11 Best Restaurants in The Fundy Coast, New Brunswick

Seafood is an integral part of the home cooking at this casual and friendly motel restaurant overlooking Passamaquoddy Bay. The lobster roll is renowned, but you can't go wrong with other country-diner options like fresh panfried haddock, scallops, or the old-fashioned chicken dinners—baked chicken, stuffing, real gravy, mashed potatoes, veggies, and cranberry sauce.

This is a great little place for a quick bite or bistro meal in pleasant surroundings. There's a huge range of coffees and teas as well as hot chocolate, house-made lemonade, juice, wine and beer, and the open kitchen serves good crepes, pizzas, salads, sandwiches, and desserts.

A nice modern spot serving good East Coast coffee and food that includes soups, sandwiches, St-Viateur bagels, and house-made scones, date squares, and muffins. There are vegan options, too. On a nice day you can enjoy it all on the streetside patio.

This is a nice little café in the Dieppe area, serving 14 varieties of coffee, five unusual teas, hot chocolate, and hand-made soy milk. There are sweet treats, too, plus soups, sandwiches, and healthy lunches such as a quinoa salad. The café is warmed by a fireplace in winter, and there’s outdoor terrace seating in summer.

Right on the water's edge near the harbor, this restaurant in a beautifully restored building is a great spot for a casual meal, and the large covered deck makes it deservedly popular when the weather's right. The long menu focuses on seafood, such as lobster, sole almandine, and seafood casserole in a creamy sauce, but there also are steaks, chicken dishes, salads, and sandwiches, along with a children's menu.

Overlooking the bay with seating inside or out on a rustic deck, this 1926 former meetinghouse now houses a fine restaurant. Everything is top quality, from the simple but expertly produced lunchtime options—seafood chowder, sandwiches, frittata—to more substantial dinner selections such as traditional cedar-planked salmon with a ginger glaze, steak bavette with chipotle hollandaise sauce, or herb-crusted lamb loin chops.

Seafood, steaks, lamb, and veal share the menu with pasta and pizzas at this upbeat Italian restaurant where Old World flavors are showcased in a friendly setting. The large portions and the bread bar are almost as popular as the World Wine Cellar, so reservations are advised. .

Named after the Guinness brewery in Dublin, this is by no means your standard Irish-theme pub. The menu is wide-ranging, including mussels, oysters, and other interesting seafood dishes, as well as meat dishes such as bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin or chicken carbonara.

A relaxing meal with breathtaking harbor views (and fleece blankets available in case the wind comes up) on the outdoor deck of this friendly harborside eatery is the perfect way to end a day of whale-watching or craft shopping. The hearty seafood chowder will warm the heart and soul on a foggy Fundy night, and the lobster club sandwich is a favorite; there are also non-fish dishes on the menu such as steaks—and, of course, the house-made desserts.

The name of this classy gastropub is a fun play on words, referencing the proximity of Moncton's tidal bore and the seafood and boar on the menu, but it takes its food very seriously, earning a very loyal local following and a place on Maclean's Magazine's list of Canada's Top 50 restaurants. The menu includes upscale pub favorites and inventive combinations, and the drinks menu is long, focusing mainly on draught and bottled craft beers.