Sammy's Deluxe

This is one of my favorite restaurants anywhere. The food is delicious. It’s masterfully executed with subtle and often surprising balances of flavor, texture, and temp. It conveys a respect for ingredients, a deep connection to place and season, and absofreakinlutely zero regard for the dominant trends that have been suffocating the originality out of the restaurant scene for the last decade. Sammy’s Deluxe makes you realize what’s missing at so many of today’s most hyped restaurants: authentic hospitality, a sense of humor, and the defiance of trends to offer food and service that is at once inventive, surprising, and truly comforting.

My husband and I went to Sammy’s for our anniversary. We are new to town and it was recommended to us by a food connoisseur from Portland. The food and service were both sublime. Our server helped me make selections that were amazing. I’m grateful to have such beautiful food so accessible. Thank you chef Sammy!

I have had several of the all-time best meals of my entire life here. The menu is always changing but you can literally just order anything because every dish has enough thought, care, and fresh ingredients put into it that there is no going wrong. I love the atmosphere and ambiance. The cocktails are so fun and tasty, and the beer and wine list features a few real local Maine gems that are hard to find elsewhere. I always look forward to the times my family eats here!

If you are crabby and don’t like high quality ingredients, expertly prepared by a thoughtful and creative chef, and offered in a unique setting by real live human beings, stay away, This is not for you.

All kidding aside, we drive up from Portland area for a meal at Sammy’s Deluxe every so often. It’s a destination restaurant for us that never disappoints. The people are always friendly and the food and drinks are outstanding. Humble but charming atmosphere.