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Where to eat in Kingston, NH
3 local favorites in Kingston, NH, picked from best-of lists, local press and reviews. Updated Fri, Oct 9.
Local favorites in Kingston
Fine dining · $$$
Kingston 1686 House
127 Main St, Kingston(603) 642-3637
Special-occasion restaurant inside a colonial-era house on Main Street, serving classic dinners like rack of lamb and filet mignon.
Known for rack of lamb, filet mignon
Pub · $$
Carriage Towne Bar & Grille
53 Church St, Kingston(603) 642-4481
Friendly bar and grille on Church Street with a broad menu of pasta, salads and pub plates, open daily for lunch and dinner.
Known for pasta and Cobb salad
Gastropub · $$
Rick's Food & Spirits
143 Main St, KingstonWebsite(603) 347-5287
Tavern-style gastropub with a seasonal menu, New England craft beer and cocktails, known for its burgers, sliders and Buffalo chicken rangoons.
Known for burgers and craft cocktails
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Nearby favorites
BBQ · $$ · Brentwood · 3 mi away
Goody Cole's Smokehouse
374 Route 125, BrentwoodWebsite(603) 679-8898
A Route 125 barbecue joint known for Texas-style brisket, ribs, and pulled pork plates with cornbread and house sauces.
Known for Texas-style brisket
Pizza · $$ · Fremont · 6 mi away
Fremont Pizzeria & Restaurant
Fremont's hometown pizzeria and family restaurant on Main Street, serving pizza, chicken parm and a popular weekend prime rib.
Known for weekend prime rib, pizza
New American · $$$ · Exeter · 6 mi away
Epoch Gastropub
90 Front St, ExeterWebsite(603) 778-3762
The restaurant inside the Exeter Inn, serving refined pub plates, steaks, and cocktails in a historic brick setting.
Known for upscale pub dinners
Irish pub · $$ · Epping · 7 mi away
Holy Grail Restaurant & Pub
64 Main St, EppingWebsite(603) 679-9559
An Irish pub set inside a converted 1800s church, voted New Hampshire's best Irish pub in Best of NH 2026.
Known for pub fare in a former church
Lao & Thai · $$ · Plaistow · 7 mi away
SaNouk's Lao & Thai Eats
5 Plaistow Rd, Unit E, Plaistow
Small Lao and Thai kitchen on Route 125 praised for crab rangoon, pad see ew, drunken noodles and beef pho.
Known for crab rangoon, drunken noodles
Italian · $$ · Hampstead · 8 mi away
Pasta Loft 2
220 Main St, Hampstead(603) 378-0092
Casual Italian-American restaurant on Main Street serving pasta, eggplant and chicken parm, and prime rib on weekends.
Known for weekend prime rib, pasta
Pub · $$ · Atkinson · 8 mi away
Merrill's Tavern
85 Country Club Dr, Atkinson(603) 362-8700
Casual tavern at Atkinson Resort & Country Club serving prime rib, steak tips and pub plates; one of the few sit-down spots in town.
Known for prime rib and steak tips
American · $$ · Raymond · 10 mi away
Tuckaway Tavern & Butchery
58 Route 27, RaymondWebsite(603) 244-2431
Big tavern with its own butcher shop and market, grinding ribeye and tenderloin in-house for burgers, from a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives chef.
Known for house-ground burgers