Local faves ⭐️
Food scene
One of my favorite restaurant/bars! Right in Hyannis harbor, guests can drive their boats right up to the restaurant. There are 2 sides - a bar side with table service and a family-friendly side with counter service. I recommend the Cape Slider combo, clam strip roll, or lobster roll. And of course a mudslide!
43 locals recommend
Baxter's Boathouse
177 Pleasant StOne of my favorite restaurant/bars! Right in Hyannis harbor, guests can drive their boats right up to the restaurant. There are 2 sides - a bar side with table service and a family-friendly side with counter service. I recommend the Cape Slider combo, clam strip roll, or lobster roll. And of course a mudslide!
One of the best seafood restaurants in the area - a must go. I recommend a salad with lobster on top - it’s a huge amount of lobster!
48 locals recommend
Spanky's Clam Shack and Seaside Saloon
138 Ocean StOne of the best seafood restaurants in the area - a must go. I recommend a salad with lobster on top - it’s a huge amount of lobster!
Great bagel place that’s walkable from the house. Go early because they sell out of all the good flavors! The breakfast burritos are also really good
17 locals recommend
Bagels & Beyond
311 MA-28Great bagel place that’s walkable from the house. Go early because they sell out of all the good flavors! The breakfast burritos are also really good
Best coffee and breakfast sandwiches in the area - more expensive than bagel place but very large inside so you can sit and eat
22 locals recommend
Old King’s Coffeehouse
44 MA-28Best coffee and breakfast sandwiches in the area - more expensive than bagel place but very large inside so you can sit and eat
My favorite nice restaurant - also open during the winter! They give you a loaf of homemade bread to take home at the end of your meal
64 locals recommend
Pain D'Avignon Restaurant Boulangerie
15 Hinckley RdMy favorite nice restaurant - also open during the winter! They give you a loaf of homemade bread to take home at the end of your meal
Best ice cream on cape - definitely bring some pints or quarts back to the house to last you the week. Cash only! Favorites are mocha chip and black raspberry
86 locals recommend
Four Seas Ice Cream
360 S Main StBest ice cream on cape - definitely bring some pints or quarts back to the house to last you the week. Cash only! Favorites are mocha chip and black raspberry
Really good ice cream, closer than four seas. They have lots of candy flavors like cookies and cream, Twix, etc all named after towns on the cape
58 locals recommend
Cape Cod Creamery
5 Theater Colony RdReally good ice cream, closer than four seas. They have lots of candy flavors like cookies and cream, Twix, etc all named after towns on the cape
Really good ice cream - my grandpa always used to trick us on Sunday’s saying we were going to Sunday school (like church) and year after year we’d never remember where he was actually taking us
112 locals recommend
Sundae School Ice Cream
381 Lower County RdReally good ice cream - my grandpa always used to trick us on Sunday’s saying we were going to Sunday school (like church) and year after year we’d never remember where he was actually taking us
Kandy Korner
474 Main StCandy store - kid favorite
Neighborhoods
Hyannis is a short drive from the house - it’s nice to walk down Main Street, there are shops, mini golf places, lots of restaurants/bars, ice cream shops, etc
58 locals recommend
Hyannis
Hyannis is a short drive from the house - it’s nice to walk down Main Street, there are shops, mini golf places, lots of restaurants/bars, ice cream shops, etc
Nice town on the Cape to walk around, about a 20 min drive from the house
129 locals recommend
Chatham
Nice town on the Cape to walk around, about a 20 min drive from the house
Beach
5 min drive for house. You have to pay for parking, but there’s a snack shack and a bathroom (not porta potty) which is important. Can Uber there if you don’t want to pay for parking
51 locals recommend
Sea Gull Beach
5 min drive for house. You have to pay for parking, but there’s a snack shack and a bathroom (not porta potty) which is important. Can Uber there if you don’t want to pay for parking
5 min walk down the street + free parking. If the parking lot is full, it’s easy to drive down to drop stuff off, bring the car back to the house, and walk back down. You’ll see the ferries coming in and out of the bay. No lifeguard on duty
Colonial Acres Beach
146 Standish Way5 min walk down the street + free parking. If the parking lot is full, it’s easy to drive down to drop stuff off, bring the car back to the house, and walk back down. You’ll see the ferries coming in and out of the bay. No lifeguard on duty
Things to do
Closest mini golf to the house and my personal favorite - least expensive and you get 2 rounds!
9 locals recommend
Putters Paradise
119 MA-28Closest mini golf to the house and my personal favorite - least expensive and you get 2 rounds!
Nicest mini golf in terms of decorations - there are 2 courses but it gets very crowded
130 locals recommend
Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf
728 Main StNicest mini golf in terms of decorations - there are 2 courses but it gets very crowded
Traveler advice
Customs and culture
Seasonality
Call restaurants before you go in the winter to make sure they’re open - many places close from mid October to mid April, but google doesn’t reflect that
Getting around
Need a car/Uber/bike
You’ll need a car or Uber to get around (or bike) with the exception of the beach at the end of the street which is walkable