Uptown · 70th St

The Bonfire

Family-run since 1973; AYCE seafood & prime rib buffet

  • Sit-Down Dining
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Hours & practicals

Hours (summer)
Opens Sun–Fri 4pm, Sat 3pm
Price
$$moderate
Address
7009 Coastal Hwy, Ocean Cityinland
From your base
Sorts every list here by walk time.

The take

Come hungry, pace yourself, and don't pretend you're not going back for a third plate. It's a vacation-dinner ritual for a lot of returning families.

What to order: It's a buffet — the AYCE seafood and prime rib spread is the order.

Details

Cuisine
Seafood & prime rib

On the plate

34 dishes from the menu we read on 2026-09-07 · read by eye

Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Appetizers

Entrées

Sides

Also on the menu

Flavours — our reading

Flavour is our reading of the ingredients a menu prints, not a measurement. How we read them

The Bonfire · 23 of 34 dishes read · Every menu we read · 953 dishes

The Bonfire — flavour axes against the townEight flavour axes. The Bonfire: heat 4%, smoke 0%, citrus 4%, brine 57%, cream 17%, sweet 4%, herb 0%, umami 70%. The town: heat 10%, smoke 13%, citrus 3%, brine 53%, cream 35%, sweet 12%, herb 4%, umami 83%.heat4%smoke0%citrus4%brine57%cream17%sweet4%herb0%umami70%
The numbers behind the shape
Share of the dishes we have a flavour reading for that carry each axis.
AxisThe BonfireEvery menu we read
heat4%10%
smoke0%13%
citrus4%3%
brine57%53%
cream17%35%
sweet4%12%
herb0%4%
umami70%83%

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Sources

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The neighborhood

The 8 things this place connects to in the guide's map of the town — one step out, and nothing beyond it.

District

located in

Categories

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Places

near · competes with

See The Bonfire on the wiki, with every connection listed