Cape Cod Life Annual Guide 2010
“Then of course you’ve got your loyal customers that come in year after year, month after month, week after week, and sometimes day after day.” read more

CNN’s “America’s favorite seafood dives” Contender
“The long lines move quickly, and the fried seafood (especially the clams) and onion rings (2,000 pounds sold every week!) are worth the wait.”

Boston Magazine: “Best Seafood Shack”
“If you’re looking for a harborside hole in the wall, this isn’t it. There’s an ever-present line out the door, an ice cream stand out back, and (clam shack purists, cover your ears) a mini golf course. But Arnold’s has lasted 30 years for good reason, namely the perfectly fried clams, giant lobster rolls, and craveable crisp onio rings. (And we mean craveable: Arnold’s serves 2,000 pounds of rings each week.) Go before you’re actually hungry, wait out the line, and be rewarded with heaping baskets of summery deliciousness.”

Arnold’s gone green
“These days it seems that there are a number of businesses out there crowing about ‘going green.’ It is impossible to view...” read more

Giving back to the community “At Arnold’s we are quick to draw the distinction between being a self-service restaurant and being a self-serving restaurant...” read more Cape Cod Life Magazine “Best Informal Seafood,” “Best Clam Shack,” Restaurant Runner-up: “Best Outdoor Dining” Boston Globe Calendar - Susan Wilson “Casual meals at affordable prices. Our favorite roadside stop. Melt-in-your-mouth fried clams and mountainous, fluffy onion rings. Nickerson’s version was geared toward a Cape Cod theme: a lobster and clam shack with roller skating car-hops, a malt-shop menu and a 50s theme.  Arnold’s fast became known as a quality seafood shack with affordable prices and good old fashioned fun.”

Arnold's Restaurant in Eastham has 63 reviews

Concierge Guide to Cape Cod & The Islands
“Outer Cape’s Best Clams, Onion Rings and Outdoor Dining Award goes to Arnold’s Restaurant.”

Yankee Magazine
“There’s only one thing to do when you want some fried onion rings - strike out for Arnold’s! After an order of clam strips, a lobster roll, and some of Arnold’s ideal onion rings, we were sated.”

Evening Magazine - Barry Nolan - Channel 4 Boston
“Arnold’s is a great place to enjoy the fruits of the sea.”

Insiders Guide To Cape Cod
“Best fried clams on Cape Cod”

New York Magazine - Michael Robbins
“We ordered the shore dinners what else? That comes with enough tender, salty steamers to fill you up, plus fresh corn and a lobster that was just terrific. With bibs, beer, nutcrackers, lemon wedges, and lots of paper towels, it was messy, fun and completely satisfying.”

Food & Wine Magazine
“Arnold’s Lobster and Clam Bar has it all, from the best fried clams in the world (swear hard-core aficionados) to lobster rolls stuffed with incredibly succulent meat. The perfectly fried onion rings make a great accompaniment.”

Boston Magazine
“Best Fried Clams" and "Best Casual Dining”

Bangor Daily News
“You’re sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod if Arnold’s Restaurant in Eastham, Mass., is on the itinerary. Another in-the-rough restaurant, Arnold’s is clean, has indoor and outdoor seating and serves some of the world’s best onion rings and sweet corn to go with lobster. The raw bar, operated by a local shell-fisherman, provides great appetizers.”

Coastal Living
“One of our favorite seafood dives. Great fried seafood, (especially the clams), legendary onion rings (Arnold's sells two tons a week), and enormous portions.”

United Airlines Hemisphere
“Arguably the best seafood shack this side of the Cape Cod Canal. Set on a corner lot on the Cape’s thoroughfare, Route 6, Arnold’s is hard to miss. Undaunted by the long line (usually out the door), I wait my turn and order from the vast selection of seafood including lobster, fried clams, scallops, and shrimp - add a mound of onion rings, and grab a seat at one of the picnic tables. My number is called fairly quickly and I giddily dive into plates overloaded with fresh fare.”

Everyday with Rachael Ray
# 1 secret spot on Cape Cod for the best lobster roll

Washington Post Article
“The most ubiquitous sign on the Cape seems to be ‘Best Fried Seafood.’ Only a handful of the seafood shacks manage live up to it.... Arnold’s boasts a raw bar with superlative local clams. If you overindulge there’s a miniature golf course next door that might burn off a calorie or two.”

USA Today Article
“By day, it’s a boisterous, kid-friendly spot that doles out lobster rolls and fried seafood to families straight from (or headed to) the beach; by night, it’s a laid-back watering hole/raw bar where jovial owner Nick Nickerson mans the ‘shucking shack.’ ... Everything on the vast menu of seafood classics is done to Nick’s uncompromising standards, and the thin onion rings are almost worth a trip by themselves.”