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True Chesapeake, Baltimore, MD

True Chesapeake

4.5 (676)
$31 to $50
Seafood
3300 Clipper Mill Rd, Ste 400, Baltimore, MD 21211-2332

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 16 times today
Experiences are available.

About this restaurant

  • Great for happy hour
  • Great for outdoor dining
  • Neighborhood gem
True Chesapeake is a Baltimore restaurant born of an oyster farm. Executive Chef Zack Mills creates a seasonal menu that showcases oysters from our farm in St. Jerome’s Creek, Southern Maryland — raw, roasted, and in signature dishes like Classic Rockefeller and French Onion Oysters. But, the oysters are just the beginning. Our award winning menu celebrates the bounty of the Chesapeake region by using locally sourced seafood, meat, and produce to create exquisite dishes that evolve with the seasons. Chef Mills has been featured extensively for his use of invasive seafood species, a very delicious way to help the Chesapeake Bay. Don't forget to order the Blue Crab and Bone Marrow dip or handmade pasta. We have an expertly curated wine list, beer selection, and cocktails - both classic and creative. Ample bar, high-top, and terrace seating available for walk-ins on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Seafood, Oyster Bar, Farm-to-table
  • Hours of operation
    Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–11:00 pm Brunch Sun 11:00 am–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Thu, Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
  • Phone number
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Executive chef
    Chef Zack Mills
  • Catering
    The True Chesapeake Oyster Co. team would love to chat with you about your next event! Please email us at events@truechesapeake.com to hear more about our options for your celebration.
  • Private party facilities
    The True Chesapeake Oyster Co. team would love to chat with you about your next event! Please email us at events@truechesapeake.com to hear more about our options for your celebration.
  • Neighborhood
    Hampden
  • Cross street
    The entrance is at the back of Whitehall Mill, off Clipper Mill Road.
  • Parking details
    You will find our restaurant (and plenty of parking) beneath the historic smokestack at Whitehall Mill.
  • Additional
    Beer, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Experiences

  • Baltimore Restaurant Week

    $45.00 per person

    Jul 25, 2025 - Aug 3, 2025
    Enjoy a special restaurant week menu for $45 per person. appetizer (choose one): Caesar salad farm greens salad spaghetti & clams entree (choose one): butter poached snakehead red wine braised beef sweet corn cavatelli dessert (choose one): peanut butter & chocolate pot de creme whoopie pie orange sorbet All guests at a table must order from either the Restaurant Week menu or the regular menu.

Offers

  • Tropical Tuesday

    Multiple dates available
    Tue - 5:00 PM - 8:45 PM
    Join us every Tuesday for a special menu of 12 tropical cocktails including The Deep End, Three Dots & A Dash, Singapore Sling, Pearl Diver, Mai Tai, Missionary's Downfall, and more!

    Tropical Tuesday Photo
  • Happy Hour

    Multiple dates available
    Sun - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM,Tue - Sat - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    We are proud to have been named Best Happy Hour in Baltimore by Baltimore Magazine! Join us at the bar and high-tops for Happy Hour every day except Monday from 5-7 PM. Enjoy $6 martinis, old fashioneds, and daiquiris, $6 wines by the glass, $5 draft beer, and $2 raw and roasted oysters. Cheers!

    Happy Hour Photo
  • Half-Price Wine Wednesdays

    Multiple dates available
    Wed - 5:00 PM - 8:45 PM
    HALF-PRICE WINE WEDNESDAYS 50% off select wine bottles!

    Half-Price Wine Wednesdays Photo

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What 676 people are saying

True Chesapeake reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.5
4.5 based on recent ratings
  • 4.5Food
  • 4.5Service
  • 4.7Ambience
  • 4.2Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • Baltimore

    Innovative

  • Baltimore

    Great for outdoor dining

  • Baltimore

    Seafood

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
True Chesapeake offers "excellent food and service" in a "beautiful setting" with "amazing" oysters and creative dishes. Guests appreciate the "attentive and friendly" staff and the "wonderful" dining experiences. While some reviews mention inconsistent service, the majority highlight the restaurant as a "top-tier" choice for seafood lovers.
676 Reviews
  1. Beth

    Unspecified1 review

    4.0

    Dined 2 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    We were fortunate to dine during restaurant week. The field greens salad was outstanding (who ever says that?), the sweet corn cavatelli was amazing, the red wine braised beef was divine, the orange sorbet was delicious and the strawberry rhubarb tart (a substitute for whoopie pie) was wonderful. We wanted to try the peanut butter and chocolate pot de crème, but they were out. Wait staff were hustling but we waited a very long time for our appetizers and another while for dessert. My (hot) tart arrived long before my husband’s sorbet and although I delayed to wait, I gave up to eat while it was still warm. My husband also found the wait for tea refills much too long. The value was excellent and I would definitely return.

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  2. Pam

    Baltimore / Maryland6 reviews

    5.0

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Portions were large and the food was great! Plan to go again.

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  3. chan

    Baltimore / Maryland1 review

    5.0

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent food and service, my guest was very pleased!

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  4. Tom VIP

    Baltimore / Maryland55 reviews

    5.0

    Dined 4 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    New menu items: the gazpacho was wonderful. Loved the cavatelli. Terrific red Burgundy from Francois Mikulski

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  5. Cherisse

    Baltimore / Maryland12 reviews

    3.0

    Dined on July 19, 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    My family and I visited to celebrate my dads birthday. They gave him a birthday card, which was a sweet gesture! However, we just weren’t too impressed with the food. I was particularly disappointed because I ordered the jumbo lump crab cake sandwich, which is $22 more than the lump crab cake ($24), almost double the price for a total of $46 for my sandwich and wedges. But as a Marylander, if I’m eating crab cakes I want jumbo lump! What I received was the mushiest jumbo lump crab cake I’ve ever had. I told the server I thought I got a lump crab cake by accident and all she did was check what she rung up (she didn’t check what was on my plate). I was really hungry so I ate it and I just kept telling myself maybe I’ll get to the jumbo lump but it honestly never happened. The outside looked jumbo lump but the inside was nothing but mush. I get crab cakes almost everywhere I go that offers them and I expected much more for this price point. My advice is don’t waste your money on the jumbo lump upgrade. Or rather, avoid the crab cakes all together. My son got the spaghetti (their version of Carbonara) and it was extremely salty and came with tons of chives on there, as did my husband’s oysters and it’s not mentioned in their menu. So it seems that they love tons of chives here so be sure to request none if you don’t like them. And their bourbon ice cream was incredibly delicious!! Tasted homemade and was enough to share. I may be back for happy hour and oysters because they have an amazing deal but I don’t think the food is worth my hike over here again.

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  6. Jerry

    Philadelphia County3 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on July 19, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The food was great. Our server, Z, was an 11 out of 10. Crab cakes and oysters were delicious.

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  7. Tom VIP

    Baltimore / Maryland55 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on July 19, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Best chicken sandwich in the world! Great salad to start and terrific wine list.

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  8. Miguel

    Baltimore / Maryland1 review

    5.0

    Dined on July 19, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great food, even better service in a beautiful setting.

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  9. jim VIP

    Baltimore / Maryland3 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on July 18, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We had an amazing meal. Staff was attentive and friendly.

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  10. Dorothy VIP

    Baltimore / Maryland66 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on July 15, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We have been eating at True Chesapeake Oyster since it opened and have never been disappointed. Last night was no exception, and in fact, superb. The chef cared for my pepper allergy by preparing a delicious softshell crab without any seasoning. Other outstanding foods were the scallops, the salads, the cavatelli, and the bone marrow and crab dip. And then the desserts - over the top. Plus, the wait staff, Elisa, was very capable and fun. And eating outside by the Jones Falls was the perfect spot for a perfect evening.

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FAQs

True Chesapeake offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (410) 913-6374.

True Chesapeake is rated 4.5 stars by 676 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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Make a reservation

2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 16 times today
Experiences are available.
Google Map for True Chesapeake

3300 Clipper Mill Rd, Ste 400, Baltimore, MD 21211-2332

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Cross street
    The entrance is at the back of Whitehall Mill, off Clipper Mill Road.
  • Neighborhood
    Hampden
  • Hours of operation
    Tue–Sat 5:00 pm–11:00 pm Brunch Sun 11:00 am–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Thu, Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Seafood, Oyster Bar, Farm-to-table
  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Parking details
    You will find our restaurant (and plenty of parking) beneath the historic smokestack at Whitehall Mill.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Chef Zack Mills
  • Additional
    Beer, BYO Wine, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Phone number
  • Catering
    The True Chesapeake Oyster Co. team would love to chat with you about your next event! Please email us at events@truechesapeake.com to hear more about our options for your celebration.
  • Private party facilities
    The True Chesapeake Oyster Co. team would love to chat with you about your next event! Please email us at events@truechesapeake.com to hear more about our options for your celebration.
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