355 total identified

Massachusetts offers an unusually varied dining mix, with American and Italian cooking forming a reliable core alongside seafood, Asian fare, and pizza. It is an especially appealing place to explore thoughtful pastas, polished breakfast plates, and seasonal seafood without leaving value behind. The state’s dining scene rewards diners who want range, from relaxed everyday meals to carefully paced special-occasion menus.

Top Restaurants in Massachusetts

• Candleberry Inn Cape Cod Bed and Breakfast A+ · Breakfast, American
• nine A+ · Contemporary global cuisine, New American · Boston
• SRV A · Venetian-inspired Italian, Italian · Boston
• Momi Nonmi A · Omakase, Japanese · Boston
• Wa Shin A · Omakase sushi, Sushi · Boston
• Sorellina A · Contemporary Italian, Italian · Boston
• The Capital Grille A · American steakhouse, American · Boston
• Mesob Restaurant and Bar A · Ethiopian, Eritrean · Boston
• Krasi A · Modern Greek, Greek · Boston
• Mamma Maria A · Italian fine dining, Italian · Boston

Top Cities for Dining in Massachusetts

• Boston — Boston's food scene has evolved well beyond New England clam chowder - the Italian restaurants in the North End remain a draw, but the real energy is in Cambridge and Somerville's international options, Chinatown's Chinese and Vietnamese, and the modern American cooking in the South End and Back Bay. Prices are moderate overall with a significant expensive tier, and the compact walkable scale means more of the city's dining is accessible without a car than in most American metros.
• Cape Cod / Nantucket — Cape Cod and the Islands offer a seasonal, American and seafood-focused dining scene built around exceptional local shellfish and New England traditions. Provincetown and Chatham have the highest quality concentrations on the Cape, with above-average shares of top-rated restaurants, while Nantucket brings resort-town sophistication at prices that lean toward the higher end. Most places are moderately priced, and the season compresses most serious dining activity into summer.
• North of Boston
• Southeastern Massachusetts
• Western Massachusetts
• Central Massachusetts

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What Massachusetts Does Best

• American — 371 restaurants, 119 rated A- or higher
• Italian — 73 restaurants, 30 rated A- or higher
• Japanese — 63 restaurants, 23 rated A- or higher
• Seafood — 66 restaurants, 19 rated A- or higher
• Mediterranean — 67 restaurants, 16 rated A- or higher
• Pizza — 39 restaurants, 13 rated A- or higher
• Latin American — 51 restaurants, 11 rated A- or higher
• Chinese — 31 restaurants, 9 rated A- or higher
• New American — 15 restaurants, 7 rated A- or higher
• Middle Eastern — 27 restaurants, 7 rated A- or higher