Top Rated Restaurants & Cafes in Chatham

One side of this landmark is an old-fashioned restaurant complete with high-backed booths and red carpeting. The other side features a huge bar and room to mingle. The food is good in either venue. Steak, seafood and chowder are staples in the dining room, while lighter fare is the norm at the bar, where the focus is more on drinking. Cape Cod restaurants come and go, but this popular spot, especially at night, remains a fun place to grab a bite or share a drink with friends.

This is Cape Cod's version of the fictitious bar portrayed in the long-running television series Cheers. Whether bar patrons come in solo for a quick lunch or in a group for cocktails and conversation, they inevitably end up talking to one another. Located just off Chatham's main thoroughfare, the bar is divided into an upper dining room and a lower bar area. The same menu, which features great sandwiches, burgers and heartier fare, is served throughout. Try the mussels in white wine sauce at this popular hangout.

Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters is the perfect place to start your day with a hearty cup of coffee and a light snack. This casual, chic counter service coffee house has industrial and hip interiors, peppered with light wood tones and a cozy vibe. Serving an interesting mix of brews along with pastas, salads and sandwiches, the café has a rotating menu. You can sip on to your drinks while reading a book and enjoying alone time, or simply hang out with your friends here.

Perched on the edge of a marsh across from Gull Pond Road on Route 6 in Wellfleet, Moby Dick's comes as a welcome surprise to the hungry tourist. Unassuming and simple in decor—benches and plastic tablecloths—this family restaurant offers good, simply prepared seafood at a very reasonable price. You can spread out and make a mess (using the plastic bibs) while cracking open the fresh lobster or clams, or chewing corn on the cob, so this is a particularly child-friendly eating environment.

One of New England's liveliest haunts, The Beachcomber is more than just good food and drinks. Located on Cahoon Hallow Beach, this is where you can enjoy a fine meal and drink with the view of the horizon. Find a table amidst the sandy shore, or head indoors for a quieter, more intimate experience. Take your pick from its seemingly limitless options of spirits and beers, or opt for one of the signature cocktails to get things started. The food menu comprises a choice of contemporary favorites, of which the Beachcomber Burger, Eastham Mussels and Swordfish Steak are not-to-be-missed. To top it all, live bands and DJs raise the energy levels, with a selection of classic and modern hits.

Even on a crowded evening, the dining room at Inaho seems calm and tranquil. Maybe it's the decorative screens that create peaceful niches. Or maybe it's the indulgent staff. Either way, this Yarmouth Port eatery is just about the best sushi place on Cape Cod. The Japanese cuisine here is not all raw, so there is something for those who shy away from sushi. The tempura dishes are popular as is the shabu-shabu, a beef and vegetable dish cooked like a fondue. The restaurant has a full service bar.