51 Best Restaurants in New Brunswick, Canada

This little restaurant serves authentic French cuisine—the chef is from France—on a well-balanced menu based on organic and natural ingredients. The menu changes with the season, but if you're looking for a classic escargots à la bourguignonne (snails in garlic butter) or local specialties like Magdalen Islands charcuterie or scallops, you won't be disappointed.

If you shy away from Thai food because of its reputation for spicy hotness, do not hesitate to try this stylish restaurant that caters to all tastes and will prepare your pad thai to match your preference for heat, or lack thereof. Thai stir-fries, noodle dishes, and curries, many featuring ginger and coconut, share the menu with both mild and fiery Indian dishes, and are enjoyed indoors or on the patio.

You won’t find a better cup of coffee in the city than at this cool spot, where photography exhibitions and live music on some evenings add to the enjoyment. Even the craft pottery mugs that your coffee comes in reflect the café’s dedication to creativity in all its forms. 

Delicious and authentic Indian cuisine is expertly cooked and artistically presented here and gets rave reviews. The long menu includes vegetarian and vegan dishes as well as chicken, beef, lamb, and seafood---all prepared using traditional recipes, with varying degrees of spiciness. 

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, flank steak with chipotle hollandaise sauce, or herb-crusted lamb loin chops.

Open for snacks, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with brunch available on weekends, this is an upscale casual spot for a bite to eat during a scenic drive along the St. John River via Route 105. 

While the menu offers plenty of traditional pub grub—ribs, juicy burgers, potato skins, wings—to go perfectly with a selection of local beers, the Painted Pony also offers more upscale mains, and everything that comes out of the kitchen is delicious. This place is a firm favorite with locals.

From the colorful, spacious interior, hung with local art, the open kitchen reveals enthusiastic chefs in action, preparing the interesting combinations of flavors, as in the lemon meringue salmon, with lemon, Parmesan, and chive aioli; or New York–style steak with a sriracha caramel glaze. The vegetarian option might be an oriental treatment of sautéed vegetables, tofu, and noodles, while lunch focuses on creative sandwiches, panini, stir-fries, and naan pizzas; brunch is served on Saturday.

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. .

In this innovative little restaurant where everything is cooked to order (so be prepared to wait—it's worth it), the talented chef's commitment to locally sourced ingredients might extend to delicacies foraged from the wild by dedicated staffers. Hand-crafted snacks, available throughout the day, offer an irresistible temptation to return after 5:30 to dine on dishes such as pan-seared tenderloin and molasses-butter-poached mushrooms.

Specializing in charcuterie, grazing boards, and beautifully prepared seafood, this popular restaurant is perfect for a special night out. Housed in a carefully restored heritage home, this spot is also known for fabulous cocktails and has a range of local wines to sample. 

Stepping through the doors of this restaurant housed inside a pretty standard-looking hotel is to be transported into a sexy, contemporary Italian restaurant that serves excellent pasta dishes and steaks. Seasonal, local ingredients are used where possible, and starters such as crab and lobster arancini (fried risotto balls) showcase seafood in interesting ways. 

The restaurant in the Delta Hotel has views across the poolside patio to the St. John River, knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff, and a nice atmosphere. Specializing in barbecue, the kitchen turns out delicious dishes like smoked pulled pork with a maple spice rub, bacon-wrapped tenderloin, and house-made bratwurst. 

This modest restaurant with a colorful atmosphere—ornamental parrots rule in the dining room—is a slice of home for the former Guatemalan refugees, now proud Canadian citizens, who run it as a worker's co-op. On a menu that ranges from vegetarian quesadillas to Tequila Cactus Pork to Paella, Guatemalan, Mexican, and Spanish recipes are authentically seasoned with garlic, mint, coriander, and cilantro; the pepian (beef stew) and the garlic shrimp are standout options.

Head here for refreshing made-to-order lemonade and small-batch locally made ice cream. Yes, the owner Tom is very tall!

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. The menu includes upscale pub favorites and inventive combinations, and the drinks menu is long, focusing mainly on draught and bottled craft beers.

Cool yet pleasingly unpretentious, this downtown eatery gets rave reviews from an eclectic mix of businesspeople, shoppers, students, and city visitors. The menu features classic deli fare, including sandwiches piled high with interesting combinations of fillings, hearty soups, imaginative salads, and comfort food such as mac and cheese and flavorsome coconut curry chicken.

Even if you don’t go for the gambling, it’s worth going to the Grey Rock Casino’s Valley View Restaurant for dinner. The lengthy menu, which changes with the seasons, ranges from fast food to filet mignon to vegetarian stir-fries and much more, and prices are very reasonable. The location of the restaurant above the casino floor means you can watch the action below while you eat.

As the name suggests, this is a great choice for vegetarians and vegans, but it's popular with nonvegetarians, too, particularly for the beautifully presented and tasty salads—many people come specifically for the incredible carrot cake. Beverages include vegan wines and beer from local microbreweries.

This upscale steak house has long been a Moncton favorite, offering a memorable, pampering dining experience without being stuffy. Menus feature seasonal ingredients from land and sea, and some vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers come from the hotel's roof garden, which also supplies honey from its working beehives.

This restaurant on the village square in Dorchester was built in 1811 as a stagecoach stop and is reputed to be the oldest stone structure in New Brunswick. Wander through the three dining rooms while you wait for an old-fashioned, delicious roast turkey dinner or one of the other comfort-food selections. Soups, salads, sandwiches, brunch items, and light meals are also available, and there's a children's menu. The inn is not licensed for alcohol.