City guide

Where to eat in Atlantic City

57 hand-picked places in Atlantic City, chosen for people who are in town for something and have one night to get dinner right.

Open Atlantic City in THE SET LIST

Coming up in Atlantic City (14)

Top Tables in Atlantic City

Dock's Oyster House Oyster bar restaurant · $$$ · Atlantic Ave
Family-run since 1897 with a raw bar and a piano, the classiest dinner in AC and the locals' answer every single time.
2405 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Knife and Fork Inn Steak house · $$$$ · Atlantic & Pacific
A 1912 Flemish landmark and the oldest fine-dining room in AC, seafood and dry-aged steak over a legendary wine cellar.
3600 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Angeline by Michael Symon Restaurant · $$$$ · Borgata
Symon's Sicilian-American room at Borgata, the pork chop and the meatballs are what people order twice.
1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Italian in Atlantic City

Chef Vola's Italian restaurant · $$$ · S Albion Pl, basement BYOB
A James Beard America's Classic hidden under a house, phone-only reservations and a veal chop people plan trips around.
111 S Albion Pl, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Cafe 2825 Italian restaurant · $$$ · Atlantic Ave
Tableside mozzarella and old-school service since 1986, the Italian dinner locals book before tourists find it.
2825 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Girasole Italian restaurant · $$$ · Pacific Ave
Handmade pasta and wood-oven cooking in a tiled room off Pacific Ave, still the chef pick after all these years.
3108 Pacific Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Late Night in Atlantic City

Tony's Baltimore Grill Bar & grill · $ · Atlantic Ave
AC's oldest pizza joint with the kitchen firing until 3am and a barroom that never really closes.
2800 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Pizza Di Roma Pizza restaurant · $ · Atlantic Ave
Open 24 hours on Atlantic Ave, so the slice is there at 4am when everything else has gone dark.
1903 Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Ducktown Tavern & Liquors $ · Ducktown
Late-night Ducktown dive with a kitchen and a liquor store attached, where AC industry people land after shift.

Sandwiches in Atlantic City

White House Sub Shop $ · Arctic Ave
The sub that built the city, fresh-baked bread all day and walls of celebrity photos to prove the legend.
Sack O' Subs $ · Ventnor, 10 min
The other South Jersey sub legend, sharp Italian hoagies wrapped tight and a line that actually moves.
Formica's Bakery & Cafe $ · Arctic Ave, Ducktown
AC's century-old Italian bakery, hoagies on their own bread plus the pastry case, open early and closed by mid-afternoon.

Pizza in Atlantic City

Tony Boloney's $ · Oriental Ave, Inlet
The Inlet original famous for taco pizza and mad-scientist pies that landed it on every national best-of list, worth leaving the casino floor.
Chelsea Pizza $ · Atlantic Ave, Chelsea
Family-run corner shop doing big foldable Jersey slices, the everyday pizza AC actually eats.
Bocca Coal Fired Bistro Italian restaurant · $$ · Margate, 15 min
Coal-fired pies with charred bottoms down the island in Margate, worth the fifteen minutes off the boardwalk.
7805 Ventnor Ave, Margate City, NJ 08402