Diners' Choice: Best Service restaurants in New Hampshire

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Updated January 05, 2025

Looking for restaurants with the best service in New Hampshire? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

The Carriage House

4.9

4.9 (887)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Rye

About the restaurant

The Carriage House, an oceanfront, modern New England restaurant and raw bar, is open at 2263 Ocean Boulevard on scenic Rye Beach, New Hampshire. Committed to honoring the restaurant’s rich traditions rooted in hospitality. Join us for dinner Tuesday through Saturday, sip a cocktail by our working fireplace, or take in the ocean views!

Top review

ThomasVIP

Dined 4 days ago

Service is always excellent and very accommodating

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4.9

4.9 (297)

$30 and under

Italian

Amherst

About the restaurant

PastAmore is a restaurant serving Italian cuisine, deserts and salads. The restaurant takes reservations, offers take-outs and also provides catering services. The normal attire here is casual, with the ambience being classy, and the noise level has been rated as quiet during peak hours. It is a good place to visit with kids or large groups for dinner and there is also a private parking lot with bike parking and wheelchair accessibility here as well. PastAmore has a full alcohol bar and the interior of the restaurant is trendy and spacious.

The menu at PastAmore consists of Italian classic dishes such as the Veal Saltimboca, pasta, pizzas, and spaghetti. The restaurant was established in 2001 and the waiting staff is extremely friendly, and efficient in taking orders.

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CraigVIP

Dined 2 days ago

Great service, great food, but it is a little on the loud side but not horrible.

Hanover Street Chophouse

4.8

4.8 (4064)

$31 to $50

Steak

Manchester

About the restaurant

We are committed to serving food that will be creative, yet “classic,” service that will be impeccable but not intimidating, in an ambiance that will be elegant, yet comfortable and inviting, ensuring a dining experience that will be extraordinary and memorable!

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JeffreyVIP

Dined 2 days ago

Kirsten behind the bar always delivers great cocktails and greater service.

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4.9

4.9 (4774)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Manchester

About the restaurant

Cotton features the cooking of award-winning chef/author/owner Jeffrey Paige. Located in Manchester's Historic Millyard District, Cotton is known for exceptional farm to table comfort food, friendly yet professional service, and an inviting, casual upscale atmosphere. It's the place the New York Times calls hip, named one of the best neighborhood restaurants in the Northeast by Bon Appetit Magazine and holds the distinct honor of Best Martinis in New Hampshire year after year by NH Magazine and The Union Leader.

RESERVATIONS:
Patio dining is available April through October. To request a patio table please note this when you make your reservation. Weather permitting, we will call early afternoon the day of your reservation to confirm if patio seating is available. We cannot guarantee specific seating at this time but we always do our best.

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Liz

Dined 1 day ago

Romantic, quiet, great lighting, service, food. LOVE THIS PLACE!

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Popular dish

Pan-Seared Scallops

Popular dish

Almond-Crusted Turkey Schnitzel

Popular dish

Buttermilk Herb Fried Chicken

Adair Country Inn & Restaurant

4.7

4.7 (425)

$31 to $50

American

Bethlehem

About the restaurant

The Adair Country Inn was built in 1927 and sits on a 200-acre grand estate with views of the surrounding White Mountains. This former private residence offers intimate and casual dining indoors all year, plus patio dining during the summer. Curbside pickup is available as well. Open Wed thru Sun from 5 to 9 pm.

Enjoy Executive Chef Steve Learned's exquisite cuisine. Made with the freshest ingredients and artfully presented. We welcome guests of the Inn, visitors to the area and local friends and family to enjoy New England Style cuisine.

Relaxing ambiance in a casual elegant atmosphere. Many birthdays and anniversaries have been celebrated at Adair Country Inn & Restaurant and the uncompromising attention to detail with highly personalized, warm service makes every celebration special.

The dinner menu is complimented by a carefully selected wine list, fine selection of beers and a wide variety of cocktails and seasonal specialties.

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keithVIP

Dined on Jan 4, 2025

The Adair restaurant itself is very nice. Now I'm going to be honest & a little critical. We were here last just after Columbus Day weekend the weekend after. It's only just pretty much gone for that part. The food then was considerably better than it was this time they have a new chef now and I think he's still as they say cutting his teeth. Richard had hope for the osso bucco and they ran out which well that can happen so you just deal with it. We both started with the seafood chowder this was excellent this to me was the best thing of the entire meal. Lots of seafood mostly fish. Great flavor brothy rather than way too much cream. Chowders over the last 30 or 40 years have become a different animal compared to what they used to be. Most places are so thick you could stand a spoon up in it and that's because they use way too much Roux. A lot of room is a good way of hiding the fact you actually don't have much seafood in the chowder. You put in whatever seafood base, a tiny bit of seafood and then a lot of roux & a lot of cream. Not the way it should be. But at Adair the restaurant chowder was excellent. The way a chowder should be. We then split the house salad which was really good very fresh just the right amount of dressing really tasty. For our mains I had the salmon which came with a pesto rice. I'm not a big fan of rice anyway but you know that's what was included with the meal. The salmon was good A little overcooked, which I'm generally okay with. It definitely could have used a little bit more of a sauce on top. No Richard ordered the pork ribeye. Now people need to understand this is not a ribeye like you get with a steak this is basically a loin chop. It can be done either bone in or no bone this was no bone. The meat was good, but needed more sauce. I recommend a chutney. Desserts were okay but not over the top. I think they just need to fine-tune things a little bit.

La Maison Navarre

4.9

4.9 (184)

$30 and under

French

Portsmouth

About the restaurant

Located in the heart of Portsmouth near the Music Hall and Jimmys Jazz Club.
MN Wine Bar at the Mezzanine offers a casual chic French experience : drink wine selected with care, cold cuts, pâtés and cheeses from France, and spend a beautiful moment as if you were in the middle of Paris.
Our Menu changes with the season and is made with care by our Chef with local and imported product.

Dinner Signature dish include make your own boards of cheeses and charcuterie, Steak Frites, Halibut and Ratatouille, Coq au Vin, Duck Confit, Raclette, Tartiflette, Crepe Suzette, Mousse au Chocolat, Profiterole,...

Brunch Signature dish include Cocottes, Tartine, Sweet Waffles, Savory Waffles, Omelette, Pain Perdu, Oeuf à la Coque, Panier de Viennoiserie, ....

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Stephanie

Dined 3 days ago

Great French cuisine and elevated but casual atmosphere! Great spot for a gals dinner!

Cure Restaurant

4.9

4.9 (1345)

$31 to $50

American

Portsmouth

About the restaurant

Cure is located at the corner of State and Penhallow Streets in historic downtown Portsmouth, NH. We are within walking distance of Prescott Park, Strawberry Bank, Seacoast Repertory Theatre and Portsmouth Music Hall.
Our restaurant offers American Bistro cuisine, in a fine dining environment, at affordable prices. Cure is a great place for friends to meet, business functions, and romantic dining .

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Dara

Dined 5 days ago

We enjoyed every bite of our dinner at Cure. Flavor, presentation, variety and service were all on point. We especially enjoyed the blue cheese stuffed dates and crab cake appetizers and the lobster bisque to start followed by the lobster mac & cheese, salmon, duck and the pork chop entrees. We topped off the meal by sharing the flourless chocolate torte with peanut butter sauce. Yummy! We had soft drinks only, no alcohol. The bill with tip for 4 of us came to around $325. Our server was friendly and attentive.

Tinos

4.9

4.9 (977)

$31 to $50

Mediterranean

Hampton

About the restaurant

Located in Hampton, NH, brings Mediterranean flavors to the Seacoast. Our menu highlights fresh, seasonal ingredients with house-made pasta, wood-grilled steaks, and locally sourced seafood.

The bar features handcrafted cocktails, an expertly chosen wine list, and local brews. Whether you're out for a casual night or an elevated meal, Tinos offers a welcoming atmosphere. Enjoy our warm, contemporary dining room or relax on the four-season patio with heaters, retractable screens, and a fire pit.

For a unique experience, try our Chef’s Table and enjoy a custom, multi-course meal prepared just for you.

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RalphVIP

Dined 2 days ago

We had an incredible dining experience. Our seat gave us a great view of the kitchen and chefs. Our server / bartender, Will, paced our food exactly as we requested and did a superior job taking care of us. While it is a bit of a drive for us we are excited to return. If you haven't tried Tino's you really should. Ask for Will.

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4.8

4.8 (884)

$30 and under

Comfort Food

Manchester

About the restaurant

The Crown Tavern will be the perfect spot to unwind and savor the end of the day. Located in the heart of Manchester’s central downtown, The Crown is a place where you'll come to relax with friends, grab a drink, share some tasty bites, and enjoy the night as it unfolds.

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Cheryl

Dined on Jan 9, 2025

Service was excellent at the bar and at the table. Very attentive. Steak cooked to perfection. Been a few years since last visit. Will want to revisit more often.

Granita Enoteca

4.7

4.7 (757)

$50 and over

Italian

Keene

About the restaurant

At Granita, we offer Italian-inspired cuisine in a casual-fun dining environment. We carefully craft unique recipes to express Granita’s focus on quality, creativity, and beautiful presentation. We are very proud to support our local farmers to produce the best ingredients.

Our award winning international wine list offers a selection of wines to give our guests the ability to explore small producers and culturally significant wineries. It highlights some of the best and most iconic classic regions worldwide.

Our cocktail program is designed to work with current menus and unique styles to modernize classic cocktails. Our cocktails change seasonally with our dining menus.

We strive to share our love of food, drink and service right here in the heart of Keene.

Free parking after 5:00pm in parking garage directly across from restaurant

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Natalie

Dined 7 days ago

Amazing food, great atmosphere and very romantic for couples!

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Popular dish

Gnocchi ai Funghi

Popular dish

Pappardelle con Bolognese

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