8 editor picks in Providence.
Providence sits at the head of Narragansett Bay, and its seafood ranges from white-tablecloth rooms to fish-market shacks. Hemenway's on the Providence River downtown reopened in March 2025 after a refresh, while Ben Sukle and Bethany Caliaro's Oberlin on Westminster works a more contemporary raw-bar and pasta menu. In Fox Point, the Gillespies' Dune Brothers runs a fish market and sit-down room.
8 seafood places in Providence we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Providence · Seafood across every city.
Order Whichever pasta is being run that night and a half-dozen Rhode Island oysters.
Ben Sukle and Bethany Caliaro's Oberlin on Westminster runs hand-rolled pastas and a small raw bar.
Order The shellfish platter from the raw bar plus a one-and-a-quarter pound Maine lobster.
Hemenway's on the Providence River reopened March 5, 2025 after a refresh of the bar, raw bar and lobster tanks.
Order Half a dozen New England oysters from the raw bar, then the grilled Caesar and steak frites.
Tom and Natalie Dennen's Bayberry Garden in the Innovation District has a plant-filled dining room, sustainable raw bar, and a Pedestrian Bridge patio.
Order The fish sandwich and a side of fries; whatever local fish is on the chalkboard.
Nicholas and Monica Gillespie's Dune Brothers built a Fox Point fish market, sit-down room and takeout window on Ives Street in 2024.
Order An oyster flight across the nine Rhode Island growing regions; the kitchen's seasonal raw bar plates.
Ben Sukle's downtown raw bar where 2025 James Beard winner Sky Haneul Kim cooked until October 2025; new menu under Sukle and John Robinson.
Order Whichever pasta is being run that night and a half-dozen Rhode Island oysters.
Ben Sukle and Bethany Caliaro's Oberlin on Westminster runs hand-rolled pastas and a small raw bar.
Order The shellfish platter from the raw bar plus a one-and-a-quarter pound Maine lobster.
Hemenway's reopened March 5, 2025 after a refresh of the bar, raw bar and lobster tanks.
Try Brick-oven flatbreads, raw bar
The Providence G rooftop runs DJ nights to 02:00 on weekends with the kitchen open for flatbreads and raw bar.
