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J's Oyster Bar   Portland

J's Oyster Bar, Portland

 9 Reviews  I recently took a trip to Portland with some friends who have been raving for months about J's Oysters. They had been several times and were really looking forward to letting me experience some of the... 

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Street and Company   Portland

Street and Company, Portland

 5 Reviews  Great food and extremely fresh (after all, it's in Portland, right?) One of my top 5 choices in Portland fro a great romantic diner or just a good time with friends (or if you want great seafood and... 

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The Trolley House Restaurant: Excellent Food

by paulapes

Have not had a bad meal at this restaurant---the food is very good and I highly recommend it.UPDATE: THIS RESTAURANT DID CLOSE BUT HAS SINCE RE-OPENED, RUN BY THE ORIGINAL CHEF SO THE FOOD IS JUST AS GOOD AS ALWAYS! My favorite is their house salad. It has cranberries and walnuts in it and is really delicious. One of my friends had cream of carrot soup once and still raves about it if asked. The seafood chowder is excellent also. They have steaks, seafood, etc.

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Maine Diner: Featured on "Diners, Drive-ins and DIves"

by m1nkey

This place was packed to the gills. The menu is large and has everything from simple sandwiches to steaks lobster and several unique creations. Our food came quickly and it was well prepared. This is a down home casual diner in every sense of the word. We plan to go back and try out some other dishes. My wife had the salmon pie and I had a grilled Reuben. Bot were beautifully prepared and delicious.

Hometown Buffet: Definately miss this one!

by m1nkey

I have never been more disappointed in a restaurant. This buffet restaurant had an international set up with tables set up with Mexican, Italian and other types of food. Overall I found the food to be bland, unseasoned, boring and about half of it was barely warm.The Mexican table did not have any tortillas, the Italian table had pizza and some noodles, and the rest of the tables were equally badly arranged. I would not recommend this place to anyone that actually likes food with flavor.

What is a lobster or clam shack?: I did not know before entering Maine

by PALLINA

Before leaving, I was said that Maine is famous for offering the best lobsters in the world. I was not said that the best place where to get them is a "shack". It is a sort of very well organized street vendor on a busy road with a tiny cooking area, a big bowl with still alive lobsters and tables for pic nic. You have to stay in a line, order what you would like (better as speedest as you can), pay (credit cards are accepted only in the biggest shack) and wait to be called. In the meantime, an alive lobster will be put in boiling water for 20 minutes more or less. You can order sodas as well but forget alchool. Actually I did not understand the reason of this rule. Anyway, you can bring your own beer or wines. Lobster price varies on market. Anyway we do not spend more of 20-25 USD each of us. One of my favourite shack was the one near Portland (see the proper tip) but every shack I...

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Gritty McDuff's Freeport: whoa, watch the nachos...

by richiecdisc

I was unimpressed with the Portland branch of this Portland institution but the Freeport one was much more friendly. The inside was much like its sister city pub but there was a great outside eating area and as you can see, on this glorious fall day, we took full advantage of it. It was a great place to go for lunch after a morning of shopping around Freeport's outlets. They have a fairly eclectic menu but we were not so hungry so we opted to share an order of nachos. The waiter assured it was enough for the two of us. Oh, and it was, it was....lol. It was one of the best plates of nachos I have ever had, seemed every chip had cheese and other goodies on it. At $8.50, it was a real bargain too. Washed down with a cask-conditioned Best Bitter, it was heavenly sitting outside in the sun. It was just a shame we found it on the day we were to drive to the White Mountains in New Hampshire....

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The Cabin: Great hoagies in Bath

by ChrisSheena

1 hr from Portland airport is the small town of Bath. Stop for lunch at the CABIN restaurant. There is a signpost for it on the road as you enter town and it is in the shadow of the (still functioning) steel works where ships are still constructed. The building is over 100 years old and has been a restaurant since 1986. They serve great pizzas and hoagies at reasonable prices. It’s low wooden beams and tables and wooden booth type benches give it the look of an old English pub. Maritime paintings and replica ships oil lanterns add to the naval ambience. Be aware that only cash or checks are accepted here (though there is an ATM on the property).

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Cafe Bluefish: Lobster Strudel

by ChrisSheena

The Café Bluefish in Bar Harbor is a very unpretentious restaurant. Frankly not much to look at from the outside and simple and homely inside. "Full of character" would be an apt description. Entering the restaurant is like entering someone's home - there are books and Trivial pursuit questions on the tables - which means you don’t have to engage in polite conversation ! Lobster Strudel is a must try – the recipe has been featured on the Food Network.

MC Perkins Cove: Lobster!

by german_eagle

Originally our friends had intended to just show us the village, but we happened to find parkings for the cars and so we decided to have lunch there in a highly recommended restaurant named MC Perkins Cove. It had opened only a half year ago or so (?) in a renovated old fisherman's house right by the ocean. The interior is modern with an all-glass front opening to the water offering spectacular ocean/coast views. The owners are also chefs of the "Arrows" restaurant in Ogunquit, one of the leading restaurants in America (as we were told). So, expectations were high and we were not disappointed. Staff was super nice and very attentive. While the whole lobster was not on the lunch menu our friends persuaded the staff into serving one for the German guest. Yay! So I had my first steamed whole Maine lobster with sweet potato fries ... absolutely fantastic. Eating the lobster was fun, fingers...

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J's Oyster Bar: Must have seafood on the wharf

by martikae

This is the best well known hole in the wall in Portland. Great food, great prices. The food at the "famous" restaurant next door is overpriced and flavorless. Every time I hit the Old Port for dinner, I go to J's. I always get delicious food, great service, and local "Mainahs" chatting me up. The BOUILLABAISSE!!! It is a big bowl full of mussels (in the shell) haddock, sea scallops, Jumbo shrimp(oxymoron) and oh yeah baby LOBSTAH. It's served over shell pasta in a sauce that is tomato/ butter something I don't know, but its incredible. At about 25$ It's the highest priced meal. If I wasn't going to get that, I'd spend less than 20 on a great meal, but I've just got to get the seafood indulgence.

Clay Hill Farm, Cape Neddick Maine: Casual dining elegance in Cape Neddick Maine

by NewEnglandEric

Clay Hill Farm in Cape Neddick Maine isn't your typical Maine seafood restaurant. It's more like a countryside dining spot loaded with rural New England charm -- yet it's just a few minutes to the ocean (Ogunquit). This elegant farmhouse features beautiful dining rooms with candle light, a piano player, outside her gardens and some of the freshest food we've sampled in New England. It's our favorite place to eat in the region. We had roasted duck with a blueberry sauce, an amazing lobster bisque with -- get a hold of this -- real lobster, and sea scallops with wine shallot cream! Simply phenomenal!

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Embassy Suites Hotel Portland  Portland

 4 Reviews and 167 Opinions  Worst experience ever !!! We booked Hilton Honors reward reservation- a non-smoking room with double... 

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Bar Harbor Inn  Bar Harbor

 7 Reviews and 495 Opinions  Our family has stayed here several times over the past 25 years, usually in the Ocean Front Lodge.... 

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Blackwoods Campground  Acadia National Park

 2 Reviews and 38 Opinions  Only one of 2 campgrounds actually in Acadia National Park, Blackwoods is really in the middle of it... 

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Restaurants: Cities in Maine
  1. Portland Restaurants
  2. Bar Harbor Restaurants
  3. Ogunquit Restaurants
  4. Acadia National Park Restaurants
  5. Kennebunkport Restaurants
  6. Old Orchard Beach Restaurants
  7. Bangor Restaurants
  8. York Beach Restaurants
  9. Vinalhaven Restaurants
  10. Baxter State Park Restaurants
  11. Kittery Restaurants
  12. Millinocket Restaurants
  13. Rockland Restaurants
  14. Boothbay Harbor Restaurants
  15. Cape Elizabeth Restaurants
  16. Mount Desert Island Restaurants
  17. Bethel Restaurants
  18. Blue Hill Restaurants
  19. Freeport Restaurants
  20. Lubec Restaurants
  21. Wells Restaurants
  22. Bath Restaurants
  23. Augusta Restaurants
  24. Cape Neddick Nubble Restaurants
  25. Raymond Restaurants
  26. Cranberry Isles Restaurants
  27. Ellsworth Restaurants
  28. Monhegan Island Restaurants
  29. Southwest Harbor Restaurants
  30. Belfast Restaurants
  31. Brunswick Restaurants
  32. Bingham Restaurants
  33. Fryeburg Restaurants
  34. Stonington Restaurants
  35. South Freeport Restaurants
  36. Machias Restaurants
  37. New Harbor Restaurants
  38. Northeast Harbor Restaurants
  39. Owls Head Restaurants
  40. Spruce Head Restaurants
  41. Casco Restaurants
  42. Orono Restaurants
  43. Presque Isle Restaurants
  44. Wells Beach Restaurants
  45. Norway Restaurants
  46. South Casco Restaurants
  47. Trenton Restaurants
  48. Waldoboro Restaurants
  49. Windham Center Restaurants
  50. Bucksport Restaurants
  51. Cape Porpoise Restaurants
  52. Calais Restaurants
  53. Cundys Harbor Restaurants
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A: I would highly recommend taking a look at Mt Desert Island. Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor are on the island, and while both can be busy, there are smaller, quieter... 

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