Top Places to Eat in Yarmouth & Acadian Shores, Nova Scotia

Eat & Drink

Plan to bring your appetite when you arrive in the Yarmouth & Acadian Shores region. Discover an amazing foodie haven — a fusion of locally inspired, seafood and comfort food eateries alongside international flavours. A visit here will leave you hungry for more!

Locally Inspired Dining

Argyler Lodge & Restaurant
With a dining room boasting views over Lobster Bay, you can safely bet you’ll find plenty of fresh lobster as the key ingredient on the menu at the Argyler Lodge. Dine on seafood chowder or creamed lobster – a local favourite – or indulge in the comfort of lobster mac ‘n cheese or lobster poutine. For visitors staying here, breakfast is also available.

Wild Roots Restaurant
Taste your way through the delicious, handcrafted menus that are carefully curated with both seasonal ingredients and your taste buds in mind when you dine at Wild Roots Restaurant in Tusket. The thoughtful small menus offer enticing dishes for everyone.

Trout Point Lodge
Internationally recognized for its sustainability, Trout Point Lodge’s kitchen serves a luxurious breakfast, lunch (you can arrange a packed picnic lunch to take with you) and offers an unforgettable multi-course dinner experience (reservations required). Culinary classes with their Executive Chef or Sous Chef are also available for the culinary enthusiasts.

Breakfast & Brunch Faves

Start your day off right in Yarmouth & Acadian Shores with breakfast or brunch. Gale’s Eatery in the Rodd Grand Hotel is a popular place for the most important meal of the day.

Teeing off at the Yarmouth Golf Course? Fuel up before or after your tee time at Galley South located in the clubhouse. Right on Main Street in Yarmouth, the Old World Bakery & Deli has breakfast sandwiches and coffee if you need to eat and run.

Cafés and Bakeries

Whether you’re starting the day off slowly, or need a kickstart to your adventures, our cafes and bakeries will start the day off right. For tea lovers, Sip Café has an extensive menu of loose teas that pair well with their handmade sandwiches and sweets. Experience high tea, decadent sweets and specialty coffees at Blueberry Fields Bakery Café.

Studio Yarmouth Café & Gallery offers all sorts of baked goods along with sandwiches from Wild Roots Restaurant. Bailey’s Bakery Seafood & Grill not only boasts a large menu of baked goods, but also main meals, hot off the grill.

Acadian Favourites

Yarmouth & Acadian Shores are home to the largest population of Acadian people in Nova Scotia. Looking to indulge in some unique and traditional Acadian dishes? Try rappie pie, fricot and more at places like Café du Crique at Le Village Historique de la Nouvelle-Écosse (open seasonally), and the Red Cap Restaurant & Motel, both in Middle West Pubnico, along with La Cuisine Robicheau in Saulnierville.

Seafood, Fish & Chips and more

What a better way to bookend a day full of adventure than to sit down and enjoy a freshly-caught, delicious meal? For seafood fans, Yarmouth & Acadian Shores has plenty of active fishing communities that keep restaurants supplied with only the freshest catches of the day. If you are looking for seafood dishes like a hearty chowder, an order of fish and chips to pair with a local brew, or a place offering pasta dishes, burgers, steaks, salads, and more, you are sure to find a few options here:

The Dinner Plate
Seashore Restaurant
The Wheelhouse Seafood and Pasta
Rudder’s Seafood Restaurant & Brew Pub
Marco’s Grill & Pasta House
La Cuisine Robicheau’s food truck, Le Ptit Robicheau

International Flavours

Take a trip abroad without even leaving Nova Scotia when you visit these eateries:

The Shanty Café: a social enterprise business creating delicious food with a Cuban influence
Honey Bee’s Restaurant: Japanese & Korean fare along with ice cream
Charlene’s Kitchen: Indulge in homemade, authentic Filipino dishes
ICEWORKS Dairy & Espresso Bar: A sit-down café offering sushi, ramen, and bubble tea

Breweries and Distilleries

If you are a fan of craft beer, visit Rudder’s Seafood Restaurant & Brew Pub and Heritage Brewing Company in Yarmouth. Head to Tusket for speciality craft beer and tasty bites at Tusket Falls Brewing Company. Try locally distilled spirits at Boatskeg Distilling Company in Lower West Pubnico. Visit The Tipsy Gull, a micro distillery and cocktail bar in downtown Yarmouth.

Article created in partnership with the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia (RANS)