Start from 31 curated places around Lincoln City, OR, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Kyllo's Seafood & Grill
A glass-walled seafood house on stilts right over the sand by the D River, doing local oysters, halibut, salmon, and Dungeness crab with a full ocean view. It is the town's go-to celebration dinner and it does not take reservations.
Side Door Cafe
An ambitious New American kitchen inside a converted brick-and-tile factory in Gleneden Beach, sharing the building with the Eden Hall music venue. Locally caught fish, organic produce, and a serious wine list make it the south end's nicest sit-down meal.
Trails & outdoors
Drift Creek Falls Trailhead
A moderate three-mile round-trip through Coast Range forest to a 240-foot suspension bridge swaying over a canyon, with a 75-foot waterfall just beyond. It is the marquee hike out of Lincoln City and worth the winding drive inland.
Cascade Head Trailhead
A steep climb through coastal forest onto an open prairie headland with sweeping views over the Salmon River estuary and the coastline. This is the harder, more rewarding hike in the area, set in Oregon's UNESCO biosphere reserve.
Things to do
Chinook Winds Casino Resort
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz's oceanfront casino on the north end, with gaming floors, an arcade, and a steady run of touring concerts and free shows. It is the town's main indoor-entertainment anchor and a reliable rainy-night plan.
Lincoln City Cultural Center
A lovingly restored 1929 schoolhouse turned community arts hub, with galleries, a pottery studio, classes, and a weekly market in season. The civic heart of the local arts scene and a good place to catch what is happening in town.
Landmarks & sights
D River State Recreation Site
A wide flat beach in the middle of town where the D River, billed as the world's shortest river, drains Devils Lake into the Pacific in a few hundred feet. It is the easiest big-sand access in Lincoln City and the launch point for the two kite festivals the town throws each year.
Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy
A one-acre plantswoman's garden tucked into a residential block, built up over decades by Connie Hansen and now run by volunteers. Paths wind past rhododendrons, irises, and primroses; it is free, quiet, and a good reset on a gray afternoon.