Quicks Hole

Woods Hole, United States

4.7

Closed now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards
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Telephone:
+1 508-495-0792
Website:
www.quicksholewickedfresh.com
Address:
6 Luscombe Ave, Woods Hole, MA, 02543
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
270 ftWoods Hole
310 ftWoods Hole Steamship Authority
1.3 miWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Good For
Lunch
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
No
Dogs Allowed
Yes
Waiter Service
No
Caters
No

Today

Today 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Woods Hole) 00:10 Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Quicks Hole is truly a unique destination for foodies that love fresh seafood with a Baja kick. It’s beyond the bomb-​dot-​com and, get this, it’s eco-​friendly! They’re all about supporting local farmers and get their seafood supply from a fisherman just three miles away.

Try our overstuffed lobster roll, or kick back and watch the sunset with a beer and a modern burrito — yellowfin tuna BLT or Mojito Chicken with whole grain honey mustard. Don’t miss the Lobster Taco on a fresh corn tortilla, our Wicked Fresh salads or the chili-​marinated Flank Steak. Salsa is made fresh daily here, along with home made tortilla chips, hand cut french fries and quesadillas for the kids.

This is casual dining at its best — great food served quickly right on the waterfront.

History

Established in 2007.

Here at Quicks Hole, we’re all about our community and promoting sustainability. We buy our produce and seafood completely from local sources. With everything we do, from riding our bikes or walking to work to recycling our fry oil for biofuels, we strive to be the catalyst for a greener Cape Cod. We use compostable utensils and plastic cups made from corn because they’re the world’s first and only performance plastic made from 100% annually renewable resources that can be commercially composted to yield better soil for local farmers. Just by eating here, you are creating change.

Meet the Business Owner

Beth C.

Business Owner

Beth is a foodie who lives to find local farms and hidden sources to bring you the freshest fare available on Cape Cod. Try her lobster taco and learn why Edible Cape Cod calls Quicks Hole the hottest new joint in town.

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20 reviews of Quicks Hole

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Place rating: 5
Woods Hole, MA
My favorite restaurant in Woods Hole. The fried cod burrito and shrimp baha bowl are my faves with chips and their wicked good salsas. It washes down nice with a glass of sangria too. Love spending a Friday evening on the porch listening to live music.
Place rating: 5
Woods Hole, MA
I recommend everyone to go and try everything on the menu it is serious and all… I love it you will too…
Place rating: 5
Woods Hole, MA
It always makes me happy when they finally open for the season. Outstanding food, nice music on many summer evenings, and a good drink selection. My usual is the grilled fish tacos and sangria. This is a bustling summer restaurant so there will be a line that moves quickly. It is mostly a self serve restaurant. I highly recommend it!
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
The most amazing restaurant in woods hole. The cod tacos are the best I have ever had but everything is delicious here. If you’re looking for a fun place to sit, listen to some music and enjoy a great casual lunch or dinner, Quicks is the place to go!
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Unexpectedly delicious tacos and salsas here right beside the ferry. Definitely worth trying the chipotle smoky salsa with the shredded chicken tacos :-)
Place rating: 5
San Mateo, CA
Casual establishment near the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. You order at the counter and can sit inside or on the patio outside. One look at the menu and you’ll see lots of lobster! I was excited to order two lobster tacos and some guacamole. The lobster was flavorful and tasted great with some chipotle from their salsa bar. The tacos were a pretty penny at about $ 11 a taco, but they are generous with the lobster meat! My husband got the chicken and and slow roasted pork tacos which were only okay.
Place rating: 5
Pflugerville, TX
I hate fish. Ordered the Fried Cod Taco with chips and was delightfully surprised at how good it was. Had the chips with Chipotle, Peach/​Habenero, and Hot salsas and the Peach/​Habenero was the best! Can’t say I’m a fish convert but I would definitely order this again.
Place rating: 4
Allston, MA
My go to spot when in Wood’s Hole. A perfect place to nosh on lobster tacos and enjoy an incredible view with a pitcher of sangria in the foreground.
Place rating: 4
Columbus, OH
Really quite good for a small town. Prices very reasonable. My husband got lobster tacos and I got a baja bowl. Little guy had a hot dog and chips. Chips appear to be freshly made and are quite tasty. The baja bowl was quite filling, and my husband was a big fan of his food. Easy in, and easy out of this place.
Place rating: 5
Waltham, MA
My favorite restaurant in Woods Hole.
Fried fish tacos: can’t be beat. So fresh. Light and filling and tasty. Some of the best fish tacos I’ve ever had.
Lobster Roll: Yea! So good. The basil and pea greens with the lemon aoli make this a even fresher take on a lobster roll. Very sizable and comes with a heaping scoop of tortilla chips or slaw.
Tuna BLT: Honestly I can’t ever decide what to get when I’m here, but my partner usually gets this wrap and oh my, is it delicious. The aoli, bacon, and tuna are a perfect balance!
Churros: Disappointment, so skip those and get another beer.
Live music outside on Sunday evenings in Summer.
Beware of the line in Summer. Worth the wait.
Place rating: 3
Forest Hills, NY
Ordered the pulled chicken tacos, lobster taco, and seared ahi tuna salad. They place itself is okay. Typical local joint with some tables outdoors where people go to grab a quick bite possibly before getting on the ferry to MV. The lobster taco was kick ass. The chicken tacos were okay. Idk… they almost tasted more like pork. My bf, who no longer eats pork, said the same. The salad was pretty awful. It said it was pan seared and supposed to have a crust. Def failed on both. It didn’t taste fresh and the dressing was not good. The peach salsa tasted very much like crushed Del Monte canned peaches with some seasoning. Few tweaks and this place would be great. I say stick with the tacos.
Place rating: 3
Cambridge, MA
We were more than starving, we were very merry.
We were very early for our Martha’s Vineyard ferry.
Quicks Hole was pretty close so we quickly grabbed a table,
And ordered up sangria as fast as we were able.
We said, «Let’s eat !» and our meals came soon;
Big fat burritos and a fork and a spoon.
Poetry aside (apologies to Edna St. Vincent Millay), this local hot spot is worth a visit if you are staying in the area or waiting for a ferry to the Vineyard. You order at the counter, pay up, grab a table number if it is busy and soon you get a great big meal.
The coolest thing about this place is the number of salsas and hot sauces they offer, which are just to the right of the door as you walk in. (Love the peach salsa.) Another cool factor is the small outdoor area where music is a key element. The sangria is delicious, and they offer up various beers and wines in addition to a lot of bottled juices. This is a casual spot, where kids and weary travelers are welcome.
I was not happy to see our burritos and tacos being prepared by a very nice looking person who used her bare hands. And our burritos had way too much rice. While the burritos are huge, the rice overwhelms any additions and makes the meal more bland and dull than it might have been.
Shrimp, lobster and crab are featured on the menu, and you will not leave hungry, as the portions are generous. Each dish comes with coleslaw or chips. I recommend the coleslaw.
Nice spot to hang out when you are in Woods Hole for any reason.
Place rating: 5
Montclair, NJ
You really cannot ask for more freshness than sitting within feet of the harbor.
Not being from the area, it was devastating me that I wasn’t going to be able to come back anytime soon to try more of the menu :(Absolutely get the lobster tacos! Albeit, pricey, they are phenomenal. We also ordered shrimp tacos and pulled chicken. All really really good. With my Unilocal check-​in, I got a free gazpacho shooter and that was as you can guess… great! The outdoor seating just rounds out the whole experience
Definitely a must must try.
Place rating: 5
Central Business District, KY
Everything we had was excellent! Lobster tacos, veggie burrito, kid’s burrito, kid’s quesadilla, fries… highly recommend!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
We stayed at the Woods Hole Inn and decided to try this place for dinner. After a long day touring Martha’s Vineyard, we were pleased by the food at Quicks Hole. It’s so fresh and nice portions! My husband had lobster tacos and I had fried cod tacos. It’s Delicious! I wish we didn’t spend money on the pricy food on the island and we could eat real food here.
We certainly enjoyed our food and their salsa bar is pretty cool too. The service is good.
It’s nice to go downstairs and eat and then go back to our room at the Inn.
Place rating: 5
Falmouth, MA
You like sangria? This is your place. BOOM PITCHER… FOR DAYZ. Come in have a taco or two. Foods delicious. Best food in Woods Hole
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
I heard many great things about Quicks Hole so I have to try them for lunch today. From the outside it looks small and when inside there is enough seating for at least a couple dozen people. They have Fresh salsa to go with your meals in 3 or 4 different flavors. Best part is you can have as much as you want but watch out a few of them got some serious hotness to them.
I was tempted to go tacos but when I saw they had the Baja Shrimp in a bowl I had to try it. I LOVED It. It is everything you would get in a burrito but in a bowl and with rice instead of a tortilla. The shrimp were grilled to perfection with a nice flavor. All the fixings tasted fresh and the rice was cooked perfectly. I could have eaten at least one more of those bowls before I left.
They make homemade chips and would highly recommend ordering them to go with your meal so you can take advantage of all their salsa flavors. I am definitely going back for more at each opportunity I have.
Place rating: 5
Lewes, DE
Great place to stop in for a quick bite while visiting Wood’s Hole. Another restaurant owner recommended it to us.
We split the lobster tacos which were really good with a lot of lobster. I had a lobster taco at another place on the Cape and was disappointed when it was all slaw. These, however were very tasty. The mixture of flavors in the taco was delicious and refreshing. We washed it down with the Kono Sauvignon Blanc (great pour) & Sam’s Seasonal.
Very good. Would go here again! Later that evening we walked by and there was live music playing outside with a great crowd that included a super chill black lab.
Place rating: 4
Fall River, MA
Mmmm, Quicks Hole. To me, there is no better way to spend an afternoon in Woods Hole than with a lobster taco and a mason jar filled with sangria on their deck. Their service is friendly, their location is ideal, and their offerings are heavenly. On my last visit I got a sweet shrimp burrito and loaded it with their mango habanero salsa they keep in the little metal flip-​container near the cash registers.
Lines at Quicks Hole can be long on weekends during the summer, so plan accordingly. Our group of six had to stalk the deck to find seating and we almost didn’t get a table that would have sat all of us. Our food took half an hour to come out after we ordered so if you’re hungry when you show up you should order something you can take with you to your seat, like their chips and dip to hold you over. Prices, as others have noted, are not cheap but for delicious, fresh, local fare it’s totally worth every penny. If you check-​in on the Unilocal app while you’re there they gift you with a complementary watermelon gazpacho shooter to sip on while you wait for your food.
Place rating: 5
Lemont, IL
This place was awesome! We had an hour to kill while waiting for the bus back to Boston and Quicks Hole is right down the street from the bus station.
Our Unilocal check-​in got us a couple of samples of gaspacho — delicious! And we ordered the Mojo Chicken tacos, a burrito bowl and the chicken tortilla soup — all of them were tasty, filling and fresh. And the price was extremely reasonable for the portion sizes.
The outdoor patio is adorable and so is the inside. We ordered at the counter and then servers brought our food to the table — efficient system overall.