OpenTable Names Two Maine Restaurants Among Top 100 in America For 2025

The end of 2025 is nearly upon us and that usually means wrapping up the year with lists.

Several national publications are celebrating 2025 by releasing lists featuring the best of the best. That includes OpenTable, a popular reservation-making website that has become synonymous with the restaurant industry.

OpenTable recently released their Top 100 Restaurants of 2025 list featuring the finest in dining throughout America.

The heaviest weighted factors included how many positive reviews a restaurant received in the last year as well as how 'in-demand' the eatery was based on reservations.

Fore Street in Portland, Maine, is the State's Top Rated Restaurant For 2025

Unsurprisingly to those that enjoy the culinary scene in Maine, a pair of Portland restaurants received high marks in the key categories.

Maine's top rated restaurant on OpenTable's list for 2025 is Fore Street.

Fore Street has remained one of Portland's most luxurious and upscale dining experiences for the last nearly three decades.

The secret sauce in their wood-burning oven that makes the restaurant smell warm and inviting and every dish that passes through it taste better.

It received the most positive reviews on OpenTable of any restaurant in Maine from September 2024 through August 2025.

Scales in Portland, Maine, Also Makes OpenTable's List of Top 100 Restaurants

For the second straight year, Scales in Portland, Maine, is featured amongst the top 100 restaurants in America by OpenTable.

Scales is consistently bustling and remains a pillar of dining along a busy Commercial Street corridor in Portland.

Scales has been the 'most-booked' restaurant in Maine for consecutive years. If a restaurant is difficult to get into, it usually means what they're serving is good.