Uptown · 81st St

The Hobbit

Fine dining with Tolkien-inspired decor and bay-sunset views

Opens 5pm
  • Sit-Down Dining
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Hours & practicals

Hours (summer)
The Hobbit opening hours by day, summer season
Mon–Thu (today)5pm–9pm
Fri–Sat4:30pm–9:30pm
Sun5pm–9pm
Price
$$$pricey
Address
121 81st St, Ocean Citybayside
From your base
Sorts every list here by walk time.

The take

Yes, it's really Tolkien-themed — round door and all — and yes, it's also one of OC's serious fine-dining rooms. Dinner only, contemporary seafood, with the bay and its sunsets out the window at 81st St. The Shire decor could have been a gimmick; the kitchen makes sure it isn't.

Details

Cuisine
Fine dining American

On the plate

20 dishes from the menu we read on 2026-09-09 · read by script

Known for: jus, Beurre Blanc Sauce, duck.

Menu read 2026-09-09; 16 changes since 2026-09-07. What changed on the menus

Appetizers

Entrées

Desserts

Flavours — our reading

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

The Hobbit · 16 of 20 dishes read · Every menu we read · 953 dishes

The Hobbit — flavour axes against the townEight flavour axes. The Hobbit: heat 13%, smoke 6%, citrus 13%, brine 44%, cream 38%, sweet 31%, herb 13%, umami 75%. The town: heat 10%, smoke 13%, citrus 3%, brine 53%, cream 35%, sweet 12%, herb 4%, umami 83%.heat13%smoke6%citrus13%brine44%cream38%sweet31%herb13%umami75%
The numbers behind the shape
Share of the dishes we have a flavour reading for that carry each axis.
AxisThe HobbitEvery menu we read
heat13%10%
smoke6%13%
citrus13%3%
brine44%53%
cream38%35%
sweet31%12%
herb13%4%
umami75%83%

Behind the bar

Walk it from the ingredient →

Cooks like:

Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →

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The neighborhood

The 6 things this place connects to in the guide's map of the town — one step out, and nothing beyond it.

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Places

competes with · near

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