Overall had very mixed feelings about the restaurant. The starter bread was ok nothing amazing. The beef Wellington was super delicious and I liked it a lot, but the sauce with the Wellington was too salty. The risotto was absolutely horrible. The flavor was terrible because they didn't cook out any of the spices it was just too pungent. Ans overall it was so unpleasant. The cod was cooked well and was good. I was confused by the tomato relish on top. It wasn't a bad combination but it certainly was strange. The service could have been better. Ambiance was ok. Will definitely dine elsewhere next time. read more

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Truly cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough! The ambience was perfect for a special occasion celebration and the service was on point, from cocktails on the front porch to scrumptious dinner and customized birthday cake, chef Mike and his gorgeous wife Tammy went out of their way to make our evening an occasion to remember. Can't wait to visit again! Not to be missed! read more

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Our server was very nice and polite. Our starters took very long and were automatically comped. My meal was ordinary at best. Shrimp and lobster with uncooked tomatoes and no flavor. My husband's clam and linguine were the same. Just boring and slow service. Overpriced for subpar food. read more

Everytime I go to Chesca's, the employees are warm, fun, and thoughtful. From the hostess, to the chef's and bartenders, Chesca's ambiance is peak. Their lamb and risotto are delicious! While I've yet to try their desserts, many people have told me they are to die for! I can't wait to visit next to try more. Also, their custom cake options are above and beyond. The management at Chesca's truly care. read more

Terrible food and terrible service. I saw our waiter maybe 3 times. We received no water until I asked for it. My spaghetti with sauce was more like sauce with a side of spaghetti. read more

Visited at the end of summer. Staff was gracious and accommodating, food was delicious and restaurant was clean with nice views! Definitely the place to eat in Edgartown! Will be back! read more

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I had the Pappardelle Bolognese and I added meatballs and it was soooo good! I also ordered a side of Brussels Sprouts as my appetizer and they were crispy and delicious. The free warm rolls are also really good. Chesca's is my favorite restaurant on Martha's Vineyard. The atmosphere is really cool, outside in the courtyard a band was playing, and they have rocking chairs on their large porch, it's a really cool vibe. I make sure to go to Chesca's every time I'm on the Vineyard! read more

Chesca's delivered beyond expectations!! We were concerned from some of the old reviews here, but we stuck with our gut and history of the chef...Glad we did. Food was delicious. I had the Halibut entree. Loved that the sauce did not overtake the fish. My wife had the clams and angel hair pasta. The dish included 5 whole clams, and again the sauce and preparation was top notch. One of the best meals I've had! read more

Chesca's menu includes delicious starters and entrées. The starter of scallop with crispy pork belly is amazing. Their Autumn golden risotto with either salmon or beef short ribs is outstanding. The staff is friendly and the restaurant is cozy. read more

I love this restaurant! I plan a trip to the restaurant every summer and I am never disappointed. The food is delicious, creative and varied. I had the Ahi tuna on my last visit a few weeks ago which was very fresh, tasty and plentiful. The service was impeccable. Pat U read more

Awesome food and service summer 2025. Both steak entrees were great as well as the spaghetti and meatballs.

My husband and I visited Chescas last week, Tuesday, while we were on the Vinyard. We were very happy with our dining experience. The food was fabulous! They serve the best New England Clam chowder I have ever tasted. The Golden Risotto and salmon was perfect. The service was top notch and the ambience was delightful. A very special night for us! read more

Clam chowder was good. Lots of clam, strong bacon flavor. Good service. Had the shrimp and lobster pasta, was not great. Sauce tasted of too many mild peppers. Would not recommend. read more

Service was so slow here! They were asking for the food order before drinks even came but since it took about 40 minutes to get drinks, it's no wonder. This was the first time we have eaten there and the menu looked really good but the food was just okay - and at the prices charged it just wasn't worth it. read more

Great service, our server was super attentive. The drinks were amazing. Food was on point I enjoyed this meal so much.

What a DISAPPOINTMENT. Honestly, the whole evening was just a series of sad, annoying, and frustrating events. To start, we check in and they say they're just putting the table together....10 minutes later and we still haven't sat down. Finally sit down and order drinks. We order a a simple cocktail (think- 2 ingredients and a garnish). First time it comes out, it's straight booze. Second time, it had the wrong second ingredient. Third time, no lime. FOLKS. It is NOT that hard to make a damn vodka tonic. ANYWAY, we order food. This is what we got - Spaghetti and meatballs: holy crap, a 6-year-old could have made a better dish. No herbs. Barely any sauce. This was a pathetic dish or presentation thereof. Linguine and clams: five clams in shells otherwise just chopped clams on top. Fine dish but nothing great. Grilled rare tuna: boy, take a fantastic dish and totally mess it up. You have this beautiful nicely sliced rare tuna...to only be DOUSED in eel and wasabi sauce. Seriously folks, put some on the side, don't drown it. The warm rice cake was a nice touch to an otherwise cold dish. With the cost, you're better off going somewhere else, certainly for the food. Overall disappointment. read more

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Either poorly staffed or poorly managed. Very disappointed with my experience as this was once a family favorite. I asked for a table for five people at 6:30PM on a weeknight. The restaurant was half full/empty and were sent away with the answer of "we will be unable to seat you this evening." This was confusing to hear, as mentioned before, the restaurant was half empty (multiple five tops open) and the wait staff was seen standing around looking bored. While I would normally brush this off and find another location to eat, it was the rudeness and blatant destain shown to both myself and my family on separate occasions by the maitre d' that especially moved me to post something. Saddened to experience this at a restaurant I've recommended to friend and family multiple times over the years. read more

It was 90° in the restaurant Our waitress was inattentive We had to ask the manager for our bottle of wine that we waited for so long for The risotto was not very good but the other dishes were good But, being so hot it left us wondering what happened to the old Chescas read more

This place is not the same place that we've enjoyed for decades. The services terrible, you have to ask multiple times for bread, water, and your drinks arrive at the end of your meal. Halibut was dry, although my husband enjoyed the short rib. We made a reservation a month in advance, and arrived to learn that our table was occupied because the previous guest arrived 45 minutes late. Why can't management handle this? Both the management and staff are terribly lacking . Food is OK at best. read more

Food was average, but my main issue was with the martini I ordered. I asked for an extra dry gin martini with a twist. I received a dirty martini with an olive, so I sent it back restating my order. Second attempt arrives. This time it's a dirty martini with an olive and a twist. I send it back and describe to our waitress how an extra dry martini is made. Third attempt arrives. It's a dirty martini, no olive with a twist. I give up. It wasn't the waitresses fault, she repeated back to me what I asked for. It was clearly the bartender who didn't know how to make one of the simplest drinks there is. Moments after I gave up, a customer sitting at a table across from us ordered the exact same thing as I did and received a dirty martini. As the martini was being placed on the table I heard the customer say "what is this?" read more

Dined in late evening, started with shrimp cocktail with a nice horseradish kick to the sauce and large sized shrimp, four were plenty to split for the two of us. The oh so bougie cocktails were delicious! For dinner had the short rib, which was fine but underwhelming this time. We also ordered the eggplant parm with a side of marinara and meatballs, which was perfect. read more

Chesca's Restaurant - Shrimp cocktail - New American Near Me - Edgartown, Massachusetts

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I went with 3 others for MV Restaurant Week when they offered a 3-course dinner with some nice choices. My friends have liked this restaurant and I was happy to check it out. We arrived to find that the restaurant was not open yet for dinner and others were there too waiting for them to open. We were seated promptly along with the others who arrived before us. The staff was efficient, very experienced and friendly. The decor was comfortable and made it seem like we were seated in someone's home kitchen. I enjoyed the Crispy fried eggplant with burrata cheese for the appetizer. It was crispy and delicious. Next I had sea scallops with risotto for my entree. The dish was tasty and just enough for me to feel satisfied. For dessert they offered a strawberry rhubarb crisp with whipped cream which we all enjoyed throughly. Our wait staff was super knowledgeable, extremely attentive and friendly. We even had a few laughs. We will return! read more

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Review based only on drinks. Chesca's has an open porch area that can make for a fun spot to grab drinks before dinner. Smallish bar, limited menu but has all the basics. Solo bartender made for long line/wait. After 10 mins we were asked to wait at the door for a server who would grab our drink orders. Overall average experience for overpriced drinks. read more

Wow delicious meal! I'm a solo female diner (which can sometimes be awkward) and I sat at the bar and was served by Igor and Sarah (bar manager). WOW WOW WOW! I felt very welcomed and Sarah was extremely professional. I had the tuna tartare appetizer and the roasted cod entree. The food was delicous and the pacing of courses fantastic- I never felt rushed. This is one of the beat meals I've had in a long time. The restaurant is very friendly and has a great vibe, chill. Highly recommend ! read more

i get the thai chili glazed salmon whenever i'm here. it's amazing. i've never had a bone in the salmon here before and the glaze is mouthwatering. of course the potatoes are spectacular. the manager is super wonderful and his staff are always polite, present, and prompt. my ONLY complaint about this restaurant is the light levels- it's often dim. but your eyes adjust after a while! plus it's much brighter if you're there when the sun is still out. read more

My husband and I came to this restaurant for our anniversary on a Saturday night. We booked an early reservation at 5:30 pm so we could still make it to Menemsha Beach for sunset. Our waiter Slavisa was personable and attentive. He gave us a few more minutes to review the menu and brought bread and water first and then took our drink order. The drinks were well made and on par price-wise for Edgartown. I ordered a ginger and St. Germaine cocktail and my husband ordered one of their specialty Old Fashioned cocktails. We felt relaxed at dinner; we were seated by a window inside overlooking the street, excellent spot. We shared a French pressed coffee to finish and we skipped dessert because we were full. We have come before a few years ago and had the same stuffed date appetizer and a cocktail. The atmosphere was nice for our anniversary. We were relaxed and did not feel rushed and weren't waiting long for anything. It was a lovely dinner. We will be back. read more

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Terrible experience Saturday night. Stated in our reservation that we had a tree nut allergy and when we inquired about the pesto containing nuts the waitress was unsure and told us it would be on the side. The pesto was top of two meals. Drinks took 20 minutes and came out wrong. Then, we had to ask for bread two times before finally asking the manager who got it for us very quickly. The manager was the only one working hard. Waitress never came back to ask how we liked our food or drinks or if we needed anything else. After asking for our bill twice, it was another waitress who printed and delivered it to us. Would not visit again. Horrible service with zero regard for customers. read more

This is a review of the bar. I have been coming to Chesca's for years. The bar help has always been a challenge. Wine glasses have a line on them that shows where the wine should go. The bartenders chronically pour under the line. When asked to review, they argue with you. Considering the price for a glass of wine ($16-20), fill it to the line! Makes me want to avoid Chesca's. There are better places to go. read more

I'll start by saying that most things on Martha's Vineyard are more expensive than average. We visited this place mostly because we had a light lunch and were hungry after a day of plane/car/ferry travels. Chesca's was just around the corner from our hotel and was just opening when we arrived. The staff was good and our sever was attentive. We had 3 dishes among our party and no one was dissatisfied with their food; I think my daughter had some leftover fish that she ate for breakfast a day or two later. My pasta was fine. The overall atmosphere is upscale but just on the borderline of fine dining. The main reason that I'm giving it 3 out of 5 is that it just didn't seem to merit the pricing. Our meal for 3, including a couple of drinks, was a bit over $150. I think I could have gotten a similar meal elsewhere for significantly less. That said, my impression of the island was that you could also find places where you'd pay significantly more as well... So depending on what you are looking for in a meal (a special occasion) or what your personal standards are for dining-out prices, this might be an okay choice. The only other slightly memorable aspect was the restroom. They direct you past the end of the bar, back to where they prep the sodas and wine. You go through a door and...you are in the lobby of an adjacent hotel. You then navigate around some another corner or two and wind up at the actual restroom. This isn't a complaint; it was just a bit unusual / unexpected. read more

Great food! Loved the gnocchi app, the clam chowder was think and rich. The salmon had a Thai chili sauce, my husband said the meatballs and spaghetti was ok read more

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Ambience is excellent & the food we ordered was unique in taste and flavor ... she ordered a bacon wrapped feta stuffed date for a starter & had the Cod over mashed potatoes. I had the grilled salmon for my entree & the scallops over a peanut type sauce for my starter Our Maitre'd escorted us to a table that Pres Obama & First Lady Mrs Obama sit at always during their visit to Cescha !! read more

The food was ok. Restaurant is packed tight. Menu was limited and underwhelming for the price. By no means was the meal bad but there's plenty of other options within the area that I'd rather eat read more

If you're in Edgartown and unsure of what to do for dinner, head to Chesca's and aim for the bar. If you're lucky, Emerson will be tending, and you will experience the best Chesca's has to offer. Emerson provided our party of 4 with enough background on the menu, steered us properly towards our rightful appetizer and entree selection and timed his interactions properly every time. He is the right balance of personal and welcoming without being overly intrusive. He truly made our experience what it was; memorable, enjoyable, and wanting to return. Forget the rocking chairs on the porch and the reservation. Go to the bar and let Emerson deliver the experience you are hoping for. read more

Eeeesh this place is expensive, about $10 more than it deserves to be, especially given the quality of other places around the island. That's not the only problem though: we waited for a really long time for our dinner entrees (probably 25 minutes or so?) with barely an apology and no one checking in on us during that time, and their cocktails are all way too sweet (and again, too pricey for what they are). On the plus side, the dining room looks nice (when it's not totally packed and/or full of rich drunk frat boys), and my shrimp risotto was pretty solid. So it's not the worst place in the world, but there are loads better in the area. Note that they don't do call-aheads, and their bathroom is weirdly through the kitchen into the hotel lobby. read more

Absolutely beautiful. Great staff, great customer service. Great atmosphere, food and desert is fantastic. Well worth every dollar. Will always go there. read more

The restaurant is cute with a nice porch, has some great dishes and good service, but it's ridiculously hot. Unbearable. It's a lovely night outside but inside it's a sauna. Our party sat down and everyone remarked how hot it is. Thankfully the hostess handed each of us a fan, aka the menu. If I wasn't with other couples, we would have walked out, too many other places in town to put up with this. How has the management not gone out and bought simple fans or better yet, some inexpensive portable AC units standing up in the corner, until an HVAC expert figures out a long term solution. Food is pretty good. But who wants to eat when everyone is sweating up a storm. Doesn't make for great conversation. The short rib and snowball dessert was the hit of the night but the busgirl who refilled our ice water glasses was the star. I notice this issue was pointed out in other reviews. read more

Unreal, so good! The service was A1. The menu was a 10/10, I had the seared scallops on the ratatouille risotto. This was the second best meal I've ever had on the vineyard. Definitely go! The ambiance was very relaxing and upscale. read more

A Devine experience in every sense. Service and food is beyond exquisite. Combination of food plating and service as well as ambience a true Vineyard experience. read more

Favorite restaurant in Edgartown. We have been coming for years and it Never disappoints. mussels in coconut milk is back! Love this appetizer. Mussels are perfect and the toasted baguette soaks up the spicy broth. Clams over linguini and monkfish puttanesca were perfect. highly recommend! read more

What a great restaurant. We had a large group of 14 spread over two tables. While the main course was a little slow to come out, which was understandable given the variety of our orders, the service and fantastic meals more than made up for it. Try the marinara on anything, it is so flavorful. The restaurant is family friendly, but there really isn't an offering for children other than a smaller portion of pasta. Overall, we had a great evening and we will absolutely come back again. Special thanks to our waiter and the young woman he had assisting him - you both did a great job managing such a big group! (Oh, be prepared - it is pricey...) read more