As always the very best pizza in Rehobeth, Bethany and Fenwick. The foods, service and ambience…read more Five Stars

Good things are worth waiting for... or calling in your dinner order at noon to secure your prime…read moretime! Pomodoro Pizza is the most exclusive pizza of Bethany Beach with limited quantities prepared and yes... it is easily the best too!! With a focus on the order at hand, everything is authentically done, thoughtfully crafted, and well prepared. Simple and satsifying! We called in at eleven for a 6:00 pickup and were already the fifth order. They only take a single order per fifteen minute window, so it can be multiple hour long waits during the dinner window! We ordered a cheese, a pepperoni, a white with roasted peppers, and a pomodoro special (pepperoni, sausage, bacon, green peppers, mushroom, and onion). A true New York style pizza. The slices are huge. The toppings are thin. A folded bite is essential! The interior is just a small pickup counter, a cooler of soda bottles/cans, and a refrigerator of some off-menu salads and cannolis. The owners are so wonderful and will greet you warmly as you enter, but they do deal with a lot of complainers that are disappointed that they didn't plan in advance for their dinner pickup.

From my 9 year old daughter- The pizza was delicious, but it was very cold in the restaurant, I…read morerecommend you bring a sweater. She had the cheese pizza, and said it was well balanced. The wife and I were not huge fans of the crust though. Lacked flavor and was burnt tasting. Service was amazing though, which is why we gave 4 stars.

Yum! My husband…read moreloves him some pizza and the reviews and photos are what brought us in here. Cute exterior with lights and even cuter inside, it looks like a bistro. Our server was very friendly and appeared to be hosting and waiting tables at the same time but she was pleasant and prompt. We both ordered salads - mine was the chopped and husband chose Cesar and both were a very generous portion size and super fresh and delish. I really enjoyed it. Great price too. We chose to build our own pizza with just red sauce, cheese and Italian sausage. It was out quickly, piping hot, and VERY good. My husband is from St. Louis so he likes very thin crust and very crunchy (think cracker crust) and this was cooked to crunchy (but not burnt) perfection with fresh and yummy sausage on top. We both actually really enjoyed the meal - more than our fancier date night meal the night before. I'd absolutely come back here if ever in town again. It's charming and delicious. Ample parking outside on the street and very cute and charming both inside and outside.

2nd of 2 in scrapbook series representing September 2023 is Lili's Place. In my prior review of…read moreCrab House in Rehoboth Beach, I give a background to the Dewey Beach house trip. I arrived there on Labor Day Monday as the weekend was booked. I took off work completely on that Tuesday. But worked at the house on Wednesday & Thursday. Thankfully, my work was very slow in summer 2023 in general. On that Wednesday, a lot of the group went all the way down to Ocean City, MD to go to Seacrets. I had some things for work. Around midday, 2 people who stayed behind suggested going down to Bethany Beach to see their boardwalk area. My work was slow. I brought my laptop in case something came up. We walked the boardwalk and figured our lunch options there, where we settled on Lili's Place. This was an interesting combination of Pizza & Empanadas! Both were outstanding there. It was a cheap lunch too. I got a cheese slice for $4 & beef empanada for $4.50. Staff was nice too. It's a smaller place. Unfortunately, about 3 hours later when I looked at the receipt I realized 3% surcharge for credit card, but it was just 26 cents. Delaware has 0 sales tax, so being from Maryland, I'm just used to paying some random number of cents, so I didn't think about getting charged $8.76 amount. 3% surcharge in Delaware is still less than 6% sales tax in Maryland. Credit card fees have sometimes been common in touristry areas and are becoming more common in MD in non-touristy areas. Even though only 26 cents difference, if I had realized, I almost definitely would've paid in cash. Having said that minor negative, they still earned the full 5-stars.

I stopped in here on my way out of the beach. WOW am I glad I did! Holy arepa! My arepa was the…read morebest I have ever had - perfect flavor of the contents! The service was fast and I appreciated it being made fresh. I also really enjoyed my interaction with the workers - very kind people.

Had my first experience here and wow! Amazing staff and love their system. Wonderful cheese…read moreselection, fresh farm eggs and thick bacon in the market. I ordered their turkey and cucumber sand with a side of shrimp salad. Sooo good! And also purchased the olive oil, lemon cupcake, spectacular! I will definitely be back in. I've already told several of my friends about this place that will be staying here at Airbnb.

Pepperoni Pizza was cooked perfectly and hot for to go The…read moreservice was on time and convenient The ambiance was excellent Italian atmosphere Couldn't ask for more Coming back on Wednesday to try the Philly cheesesteak

We have visited Surfs Up for over 30 years and it use to be a place we looked forward to visiting…read morewhen in town. Its so disappointing how downhill this place has gone. The restaurant itself is dirty and in need of many repairs. The lettuce in the subs was brown and wilted and disgusting, barely any meat, half of our sandwich was bread because it was cut wrong. The pizza was cold, floppy and old. In addition, 2 subs and 3 slices of pizza was close to $60! This didn't include the $13 for 2 fountain sodas from a machine that was half broke. And 2 CUPS of water. Sadly, we won't return and we don't recommend and Surfs Up will have to remain a memory for us. I wouldn't eat here u less you want gross subs, old pizza and a disgusting dining area.

Love the size of the steak n cheese and it was very tasty, reminded me of the good old days of a…read moresteak n cheese from the carry out. The pizza was ok. Service was great, everyone was very friendly. Not much seating space however seating is also offered on second level, but I think it's a good place for pick up to go.

Coming from out of town, always look forward to a visit to Grotto's. Still bummed that the Bethany…read moredowntown location was closed. On a rainy Saturday afternoon, headed here for dinner. It was busy inside, but we were seated quickly for a party of five. Once seated, orders were taken. The Alcohol beverages were delivered quickly, but none of the waters request. Had to flag someone down that proceeded to tell us to tell our waitress... ok, that was strange as we would have if we could have located them. We also ordered two salads as appetizers and only one came. We ordered two cheese pizza and one came right as soon as receiving one salad and other was delayed. We asked for knifes and had to remind a second time and then were told they only have a couple as all were in the dishwasher. So, food was good, but service had a lot to be desired. Maybe not enough servers.

I had been told by friends that Grotto Pizza is known as "grody Pizza" (to use a "Valley Girl"…read morephrase.) ....But I am not Yutzy-Futzy or a rich visitor to Bethany Beach from New York or DC with high-falutin tastes -- just a regular guy who figured that the negative reviews for Grotto Pizza were because in Bethany there ARE a ton of Rich utzy futzy folk who have little taste for basic and affordable fare. As such I was figuring that Grotto would be good-honest and acceptable for a "regular-joe" like me. Surely it's gotta be like Pizza Hut or Round Table or heck, even Dominos.... So I gave it a go.... And ummm NOPE! Waited for almost 10 min to be seated on a quiet afternoon while one employee after another walked by me purposefully avoiding eye contact with me. -zero stars So I had 10 min to look around at the condition of the place - it looked like it had not been deep cleaned for a decade - oh sure they are sweeping/moping the middles but you don't look at the edges or the corners NASTY-also holes in and completely worn out booth benches - and just generally sad worn out basic/and super cheap chairs and tables -Zero Stars Waitress was very nice and prompt (once someone got us seated). -Four Stars Salads were ok, lettuce was fresh but other elements were sparse, someone prolly took great pride in placing the one olive right in the middle next to the one cherry tomato. Dressing was cheap food service stuff. - Two Stars Now to the pizza. It was absolutely just "Grody" as I had been fore warned . It was a general combination specialty pizza straight from the menu. The biggest problem was it was WET Not from grease, but from water which I think may? Have come from canned mushrooms or very wet sweet pickled peppers It was actually dripping "liquid" and thus soggy. The lack of flavor sauce was made worse by how sweet it was - sort of like it was tomato paste mixed with sugar.... The whole thing was tasteless and also comprised of the cheapest possible ingredients. - Zero Stars I guarantee that a dominos pizza that bounced around a deliver car for thirty minutes and is basically cold - Would be an order of magnitude better than what was served to me. It's really sad because peeps in Bethany could use a good honest value driven pizza place - but this is not it. - Choose elsewhere and shame shame on the proprietors they could do so much better.I see this as a basically tourist trap restaurant. Total average stars --- ZERO. Oh yeah and the price is not good either . Absolutely No value for the money you pay.

Just had to update my review based on my second experience. We decided to go back one more time…read morebefore we left Bethany Beach because the food was quite good. I needed to update the review in special recognition of our server, Kenna, who was our server the first time around and we were lucky to get her again. I forgot to recognize her by name on our initial visit. This time, I had the Gnocchi with Mushrooms and it was incredible also. It was another large serving with enough to take back to the hotel. I also added the Italian Wedding soup and it was probably the best I've had! It was filled with plenty of vegetables and the broth was fantastic. Final shout out to the bartender that made an exceptional Cosmo. All three of us ordered one and we each gave it high marks. I highly recommend this restaurant if you are in the Bethany Beach area.

DiFebo's was highly regarded in Bethany Beach, and since I brake for homemade pasta, it had to be a…read morechoice for one of our meals. My husband and I sat at the bar while we waited for our table to be ready. While the drinks we ordered were high-quality and made properly, we got the feeling that the bartender was not enthusiastic about our patronage. We did not experience a warm welcome. When we sat down to the table, we felt the complete opposite from the server. He was warm and friendly. He was courteous and funny. Throughout the service, he seemed overwhelmed, however. We ordered additional drinks, appetizers, and full meals for our family of four. The service dragged out. Even though the meals seemed to be skillfully prepared with quality ingredients, we are pretty sure that our food sat in the window for far too long. In fact, I enjoyed my Bolognese more the next morning for breakfast after I heated it in the microwave. Overall, this meal was far too expensive for the experience we got in return. Instead, vacationers should consider purchasing the homemade pasta from the market across the street and making it at their condo instead.

The crusted tuna and the pot roast were delicious. Our…read morewaiter John and the chef worked with us to avoid certain food allergies and offered slight modifications to the menu that met everyone's needs. The smallish dining area offers privacy and the quietness to carry on conversations. We still look forward to going there after many years.

We came back for lunch at the bar with my son and his wife. Both my son and I had the lobster roll…read more($23 each, $46 total), which we both really enjoyed. The bill came to $102 before tip. After applying my $50 gift card letter, the final total was brought down to $52. As always, Chandra provided excellent service. On another visit, we joined my son and his wife at the bar for happy hour. I ordered the happy hour lobster roll for $26. Before gratuity, the total came out to $102, which was lowered to $52 after using my $50 gift card letter. Chandra gave us great service once again. We returned once more with my son and his wife for happy hour at the bar. For this trip, my lobster roll came with a noticeably smaller portion of lobster compared to previous times. The bill prior to tip was $109. Applying my $50 gift letter brought the balance down to $59. As usual, Chandra took great care of us. We all agreed that we'll definitely keep returning for lunch, happy hour, or dinner.

Very friendly staff. Food is excellent. We've NEVER had a bad meal at the Cottage Cafe. Will…read morealways return when we are in Bethany -- which is about once a month.

As you can see from my last review in January this is one of my favorite top ten restaurants for…read morehappy hour. We were here in March on a Sunday at 2 PM for happy hour at the bar with our friends. We were able to get 5 bar stools in a row. The bar area is relatively unchanged except for some new paint, however the two adjacent dining areas to the left and right of the bar were totally renovated and painted white with a much cleaner and brighter appearance. I enjoyed my usual 2 rum punches for $10 each and my usual happy hour broiled blackened flounder fish sandwich with tomato, red onion, lettuce, french fries, cole slaw and tartar sauce for $12. I opted for their hot sauce on my flounder and french fries. Bartender Andrea F. served us very well as usual. Consistency is a character of this restaurant. My total bill was $77 excluding gratuity. We agreed we will continue to return here for happy hour.

Went last night for dinner…read more They have all you can crab feast deals. Offering include crab legs, blue crabs, fried chicken (it's really good), hush puppies , fries, and corn. The nice thing is the crabs were large and not paper shells. The service is good and the place is clean The only downside is the parking can be tricky. But that usually helps as they have had tables available without a

I discovered this place when driving around Bethany beach area and was craving seafood. Husband and…read moreI tried to come by Tuesday but go figure, it was the ONLY day they close. We came back tonight determined to try their food. We came in with two groups eating and waited to be seated for about 4 minutes before someone came to seat us. Felt odd for the wait but it appeared there were only two people to begin with. Upon being seated, we were served water which is what we wanted and we placed our order. I loved the fish cutouts they had on the wall next to us. Took about 10-15 minutes for our food. We started with the pizza and it was exactly what we wanted. Simple but the flavors were there! Pesto, garlic and the mozzarella cheese that pulled apart string style! Maybe could have been a crispier crust but I was happy to have all those components hit the mark. We dug into the pasta and OH MY GOSH!!! Again, the simplicity of this dish with perfectly balanced flavors. The basil and the garlic on point! Oh and the sauce, light and a refreshing hit with lemon. Shrimp and scallops not over cooked. I kid you not, I would have licked this plate clean if my husband wasn't with me! I cannot fathom why we were the only ones in this restaurant because both dishes were delicious!!! Thank you so much for feeding our seafood cravings. WE WILL BE BACK! Only sad that we found it our last night here. Do yourself a favor, please support this restaurant. This has been added to our MUST GO TO places while visiting.