Prince Edward Island offers excellent opportunities to taste local food and international cuisine from all over the world. Top restaurants to enjoy fresh food and tasty meals offer breakfast options, pizza, Thai and Chinese food, seafood, and a lot more.
Fine Dining Options
There are great fine dining restaurants around Prince Edward Island which use ingredients from foragers, local famers, and their own herb gardens and organic farms. The Inn at Bay Fortune is one such place that features food cooked on a live fire. The menu includes desserts, organic vegetables, wood-roasted meat, the catch of the day, wood-oven baked bread, and even campire marshmallows. The Pearl Eatery is also a great place to visit and enjoy delicious food and special events. The chief uses edible flowers and herbs from the restaurant’s own garden to prepare tasty meals, sides and desserts. The menu includes oysters with hot sauce and pickled blueberry, pork belly and loin with mustard and apple crema, and carrot cake with candied pecans and sheep butter icing. Visitors can choose from sides such as creamy polenta, beans and grains, roasted red potatoes, and more. The Claddagh Oyster House also offers a great fine dining experience and fresh, delicious food and seafood. You can try fried pork ribs with green onions and toasted peanuts, shrimp tempura, or island lobster risotto with pea sprouts, parmesan cheese, and cream.
International
You will find plenty of restaurants that offer Italian, Chinese, Indian, and Thai food, along with healthy choices. Italian restaurants abound - Piatto Pizzeria, Buono Mangia, Michael's Pizzeria, Famous Peppers Pizza, and many others. The Famous Peppers Pizza, for example, offers oven-based chicken wings, garlic fingers, cheese pizzas and pizzas, specials, and salads. Visitors enjoy tasty pizzas with ingredients such as mozzarella, chicken, pepperoni, Italian sausage, goat cheese, feta cheese, and even toasted coconut. Boston Pizza is also a great place to try and taste a selection of sides, entrees, and desserts. The menu includes cheese pizza, chicken pizza, penne with meat or tomato sauce, and a lot more. Visitors can try Thai cuisine as well – Leo's Thai Kitchen, Lai Thai Restaurant, Bow Thai, and the Spicey Chef Restaurant offer Thai food. The Spicey Chef Restaurant, for instance, is a great place to try Thai, Indian, and Mexican cuisine and enjoy a different special each day. The ingredients are fresh, tasty, and carefully selected to prepare delicious meals. Bow Thai in York also offers a selection of tasty meals, including curry and stir fried dishes, dinner and lunch specials, seafood specials, noodles, appetizers, soups, and more. The restaurant offers interesting and tasty meals such as basil chicken, green curry beef, Chinese broccoli fried rice, and pineapple curry chicken.
Visitors who love Indian cuisine have plenty of choice as well. Restaurants such as Namaste PEI, Himalayan Indian Cuisine, and the Cook and Indis World Buffet feature Indian-style meals, sides, and desserts. The Driftwood Heights café in Summerside offers Canadian, Indian, and French-style meals and seafood and specials of the day such as moujadara with garden salad and chicken shawarma. Himalayan Indian Cuisine also features a tasty selection of dishes for every taste, ambience, and relaxing environment. The menu includes beef korma with spices and cashew nut gravy, beef tikka masala with Indian spices and onion tomato gravy, and lamb madras with mustard seeds and onion and coconut gravy. While the restaurant is simple, small, and ordinary looking, visitors enjoy meals of excellent quality. It is a good idea to call ahead because seating is limited.