Best Seafood

Seafood / Lobster · Rye

Tiny lobster shack at Rye Harbor delivering claw-packed chowder and a killer hot lobster roll.

Seafood · North Hampton

Everything you want in a New England lobster roll — fresh claw and knuckle meat, solid all around.

Seafood · Rye

One of the best lobster rolls in the area and worth every dollar.

Seafood · Rye

A hot jumbo lobster roll loaded with claw meat and seriously crispy fries.

Fried Clams / Seafood · Essex

Famous fried clams tie Essex Seafood at 8.6 — crispy and great, just a touch chewy.

Seafood · Essex

Crispy, melt-in-your-mouth fried clams that beat the Clam Box.

Seafood · Seabrook

Crispy whole belly clams and killer onion rings at this 1948 Seabrook staple.

Seafood · Epping

Solid fried scallops and killer thin-batter onion rings — just skip the lobster roll.

Fried Seafood · Essex

Crispy fried clams with killer tartar, better than Clam Box but Essex Seafood edges it.

Seafood · Dover

Nostalgic Dover seafood spot with big, flavorful scallops. Ask for them extra crispy.

Fried Seafood · Ipswich

Crispy, light-battered fried clams that melt in your mouth—just wildly overpriced.

Seafood · Kittery

Iconic Kittery seafood spot that still delivers on the baked stuffed shrimp.

Seafood · North Hampton

Fresh, sweet lobster roll that lets the lobster speak — but wildly overpriced.