This boardwalk (@15th) located Italian restaurant served us one VERY fine meal. Service excellent- timely and anticipated our needs- food was wonderful - best garlic bread EVER - located in basement of a hotel, they may be forced to move someday but for now (april 2026) don't miss this one. reasonable prices and a fine experience. read more

Veal Parmesan was a breaded ground up veal hamburger covered with over cooked sauce and pasta. The salad was soggy and was definitely from the day before. Ivy our waitress dropped off the salad bowl and walked away. We had to wait until she returned to get plates for the salads. Seriously for $80 we thought they would have authentic Italian food. Olive Garden is a 5 star restaurant compared to here. We arrived when the restaurant first opened. read more

July 2025 | This Place Never Misses Chicken Piccata. Chicken Marsala. Unlimited bread and salad. See photos for reference. Everything hit the mark, just like last year. Full bellies, boardwalk strolls, it's tradition now. See you in 2026. read more

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Homemade food that is always delicious. Great service as well. Recommend Highly!! This is a must for us every time we visit Ocean City.

Nice portions and views on the beach. Everyone enjoyed their food and the restaurant let us close it down.

DaVinchi's By the Sea offers traditional Italian Cuisine in an unpretentious, family owned place located on the Boardwalk at 15th Street. The Restaurant is located inside of the Harrison Hall Hotel, which you can access via the Hotel or right off the Boardwalk. Our group arrived separately near closing time, but the staff were nonplussed. Our Server was a delightful person who had only recently joined Team DaVinchi's. Jennifer was full of personality and helpful suggestions on the menu. We started with a round of drinks, Woodford Reserve, Makers Mark, Cabernet and a Cosmopolitan (admittedly the Cosmo seemed to be a bit short on the Cranberry Juice). Shared a tasty Garlic Shrimp appetizer with generous amounts of garlic white wine butter. I enjoyed my shrimp with the fresh hot, Italian bread with garlic butter that is served to start things off. The Italian salad served family style comes with homemade dressing that DaVinchi's is extremely proud of. The salad was incredibly fresh and delicious. I cannot express to you how wonderful it is! I had two helpings--Gustoso. Ta-da! We sampled: Lasagne, Flounder (Catch of the Day), Veal Parmigiana & Calamari Marinara. We had a couple special requests and all were accommodated perfectly. DaVinchi's turned out to be lots of fun, with superb service and delizioso food. No white table cloths but the food is the Star. Thanks again Jennifer, you are the BEST! read more

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I love Italian and had a short window of opportunity to grab some lobster ravioli, wine and a single cannoli. I sat at the bar (no reservation) and the bartender was working her arse off. She managed to attend to me while serving drinks by her lonesome for the rest of the restaurant. I enjoyed dropping by for my Italian fix! read more

Davinci's By the Sea - Easy choice: Italian! - Italian Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland

Worth the money to go here for a nice dinner if you like Italian food . 2 favorite dishes to suggest: muscles with spaghetti. and the cheese tortellini read more

If you have the option to come here or to Olive Garden, choose Olive Garden. The bread was good and that was about it. But I'll tell you one thing for sure those Olive Garden breadsticks are 10 times better. read more

I came here last night while visiting my parents for the weekend and we had the absolute best time! The restaurant was recommended by family members who vacation in OC every summer. The ambiance was cozy and clean with a welcoming hostess. I ordered the Italian margarita and it was quite honestly the most delicious cocktail I may have ever had. Perfect. My dad ordered one after tasting how good it was. Next, the unlimited salad and bread was a great touch with delicious dressing and herbed butter. We had to order a second round. All three of us were in the mood for eggplant Parmesan which had a fresh roasted flavor and a delicious chunky marinara sauce. We were so full we skipped dessert and shared a High Roller orange martini in place of dessert. Also a phenomenal cocktail. After reading the other reviews, I do feel the cocktails have not received enough attention they deserve! (And at a great price) Five stars also to our service. Our waiter Colin was friendly and attentive. And the owner stopped by to check on how we were doing as well. This place is a must-stop in OC! read more

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Service and food were both great! Generous portions. Indoor and outdoor seating. Definitely would eat there again next vacation.

Good not great. Food was good and portion sizes were good. The service was good as well, but we came in extremely early. I'm not sure how the restaurant fairs when it is full. read more

UPDATE: We had not been going to Davinci's over the past couple years, due to our last bad experience... But, thank heavens above, they are under new management, since around the Covid time! The management was wonderful, the food was absolutely better than ever, and everything was WONDERFUL!!! We 100% recommend going here now! 10 out of 10 stars!!!! read more

Service and location was good. All our dishes were just ok- bland with little taste. Overpriced for the portion sizes but I get that due to the location. read more

I am intimately acquainted with this restaurant, and I have always found the food entirely palatable, however, it could be a little better for the prices charged. The food is, at a minimum, sufficient in terms of quality and variety, and some of the entrees are quite good. The waiters and waitresses always appear to make a good effort, and Levi is their best current waiter. The interior of the restaurant is a little bit dark, but it all works nonetheless. My primary concern has always been the restrooms. They are usually filthy, and are used, to my almost certain knowledge, by the cooks, the wait staff, the restaurant's customers, the hotel's staff, and people on the boardwalk who are aware of their presence and have easy access to them via a basement entrance into the hotel. The restrooms are truck stop quality pits, and their appearance gives me concern about the safety of the food in this establishment. Before you sit down to order, go take a peek at them. If you don't have second thoughts afterward, you're a brave diner indeed. My guess is your menu will be left behind floating on the wind, a breeze created by the speed of your departure. read more

Been wanting to try this place for years, but never have. Very disappointing. By far the worst food ever! The garlic butter shrimp was absolutely disgusting. The shrimp was rancid, the butter sauce was thick and coagulated, and there was a piece of plastic packaging I had to spit out! The bread was raw and stale tasting, the salad dressing had zero flavor. The meatballs were ice cold like they had just been defrosted. Our pasta dishes tasted freezer burnt and bad, tortellini and ravioli. We made it clear to our server that the food was not good. I would have expected a manager or someone to come out and apologize, but nothing! All we got was a free $4 cannoli and the shrimp removed from the bill. And the worst part was as soon as I got home I vomited and felt like I had a terrible stomach virus! Not sure how this place has survived for 46 years. It's a-shame they take up such prime real estate on the boardwalk. read more

The restaurant was following what seemed safe COVID precautions. However, the food itself was very disappointing. We ordered the crab ravioli as an appetizer and the tortellini with peas and prosciutto. The four ravioli that came with the $12 appetizer were rather disappointing, and while the red pepper sauce was flavorful it wasn't worth the money. The entree was even worse. Tri-colored pasta that we can buy in the grocery store (I understand this could be due to COVID and supply issues which is why I'm rating them 3 instead of 2 stars) but the meat, the small amount there was, we found to be chewy, stringy and flavorless. With Peas in the name I thought I would find more then three and the sauce wasn't fully incorporated, spots of cream cheese still floating, before it was plated. The final nail in the coffin were the chunks of garlic that were found throughout the dish. I was hoping to find a simple slightly nicer restaurant to celebrate our anniversary but this was a disappointment. There was only one waitress for the entire dining floor and she seemed a bit scattered. The table next to ours was complaining of cold food when we were beelining for the door. I wish I could say more positives because I like to support local places in these times, perhaps on our next trip we will give them another chance. read more

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Their website allowed me to place a carry out order and charged my card, only for us to find that they were closed. There are no signs on the door or anything to explain or they were closed just for the weekend or if they closed for the season. We called and the voicemail suggested they should have been open, but that they don't monitor the voicemail box and we should call back when they're open...Don't make the same mistake as me, call and talk to a person before you place an order read more

We loved the food, but the service was horrendous. The location is in the basement of an older hotel on the boardwalk but the decor is updated. I got the lobster ravioli, fam got fettuccine Alfredo and chicken piccata with spaghetti marinara and everyone loved the food...but our server was completely incompetent and rude. It really put a damper on an otherwise great dinner. I understand good employees are hard to find and retain right now, but omg. This was bad. read more

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Best Fettuccine Alfredo, my daughter looks forward to coming here every time we are in town. Sit outside if weather permits, perfect for people watching. read more

This place is a sleeper. Walked in and it looked dated, a little run down. The food was AMAZING!! I was shocked, my husband had the lobster ravioli- there is no way it was not made from scratch. The house salad was incredible. Put this on your list to try, you will be pleasantly surprised! read more

I am not one for Italian food I generally get heartburn but let me tell you, their pasta was delicious, the sauce perfect and our waiter very attentive and informative. I am definitely going back. The restaurant is your typical beach restaurant worn by salt water but the food again is worth going. Check it out! read more

The food was pretty tasty; I had the spaghetti with meat sauce, which had a fair amount of cheese built into the sauce with the meat. The service was slow but friendly. The seating was casual. We were seated under a roof but with no windows between us and the boardwalk, which was what I was looking for, so we felt like we were still part of the boardwalk activities. read more

This is a restaurant on the boardwalk but there is not an ocean view since it is located in the basement of a hotel. The restaurant is clean and we were seated quickly. The restaurant was crowded but there were tables still available. I love that it didn't get loud inside the restaurant despite having over half the tables occupied. The service is on the slower side. After being seated, at least 15 minutes passed and the waitress still had not stopped at our table. We asked the hostess if she could get our drinks. Then the waitress came to the table. We placed the full order at that time. We ordered spaghetti with meat sauce and the soup of the day. It came out quickly, however we were never brought any bread during the wait. I had to ask for the bread. The food was good, the service size was good. If your looking for Italian food, the food is good....just be prepared for a little wait read more

Excellent food. Great drink selection. Very good service. My wife and I had a great dinner there tonight. She had chicken picatta and I had lasagna. Both were excellent. Highly recommended. read more

We enjoyed a lovely dinner at Davinci's last evening. I had the Chicken Marsala and my husband had the Veal Parmigiana. Bothered tasty and tender. Their salad is delicious. A simple but delicious glass of Chianti rounded out the meal. Thank you. read more

Food was hot and fresh I got crab Alfredo it taste good but wasn't worth 34$ my wife got chicken Parm, she didn't care for it at all. The Spaghetti sauce was watered down. The salad dressing was mixed in, it was flavorless. My drink was watered down as well. Just our opinion read more

We ate outside which is first come first serve at least on that day it was. Started with the meatball app. They were good the sauce was a little watery but do able since you got the bread. I got the lasagne and he got chicken parm. Both dishes were good and had a great flavor. read more

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This was quiet a surprise. We were staying in the hotel above the restaurant and decided to give it a try. We were glad we did. Had the chicken parm, lobster ravioli, and spaghetti with meat sauce. Everything was delicious and the service was wonderful. The only bad thing I can say was there was a group of kids behind us that were really giving the servers a hard time and it put a kink in an otherwise relaxing dinner. All in all a great experience read more

Davinci's By the Sea - Chicken Parmesan - Italian Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland

We had a great dinner and Levi was our server and was out standing. We started with calamari with went fast. My kids eat so quickly they barely left me any. The meatballs were delicious and as an appetizer, we all had a taste. The kids meals were ok, ravioli and chicken fingers. I had the lasagna which was very good. I was surprised by the amount of meat in it. My wife loved her chicken francese and it was delicious. My oldest son had the shrimp scampi over linguini. The true test was that he ate it all. Also enjoyed the salad and bread. Overall a nice dinner and I would definitely recommend Davinci's By the Sea. read more

George, the waiter, was awesome and very friendly! The food was delicious and the service was phenomenal! Fantastic ambiance. Ask for double butter! It's awesome!!! read more

The restaurant has a very nice ambience, it is next to the boardwalk, however has a modern and cozy vibe inside. Our server, Anna Maria, was friendly with us and provided us with excellent service. The entrees came with a salad which had a homemade creamy Italian dressing, which tasted amazing. You also get bread with made in-house garlic butter, also super tasty. I had the chicken parmesan which you could tell was homemade and the best I have had in quite awhile! Overall, I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone traveling in the area. read more

Dinner for 4 the weekend before Memorial Day. Every one's dinner was good but not remarkable. Kind of high prices for what we got. Otherwise the place was lovely and pretty good staff. read more

Friendly service. Eggplant and veal parm. Sat at bar. Brian our bartender was great. Nice bottle of Chianti with dinner. Salad and bread to start. Cannoli and limoncello for desert. Yum. read more

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The Seafood Diablo is amazing - best I had in a long time! If they have it as a special get it especially if you like seafood and spicy stuff! The amount of seafood you get with it (mussels, calamari, and huge shrimp) makes it definitely worth the price! The staff was extremely friendly and welcoming. My wife got the eggplant parm and it was amazing as well. The garlic butter and bread you got before dinner was very good... I could have ate a hole roll to myself. Will definitely be back. Indoor space was very cozy. Bathroom situation was something to be left desired though as it was part of the place above it and not well kept. read more

Amazing Flavor! The main course was extremely delicious, the salad and even the delicious bread with Garlic butter and herbs made my tastebuds melt! read more

Davinci's By the Sea - Davinci's Restaurant by the Board Walk in 12 street Ocean Beach - Italian Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland

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The best Italian food in Ocean City. This restaurant has long been a must visit destination for me when I am in Ocean City. I can think of no other restaurant I'd rather visit. They take obvious care to use the freshest ingredients, and the food is always so flavorful. You can tell that they really care about the product that they serve their customers. I highly recommend it. read more

If you are looking for an upscale Italian dinner, keep looking. This place is underwhelming and overpriced. It's not even Olive Garden quality at much more $$$. Service was okay and friendly but food was disappointing. read more

Service was terrible! Food tasted like it came out of a jar!!! Little to no flavor in the pasta sauce to even the salad! Don't waste your money... read more

Davinci's By the Sea - Italian Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland

Our trip didn't start off too well. The five of us were seated quite quickly and we were ecstatic because we were all sooooooo hungry. Well....we waited....and waited....and waited. We were starting to get HANGRY. We had to ask for a server and I tried so hard not to give attitude and I think I mostly succeeded. I mean, I realize how hard they work for us and how many jerks they have to deal with on a daily basis, so I try hard not to be included in the jerk category. So, after apologies were offered, I was much happier with the situation and the food started coming out. Well, after more waiting.... sigh. But in the end, we were happy we had some yummy food. The salad was super delicious; so much so that we ordered a refresh of it. The bread was hot and soft and they gave you the soft sweet butter for the bread. Yum. Major brownie points there! We all ordered a variety of things. I never order spaghetti at a restaurant because to me, it's such a basic Italian meal that I can make home, that I'd rather eat the more complex meals like LASAGNA! Yum. It wasn't the best I've ever had but it was quite good. It needed a little more 'kick' to the sauce, like pepper flakes or something but I ate nearly the entire large serving. For a normal person should have only eaten half of it. :-) the sauce needing a little bit of a kick was the general consensus but everyone left feeling much better. Would I go back? Yes. read more

Davinci's By the Sea - A rather large serving of tasty lasagna. - Italian Near Me - Ocean City, Maryland