Best Restaurants Near Whale House Summer 2026 Southern Shore Dining Guide
The 7 Best Restaurants Near Whale House for Summer 2026 (Fresh Seafood, Ocean Views & Local Flavours)
Hand picked and curated. Your complete guide to the best places to eat near Whale House this summer.
1. Fork Restaurant – Walk 2 min
The foraging farm to table experts. Excellence in garden fresh salads, house made pasta, and seafood straight from the bay. The dish you see in the photo is muscovy duck breast with roasted barley and Tokyo turnip. It's making us hungry just looking at it! If you ask anyone about Fork Restaurant, they'll just go on and on about how delicious the food is. Looking for award winning internationally acclaimed Newfoundland fusion? You'll find exactly that at Fork. And if you're staying at Whale House, you can walk to Fork in 2 min directly from your suite. That means you can skip driving, spend more time stargazing from your hot tub, and have that extra cocktail. Guest favourites include seared scallops with celeriac purée, duck confit risotto, and the maple balsamic salmon.
2. The Captain’s Table – Drive 3 min
The Captains Table Restaurant just down the lane from Whale House is the legitimate winner of the World's Best Fish and Chips Award. They have the certificate proof hanging in their restaurant, and, as you can see from the photo, their fish and chips are no joke! Massive portions, hand cut fries, fresh cod, home made tartar sauce, stuffing, gravy, and a down home restaurant vibe that'll give you warm family vibes. Captains Table Restaurant is also known for delicious generous portion desserts, fast take away, and down home friendly staff. Some of the dishes our guests just die for include the classic fish & chips, seafood chowder, peas pudding, and the bountiful basket with shrimp and scallops.
3. Stone Ducky – Drive 13 min
Stone Ducky restaurant is in a fantastic location overlooking the water in Bay Bulls. It's a great spot to visit before or after any whale watching boat tour like Gatheralls Puffin Tours and Obriens Whale Tours. The restaurant is big and open with a massive outdoor deck overlooking the harbour. Whale House guests rave about their oceanfront creative pizzas, pasta, stone ducky burger, Carol Ann’s fried chicken burger, and the duck confit risotto.
4. Arbour Restaurant & Lounge – Drive 10 min
Love music, drinks, food, trivia, and social vibes? Arbour is every guest's go to upscale gastropub with craft cocktails, awesome events, local beer, and an excellent evening atmosphere. Good food. Good people. Good times. When we hear guests talking about Arbour, they often mention loving the chicken parm, sausage & mushroom campanelle, local seafood specials, trivia night, jamming acoustic performers, and tacos.
5. The Jigger – Drive 14 min
Feel hungry like you just came back from a day of fishing? Do you need a burger, fries, dressing, and gravy fix (if you're coming from the mainland and don't know what dressing is, that's the "thanksgiving stuffing" mixed in with the fries and gravy, and it's delicious). Guests also praise The Jigger's fish and chips, seafood chowder, and daily local catches.
6. Irish Loop Coffee House – Drive 5 min
Do you love a breakfast diner? Eggs Benedict lover? Want to drink endless coffee looking out over the ocean? Irish Loop Coffee House is every breakfast and coffee lover's dream. Perched on a hill overlooking Witless Bay, this classic Newfoundland breakfast joint will leave you perked up and satisfied. Whale House guests often can't shut up about their baked goods, fresh sandwiches, classic breakfast, perfect coffee, and chill coastal vibe. Irish Loop Coffee House our guest's go to breakfast cafe near the Witless Bay Marine Ecological Reserve.
7. Tim Hortons – Drive 10 min
It's true. Canadian's are known for only having one good arm in the morning because the other is holding a steaming hot gigantic cup of drip coffee. In Newfoundland, as throughout the rest of the country, Tim Hortons is the place to go for take out like hot and cold drinks, doughnuts, sandwiches, wraps, soups, and quick meals you can take to the beach. Good prices, fast service, and complete with a drive thru. In Newfoundland you're rarely far from a Tim Horton's. At Whale House, it's just 10 min away.
Are You Ready to Plan The Perfect Dining Weekend Near Whale House?
These seven options are our hand picked top restaurants to eat at near Whale House Guest House, and, as mentioned, they are in no particular order. All of the restaurants that made our Top 7 Best Restaurants Near Whale House list are fully worth visiting when exploring the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve and the Southern Shore region.