4 Best Restaurants in South County, Rhode Island

This restaurant defies its strip mall location with a bright interior design soaked in natural light and a high-fenced courtyard for warm-weather dining. Coast-inspired comfort food like fish and chips occupies the menu alongside fish tacos, short-rib grilled cheese, and a savory salmon gyro; oysters—on the half-shell or Rockefeller—are harvested in nearby Watch Hill.

Lunch or dinner on the deck or patio at this Wickford restaurant is an essential part of a visit to North Kingstown's most scenic village. Watch fish swim and ducks paddle into the cove as you dine on Greek-inspired pizzas and sandwiches, salads and seafood entrees, or shared plates of mussels, calamari served Rhode Island or Asian-style, and stuffed Quahog clams. In a town that's sometimes a little too quiet at night, the tavern's patio bar is one of the better places to grab a drink and some local gossip.

Close to Narragansett Town Beach, this welcoming place emphasizes seafood, classic comfort food favorites like shaved steak sandwiches and shepherd's pie, and artisanal pizzas. The festive patio is where you'll want to be on a bright day, sipping summer flavors like watermelon, cucumber, and peach mixed into refreshingly creative cocktails.