Our kind of place hidden away in the harbor...make a point to find it! We love places that locals go and it's because the best food, beverages and people can be found there! I had the lobster roll (excellent) and my wife the haddock fish sandwich (excellent and huge). She had so much fish I ate half and it was still larger than the bun could hold. Good iced tea, great server with locals all packed at the bar all added up to a great lunch stop on our trip along the coast that day. Highly recommend! read more

Really great food! Highly recommended to us and it didn't disappoint. Friendly staff, helpful and quick service! There's also some parking for the patrons next door. read more

Great local restaurant. The mussels with white wine and garlic was scrumptious. The fried clam basket was plentiful and taste great. The staff was so friendly as my four legged son was with us quietly lying down under the table as the weather was raining and cold. Thank you Courtney for suggesting applesauce shot, yum. read more

Pilot House Restaurant - Mussels with white wine sauce and fried clam basket was delicious, delicious to every last morsel. - Seafood Near Me - Kennebunk, Maine

This place is off the charts!!! We wanted to eat like the locals and we did! Great customer service and the Salmon BLT was outstanding!! A must visit! read more

Fun, rowdy bar. Healthy pours here! Note - this is a late night spot (one of the only in the area). Side note - not sure if this is year - round, but there's a cart by the pilot house where you can stop at on the way out and pick up a late night bite. read more

We had a wonderful lunch this afternoon. Our servers name was Jaimie. She was so sweet, very hospitable, and made our experience very pleasant. This place has a very local feel. We had a clam & scallop basket with sweet potato fries, clam chowder, and a salmon blt everything was delicious and came out right on time! I can confidently say since arriving to maine last august, today we had the best service at a restaurant since we got here. read more

Swordfish sandwich rocks! Plus coleslaw perfect. As a lunch was the best the atmosphere great, the service excellent will be in the area a month will be back! Eating my way thru Maine read more

Pilot House Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Kennebunk, Maine

Clam chowder was wicked good and so was the lobster roll. Service was great. Janice was super friendly and attentive! Would 100% come back.

Had the lobster dinner & mussels. Everything was amazing! Our server was excellent. The place was a happening place and lots of fun!

I had the fish and chips and it wasn't the worst I've eaten but certainly not the best. I hear they're famous for their FRESH lobster. I'm not a huge lobster fan so I settled for the fish & chips. The service is a bit slow but it was pretty busy all around that area that day. read more

Had the BLT and husband had the haddock Rueben. Both perfect. Waitress is very spirited. Sunny and comfortable. We'll be back.

The Pilot House is a great deal of fun. They offer specials and the regular menu too. The food for the most part is very good. The deck seating and bands are terrific. Inexpensive,fun,casual. A shout out to Cody for two terrific experiences. Great waiter read more

Food was good but be prepared to spend more than you think and wait at least two hours to eat.

This is my spot in Kennebunkport! Really good price for drinks and I love sitting on the patio. I had some wings the other day they were fire! Really like the service. Covid I feel makes this place almost better because they have a huge tent outside and you are definitely 6 feet away from other people. Overall I come here all the time especially this summer because it's decently priced and has the most room then any other restaurant right now in the port. read more

Great food. My wife and I had the lobster roll with the soup. Really enjoyed the environment as well. Kids menu works too. Great location and Maxim's ice cream is a hop and skip from the patio seating. Great for kids! read more

Solid Maine seafood/bar food - fresh and easy. Nothing fancy - good bar and friendly staff. Nothing out of this world but a great spot for lunch or a quick bite. Everything fried was good as was the chowder. read more

Great little restaurant on the water in Kennebunk with outdoor seating. If it's nice, sit outside and enjoy a drink, a meal and a great view! The food was great and fresh! The service was slightly slow when we sat down but it was worth the wait! The steamers were amazing and fresh and the clam chowder was hands down one of the best chowders we've had. The lobster scampi was good but lacked a little of the lobster flavor we were looking for and the grilled salmon was great with lemon and so fresh, but I got rice when I ordered fries. Other than these small issues, everything was great. This is the "local place" as we were told from our hotel manager and we definitely loved every bit of it. read more

This place is right off the strip, but the prices are soooo reasonable. We arrived around 9pm on a Saturday night. There was live music outside and plenty of places to sit. They had ginger ale on tap (bonus) and $2 cans of PBR. We each had the single lobster dinner for $14.95, and they were solid. To the kid who was completely shmammered at the bar...thank you for the free entertainment. :) Good food and fun folks! read more

extremely disappointed in our service. I am not one to be picky about food and I recognize that this place is busy. However numerous tables have received there food who arrived after us. We did not even get our drinks until 20 minutes after we sat down. After an hour of just sitting and waiting it didn't even really matter to me how our food tasted, it was fine but nothing special. There are plenty of restaurants in this town don't waste your time at this one. read more

Waited 45 minutes for our food . And we still didn't get it . Waiter took off the Bloody Mary the bill. Waited 10 more minutes and watched people that came 45 minutes after us getting their food and we still didn't get our food . We had to leave and the waiter risky made us pay for the clam appetizer . Go figure !! read more

The food was terrific, crab cakes and clam cakes to start, then baked haddock and lobster scampi for dinner. Everything was superb, and the service was equally good. It was Thanksgiving, so it was one of the few places that were open, so we really lucked out that it was a winner. I guess they were understaffed, so the bartender, Trish, was doubling as the waitress, but she really hustled and made it work, so we didnt wait for anything... Prices were reasonable, food and service were terrific... will definitely be back... read more

This review is basically for Susita (sorry if I spelled your name wrong!)!! She is the best waitress ever and only works there on Fridays so we were upset when we came back on Saturday and she wasn't there! We were told to come Pilot house by a few locals so one hungry night we decided to check it out ourselves. The waitress there was just the sweetest, most helpful and cheery I've ever met. Most of us (a group of 6) got lobsters and she will breakdown the lobster so you get every bit of meat left you ask her to! The lobsters we ordered were delicious, sweet and meaty. My friends ordered swordfish and the portion size was huge! The steamers were juicy and big. For dessert, I recommend their blueberry pie with ice cream and make sure the pie is nice and warm/hot! It is the best dessert I had in Kennebunkport! Thank you Susita for making our dinner amazing! read more

Went for dinner tonight & were sat pretty quick but then just sat there watching not 1 but 3 waitress walk by us and not even even acknowledging us, I even got up and tapped a waitress on the shoulder to ask her if she could clean our table & she actually tried to ignore me and when she did turn around she didn't even look or talk to me. After asking 2 waitress if they would serve us we just left. I don't care how good the food is because if the wait staff is rude it's not worth waiting for. read more

Great place near the water. Only one draft beer, geary's but well priced with local flavor.

Great place to sit and relax while taking in the views of the Port! Our waiter Janice was awesome! Very friendly,informative and accommodating !Fresh seafood and sassy cocktails with a smile read more

This is the perfect spot for lunch - reasonably priced, prompt service and good food in a spot for "locals". We both had the $15 special plate with 1/2 lobster roll, creamy homemade coleslaw and a cup of decent New England clam chowder. My only complaint was that the bun was not toasted and got a little soggy from the pickle juice. read more

Had a very nice experience. After wandering around downtown Kennebunkport sightseeing and looking for a restaurant, we chose the Pilot House. It has the simple feel that a New England seafood place should have. Nothing fancy to look at, but very comfortable and inviting. My lobster dinner was excellent and my wife's fried clams were equally good. The staff was friendly and easily accommodated us as we changed tables (got a bit too cool outside). We were there late afternoon so there was no crowd problem. Will happily return on our next visit. read more

Sat inside today for lunch. Was a neat place to eat on the water. Unfortunately today a ship was in Portland so a big crowd in town. Good beer prices with a small selection. The appetizer was $15 for fried clams and had a very small portion. Not possible for two people to share. Ordered the blackened haddock sandwich which was not blackened....but was baked with some old bay seasoning. The sandwich was fresh and good just not what was ordered. The one waitress in the bar was great. She worked hard and was friendly. Ideally there would be two more. Would have ordered more but was hard to get to waitress. read more

Visited off season ( February). Friendly locals in their local bar. Nice seafood & sandwiches, cold beer and friendly staff.

My son and I had lunch here last Thursday after a whale watch cruise at the suggestion of our boat captain. We first sat outside but moved indoors because of the heat and humidity, which was really no better. My son had a great fried haddock sandwich and I had an outstanding lobster roll, each of us had a cold pint of Geary's, and watched the Red Sox play a day game. Our server was Judy, and she was friendly and attentive. What this place lacks in "decor" more than makes up for it with great, FRESH, seafood. Loved Pilot House! read more

Very low key place...the chowders were good The lobster good but I ordered the hadock reuben and there was so much confusion I just ate the damn fried hadock sandwich!!!The menu said it had the nomal things you expect on a reuben but...it was fried fish with lettuce and tomato...Oh well! read more

Biggest frat party in Kennebunk. Wicked fun! Don't try to hide here. Wide open entertainment....Nibbled on others food so I can barely comment on that aspect. Service is booze first, food second. This place is just the spot for the folks who have a disdain for the areas "too much starch in the collar" population. See you soon. read more

Great food! But be prepared for HIGH noise level

Terrible experience. Food is microwaved, including the chowder. Overall dirty and unclean. Let the free market system determine if this establishment remains open. read more

Amazing and I just had a cheeseburger! Steamers, chowder, and haddock ordered by others. Delish! Happy hour rules. We've been here many times and always had a great experience. read more

Best place to get some cold cheap drinks in town. Haddock Reuben and salmon blt are both awesome

We traveled through Kennebunkport, and it was a little off season! We love a good lobster roll while in Maine, so we headed into this local hangout. The lobster roll was awesome, and we also had crab cakes that were very tasty. The food was great, but the service was even better. The ladies that waited on us were friendly and welcoming. A great place to eat with good food! read more

Waited in line and never were seated! We saw several empty tables and asked if we could sit down. No one ever took our order! We asked twice other servers and still were not waited on. Left and went down the street to Alissons and were immediately seated and waited upon. read more

Diamond in the rough. Great fried clams, lobster stew and haddock Reuben.

Service was great. Food was super great! I had the lobster scampi, which was piquant and satisfyingly al dente. The fried clams are light and crisp and clean. Scallops were delish. read more