Outdoor Dining
The Atlantic City Boardwalk is a hotspot for outdoor dining and lively bars. Whether you’re out with friends, enjoying family time, or savoring a solo adventure, the city’s open-air eateries and drink spots offer a perfect way to spend the day or night. With stunning ocean views, live entertainment, great people-watching, and an array of delicious food and refreshing drinks in Atlantic City is always a treat. Check out some of the top outdoor dining and bar experiences below!
Boardwalk Fare
Boardwalk Fare at Steel Pier
Enjoy outside dining and everyone’s favorite foods. Food and drink for the whole family, from funnel cakes to dollar dogs, cheesesteaks and pizza. And don’t miss out on the ice cream, cotton candy and popcorn, we’ve got it all.
Hard Rock Beach Bar
Hard Rock Beach Bar at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City
Located on the warm, sandy beach overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the Beach Bar offers an unrivaled Atlantic City experience.
Closed for the season.
Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City
The familiar comforts of Hard Rock’s menu, along with the unbeatable scenery of the Boardwalk and everything beyond it, all make for the perfect place to greet—or end—another day in Atlantic City.
Landshark Bar & Grille
Landshark at Resorts Casino & Hotel.
Inspired by the great “beach joints” that once dotted the Atlantic Coast, the venue features retractable walls to provide spectacular views of the ocean and places guests in the center of the action on the beach and Boardwalk. Inside, guests will find surfing artifacts to honor the great Atlantic City surfing tradition.
Margaritaville
Margaritaville at Resorts Casino & Hotel.
Enjoy the nightlife at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. The restaurant features a stage for nightly live entertainment, a tiki bar and Buffett-inspired accent pieces throughout including a giant blender at the restaurant’s entrance. A seasonal exterior deck on the Boardwalk will allow guests to enjoy alfresco dining or a drink topped off with a gentle ocean breeze.
Rhythm & Spirits
Rhythm & Spirits is located right off the boardwalk on the beach block of Tennessee Avenue. They offer inspired Italian food, pizza and cocktails. It’s the perfect spot to bring a date or celebrate a special occasion. Dine inside or outside.
Steel Pier Nightlife
Take a walk down the boardwalk and stop into either one of Steel Pier’s four bars.
Steel Pier Pub and The Crab House are located in the front of the pier, where you can listen to Live Music and watch the boardwalk stroll past you. The Wheel Bar is located on the wheel deck where you can grab a drink and take it on The Wheel. Work your way back to the Ocean Reef Oasis Bar where you can enjoy a drink or host a party 1000 feet over the ocean. The Ocean Reef Oasis Bar boasts 360 degree views of the Atlantic Ocean and Atlantic City Skyline.
Sugar Factory
Sugar Factory at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City
“The Most Instagrammed Restaurant in the United States” is making its Hard Rock debut in Atlantic City with its floor-to-ceiling candy wall, making this hyper-sweet eatery the perfect place for families to celebrate any occasion.
Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall
Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall is located right off the boardwalk and offers an award winning gastropub menu, 40 plus craft beers on tap and many more in cans and bottles. The Beer Hall opened in November 2018 and was nationally recognized by USA Today in March 2020 as the 6th best Beer Bar in the country. They offer inside and outside dining and have an enormous family friendly Beer Yard. Live music is offered every Friday & Saturday night.
Wet Willie’s
Wet Willie’s at Resorts Casino & Hotel.
Specializing in and dedicated to bringing you the world’s greatest daiquiris. Since opening in 1990, we have served guests and provided internet retail sales to customers from all 50 states and numerous foreign countries.