The restaurant is the recipient of the prestigious AAA Five-Diamond Award for the ninth consecutive year, the only restaurant in Maine and one of only three restaurants in New England to earn this distinction. The White Barn Inn is ranked among the top 25 North American small hotels. Last year, The White Barn Inn restaurant topped the ranking of any restaurant in a resort worldwide in Conde Nast Traveler's Best of the Best awards. B uilt in two restored barns dating from 1860's, the restaurant's rustic decor, candlelit white linen tables, and beautiful views from its floor to ceiling picture window create the perfect stage for a romantic retreat or special celebration. Proprietor Laurence Bongiorno has masterfully transformed the 140 year old New England barn into an internationally recognized fine dining restaurant seating 120.
Exemplary service creates an elegant yet relaxing dining experience.
C hef Jonathan Cartwright, continuing the restaurant's tradition of serving the finest contemporary New England cuisine with a European flair, changes the restaurant's menu weekly, highlighting seafood from the icy waters off Kennebunkport as well as native game and poultry. Reservations are required and gentlemen are required to wear jackets, ties are optional. The Wine Room offers an elegant and unique atmosphere in which to entertain and can accommodate up to fourteen guests for wine tastings, receptions, wine dinners or cigar events. WINE MENU Located in our expanded wine cellar which showcases up to 7,000 bottles of hand-picked wines, The Wine Room has been created with an attentive eye to every detail. With a discrete separate entrance found at the end of an inlaid stone walkway, the room evokes a decidedly rustic, yet warm and rich ambiance.